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The table below looks at the demand for the 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSupport Engineer
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1727
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.222 %0.571 %
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£228£250
% change on same period last year-8.85 %
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£19.08£18.20
% change on same period last year+4.83 %
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads90175
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.122 %0.173 %
Daily rates quoted2217
Average minimum daily rate£446£371
Average daily rate£467£385
% change on same period last year+21.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£488£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£356
% change on same period last year-0.19 %
Hourly rates quoted818
Average minimum hourly rate£28.86£31.26
Average hourly rate£32.19£33.39
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.52£35.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.78£25.65
% change on same period last year-7.28 %
Support Engineer South EastSupport 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.

Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Sussex Support Engineer Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Sussex Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Sussex Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sussex region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

12 (66.67 %)VPN
12 (66.67 %)Windows
12 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (66.67 %)Firewall
21 (33.33 %)VMware
21 (33.33 %)Backup Exec
21 (33.33 %)VLAN
21 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
21 (33.33 %)Cisco ASA
21 (33.33 %)ISA Server
21 (33.33 %)Blackberry
21 (33.33 %)SQL Server
21 (33.33 %)MS Office
21 (33.33 %)MCP
21 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
21 (33.33 %)MCSE
21 (33.33 %)VoIP
21 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
21 (33.33 %)DNS
21 (33.33 %)Cisco
21 (33.33 %)CCNP
21 (33.33 %)CCNA
21 (33.33 %)Active Directory
21 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sussex region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)MS Office
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)VPN
12 (66.67 %)Firewall
21 (33.33 %)VLAN
21 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
21 (33.33 %)Cisco ASA
21 (33.33 %)DNS
21 (33.33 %)VoIP
21 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Blackberry
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (66.67 %)Windows
12 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)MCP
11 (33.33 %)MCSE
11 (33.33 %)CCNP
11 (33.33 %)CCNA
11 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory
11 (33.33 %)ISA Server
11 (33.33 %)Backup Exec
Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Cisco
11 (33.33 %)VMware