The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Slough 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Analyst
Rank 27 29 28
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 9 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 3.704% 1.047% 3.125%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.913% 1.130% 3.311%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 3
Average daily rate £125 £318 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-60.62% +154.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £223 £223
% change year-on-year
+1.12% -0.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £22.50 - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.29
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +1.37%
All Job Titles
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
230 177 302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 94.65% 92.67% 94.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 102 139
Average daily rate £338 £450 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £250 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 41
Average hourly rate £35.00 £11.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+218.18% -74.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Support Analyst
Berkshire

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Slough Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Analyst across the Slough region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Slough Support Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Slough Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region that cited Support Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Windows
1 6 (50.00%) Citrix
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 2 (16.67%) LAN
4 2 (16.67%) WAN
4 2 (16.67%) Lotus
4 2 (16.67%) IBM Notes
4 2 (16.67%) SQL
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
5 1 (8.333%) Waterfall
5 1 (8.333%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (8.333%) Software Deployment
5 1 (8.333%) Analytics
5 1 (8.333%) MCDST
5 1 (8.333%) Statistics
5 1 (8.333%) Degree
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Vista
5 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
5 1 (8.333%) Fat Client
5 1 (8.333%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (8.333%) FMCG
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
5 1 (8.333%) Change Management
5 1 (8.333%) Back Office

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region that cited Support Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) .NET
1 1 (8.333%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (8.333%) WLAN
3 1 (8.333%) VPN
3 1 (8.333%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (8.333%) Siebel EIM
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
1 1 (8.333%) TOAD
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Back Office
2 1 (8.333%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Statistics
1 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
1 1 (8.333%) Fat Client
1 1 (8.333%) FMCG
1 1 (8.333%) Client/Server
1 1 (8.333%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (8.333%) Windows Vista
4 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (8.333%) Waterfall
2 1 (8.333%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (8.333%) Software Deployment
2 1 (8.333%) Analytics
2 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
2 1 (8.333%) Change Management
2 1 (8.333%) SOA
2 1 (8.333%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) C#
2 1 (8.333%) Java
2 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) MCDST
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
1 1 (8.333%) MCP
1 1 (8.333%) MCSE
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Citrix
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Lotus
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle
4 1 (8.333%) Siebel
4 1 (8.333%) Remedy
4 1 (8.333%) Informatica
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco
Slough, Berkshire
Good understanding & knowledge of IT infrastructure, including Windows Client & server technologies, Citrix and thin client technologies. Understanding of LAN/WAN technologies. An understanding of Lotus Notes Messaging... Microsoft,...
TD Group
Rate: Excellent rates will be paid to the right candidate.
Posted: 14 June 2013