The first table below looks at the demand for the Windows 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 Windows Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Support Engineer
Rank 213 236 251
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer 12 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.148% 0.060% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.160% 0.065% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 0
Average daily rate £300 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £183 £290
% change year-on-year
+63.50% -36.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £18.00 £24.00 £47.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -48.93%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £13.00 £28.20
% change year-on-year
+9.61% -53.90%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7501 9248 9778
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.81% 92.06% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3805 4146 4237
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £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 590 702 848
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 £12.21 £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 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Windows Support Engineer
England

Windows Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Windows Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Windows Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Windows Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Support Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South East Windows Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Windows Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 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 Windows Support Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 18 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
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Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +25 3 £325 -7.14%
Surrey - - - -
Windows Support Engineer
England

Windows Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Windows 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 Windows Support Engineer in their job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
4 9 (56.25%) Windows 7
5 8 (50.00%) Citrix
6 7 (43.75%) SC Cleared
6 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
6 7 (43.75%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (43.75%) VMware
6 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (37.50%) Clustering
7 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (37.50%) Migration
8 4 (25.00%) Windows 2000
9 3 (18.75%) MCSE
9 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
9 3 (18.75%) HNC
9 3 (18.75%) CCA
9 3 (18.75%) Citrix Certification
9 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (18.75%) Time Management
10 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
10 2 (12.50%) Degree
10 2 (12.50%) Windows Vista
10 2 (12.50%) Fat Client
10 2 (12.50%) NETGEAR
10 2 (12.50%) Firewall
10 2 (12.50%) Backup Exec
10 2 (12.50%) MetaFrame

Windows Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Windows 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 Windows Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) IIS
1 2 (12.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
2 2 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) VoIP
1 2 (12.50%) DNS
1 2 (12.50%) Internet
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (6.250%) SAN
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Clustering
2 2 (12.50%) Fat Client
2 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (12.50%) Thin Client
2 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
3 1 (6.250%) iPhone
3 1 (6.250%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (56.25%) Windows 7
3 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (25.00%) Windows 2000
6 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
6 2 (12.50%) Windows Vista
6 2 (12.50%) Windows 8
6 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (12.50%) UNIX
7 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (6.250%) Mac OS
7 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (18.75%) Time Management
3 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (6.250%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) SC Cleared
1 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) HNC
2 3 (18.75%) MCSE
2 3 (18.75%) CCA
2 3 (18.75%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 12 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (43.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (12.50%) MetaFrame
3 2 (12.50%) NFS
4 1 (6.250%) ISA Server
4 1 (6.250%) Hyper-V
4 1 (6.250%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Backup Exec
1 2 (12.50%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (50.00%) Citrix
3 7 (43.75%) VMware
4 2 (12.50%) NETGEAR
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco
4 2 (12.50%) HP
4 2 (12.50%) Nortel
5 1 (6.250%) CommVault
5 1 (6.250%) Apple
Abingdon, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £170 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013