The first table below looks at the demand for the Windows Support Engineer 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 Windows 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Support Engineer
Rank 104 134 121
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer 4 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.198% 0.062% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.211% 0.066% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £175 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £183 £290
% change year-on-year
+63.50% -36.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £21.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.50 £13.00 £28.20
% change year-on-year
-11.53% -53.90%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1895 3012 2668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.95% 93.11% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1803 1328
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
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 137 186 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.70 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.00
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Devon - 3 £350 -
Somerset - 1 - -
Windows Support Engineer
England

Windows Support Engineer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Citrix
2 7 (87.50%) VMware
2 7 (87.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (37.50%) Client/Server
5 3 (37.50%) HNC
5 3 (37.50%) Degree
5 3 (37.50%) VMware ESX
5 3 (37.50%) XenApp
6 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
6 2 (25.00%) Military
6 2 (25.00%) Clustering
6 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) ITIL
6 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (25.00%) Service Management
6 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
6 2 (25.00%) Finance
6 2 (25.00%) Migration
7 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000
7 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008

Windows Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (25.00%) MS Exchange
General
1 2 (25.00%) Military
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Client/Server
2 2 (25.00%) Clustering
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL
1 2 (25.00%) Service Management
1 2 (25.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) HNC
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (37.50%) VMware ESX
3 3 (37.50%) XenApp
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Citrix
1 7 (87.50%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft