The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 currently tracked.

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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Support Analyst
Rank 497 533 524
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Support Analyst 36 40 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.077% 0.069% 0.106%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.074% 0.115%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 24 38
Average daily rate £440 £383 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.03% +2.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £267 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £585 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £329 £263
% change year-on-year
-20.15% +25.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
Average hourly rate £18.25 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.45 £13.12 £14.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.05 £35.90 £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £14.77 £18.00
% change year-on-year
-8.56% -17.97%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42921 54032 55868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.62% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24602 29796 30366
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2138 2561 2889
Average hourly rate £18.53 £18.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.20% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.74 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Senior Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Support Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Support Analyst within the UK.

Senior Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Support Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Senior Support Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Support Analyst within the UK.

Senior Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Support Analyst
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Support Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +56 33 £440 +15.03%
London +21 19 £525 +28.04%
South East +23 5 £275 -31.25%
City of London +18 5 £425 -29.16%
North West +16 5 - -
Berkshire - 4 £275 -
Cheshire +5 3 - -
Yorkshire +3 3 £250 -
West Yorkshire 0 3 £250 -
Bradford - 3 £250 -
Manchester - 2 - -
Reading - 2 £245 -
Glasgow - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 - -
South West +19 1 £280 -13.17%
Bristol +11 1 £280 -13.17%
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
South Wales - 1 - -

Senior Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Support Analyst in their job title.

1 36 (53.73%) SQL
2 28 (41.79%) Windows
3 24 (35.82%) Microsoft
4 22 (32.84%) ITIL
4 22 (32.84%) UNIX
5 20 (29.85%) SQL Server
6 17 (25.37%) Active Directory
7 16 (23.88%) Windows Server 2008
8 15 (22.39%) Citrix
8 15 (22.39%) Oracle
9 14 (20.90%) Finance
10 13 (19.40%) SAN
11 12 (17.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (17.91%) Windows Server 2003
11 12 (17.91%) Change Management
11 12 (17.91%) .NET
11 12 (17.91%) IIS
11 12 (17.91%) VMware
12 11 (16.42%) ASP.NET
12 11 (16.42%) VB
12 11 (16.42%) SharePoint
13 10 (14.93%) JavaScript
13 10 (14.93%) C#
13 10 (14.93%) HTML
14 9 (13.43%) XML
14 9 (13.43%) MS Excel
15 8 (11.94%) Front Office
15 8 (11.94%) UML
15 8 (11.94%) Legal
15 8 (11.94%) XenApp

Senior Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (17.91%) .NET
2 11 (16.42%) ASP.NET
3 10 (14.93%) HTML
4 9 (13.43%) XML
5 7 (10.45%) ASP
6 4 (5.970%) .NET Framework
7 2 (2.985%) Murex Flex
7 2 (2.985%) Murex MxML
Application Platforms
1 12 (17.91%) IIS
2 11 (16.42%) SharePoint
3 5 (7.463%) Lotus Notes
4 4 (5.970%) Lotus Domino
4 4 (5.970%) MS Exchange
4 4 (5.970%) OpenROAD
5 3 (4.478%) WorkSite
5 3 (4.478%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (1.493%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.493%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 9 (13.43%) MS Excel
2 6 (8.955%) MS Office
3 4 (5.970%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.493%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.493%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (7.463%) Global One
2 4 (5.970%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (2.985%) Changepoint
4 1 (1.493%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (1.493%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 13 (19.40%) SAN
2 5 (7.463%) Firewall
3 4 (5.970%) DNS
3 4 (5.970%) Internet
3 4 (5.970%) VoIP
3 4 (5.970%) DHCP
3 4 (5.970%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.478%) VPN
4 3 (4.478%) WAN
4 3 (4.478%) LAN
4 3 (4.478%) Wireless
5 2 (2.985%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.493%) iSCSI
6 1 (1.493%) Intranet
6 1 (1.493%) ADSL
6 1 (1.493%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (29.85%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.45%) Ingres
3 4 (5.970%) SQLPlus
4 3 (4.478%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (2.985%) MySQL
6 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (1.493%) EDMS
6 1 (1.493%) UniData
6 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.493%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.493%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.493%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.493%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 6 (8.955%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 5 (7.463%) InstallShield
3 4 (5.970%) NUnit
3 4 (5.970%) ClearQuest
3 4 (5.970%) MSTest
4 3 (4.478%) FinalBuilder
4 3 (4.478%) CruiseControl
4 3 (4.478%) Subversion
4 3 (4.478%) TeamCity
4 3 (4.478%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (4.478%) Visual Studio
4 3 (4.478%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.493%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 14 (20.90%) Finance
2 8 (11.94%) Legal
2 8 (11.94%) Front Office
3 7 (10.45%) Telecoms
4 6 (8.955%) Law
5 2 (2.985%) Retail
6 1 (1.493%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.493%) Danish Language
6 1 (1.493%) French Language
6 1 (1.493%) German Language
6 1 (1.493%) Swedish Language
6 1 (1.493%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.493%) Back Office
6 1 (1.493%) Banking
6 1 (1.493%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (7.463%) Derivative
3 4 (5.970%) Equities
4 3 (4.478%) Replication
5 2 (2.985%) Clustering
5 2 (2.985%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.985%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.985%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (2.985%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.493%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.493%) NHS
6 1 (1.493%) Statistics
6 1 (1.493%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.493%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.493%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 28 (41.79%) Windows
2 22 (32.84%) UNIX
3 16 (23.88%) Windows Server 2008
4 12 (17.91%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (7.463%) Windows XP
6 4 (5.970%) Solaris
7 3 (4.478%) Linux
7 3 (4.478%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.493%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.493%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (1.493%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.493%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.493%) Windows NT
8 1 (1.493%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.493%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.84%) ITIL
2 12 (17.91%) Change Management
3 8 (11.94%) UML
4 6 (8.955%) CRM
4 6 (8.955%) Practice Management
4 6 (8.955%) Document Management
4 6 (8.955%) Capacity Management
5 5 (7.463%) Asset Management
6 4 (5.970%) Service Delivery
6 4 (5.970%) Project Management
6 4 (5.970%) Unit Testing
7 3 (4.478%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (4.478%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (4.478%) Business Continuity
7 3 (4.478%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (2.985%) ITSM
8 2 (2.985%) E-Commerce
8 2 (2.985%) Data Management
8 2 (2.985%) Service Management
8 2 (2.985%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 36 (53.73%) SQL
2 11 (16.42%) VB
3 10 (14.93%) C#
3 10 (14.93%) JavaScript
4 7 (10.45%) C++
4 7 (10.45%) Java
4 7 (10.45%) VB.NET
5 4 (5.970%) VBA
6 3 (4.478%) FoxPro (VFP)
6 3 (4.478%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.478%) VB6
6 3 (4.478%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.493%) C
7 1 (1.493%) Perl
7 1 (1.493%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (7.463%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.970%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (5.970%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (5.970%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (5.970%) MCSE
4 3 (4.478%) MCSA
4 3 (4.478%) CCNA
4 3 (4.478%) ISEB
4 3 (4.478%) MCP
4 3 (4.478%) MCTS
4 3 (4.478%) MCPD
4 3 (4.478%) Degree
5 1 (1.493%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.493%) RHCA
5 1 (1.493%) VCP4
5 1 (1.493%) VCP5
5 1 (1.493%) RHCE
5 1 (1.493%) CISSP
5 1 (1.493%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.493%) GxP
1 1 (1.493%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (25.37%) Active Directory
2 8 (11.94%) XenApp
2 8 (11.94%) XenDesktop
3 7 (10.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.478%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.478%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.985%) Terminal Services
5 2 (2.985%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.493%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.493%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (1.493%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 6 (8.955%) SCCM
2 1 (1.493%) SCOM
2 1 (1.493%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.493%) HP SIM
2 1 (1.493%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (1.493%) Netcool
Vendors
1 24 (35.82%) Microsoft
2 15 (22.39%) Oracle
2 15 (22.39%) Citrix
3 12 (17.91%) VMware
4 6 (8.955%) Lotus
5 5 (7.463%) Cisco
5 5 (7.463%) Murex
6 4 (5.970%) HP
6 4 (5.970%) Sybase
6 4 (5.970%) Business Objects
6 4 (5.970%) EMC
7 3 (4.478%) NetApp
7 3 (4.478%) LANDesk
7 3 (4.478%) Hummingbird
8 2 (2.985%) Veeam
8 2 (2.985%) Bloomberg
8 2 (2.985%) Dell
9 1 (1.493%) Sun
9 1 (1.493%) SAP
9 1 (1.493%) Sophos
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