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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the Peterborough 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSupport Engineer
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank829
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads151
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.001 %
As % of the category below11.63 %0.676 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£125£100
Average daily rate£133£100
% change on same period last year+33.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£142£100
UK excluding London average daily rate£231£231
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£19.00-
Average hourly rate£20.80-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£22.60-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.91£19.23
% change on same period last year-1.65 %
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Peterborough
Matching contract IT job ads129148
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.182 %0.150 %
Daily rates quoted2326
Average minimum daily rate£280£318
Average daily rate£296£325
% change on same period last year-9.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£312£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted2219
Average minimum hourly rate£18.64£25.35
Average hourly rate£19.47£26.40
% change on same period last year-26.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.30£27.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Support Engineer CambridgeshireSupport Engineer
Cambridgeshire

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 Peterborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Peterborough region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Peterborough Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Peterborough Support Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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.

110 (58.82 %)Microsoft
27 (41.18 %)Windows
36 (35.29 %)Windows 2000
36 (35.29 %)Lotus Notes
36 (35.29 %)MS Office
36 (35.29 %)Windows NT
36 (35.29 %)Windows XP
36 (35.29 %)Lotus
44 (23.53 %)DNS
44 (23.53 %)Active Directory
44 (23.53 %)SCCM
44 (23.53 %)Novell
53 (17.65 %)Application Packaging
53 (17.65 %)Problem Management
53 (17.65 %)DHCP
62 (11.76 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (11.76 %)Electronics
62 (11.76 %)MCSE
62 (11.76 %)MATLAB
62 (11.76 %)Simulink
62 (11.76 %)Automotive
71 (5.882 %)Manufacturing
71 (5.882 %)Mainframe
71 (5.882 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (5.882 %)Incident Management
71 (5.882 %)ITIL
71 (5.882 %)MCP
71 (5.882 %)UNIX
71 (5.882 %)OpenView
71 (5.882 %)Citrix

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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.

Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (17.65 %)Application Packaging
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (35.29 %)Lotus Notes
21 (5.882 %)IIS
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (35.29 %)MS Office
22 (11.76 %)MATLAB
22 (11.76 %)Simulink
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (23.53 %)DNS
23 (17.65 %)DHCP
31 (5.882 %)TCP/IP
31 (5.882 %)SMS
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.882 %)MSI
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (11.76 %)Electronics
12 (11.76 %)Automotive
21 (5.882 %)Manufacturing
21 (5.882 %)Finance
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)Mainframe
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (41.18 %)Windows
26 (35.29 %)Windows 2000
26 (35.29 %)Windows NT
26 (35.29 %)Windows XP
31 (5.882 %)NetWare
31 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (5.882 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (5.882 %)UNIX
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)Problem Management
21 (5.882 %)ITIL
21 (5.882 %)Incident Management
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.882 %)SQL
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (11.76 %)MCSE
12 (11.76 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (5.882 %)MCP
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (23.53 %)Active Directory
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (23.53 %)SCCM
21 (5.882 %)OpenView
21 (5.882 %)MOM
21 (5.882 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (5.882 %)ZENworks
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (58.82 %)Microsoft
26 (35.29 %)Lotus
34 (23.53 %)Novell
41 (5.882 %)Oracle
41 (5.882 %)Citrix
41 (5.882 %)Symantec
41 (5.882 %)Remedy