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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support role in IT contracts within the Surrey region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Support in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Systems Support
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank90105
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads412
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.254 %0.518 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£250£350
Average daily rate£300£375
% change on same period last year-20.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£242
% change on same period last year+3.18 %
Hourly rates quoted16
Average minimum hourly rate£27.00£28.67
Average hourly rate£27.00£33.67
% change on same period last year-19.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00£38.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.89£25.58
% change on same period last year-6.61 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads15732315
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.197 %2.326 %
Daily rates quoted398641
Average minimum daily rate£316£329
Average daily rate£337£350
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£371
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted195386
Average minimum hourly rate£21.51£19.46
Average hourly rate£22.91£21.08
% change on same period last year+8.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.32£22.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Systems Support South EastSystems Support
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Systems Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Support across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Surrey Systems Support Demand Trend

Systems Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Surrey Systems Support Daily Rate Trend

Systems Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey Systems Support Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title.

13 (60.00 %)Active Directory
22 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (40.00 %)Novell
22 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (40.00 %)Windows
31 (20.00 %)Government
31 (20.00 %)Health
31 (20.00 %)VMware
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
31 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
31 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (20.00 %)HPUX
31 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (20.00 %)MCSE
31 (20.00 %)Apache
31 (20.00 %)Tomcat
31 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (20.00 %)LAN
31 (20.00 %)WAN
31 (20.00 %)OpenView
31 (20.00 %)HP
31 (20.00 %)Dell
31 (20.00 %)EMC
31 (20.00 %)Citrix
31 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (20.00 %)SAN
31 (20.00 %)Hitachi
31 (20.00 %)NetApp
31 (20.00 %)Intranet

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)IIS
11 (20.00 %)Apache
11 (20.00 %)Tomcat
11 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (20.00 %)GroupWise
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (20.00 %)DNS
21 (20.00 %)SAN
21 (20.00 %)Intranet
21 (20.00 %)Internet
21 (20.00 %)LAN
21 (20.00 %)WAN
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server 7
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Government
11 (20.00 %)Health
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)Windows
12 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (20.00 %)HPUX
21 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)ITIL
11 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
11 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)MCP
11 (20.00 %)MCSE
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (60.00 %)Active Directory
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (20.00 %)OpenView
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Novell
21 (20.00 %)VMware
21 (20.00 %)Cisco
21 (20.00 %)HP
21 (20.00 %)Dell
21 (20.00 %)EMC
21 (20.00 %)Citrix
21 (20.00 %)Hitachi
21 (20.00 %)NetApp