The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Specialist
Rank 115 103 111
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 5 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.205% 0.189% 0.178%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.221% 0.202% 0.189%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £263 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+12.93% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £25.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-24.00% +21.95%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2266 2473 2646
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.83% 93.71% 94.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1095 1199 1298
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 112 100
Average hourly rate £14.50 £22.50 £15.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.55% +45.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.60 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Specialist
UK

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Support Specialist across the Scotland region.

Scotland Support Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Support Specialist across the Scotland region.

Scotland Support Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Support Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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
Edinburgh +11 4 - -
Aberdeen +2 1 - -
Support Specialist
UK

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 5 (62.50%) SQL
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (37.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (37.50%) Red Hat
3 3 (37.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (37.50%) MCSE
3 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (37.50%) NetApp
3 3 (37.50%) vSphere
4 2 (25.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (25.00%) UNIX
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) ETL
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) Peregrine
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (12.50%) Informatica
5 1 (12.50%) Firewall
5 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 1 (12.50%) Workflow
5 1 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Streaming Video
5 1 (12.50%) Data Management
5 1 (12.50%) VLAN
5 1 (12.50%) Agresso

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) VLAN
1 1 (12.50%) VSAT
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) ETL
2 1 (12.50%) Workflow
2 1 (12.50%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (37.50%) MCSE
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (37.50%) vSphere
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) Red Hat
2 3 (37.50%) NetApp
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Peregrine
3 1 (12.50%) Informatica