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This section looks at the demand for the IT Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the Sussex 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 IT Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 IT Support Engineer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank18-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.190 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£150£127
% change on same period last year+18.42 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.51£14.75
% change on same period last year-1.63 %
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads84158
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.111 %0.157 %
Daily rates quoted2210
Average minimum daily rate£491£343
Average daily rate£513£364
% change on same period last year+40.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£535£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted717
Average minimum hourly rate£28.55£32.51
Average hourly rate£31.68£33.97
% change on same period last year-6.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.80£35.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
IT Support Engineer South EastIT Support Engineer
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.

IT Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Sussex IT Support Engineer Demand Trend

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Sussex IT Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

IT Support Engineer
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sussex region that cited IT 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 IT Support Engineer in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)MCP
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)MCSE
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)ISA Server
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)VMware
11 (100.00 %)Backup Exec

IT Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)MCP
11 (100.00 %)MCSE
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)ISA Server
11 (100.00 %)Backup Exec
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)VMware