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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the Solihull 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSupport Engineer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-24
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %1.613 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£310
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£232£234
% change on same period last year-0.64 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.00
Average hourly rate-£24.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.92£19.34
% change on same period last year-2.13 %
Solihull IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Solihull
Matching contract IT job ads77124
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.108 %0.125 %
Daily rates quoted1754
Average minimum daily rate£269£354
Average daily rate£287£366
% change on same period last year-21.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£305£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted1519
Average minimum hourly rate£32.92£19.41
Average hourly rate£33.76£20.33
% change on same period last year+66.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.60£21.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Support Engineer West MidlandsSupport Engineer
West Midlands

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.

Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Solihull Support Engineer Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Solihull Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Solihull Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull region that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
22 (50.00 %)MS Office
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)Internet
31 (25.00 %)Firewall
31 (25.00 %)Wi-Fi
31 (25.00 %)RedDot
31 (25.00 %)VMware
31 (25.00 %)Content Management
31 (25.00 %)Web Development
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
31 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (25.00 %)C
31 (25.00 %)HTML
31 (25.00 %)Photoshop
31 (25.00 %)Adobe
31 (25.00 %)HP
31 (25.00 %)Acrobat
31 (25.00 %)MS Excel
31 (25.00 %)Windows XP
31 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (25.00 %)ADSL
31 (25.00 %)LAN
31 (25.00 %)WAN
31 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (25.00 %)VPN

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull region that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Solihull IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)HTML
Solihull IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
Solihull IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel
21 (25.00 %)Acrobat
21 (25.00 %)Photoshop
Solihull IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)ADSL
11 (25.00 %)LAN
11 (25.00 %)WAN
11 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (25.00 %)VPN
11 (25.00 %)Internet
11 (25.00 %)Firewall
11 (25.00 %)Wi-Fi
Solihull IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)Windows XP
Solihull IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Content Management
11 (25.00 %)Web Development
Solihull IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)C
Solihull IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
11 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Solihull IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)Adobe
21 (25.00 %)HP
21 (25.00 %)RedDot
21 (25.00 %)VMware