The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Support 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 Surrey 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
Application Support
Rank 68 87 82
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -5
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 12 8 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 1.041% 0.497% 1.143%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.109% 0.534% 1.217%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 18
Average daily rate £281 £300 £337
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -10.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £300 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £300 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
- -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £20.00 £23.75
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -15.78%
All Job Titles
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1082 1497 1725
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 93.84% 92.92% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 803 858
Average daily rate £375 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £538 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 130 78
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -23.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Support
South East

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey Applications Support Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Support across the Surrey region.

Surrey Applications Support Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Support across the Surrey region.

Surrey Applications Support Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the Surrey 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
Staines - 9 - -
Guildford - 1 - -
Applications Support
South East

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region that cited Applications 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 Applications Support in their job title.

1 22 (66.67%) SQL
2 21 (63.64%) Windows
3 20 (60.61%) SQL Server
4 12 (36.36%) C#
5 9 (27.27%) Oracle
5 9 (27.27%) UNIX
5 9 (27.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (24.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (24.24%) ITIL
6 8 (24.24%) VB
6 8 (24.24%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (21.21%) Banking
7 7 (21.21%) VB6
8 6 (18.18%) SSH
8 6 (18.18%) Investment Banking
8 6 (18.18%) Smart Meter
8 6 (18.18%) PowerShell
8 6 (18.18%) SSL
8 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
8 6 (18.18%) Migration
8 6 (18.18%) Finance
8 6 (18.18%) MS Office
8 6 (18.18%) MS Excel
8 6 (18.18%) FTP
9 5 (15.15%) VPN
9 5 (15.15%) .NET
9 5 (15.15%) Firewall
9 5 (15.15%) WinForms
10 4 (12.12%) EFT
10 4 (12.12%) Java

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region that cited Applications 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 Applications Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (15.15%) .NET
1 5 (15.15%) WinForms
2 2 (6.061%) ASP.NET
2 2 (6.061%) COM
3 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (3.030%) Middleware
3 1 (3.030%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.091%) Tomcat
1 3 (9.091%) Documentum
2 1 (3.030%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 6 (18.18%) MS Office
1 6 (18.18%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Cerner Millennium
1 1 (3.030%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) SSH
1 6 (18.18%) SSL
1 6 (18.18%) FTP
2 5 (15.15%) VPN
2 5 (15.15%) Firewall
3 2 (6.061%) HTTP
4 1 (3.030%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (60.61%) SQL Server
2 9 (27.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (24.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (6.061%) Ingres
4 2 (6.061%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (6.061%) EDRMS
5 1 (3.030%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (3.030%) SAP BW
5 1 (3.030%) MySQL
General
1 7 (21.21%) Banking
2 6 (18.18%) Investment Banking
2 6 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (3.030%) Marketing
3 1 (3.030%) Back Office
3 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.030%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Smart Meter
2 4 (12.12%) EFT
3 1 (3.030%) SaaS
3 1 (3.030%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.030%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.030%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (3.030%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (3.030%) NHS
3 1 (3.030%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 21 (63.64%) Windows
2 9 (27.27%) UNIX
3 8 (24.24%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) ITIL
2 6 (18.18%) Migration
3 4 (12.12%) Document Management
4 3 (9.091%) Incident Management
4 3 (9.091%) Problem Management
4 3 (9.091%) Change Control
5 2 (6.061%) Wealth Management
6 1 (3.030%) ETRM
6 1 (3.030%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.030%) Web Development
6 1 (3.030%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.030%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.030%) TDD
6 1 (3.030%) MVC
6 1 (3.030%) Project Management
6 1 (3.030%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.030%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.030%) PRINCE
6 1 (3.030%) ERP
6 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 22 (66.67%) SQL
2 12 (36.36%) C#
3 8 (24.24%) VB
4 7 (21.21%) VB6
5 6 (18.18%) PowerShell
6 4 (12.12%) Java
7 2 (6.061%) T-SQL
8 1 (3.030%) VB.NET
8 1 (3.030%) VBA
8 1 (3.030%) JavaScript
8 1 (3.030%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Oracle
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.030%) Trayport
3 1 (3.030%) Twitter
3 1 (3.030%) Cerner
3 1 (3.030%) SAP
3 1 (3.030%) Cognos
Surrey, South East
Job Title Cerner Application Support Specialist Location Surrey South West LondonSalary 280 - 300 per dayDescription My client, an NHS Trust in Surrey South West London is looking to...
E-Resourcing
Rate: £280 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013