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This section looks at the demand for the Support Engineer 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSupport Engineer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2820
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads1118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.018 %
As % of the category below3.943 %6.143 %
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£226£252
% change on same period last year-10.03 %
Hourly rates quoted86
Average minimum hourly rate£19.15£27.17
Average hourly rate£19.78£28.92
% change on same period last year-31.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.40£30.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.72£18.87
% change on same period last year-0.83 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads279293
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.372 %0.296 %
Daily rates quoted7958
Average minimum daily rate£304£334
Average daily rate£330£356
% change on same period last year-7.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted6060
Average minimum hourly rate£19.81£23.49
Average hourly rate£21.52£25.30
% change on same period last year-14.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.23£27.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Support Engineer OxfordshireSupport Engineer
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.

Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Oxford Support Engineer Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oxford Support Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

122 (91.67 %)Windows
213 (54.17 %)Active Directory
312 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
49 (37.50 %)Microsoft
58 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
67 (29.17 %)Microsoft Certification
76 (25.00 %)Citrix
76 (25.00 %)MCSA
76 (25.00 %)SharePoint
76 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
85 (20.83 %)MS Exchange
85 (20.83 %)Cisco
94 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
94 (16.67 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
94 (16.67 %)MS Office
94 (16.67 %)Linux
94 (16.67 %)SQL Server
103 (12.50 %)MCSE
103 (12.50 %)Windows NT
103 (12.50 %)Cisco Certification
112 (8.333 %)Red Hat
112 (8.333 %)CheckPoint
112 (8.333 %)DNS
112 (8.333 %)Symantec
112 (8.333 %)Internet
112 (8.333 %)Apache
112 (8.333 %)SMS
112 (8.333 %)Windows XP
112 (8.333 %)IIS
112 (8.333 %)Perl

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
26 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
26 (25.00 %)SharePoint
35 (20.83 %)MS Exchange
42 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 5.5
42 (8.333 %)IIS
42 (8.333 %)Apache
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (16.67 %)MS Office
21 (4.167 %)MS Excel
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (8.333 %)DNS
12 (8.333 %)Internet
12 (8.333 %)Firewall
12 (8.333 %)SMS
21 (4.167 %)TCP/IP
21 (4.167 %)Wireless
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (16.67 %)SQL Server
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.167 %)Back Office
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.167 %)Statistics
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
122 (91.67 %)Windows
28 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
34 (16.67 %)Linux
34 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (12.50 %)Windows NT
52 (8.333 %)Windows XP
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (4.167 %)Migration
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (8.333 %)Perl
12 (8.333 %)SQL
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (29.17 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (25.00 %)MCSA
33 (12.50 %)MCSE
33 (12.50 %)Cisco Certification
41 (4.167 %)CCNA
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (54.17 %)Active Directory
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (16.67 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (8.333 %)WSUS
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (37.50 %)Microsoft
26 (25.00 %)Citrix
35 (20.83 %)Cisco
42 (8.333 %)Red Hat
42 (8.333 %)CheckPoint
42 (8.333 %)Symantec
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