The first table below looks at the demand for the Help Desk Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Help Desk Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Help Desk Analyst
Rank 47 55 49
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Analyst 2 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.463% 0.469% 0.676%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.491% 0.490% 0.703%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £120 £120 £100
% change year-on-year
- +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
Average hourly rate £15.00 £12.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +4.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £12.50 £12.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% +4.16%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
407 612 427
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.21% 95.63% 96.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 295 195
Average daily rate £340 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £500 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 83 60
Average hourly rate £14.81 £16.80 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.84% +15.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.15 £30.00 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Help Desk Analyst
South East

Help Desk Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Help Desk Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Help Desk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Help Desk Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Help Desk Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Help Desk Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Help Desk Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Analyst within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Oxford +3 1 - -
Help Desk Analyst
South East

Help Desk Analyst
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Help Desk 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 Help Desk Analyst in their job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) HTTP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (25.00%) iPhone

Help Desk Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Help Desk 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 Help Desk Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Apple
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Line Support, Network Engineer, CCNA... A strong understanding of LAN/WAN connectivity troubleshooting would also be highly beneficial as would previous service desk experience... Skills:- * Ability to troubleshoot...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Rate: Up to £15 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013