The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Analyst
Rank 31 28 17
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 5 4 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 1.748% 1.794% 5.106%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.825% 1.914% 5.357%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
Average daily rate £225 £435 £94
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.27% +365.24%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £220 £215
% change year-on-year
+13.63% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £14.00 - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All Job Titles
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
274 209 224
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 95.80% 93.72% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 104 77
Average daily rate £350 £310 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £238 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £449
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 13 20
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Analyst
Nottinghamshire

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Nottingham Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Nottingham Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham region that cited Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (45.45%) Windows
3 4 (36.36%) MS Exchange
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) VMware
5 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (18.18%) Citrix
5 2 (18.18%) SAN
5 2 (18.18%) C
5 2 (18.18%) VBScript
5 2 (18.18%) Linux
5 2 (18.18%) Windows 2000
5 2 (18.18%) Lotus Domino
5 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
5 2 (18.18%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
5 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (9.091%) iPhone
6 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
6 1 (9.091%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (9.091%) Business Analysis
6 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (9.091%) Windows Vista
6 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
6 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
6 1 (9.091%) ActionScript
6 1 (9.091%) SQL Server

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham region that cited Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) MS Exchange
2 2 (18.18%) Lotus Domino
2 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
1 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) SAN
2 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.091%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
2 1 (9.091%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (18.18%) Linux
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 2000
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
3 1 (9.091%) Windows Vista
3 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
3 1 (9.091%) UNIX
3 1 (9.091%) AIX
3 1 (9.091%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C
1 2 (18.18%) VBScript
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.091%) ActionScript 2.0
2 1 (9.091%) ActionScript
2 1 (9.091%) REXX
2 1 (9.091%) JCL
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) DameWare
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 3 (27.27%) VMware
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
3 1 (9.091%) IBM
3 1 (9.091%) HP