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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the Oldham region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSupport Engineer
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank5-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below8.333 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£232£197
% change on same period last year+17.80 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.21£18.66
% change on same period last year+2.92 %
Oldham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oldham
Matching contract IT job ads129
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.011 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£350£350
Average daily rate£375£475
% change on same period last year-21.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£19.83£11.33
Average hourly rate£24.10£12.67
% change on same period last year+90.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.37£14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.50
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Support Engineer ManchesterSupport Engineer
Manchester

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.

Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Oldham Support Engineer Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oldham region that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Migration
11 (100.00 %)Data Migration
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oldham region that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oldham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
Oldham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Oldham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008
Oldham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Migration
11 (100.00 %)Data Migration