The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Wales 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 17 37 41
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 18 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 5.538% 1.772% 1.500%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.882% 1.897% 1.600%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 1
Average daily rate £255 £200 £117
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.50% +70.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £240 £202 £263
% change year-on-year
+19.10% -23.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 5
Average hourly rate £13.00 £17.75 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.76% +47.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.93 £15.95 £10.12
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £19.55 £13.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.88 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-5.51% +5.83%
All Job Titles
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
306 369 375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 94.15% 93.42% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 194 204
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £152 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 25
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -27.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £10.85 £9.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Engineer
Wales

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Wales Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

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 Support Engineer within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cardiff +15 11 £260 +23.80%
Bridgend - 2 - -
Monmouthshire - 1 - -
Support Engineer
Wales

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

1 12 (44.44%) Windows
1 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 5 (18.52%) HP
3 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
3 5 (18.52%) Windows 7
4 4 (14.81%) Windows XP
4 4 (14.81%) WAN
4 4 (14.81%) MS Office
4 4 (14.81%) Apple
4 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (11.11%) Citrix
5 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (11.11%) Blackberry
5 3 (11.11%) MS Exchange
5 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (11.11%) Final Cut Pro
6 2 (7.407%) Data Migration
6 2 (7.407%) XenApp
6 2 (7.407%) Migration
6 2 (7.407%) LAN
6 2 (7.407%) SQL
6 2 (7.407%) Cisco
7 1 (3.704%) DNS
7 1 (3.704%) SLA
7 1 (3.704%) DHCP
7 1 (3.704%) SAP
7 1 (3.704%) ITIL

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.11%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.704%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (3.704%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MS Office
2 3 (11.11%) Final Cut Pro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
2 4 (14.81%) WAN
3 2 (7.407%) LAN
4 1 (3.704%) DNS
4 1 (3.704%) DHCP
4 1 (3.704%) Firewall
General
1 1 (3.704%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.704%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 12 (44.44%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Windows 7
3 4 (14.81%) Windows XP
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.704%) Windows 2000
5 1 (3.704%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (7.407%) Data Migration
1 2 (7.407%) Migration
2 1 (3.704%) ITIL
2 1 (3.704%) ERP
2 1 (3.704%) Information Security
2 1 (3.704%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.407%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.704%) MCP
3 1 (3.704%) HNC
3 1 (3.704%) MCSE
3 1 (3.704%) MCSA
3 1 (3.704%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.704%) CCNA
3 1 (3.704%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (3.704%) MCTS
3 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.407%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) NetBackup
1 1 (3.704%) Backup Exec
1 1 (3.704%) SCOM
1 1 (3.704%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) HP
3 4 (14.81%) Apple
4 3 (11.11%) Citrix
5 2 (7.407%) Cisco
6 1 (3.704%) SAP
6 1 (3.704%) Veritas
6 1 (3.704%) Lotus
6 1 (3.704%) VMware