The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Analyst
Rank 208 235 239
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Analyst 15 12 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.192% 0.118% 0.124%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.207% 0.128% 0.134%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
Average daily rate £150 £150 £178
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £114 £150 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £150 £271
UK excluding London average daily rate £145 £105 £170
% change year-on-year
+38.09% -38.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 7
Average hourly rate £15.25 £17.50 £12.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.85% +42.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.05 £13.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.95 £87.50 £18.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.25 £15.75
% change year-on-year
-3.27% -3.17%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7243 9396 9678
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.69% 92.50% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3591 4212 4167
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 721 805
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -9.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.03 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Desktop Support Analyst
England

Desktop Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Desktop Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Desktop Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Desktop Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Surrey +23 3 - -
Oxfordshire +10 3 - -
West Sussex +18 2 £185 -
Kent -1 2 £150 -
Hampshire -5 2 £105 -
East Sussex +11 1 - -
Buckinghamshire +9 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
Desktop Support Analyst
England

Desktop Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support Analyst in their job title.

1 26 (86.67%) Windows
2 17 (56.67%) Active Directory
3 14 (46.67%) MS Office
4 10 (33.33%) Windows XP
5 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
5 8 (26.67%) Windows 7
6 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
7 6 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 6 (20.00%) DNS
8 5 (16.67%) LAN
8 5 (16.67%) Citrix
8 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (16.67%) Windows Vista
9 4 (13.33%) ITIL
9 4 (13.33%) VPN
9 4 (13.33%) Internet
9 4 (13.33%) Blackberry
9 4 (13.33%) MS PowerPoint
9 4 (13.33%) Degree
10 3 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
10 3 (10.00%) WAN
10 3 (10.00%) Lotus
10 3 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
10 3 (10.00%) VMware
10 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (6.667%) MCP
11 2 (6.667%) Windows 2000
11 2 (6.667%) MS Visio
11 2 (6.667%) MS Exchange

Desktop Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.333%) CSS
1 1 (3.333%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
1 3 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (6.667%) MS Exchange
3 1 (3.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (46.67%) MS Office
2 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
3 4 (13.33%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (6.667%) MS Visio
5 1 (3.333%) Acrobat
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 6 (20.00%) DNS
2 5 (16.67%) LAN
3 4 (13.33%) Internet
3 4 (13.33%) VPN
4 3 (10.00%) WAN
5 2 (6.667%) DHCP
5 2 (6.667%) HTTP
5 2 (6.667%) WLAN
6 1 (3.333%) VoIP
6 1 (3.333%) Wireless
General
1 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.667%) Advertising
2 2 (6.667%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.333%) Publishing
3 1 (3.333%) Retail
3 1 (3.333%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.333%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 26 (86.67%) Windows
2 10 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 8 (26.67%) Windows 7
4 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (16.67%) Windows Vista
5 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (6.667%) Windows 2000
6 2 (6.667%) Apple iOS
6 2 (6.667%) Mac OS X
7 1 (3.333%) Windows NT
7 1 (3.333%) NetWare
7 1 (3.333%) Mac OS
7 1 (3.333%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.33%) ITIL
2 2 (6.667%) Software Deployment
3 1 (3.333%) Project Management
3 1 (3.333%) Service Delivery
3 1 (3.333%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (3.333%) Computer Security
3 1 (3.333%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (6.667%) MCP
2 2 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (56.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.667%) Terminal Services
2 2 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.667%) vSphere
3 1 (3.333%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (3.333%) XenApp
3 1 (3.333%) VMware ESX
3 1 (3.333%) Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.667%) SCCM
2 1 (3.333%) ZENworks
2 1 (3.333%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Citrix
3 3 (10.00%) Lotus
3 3 (10.00%) VMware
4 2 (6.667%) Symantec
4 2 (6.667%) Remedy
5 1 (3.333%) Websense
5 1 (3.333%) SAP
5 1 (3.333%) Avaya
5 1 (3.333%) NetApp
5 1 (3.333%) Novell
5 1 (3.333%) Adobe
5 1 (3.333%) HP
5 1 (3.333%) Dell
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