The first table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2nd Line Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Southampton 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Second Line Support Engineer
Rank 35 32 26
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -6
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer 2 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 0.673% 0.427% 0.529%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.709% 0.452% 0.549%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £120 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £163 £250
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -35.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £11.00 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.14% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.38 £14.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+12.93% -3.33%
All Job Titles
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
282 221 182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 94.95% 94.44% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 114 77
Average daily rate £324 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 51 32
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +12.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £8.03
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
2nd Line Support Engineer
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2nd Line Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support Engineer across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Southampton 2nd Line Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

2nd Line Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2nd Line Support Engineer across the Southampton region.

Southampton 2nd Line Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

2nd Line Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support Engineer across the Southampton region.

Southampton 2nd Line Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support Engineer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) MCP
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) MCSA
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification

2nd Line Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) MCP
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
1 1 (25.00%) MCSA
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix