Desktop Support Contracts in Northamptonshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Northamptonshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 26 - 24
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 3 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.200% - 2.952%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.271% - 3.187%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £150 - £188
UK excluding London average daily rate £144 £138 £170
% change year-on-year
+4.54% -19.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £11.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £14.25
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +5.26%
All Job Titles
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 236 381 251
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 94.40% 94.54% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 253 140
Average daily rate £375 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £162 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 25
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -20.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £9.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Support
East Midlands

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Support across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Northamptonshire Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Desktop Support across the Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Desktop Support Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Support across the Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Desktop Support Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Northampton - 3 £150 -
Desktop Support
East Midlands

Desktop Support
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows XP
2 4 (66.67%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (66.67%) Lotus
3 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (50.00%) SLA
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (16.67%) Remedy
4 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (16.67%) LAN
4 1 (16.67%) WAN
4 1 (16.67%) DHCP
4 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (16.67%) DNS
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000
4 1 (16.67%) MS Office
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix
4 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
4 1 (16.67%) ISMS

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows XP
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) ISMS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Lotus
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Remedy
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
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