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This section looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT contracts within the Oxford 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 3rd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Third Line Support
Location
3 months to
28 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3637
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.812 %0.362 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£450
Average daily rate-£450
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£256£292
% change on same period last year-12.25 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£32.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.49£24.78
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads276276
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.367 %0.275 %
Daily rates quoted8352
Average minimum daily rate£295£345
Average daily rate£316£370
% change on same period last year-14.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.27 %
Hourly rates quoted4954
Average minimum hourly rate£18.83£22.26
Average hourly rate£19.82£24.07
% change on same period last year-17.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.80£25.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.26 %
3rd Line Support Oxfordshire3rd Line Support
Oxfordshire

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.

3rd Line Support
Demand Trend

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

Oxford 3rd Line Support Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the Oxford region.

Oxford 3rd Line Support Daily Rate Trend

3rd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the Oxford region.

Oxford 3rd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

3rd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region that cited 3rd 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

18 (80.00 %)Windows
27 (70.00 %)MS Exchange
27 (70.00 %)Active Directory
27 (70.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
35 (50.00 %)Microsoft
35 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (50.00 %)DNS
44 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
53 (30.00 %)Cisco
53 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (30.00 %)Internet
53 (30.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
53 (30.00 %)CheckPoint
53 (30.00 %)WAN
53 (30.00 %)MS Excel
53 (30.00 %)Linux
53 (30.00 %)Windows 2000
53 (30.00 %)MCSE
53 (30.00 %)Firewall
53 (30.00 %)Cisco PIX
62 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
62 (20.00 %)Red Hat Linux
62 (20.00 %)Degree
62 (20.00 %)VMware
62 (20.00 %)VMware ESX
62 (20.00 %)MCSA
62 (20.00 %)Apache
62 (20.00 %)Perl
62 (20.00 %)SQL
62 (20.00 %)IIS

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region that cited 3rd 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (70.00 %)MS Exchange
17 (70.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
22 (20.00 %)IIS
22 (20.00 %)Apache
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (30.00 %)MS Excel
21 (10.00 %)MS Office
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (50.00 %)DNS
24 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
33 (30.00 %)WAN
33 (30.00 %)Internet
33 (30.00 %)Firewall
33 (30.00 %)Cisco PIX
42 (20.00 %)Ethernet
42 (20.00 %)LAN
51 (10.00 %)Wireless
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (80.00 %)Windows
25 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (30.00 %)Linux
33 (30.00 %)Windows 2000
42 (20.00 %)Windows XP
42 (20.00 %)Red Hat Linux
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (20.00 %)Perl
12 (20.00 %)SQL
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (30.00 %)MCSE
13 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (20.00 %)Degree
22 (20.00 %)MCSA
22 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (20.00 %)SLA
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (70.00 %)Active Directory
22 (20.00 %)VMware ESX
31 (10.00 %)NetBackup
31 (10.00 %)Backup Exec
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (30.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Microsoft
23 (30.00 %)Cisco
23 (30.00 %)CheckPoint
32 (20.00 %)VMware
32 (20.00 %)Red Hat
32 (20.00 %)Citrix
41 (10.00 %)VERITAS