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

 Technical Support Engineer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5751
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.154 %0.495 %
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£191£220
% change on same period last year-13.18 %
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£19.15£18.95
% change on same period last year+1.05 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads648606
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.864 %0.613 %
Daily rates quoted128119
Average minimum daily rate£293£311
Average daily rate£317£335
% change on same period last year-5.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted144124
Average minimum hourly rate£18.70£20.16
Average hourly rate£20.33£21.65
% change on same period last year-6.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.96£23.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Technical Support Engineer South EastTechnical Support Engineer
South East

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.

Technical Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Technical Support Engineer Demand Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Technical Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title.

11 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
11 (50.00 %)Disaster Recovery
11 (50.00 %)Data Security
11 (50.00 %)Government
11 (50.00 %)Replication
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)ADSL
11 (50.00 %)ISDN
11 (50.00 %)LAN
11 (50.00 %)WAN
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
11 (50.00 %)VERITAS
11 (50.00 %)Symantec

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)ADSL
11 (50.00 %)ISDN
11 (50.00 %)LAN
11 (50.00 %)WAN
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)VPN
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Government
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Replication
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Disaster Recovery
11 (50.00 %)Data Security
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)VERITAS
11 (50.00 %)Symantec
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