The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3rd Line Support 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 Yorkshire 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
Third Line Support
Rank 33 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.746% 1.145% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.800% 1.205% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £160 £135 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £258 £238
% change year-on-year
+4.85% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £20.06 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £20.06 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+14.65% -6.69%
All Job Titles
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
250 249 270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 93.28% 95.04% 96.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 134 158
Average daily rate £300 £290 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -10.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 19 31
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
3rd Line Support
Yorkshire

3rd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 3rd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire 3rd Line Support Daily Rate Trend

3rd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire 3rd Line Support Hourly Rate Trend

3rd Line Support
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) VMware
2 4 (57.14%) SCCM
2 4 (57.14%) SCOM
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (42.86%) Intranet
3 3 (42.86%) Internet
3 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (42.86%) Replication
4 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
5 1 (14.29%) Citrix
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (14.29%) NHS
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (14.29%) VBScript
5 1 (14.29%) MCSE
5 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
5 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (14.29%) Release Management

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Intranet
1 3 (42.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Replication
2 1 (14.29%) NHS
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (14.29%) MCSE
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) SCCM
1 4 (57.14%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix