The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support Engineer 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 Systems Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Support Engineer
Rank 213 231 239
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support Engineer 11 8 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.141% 0.079% 0.135%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.153% 0.085% 0.146%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
Average daily rate £300 £525 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £354 £318
% change year-on-year
-15.31% +11.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.44 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.88 - £13.50
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
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 577 716 825
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Support Engineer
England

Systems Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Systems Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Systems Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Systems Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Support Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Systems Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Systems Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Support Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hampshire -2 8 £300 -
West Sussex +16 2 £130 -
Systems Support Engineer
England

Systems Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support Engineer in their job title.

1 19 (82.61%) Windows
2 12 (52.17%) Active Directory
3 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
3 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared
4 9 (39.13%) VMware
5 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
5 8 (34.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (34.78%) Linux
6 7 (30.43%) SQL
6 7 (30.43%) ITIL
7 6 (26.09%) Citrix
7 6 (26.09%) Clustering
7 6 (26.09%) Migration
7 6 (26.09%) Windows 7
8 5 (21.74%) Hyper-V
8 5 (21.74%) CentOS
8 5 (21.74%) SLA
9 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (13.04%) Finance
10 3 (13.04%) MS Office
10 3 (13.04%) EPoS
10 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
10 3 (13.04%) CRM
10 3 (13.04%) ERP
11 2 (8.696%) SharePoint
11 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (8.696%) Intranet
11 2 (8.696%) Internet
11 2 (8.696%) MS Exchange
11 2 (8.696%) LAN

Systems Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.348%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.696%) SharePoint
1 2 (8.696%) MS Exchange
1 2 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) MS Office
2 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) Intranet
1 2 (8.696%) Internet
1 2 (8.696%) LAN
2 1 (4.348%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.348%) Crystal Reports
General
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Clustering
2 3 (13.04%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 19 (82.61%) Windows
2 8 (34.78%) Linux
3 6 (26.09%) Windows 7
4 5 (21.74%) CentOS
5 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (4.348%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (4.348%) Windows XP
7 1 (4.348%) Windows 2000
7 1 (4.348%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) ITIL
2 6 (26.09%) Migration
3 3 (13.04%) CRM
3 3 (13.04%) ERP
4 1 (4.348%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (4.348%) Change Control
4 1 (4.348%) Web Development
4 1 (4.348%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) Bash shell
2 1 (4.348%) Perl
2 1 (4.348%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
1 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.348%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.348%) Degree
2 1 (4.348%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (52.17%) Active Directory
2 8 (34.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (21.74%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.348%) vSphere
4 1 (4.348%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) SCCM
2 1 (4.348%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) VMware
2 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
3 6 (26.09%) Citrix
4 1 (4.348%) Red Hat