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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support 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 in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5148
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.672 %0.891 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£180-
Average daily rate£190-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£200-
UK excluding London average daily rate£265£248
% change on same period last year+6.96 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£17.00
Average hourly rate£16.50£17.50
% change on same period last year-5.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.00£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.63£17.15
% change on same period last year-8.89 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads595561
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.846 %0.567 %
Daily rates quoted152100
Average minimum daily rate£285£295
Average daily rate£302£316
% change on same period last year-4.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted97102
Average minimum hourly rate£17.93£16.27
Average hourly rate£19.10£17.50
% change on same period last year+9.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.28£18.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Technical Support South EastTechnical Support
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
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Technical Support Demand Trend

Technical Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Technical Support Daily Rate Trend

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Technical Support Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordDown-51--
Technical Support South EastTechnical Support
South East

Technical Support
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title.

16 (100.00 %)Windows
25 (83.33 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (50.00 %)Active Directory
33 (50.00 %)Microsoft
33 (50.00 %)Windows XP
42 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
42 (33.33 %)MS Office
42 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
42 (33.33 %)MCSE
42 (33.33 %)MS Excel
42 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
51 (16.67 %)Government
51 (16.67 %)Internet
51 (16.67 %)ITIL Certification
51 (16.67 %)Cisco Certification
51 (16.67 %)Windows NT
51 (16.67 %)Client/Server
51 (16.67 %)ITIL
51 (16.67 %)CCNA
51 (16.67 %)LAN
51 (16.67 %)WAN
51 (16.67 %)DHCP
51 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
51 (16.67 %)DNS
51 (16.67 %)Cisco

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
21 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (33.33 %)MS Office
12 (33.33 %)MS Excel
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)Internet
11 (16.67 %)LAN
11 (16.67 %)WAN
11 (16.67 %)DHCP
11 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
11 (16.67 %)DNS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Government
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Client/Server
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Windows
25 (83.33 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (50.00 %)Windows XP
42 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
42 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (16.67 %)Windows NT
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
11 (16.67 %)ITIL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (33.33 %)MCSE
12 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (16.67 %)ITIL Certification
21 (16.67 %)Cisco Certification
21 (16.67 %)CCNA
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (16.67 %)Cisco