North West Systems Support Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Systems Support role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Systems Support in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Ascot Basildon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Carlisle Channel Islands Cheshire Chester City of London Croydon Cumbria Dewsbury Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire England Essex Glasgow Gosport Hampshire Hertfordshire Hull Huntingdon Jersey Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newry Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	119	123
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	25	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.033 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.646 %	0.281 %
Daily rates quoted	9	1
Average minimum daily rate	£327	£150
Average daily rate	£345	£150
% change on same period last year	+129.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£363	£150
UK excluding London average daily rate	£293	£278
% change on same period last year	+5.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.20	£12.00
Average hourly rate	£16.00	£12.00
% change on same period last year	+33.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.80	£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.54	£21.75
% change on same period last year	+12.79 %
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3867	3561
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.099 %	3.777 %
Daily rates quoted	938	706
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£321
Average daily rate	£355	£336
% change on same period last year	+5.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£374	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	439	345
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.90	£21.83
Average hourly rate	£22.76	£23.45
% change on same period last year	-2.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.62	£25.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Support across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Systems Support across the North West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Support across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Systems Support across the North West region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Support across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Systems Support within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-14	11	£325	-
Cumbria	+9	9	£350	-
Cheshire	-18	4	-	-
Lancashire	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Systems Support in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Support in their job title.

1 16 (51.61 %) Unix 2 12 (38.71 %) Windows 3 10 (32.26 %) MS Exchange 3 10 (32.26 %) Microsoft 3 10 (32.26 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 8 (25.81 %) Solaris 5 7 (22.58 %) SC Cleared 5 7 (22.58 %) Security Cleared 6 6 (19.35 %) SQL 6 6 (19.35 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 6 (19.35 %) Finance 7 5 (16.13 %) AS400 7 5 (16.13 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 5 (16.13 %) Windows XP 7 5 (16.13 %) Ethernet

8 4 (12.90 %) NetWare 8 4 (12.90 %) Sybase 8 4 (12.90 %) ITIL 8 4 (12.90 %) AIX 8 4 (12.90 %) LANDesk 9 3 (9.677 %) Disaster Recovery 9 3 (9.677 %) Government 9 3 (9.677 %) Resource Management 9 3 (9.677 %) Mainframe 10 2 (6.452 %) Unicenter 10 2 (6.452 %) REXX 10 2 (6.452 %) MVS 10 2 (6.452 %) Hyperion 10 2 (6.452 %) Sun 10 2 (6.452 %) Active Directory

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Systems Support in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (6.452 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 10 (32.26 %) MS Exchange 1 10 (32.26 %) Exchange Server 2000 2 6 (19.35 %) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking 1 5 (16.13 %) Ethernet 2 1 (3.226 %) SSH 2 1 (3.226 %) LAN 2 1 (3.226 %) VoIP 2 1 (3.226 %) WAN	General 1 6 (19.35 %) Finance 2 3 (9.677 %) Government 3 2 (6.452 %) Telecoms
Miscellaneous 1 5 (16.13 %) AS400 2 3 (9.677 %) Mainframe 3 2 (6.452 %) Clustering	Operating Systems 1 16 (51.61 %) Unix 2 12 (38.71 %) Windows 3 8 (25.81 %) Solaris 4 5 (16.13 %) Windows XP 5 4 (12.90 %) AIX 5 4 (12.90 %) NetWare 6 2 (6.452 %) MVS 6 2 (6.452 %) HPUX 6 2 (6.452 %) VMS 6 2 (6.452 %) Linux 6 2 (6.452 %) Windows NT 7 1 (3.226 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (22.58 %) SC Cleared 1 7 (22.58 %) Security Cleared 2 5 (16.13 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 4 (12.90 %) ITIL 4 3 (9.677 %) Disaster Recovery 4 3 (9.677 %) Resource Management 5 1 (3.226 %) Programme Management	Programming Languages 1 6 (19.35 %) SQL 2 2 (6.452 %) REXX
Qualifications 1 1 (3.226 %) HND 1 1 (3.226 %) MCSE 1 1 (3.226 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (3.226 %) ITIL Certification 1 1 (3.226 %) Degree	System Software 1 2 (6.452 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 2 (6.452 %) Unicenter	Vendors 1 10 (32.26 %) Microsoft 2 4 (12.90 %) Sybase 2 4 (12.90 %) LANDesk 3 2 (6.452 %) Sun 3 2 (6.452 %) Hyperion 4 1 (3.226 %) VERITAS 4 1 (3.226 %) Mitel 4 1 (3.226 %) IBM