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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Team Leader role in IT contracts across the UK 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 Team Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Team Lead
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank495560
Rank change on same period last yearUp+65
Matching contract IT job ads6977
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.098 %0.080 %
As % of the category below0.111 %0.087 %
Daily rates quoted2117
Average minimum daily rate£399£204
Average daily rate£436£225
% change on same period last year+94.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£474£246
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£216
% change on same period last year+50.00 %
Hourly rates quoted812
Average minimum hourly rate£23.18£23.08
Average hourly rate£24.35£24.04
% change on same period last year+1.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.52£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.40£23.72
% change on same period last year-14.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6217088312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.60 %91.33 %
Daily rates quoted2007426422
Average minimum daily rate£371£388
Average daily rate£396£413
% change on same period last year-4.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted57327812
Average minimum hourly rate£22.72£23.70
Average hourly rate£24.20£25.26
% change on same period last year-4.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.69£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.64£25.03
% change on same period last year-5.56 %

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 Team Leader
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Support Team Leader within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Support Team Leader Demand Trend

Support Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Support Team Leader within the UK.

Support Team Leader Daily Rate Trend

Support Team Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Team Leader within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Support Team Leader Daily Rate Histogram

Support Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Support Team Leader within the UK.

Support Team Leader Hourly Rate Trend

Support Team Leader
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Team Leader within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Support Team Leader Hourly Rate Histogram

Support Team Leader
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Team Leader within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+8866£436+94.08 %
LondonUp+8032£530+35.80 %
South EastUp+4612£208-
West MidlandsUp+37£400+99.85 %
City of LondonDown-86£600-
East MidlandsUp+66£315-16.00 %
MidlandsNew entry-4£367-
South WestUp+244--
SolihullNew entry-4£451-
BerkshireUp+424£225-
Sunbury-on-ThamesNew entry-3--
BirminghamUp+193£451-9.90 %
ScotlandUp+173--
SurreyUp+223--
OxfordNew entry-3£200-
NottinghamshireNew entry-3£315-
OxfordshireNew entry-3£200-
LeicestershireUp+122--
West YorkshireNew entry-2--
YorkshireUp+182--
HinckleyNew entry-2--
LeedsNew entry-2--
East LothianNew entry-2--
GloucestershireNew entry-1--
HampshireNew entry-1--
BuckinghamshireUp+151--
DevonNew entry-1--
WindsorNew entry-1--
StainesNew entry-1--
NottinghamNew entry-1£315-

Support Team Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Support Team Leader 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 Team Leader in their job title.

146 (35.94 %)Windows
239 (30.47 %)ITIL
322 (17.19 %)Finance
420 (15.63 %)Microsoft
517 (13.28 %)Windows XP
517 (13.28 %)Active Directory
614 (10.94 %)Windows Server 2003
614 (10.94 %)Banking
712 (9.375 %)Investment Banking
712 (9.375 %)UNIX
712 (9.375 %)SAP
811 (8.594 %)IIS
811 (8.594 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
910 (7.813 %)Murex
910 (7.813 %)Microsoft Certification
109 (7.031 %)SQL Server
109 (7.031 %)Firewall
118 (6.250 %)Service Management
118 (6.250 %)Change Management
118 (6.250 %)Intranet
118 (6.250 %)Internet
118 (6.250 %)Extranet
118 (6.250 %)DNS
127 (5.469 %)Asset Management
127 (5.469 %)Incident Management
127 (5.469 %)Problem Management
127 (5.469 %)ITIL Certification
127 (5.469 %)SQL
127 (5.469 %)Lotus Notes
127 (5.469 %)MCSE

Support Team Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Support Team Leader 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 Team Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (3.906 %)HTML
15 (3.906 %).NET
15 (3.906 %)ASP
24 (3.125 %)ASP.NET
31 (0.781 %).NET Framework
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (8.594 %)IIS
27 (5.469 %)Lotus Notes
36 (4.688 %)MS Exchange
44 (3.125 %)SharePoint
53 (2.344 %)SharePoint Portal Server
61 (0.781 %)GroupWise
61 (0.781 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.781 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (5.469 %)MS Excel
25 (3.906 %)MS Office
33 (2.344 %)MS Project
41 (0.781 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (3.125 %)SAP ERP
22 (1.563 %)Thomson PORTIA
22 (1.563 %)PeopleSoft Financials
22 (1.563 %)SAP HR
22 (1.563 %)WebTrends
22 (1.563 %)Decalog
31 (0.781 %)SAP Payroll
31 (0.781 %)arcHouse
31 (0.781 %)Microsoft CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (7.031 %)Firewall
28 (6.250 %)Intranet
28 (6.250 %)Internet
28 (6.250 %)Extranet
28 (6.250 %)DNS
36 (4.688 %)VPN
43 (2.344 %)Wireless
43 (2.344 %)IP Telephony
43 (2.344 %)VoIP
52 (1.563 %)LAN
52 (1.563 %)SMS
52 (1.563 %)SAN
52 (1.563 %)DHCP
61 (0.781 %)TCP/IP
61 (0.781 %)WAN
61 (0.781 %)DSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (7.031 %)SQL Server
21 (0.781 %)MS Access
21 (0.781 %)SAP BW
21 (0.781 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (17.19 %)Finance
214 (10.94 %)Banking
312 (9.375 %)Investment Banking
47 (5.469 %)Government
47 (5.469 %)Health
47 (5.469 %)Law
56 (4.688 %)Front Office
65 (3.906 %)Telecoms
74 (3.125 %)Pharmaceutical
74 (3.125 %)Legal
82 (1.563 %)Back Office
82 (1.563 %)Local Government
82 (1.563 %)Marketing
91 (0.781 %)Online Gambling
91 (0.781 %)Billing
91 (0.781 %)Electric
91 (0.781 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.781 %)Home Office
91 (0.781 %)Games
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (8.594 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
24 (3.125 %)Derivative
33 (2.344 %)Blackberry
33 (2.344 %)Grid Computing
42 (1.563 %)Spread Betting
42 (1.563 %)Video Conferencing
42 (1.563 %)AS400
51 (0.781 %)Credit Derivative
51 (0.781 %)Mainframe
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
146 (35.94 %)Windows
217 (13.28 %)Windows XP
314 (10.94 %)Windows Server 2003
412 (9.375 %)UNIX
55 (3.906 %)Windows 2000
64 (3.125 %)Windows 2000 Server
73 (2.344 %)Windows Vista
73 (2.344 %)NetWare
82 (1.563 %)Solaris
91 (0.781 %)AIX
91 (0.781 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
139 (30.47 %)ITIL
28 (6.250 %)Service Management
28 (6.250 %)Change Management
37 (5.469 %)Asset Management
37 (5.469 %)ERP
37 (5.469 %)Incident Management
37 (5.469 %)Problem Management
46 (4.688 %)Business Intelligence
55 (3.906 %)PRINCE2
64 (3.125 %)Service Delivery
64 (3.125 %)Risk Management
64 (3.125 %)Project Planning
73 (2.344 %)Business Analysis
73 (2.344 %)Investment Management
73 (2.344 %)Information Security
73 (2.344 %)Document Management
82 (1.563 %)Project Management
82 (1.563 %)Security Cleared
82 (1.563 %)Wealth Management
82 (1.563 %)Risk Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (5.469 %)SQL
22 (1.563 %)Java
22 (1.563 %)Perl
31 (0.781 %)PHP
31 (0.781 %)C#
31 (0.781 %)VBA
31 (0.781 %)Shell Script
31 (0.781 %)Korn
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (7.813 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (5.469 %)ITIL Certification
27 (5.469 %)MCSE
35 (3.906 %)MCP
35 (3.906 %)Degree
44 (3.125 %)CCNA
44 (3.125 %)Cisco Certification
52 (1.563 %)CCDA
52 (1.563 %)Citrix Certification
52 (1.563 %)CCEA
52 (1.563 %)CCNP
52 (1.563 %)HP AIS
52 (1.563 %)HP ASE
52 (1.563 %)CNE
52 (1.563 %)Novell Certification
52 (1.563 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.781 %)MCSA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.906 %)SLA
15 (3.906 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
22 (1.563 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (13.28 %)Active Directory
23 (2.344 %)ISA Server
32 (1.563 %)MetaFrame
41 (0.781 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.563 %)MOM
12 (1.563 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.781 %)AutoSys
21 (0.781 %)Unicenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (15.63 %)Microsoft
212 (9.375 %)SAP
310 (7.813 %)Murex
47 (5.469 %)Lotus
56 (4.688 %)Cisco
65 (3.906 %)Nortel
74 (3.125 %)Citrix
83 (2.344 %)Novell
83 (2.344 %)Oracle
83 (2.344 %)VMware
83 (2.344 %)DataSynapse
83 (2.344 %)HP
92 (1.563 %)Bloomberg
92 (1.563 %)Remedy
92 (1.563 %)McAfee Security
92 (1.563 %)Websense
92 (1.563 %)PeopleSoft
92 (1.563 %)Calypso
92 (1.563 %)Sun
92 (1.563 %)VERITAS