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This section looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT contracts within the Sheffield 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 3rd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Third Line Support
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank24-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.000 %
As % of the category below5.350 %0.000 %
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£249£293
% change on same period last year-14.98 %
Hourly rates quoted100
Average minimum hourly rate£29.47-
Average hourly rate£29.92-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.37-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.38£24.93
% change on same period last year-2.19 %
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Sheffield
Matching contract IT job ads243304
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.321 %0.303 %
Daily rates quoted4956
Average minimum daily rate£291£305
Average daily rate£307£320
% change on same period last year-4.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£323£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted6772
Average minimum hourly rate£25.58£24.66
Average hourly rate£26.48£25.68
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.38£26.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
3rd Line Support South Yorkshire3rd Line Support
South Yorkshire

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.

3rd Line Support
Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 3rd Line Support Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Sheffield 3rd Line Support Daily Rate Trend

3rd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Sheffield 3rd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

3rd Line Support
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the Sheffield region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Sheffield 3rd Line Support Hourly Rate Histogram

3rd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield region that cited 3rd 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

114 (70.00 %)SAN
213 (65.00 %)Windows
311 (55.00 %)Solaris
410 (50.00 %)VERITAS
58 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
58 (40.00 %)NetBackup
58 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
67 (35.00 %)MCSE
67 (35.00 %)Microsoft Certification
76 (30.00 %)Finance
85 (25.00 %)Telecoms
85 (25.00 %)Linux
85 (25.00 %)Sun
85 (25.00 %)EMC
94 (20.00 %)Windows NT
103 (15.00 %)Middleware
103 (15.00 %)Back Office
103 (15.00 %)Change Management
103 (15.00 %)Legal
103 (15.00 %)AIX
103 (15.00 %)HPUX
103 (15.00 %)ITIL
103 (15.00 %)UNIX
103 (15.00 %)HP
103 (15.00 %)Cisco
103 (15.00 %)Microsoft
103 (15.00 %)Brocade
112 (10.00 %)OVPA
112 (10.00 %)HP Data Protector
112 (10.00 %)OpenView

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield region that cited 3rd 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (15.00 %)Middleware
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
12 (10.00 %)Lotus Notes
12 (10.00 %)Lotus Domino
12 (10.00 %)GroupWise
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.000 %)MS Excel
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (70.00 %)SAN
22 (10.00 %)LAN
22 (10.00 %)WAN
22 (10.00 %)DHCP
22 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (10.00 %)VPN
22 (10.00 %)DNS
22 (10.00 %)Firewall
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (10.00 %)SQL Server
12 (10.00 %)Informix
21 (5.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (30.00 %)Finance
25 (25.00 %)Telecoms
33 (15.00 %)Back Office
33 (15.00 %)Legal
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)CLARiiON
11 (5.000 %)Symmetrix
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (65.00 %)Windows
211 (55.00 %)Solaris
38 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
45 (25.00 %)Linux
54 (20.00 %)Windows NT
63 (15.00 %)AIX
63 (15.00 %)HPUX
63 (15.00 %)UNIX
72 (10.00 %)NetWare
81 (5.000 %)Windows XP
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (15.00 %)Change Management
13 (15.00 %)ITIL
22 (10.00 %)ITSM
22 (10.00 %)Service Management
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (35.00 %)MCSE
17 (35.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (10.00 %)SNIA Certification
31 (5.000 %)CNE
31 (5.000 %)Novell Certification
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (40.00 %)NetBackup
22 (10.00 %)VMware ESX
31 (5.000 %)NFS
31 (5.000 %)Active Directory
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (10.00 %)OVPA
12 (10.00 %)HP Data Protector
12 (10.00 %)OpenView
12 (10.00 %)ZENworks
12 (10.00 %)Legato
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (50.00 %)VERITAS
25 (25.00 %)Sun
25 (25.00 %)EMC
33 (15.00 %)HP
33 (15.00 %)Cisco
33 (15.00 %)Microsoft
33 (15.00 %)Brocade
42 (10.00 %)Intel
42 (10.00 %)Oracle
42 (10.00 %)VMware
42 (10.00 %)Lotus
42 (10.00 %)Novell
51 (5.000 %)NetApp