The first table below looks at the demand for the Support 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Analyst
Rank 35 38 36
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 16 19 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 3.509% 3.069% 2.592%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.738% 3.199% 2.697%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 3
Average daily rate £170 £225 £190
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.44% +18.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £175 £166
10% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £253 £194
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £220 £215
% change year-on-year
+13.63% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 9
Average hourly rate £13.50 £16.75 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.40% +15.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £15.30 £11.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.70 £17.50 £16.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
428 594 445
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 93.86% 95.96% 96.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 282 199
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 £217 £225 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £493 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 79 66
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.50 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +11.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.33 £11.00 £11.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £30.00 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Analyst
South East

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Analyst across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxfordshire Support Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +9 10 £170 -24.44%
Abingdon +6 3 £140 -
Kidlington - 1 - -
Support Analyst
South East

Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 18 (69.23%) Windows
2 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 11 (42.31%) Active Directory
4 9 (34.62%) MS Office
4 9 (34.62%) MS Excel
5 8 (30.77%) DHCP
5 8 (30.77%) DNS
6 7 (26.92%) TCP/IP
6 7 (26.92%) Windows XP
7 6 (23.08%) MS Exchange
8 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
8 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (19.23%) Migration
8 5 (19.23%) VMware
8 5 (19.23%) vSphere
8 5 (19.23%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (15.38%) SCCM
9 4 (15.38%) Windows 2000
10 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
10 3 (11.54%) LAN
10 3 (11.54%) WAN
10 3 (11.54%) Apple
10 3 (11.54%) SCOM
10 3 (11.54%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (11.54%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (11.54%) Degree
11 2 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
11 2 (7.692%) Windows 7
11 2 (7.692%) Service Management

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 Development
1 1 (3.846%) CSS
1 1 (3.846%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 6 (23.08%) MS Exchange
2 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
2 5 (19.23%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (11.54%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (7.692%) IIS
5 1 (3.846%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (3.846%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (3.846%) MS Project Server
5 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (34.62%) MS Office
1 9 (34.62%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (3.846%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) DHCP
1 8 (30.77%) DNS
2 7 (26.92%) TCP/IP
3 3 (11.54%) LAN
3 3 (11.54%) WAN
4 1 (3.846%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.846%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Blackberry
1 1 (3.846%) Statistics
1 1 (3.846%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 18 (69.23%) Windows
2 7 (26.92%) Windows XP
3 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (15.38%) Windows 2000
5 2 (7.692%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.846%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Migration
2 2 (7.692%) Service Management
2 2 (7.692%) ITIL
3 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
3 1 (3.846%) Project Management
3 1 (3.846%) Workflow
3 1 (3.846%) Programme Management
3 1 (3.846%) Incident Management
3 1 (3.846%) Project Planning
3 1 (3.846%) Release Management
3 1 (3.846%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (3.846%) Computer Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 1 (3.846%) MCSE
2 1 (3.846%) CCNA
2 1 (3.846%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.846%) BC Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (42.31%) Active Directory
2 5 (19.23%) vSphere
3 3 (11.54%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.846%) VMware ESX
4 1 (3.846%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (3.846%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) SCCM
2 3 (11.54%) SCOM
3 1 (3.846%) Foglight
3 1 (3.846%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (3.846%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) VMware
3 3 (11.54%) Apple
4 2 (7.692%) Cisco
5 1 (3.846%) SAP
5 1 (3.846%) Citrix
5 1 (3.846%) Remedy