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The table below looks at the demand for the PC Support role in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PC Support in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 PC Support
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank141155
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads316
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.016 %
As % of the category below0.069 %0.268 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£91
Average daily rate-£94
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£98
UK excluding London average daily rate£80£133
% change on same period last year-39.90 %
Hourly rates quoted29
Average minimum hourly rate£9.00£13.44
Average hourly rate£10.25£14.11
% change on same period last year-27.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£11.50£14.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.31£14.41
% change on same period last year+6.23 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South West
Matching contract IT job ads43555974
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.887 %5.891 %
Daily rates quoted13501557
Average minimum daily rate£349£342
Average daily rate£370£361
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£392£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted593736
Average minimum hourly rate£25.60£25.58
Average hourly rate£27.40£27.17
% change on same period last year+0.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.21£28.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
PC Support EnglandPC Support
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

PC Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PC Support across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West PC Support Demand Trend

PC Support
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PC Support across the South West region.

South West PC Support Daily Rate Trend

PC Support
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PC Support across the South West region.

South West PC Support Hourly Rate Trend

PC Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PC Support within the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GloucestershireDown-51--
BristolUp+71--
DevonNew entry-1--
PC Support EnglandPC Support
England

PC Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited PC Support 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 PC Support in their job title.

112 (85.71 %)Windows
211 (78.57 %)Windows XP
38 (57.14 %)Active Directory
38 (57.14 %)Windows Server 2003
46 (42.86 %)Dell
46 (42.86 %)MS Office
46 (42.86 %)Summit
55 (35.71 %)MS Excel
55 (35.71 %)HP
55 (35.71 %)TCP/IP
64 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
64 (28.57 %)Windows 2000
64 (28.57 %)Exchange Server 2003
73 (21.43 %)MCSE
73 (21.43 %)MCP
73 (21.43 %)Microsoft
73 (21.43 %)Backup Exec
73 (21.43 %)Microsoft Certification
73 (21.43 %)VERITAS
82 (14.29 %)Windows NT
82 (14.29 %)SC Cleared
82 (14.29 %)Security Cleared
91 (7.143 %)Windows Vista
91 (7.143 %)Blue Coat
91 (7.143 %)DHCP
91 (7.143 %)C
91 (7.143 %)DNS
91 (7.143 %)Citrix
91 (7.143 %)MIMEsweeper
91 (7.143 %)Education

PC Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited PC Support 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 PC Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
14 (28.57 %)Exchange Server 2003
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (42.86 %)MS Office
25 (35.71 %)MS Excel
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (42.86 %)Summit
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (35.71 %)TCP/IP
21 (7.143 %)DNS
21 (7.143 %)DHCP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.143 %)Education
11 (7.143 %)Government
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (85.71 %)Windows
211 (78.57 %)Windows XP
38 (57.14 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (28.57 %)Windows 2000
52 (14.29 %)Windows NT
61 (7.143 %)Windows Vista
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)SC Cleared
12 (14.29 %)Security Cleared
21 (7.143 %)Migration
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (7.143 %)C
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (21.43 %)MCP
13 (21.43 %)MCSE
13 (21.43 %)Microsoft Certification
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (57.14 %)Active Directory
23 (21.43 %)Backup Exec
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (7.143 %)MIMEsweeper
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (42.86 %)Dell
25 (35.71 %)HP
33 (21.43 %)Microsoft
33 (21.43 %)VERITAS
41 (7.143 %)Blue Coat
41 (7.143 %)Citrix