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The table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support role in IT contracts within the Portsmouth 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 2nd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Second Line Support
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2827
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.922 %0.870 %
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£144£169
% change on same period last year-14.58 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£14.00£12.00
Average hourly rate£15.00£14.00
% change on same period last year+7.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.28£15.94
% change on same period last year-4.19 %
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Portsmouth
Matching contract IT job ads217230
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.293 %0.227 %
Daily rates quoted2333
Average minimum daily rate£297£277
Average daily rate£312£300
% change on same period last year+4.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£323
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted112125
Average minimum hourly rate£25.94£23.59
Average hourly rate£27.70£25.75
% change on same period last year+7.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.46£27.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
2nd Line Support Hampshire2nd Line Support
Hampshire

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.

2nd Line Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Portsmouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Portsmouth 2nd Line Support Demand Trend

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth 2nd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title.

12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
12 (50.00 %)Active Directory
12 (50.00 %)MS Office
12 (50.00 %)Windows
12 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (25.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)VMware
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel
21 (25.00 %)MCP
21 (25.00 %)Dell
21 (25.00 %)EMC
21 (25.00 %)Citrix
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (25.00 %)SAN
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Internet
21 (25.00 %)BS7799

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (25.00 %)SAN
11 (25.00 %)Internet
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
12 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)SQL
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)MCP
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)BS7799
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)Dell
21 (25.00 %)EMC
21 (25.00 %)Citrix
21 (25.00 %)VMware