The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support Specialist role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3rd Line Support Specialist 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 West 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
Third Line Support Specialist
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Specialist 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 - £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 - -
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1921 2948 2824
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.48% 94.04% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1151 1751 1397
Average daily rate £350 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £486 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 179 264
Average hourly rate £17.35 £22.75 £22.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.73% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.04 £11.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.70 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
3rd Line Support Specialist
England

3rd Line Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 3rd Line Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 3rd Line Support Specialist across the South West region.

South West 3rd Line Support Specialist Daily Rate Trend

3rd Line Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3rd Line Support Specialist across the South West region.

South West 3rd Line Support Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

3rd Line Support Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support Specialist within the South West 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
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Gloucestershire - - - -
3rd Line Support Specialist
England

3rd Line Support Specialist
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited 3rd Line Support Specialist 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 3rd Line Support Specialist in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management

3rd Line Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited 3rd Line Support Specialist 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 3rd Line Support Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware