The first table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2nd Line Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Staffordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Second Line Support Analyst
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £173 £142 £175
% change year-on-year
+21.26% -18.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £16.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +17.85%
All Job Titles
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
86 208 231
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 93.48% 99.05% 96.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 89 95
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £249 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £388 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 10
Average hourly rate £11.63 £17.50 £13.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.54% +30.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.00 £12.67 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.89 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
2nd Line Support Analyst
West Midlands

2nd Line Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 2nd Line Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

2nd Line Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire 2nd Line Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

2nd Line Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire 2nd Line Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

2nd Line Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
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Average Daily Rate
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2nd Line Support Analyst
West Midlands

2nd Line Support Analyst
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region that cited 2nd Line Support Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows CE
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008

2nd Line Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region that cited 2nd Line Support Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows CE
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix