The first table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2nd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Nottingham 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Second Line Support
Rank 29 28 23
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -5
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 7 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 2.341% 1.345% 2.857%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.456% 1.449% 2.979%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £160 £140 £150
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
Average hourly rate £11.50 £13.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.53% -7.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.44% +3.57%
All Job Titles
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
285 207 235
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 95.32% 92.83% 95.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 99 103
Average daily rate £325 £310 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 10 19
Average hourly rate £12.50 £14.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% -17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.75 £9.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £94.00 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
2nd Line Support
Nottinghamshire

2nd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Nottingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Nottingham 2nd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Nottingham region.

Nottingham 2nd Line Support Daily Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Nottingham region.

Nottingham 2nd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Active Directory
2 10 (76.92%) Windows
3 9 (69.23%) Windows XP
4 8 (61.54%) MS Office
5 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
6 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
6 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (30.77%) MS Exchange
6 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
7 3 (23.08%) LAN
7 3 (23.08%) WAN
7 3 (23.08%) Citrix
7 3 (23.08%) Windows Vista
7 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (15.38%) VMware
8 2 (15.38%) GroupWise
8 2 (15.38%) Blackberry
8 2 (15.38%) Cisco
8 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (15.38%) NetWare
8 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
8 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (7.692%) Twitter
9 1 (7.692%) DNS
9 1 (7.692%) CRM
9 1 (7.692%) Windows NT
9 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000
9 1 (7.692%) MCSE
9 1 (7.692%) ZENworks

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) MS Exchange
1 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (15.38%) GroupWise
Applications
1 8 (61.54%) MS Office
2 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) LAN
1 3 (23.08%) WAN
2 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.692%) DNS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) Windows XP
3 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
4 3 (23.08%) Windows Vista
4 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (15.38%) NetWare
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000
6 1 (7.692%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.692%) CRM
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) MCSE
1 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 11 (84.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Citrix
3 2 (15.38%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco
4 1 (7.692%) Twitter
4 1 (7.692%) Novell
4 1 (7.692%) McAfee