The first table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2nd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Shropshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Second Line Support
Rank 20 - 23
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 1.681% - 0.893%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.000% - 0.980%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £160 £140 £150
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.30 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.44% +3.57%
All Job Titles
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
100 126 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 84.03% 94.03% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 73 34
Average daily rate £288 £338 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.81% -2.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £561 £500 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £25.59 £10.00 £10.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+155.90% -2.43%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
2nd Line Support
West Midlands

2nd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 2nd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Shropshire region.

Shropshire 2nd Line Support Daily Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Shropshire 2nd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Shropshire 2nd Line Support Hourly Rate Histogram

2nd Line Support
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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.

1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Sun
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Sun
1 1 (50.00%) Dell