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Support Technician Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills
Browse 11 Support Technician job vacancies in the South East

The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician 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 Support Technician 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 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 198 223 227
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 22 24 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.275% 0.240% 0.179%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.296% 0.261% 0.194%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 5
Average daily rate £175 £450 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-61.11% +114.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £158 £200 £210
% change year-on-year
-21.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 10
Average hourly rate £11.50 £12.25 £13.08
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.12% -6.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.20 £10.75 £10.13
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £21.05 £23.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 7436 9200 9812
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.86% 92.04% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3762 4120 4265
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 584 683 849
Average hourly rate £18.00 £18.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Support Technician
England

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Support Technician Daily Rate Trend

Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Support Technician Hourly Rate Trend

Support Technician
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Hampshire +1 13 £175 - 4
Berkshire +20 6 £163 - 1
Buckinghamshire -4 1 - - 1
Kent - 1 - -
Middlesex - - - -
Oxfordshire - - - - 2
Surrey - - - -
West Sussex - - - - 2
East Sussex - - - -
Support Technician
England

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 30 (66.67%) Windows
2 19 (42.22%) Active Directory
3 17 (37.78%) Microsoft
4 16 (35.56%) Windows 7
5 15 (33.33%) Windows XP
6 13 (28.89%) MS Office
7 9 (20.00%) DNS
7 9 (20.00%) VMware
7 9 (20.00%) HP
7 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (17.78%) McAfee
8 8 (17.78%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (13.33%) Citrix
9 6 (13.33%) MS Exchange
10 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
10 5 (11.11%) LAN
10 5 (11.11%) VPN
10 5 (11.11%) Hyper-V
10 5 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
11 4 (8.889%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (8.889%) XenApp
11 4 (8.889%) WAN
11 4 (8.889%) DHCP
11 4 (8.889%) TCP/IP
11 4 (8.889%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (8.889%) Finance
11 4 (8.889%) Dell
12 3 (6.667%) Cisco
12 3 (6.667%) OpenView Configuration Management
12 3 (6.667%) Firewall

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 6 (13.33%) MS Exchange
2 4 (8.889%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (6.667%) SharePoint
4 2 (4.444%) IIS
4 2 (4.444%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (2.222%) Exchange Server 2000
5 1 (2.222%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (2.222%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 13 (28.89%) MS Office
2 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.222%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.222%) AutoCAD
3 1 (2.222%) Pro/ENGINEER
3 1 (2.222%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.00%) DNS
2 5 (11.11%) LAN
2 5 (11.11%) VPN
3 4 (8.889%) WAN
3 4 (8.889%) DHCP
3 4 (8.889%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.667%) Firewall
5 2 (4.444%) Broadband
5 2 (4.444%) VoIP
5 2 (4.444%) Wireless
5 2 (4.444%) Junos
6 1 (2.222%) VLAN
6 1 (2.222%) Internet
6 1 (2.222%) SMS
6 1 (2.222%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (2.222%) TOAD
1 1 (2.222%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (8.889%) Finance
2 2 (4.444%) Retail
2 2 (4.444%) Local Government
3 1 (2.222%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.222%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.444%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.222%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.222%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 30 (66.67%) Windows
2 16 (35.56%) Windows 7
3 15 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (17.78%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (6.667%) Windows 2000
7 2 (4.444%) Android
7 2 (4.444%) Apple iOS
8 1 (2.222%) Windows 8
8 1 (2.222%) CentOS
8 1 (2.222%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (4.444%) ITIL
2 1 (2.222%) Software Deployment
2 1 (2.222%) Software Distribution
2 1 (2.222%) Change Control
2 1 (2.222%) Business Analysis
2 1 (2.222%) CAE
2 1 (2.222%) Project Management
2 1 (2.222%) Service Management
2 1 (2.222%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.444%) SQL
1 2 (4.444%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (8.889%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.444%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.444%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.444%) MCITP
3 1 (2.222%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.222%) MCP
3 1 (2.222%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.222%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (42.22%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 5 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.889%) XenApp
4 2 (4.444%) Terminal Services
5 1 (2.222%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (6.667%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 2 (4.444%) Backup Exec
3 1 (2.222%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 17 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.00%) VMware
2 9 (20.00%) HP
3 8 (17.78%) McAfee
4 6 (13.33%) Citrix
5 4 (8.889%) Dell
6 3 (6.667%) Cisco
7 1 (2.222%) ProCurve
7 1 (2.222%) Symantec
7 1 (2.222%) Avaya
7 1 (2.222%) Lotus
7 1 (2.222%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.222%) Adobe
Support Technician
Hampshire
Experience in providing support for: * Microsoft server 2003 and 2008 * Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 7 * Network Printing * Microsoft Office applications * Local and Wide Area Networks Understanding in...
Experis IT
Rate: £180 - £220 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
REGIONAL NETWORK AND SUPPORT TECHNICIAN
Hampshire, South East
Assist in ensuring that the Regional Support teams effectively support the needs of the Client.Previous experience within an IT function Knowledge and experience of the following: Windows...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £175 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
1st Line Support / Junior Support Technician / Customer Service
Reading, Berkshire
The 1st Line Support / Junior Support Technician will be responsible for supporting a mix of customers and internal clients, providing support within Windows 7, Outlook 2010, and Office...
TEKsystems
Salary: £8.00 - £12.00 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013
Senior IT Support Technician
South East England
Candidates will need:*To provide a 1st/2nd line support service that ensures all IT infrastructure and equipment is running to its optimum performance and that all departmental...
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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