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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support Engineer 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Support Engineer
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank507574
Rank change on same period last yearUp+67
Matching contract IT job ads5285
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.074 %0.086 %
As % of the category below0.083 %0.094 %
Daily rates quoted610
Average minimum daily rate£272£202
Average daily rate£288£213
% change on same period last year+34.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£225
UK excluding London average daily rate£197£218
% change on same period last year-9.57 %
Hourly rates quoted2429
Average minimum hourly rate£19.08£16.80
Average hourly rate£20.16£17.89
% change on same period last year+12.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.24£18.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.81£17.19
% change on same period last year+9.38 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6268590255
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.64 %91.37 %
Daily rates quoted2030627158
Average minimum daily rate£371£388
Average daily rate£396£413
% change on same period last year-3.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted57437905
Average minimum hourly rate£22.69£23.71
Average hourly rate£24.19£25.27
% change on same period last year-4.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.70£26.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %

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.

Technical Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Technical Support Engineer Demand Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Technical Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Technical Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Technical Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Technical Support Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Technical Support Engineer
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 Technical Support Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 13 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+5550£288+34.91 %
LondonUp+6614£379+79.98 %
South EastUp+2711£100-52.38 %
YorkshireUp+248£300-
LeedsNew entry-7£300-
West YorkshireUp+127£300-
South WestUp+206--
City of LondonDown-174--
CheltenhamNew entry-3--
East MidlandsUp+103--
North WestUp+153£190-
GloucestershireDown-33--
OxfordshireDown-53--
SurreyUp+292--
KentUp+82£100-
DerbyshireNew entry-2--
ManchesterDown-12--
BerkshireUp+282--
WiltshireDown-32--
BuxtonNew entry-2--
HammersmithNew entry-2--
SwindonDown-32--
DartfordNew entry-2£100-
NorthallertonNew entry-1--
NorthamptonDown-21--
OxfordDown-91--
GodalmingNew entry-1--
LeatherheadNew entry-1--
North YorkshireNew entry-1--
NorthamptonshireUp+61--

Technical Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title.

151 (37.78 %)Windows
229 (21.48 %)Microsoft
321 (15.56 %)Windows XP
321 (15.56 %)Active Directory
419 (14.07 %)HP
517 (12.59 %)Windows Server 2003
517 (12.59 %)Windows 2000
616 (11.85 %)Citrix
616 (11.85 %)Security Cleared
715 (11.11 %)Telecoms
715 (11.11 %)Dell
813 (9.630 %)Microsoft Certification
813 (9.630 %)UNIX
912 (8.889 %)Government
1011 (8.148 %)MCSE
1011 (8.148 %)Windows NT
119 (6.667 %)Cisco
119 (6.667 %)Compaq
119 (6.667 %)Windows 2000 Server
119 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
128 (5.926 %)Finance
128 (5.926 %)VPN
128 (5.926 %)MS Exchange
128 (5.926 %)ITIL
137 (5.185 %)Solaris
137 (5.185 %)Sun
137 (5.185 %)Ethernet
137 (5.185 %)NetWare
137 (5.185 %)CNA
137 (5.185 %)Novell Certification

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (2.222 %)HTML
13 (2.222 %)CSS
22 (1.481 %).NET
22 (1.481 %)J2EE
22 (1.481 %)ASP.NET
22 (1.481 %)XSLT
22 (1.481 %)XHTML
31 (0.741 %)X-Windows
31 (0.741 %)Windows SharePoint Services
31 (0.741 %)WebServices
31 (0.741 %)XML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (5.926 %)MS Exchange
26 (4.444 %)GroupWise
26 (4.444 %)WebLogic
35 (3.704 %)Lotus Notes
35 (3.704 %)Exchange Server 2003
44 (2.963 %)SharePoint
53 (2.222 %)SharePoint Server 2007
53 (2.222 %)CMS
53 (2.222 %)Lotus Domino
53 (2.222 %)Apache
62 (1.481 %)WebLogic Portal
71 (0.741 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
71 (0.741 %)IIS
71 (0.741 %)Exchange Server 5.5
71 (0.741 %)Exchange Server 2000
71 (0.741 %)SharePoint Portal Server
71 (0.741 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (4.444 %)MS Office
16 (4.444 %)MS Excel
22 (1.481 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.741 %)Photoshop
31 (0.741 %)InDesign
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.741 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (0.741 %)Navision
11 (0.741 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (5.926 %)VPN
27 (5.185 %)Ethernet
35 (3.704 %)TCP/IP
35 (3.704 %)DNS
35 (3.704 %)WAN
44 (2.963 %)LAN
44 (2.963 %)SDH
44 (2.963 %)DECnet
44 (2.963 %)DSLAM
44 (2.963 %)DSL
44 (2.963 %)Firewall
53 (2.222 %)DWDM
53 (2.222 %)ADSL
53 (2.222 %)ATM
53 (2.222 %)ISDN
53 (2.222 %)SAN
53 (2.222 %)Intranet
53 (2.222 %)Internet
62 (1.481 %)DHCP
62 (1.481 %)LDAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (2.222 %)SQL Server
13 (2.222 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (0.741 %)ETL
21 (0.741 %)SQLPlus
21 (0.741 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.481 %)LoadRunner
21 (0.741 %)Visual Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (11.11 %)Telecoms
212 (8.889 %)Government
38 (5.926 %)Finance
45 (3.704 %)Publishing
54 (2.963 %)Health
54 (2.963 %)Insurance
63 (2.222 %)Retail
72 (1.481 %)Investment Banking
72 (1.481 %)Advertising
72 (1.481 %)Banking
72 (1.481 %)Electric
72 (1.481 %)Pharmaceutical
72 (1.481 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.741 %)Electronics
81 (0.741 %)Manufacturing
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (2.963 %)Blackberry
14 (2.963 %)Clustering
14 (2.963 %)VAX
23 (2.222 %)AS400
23 (2.222 %)EPoS
32 (1.481 %)NHS
41 (0.741 %)PKI
41 (0.741 %)Video Conferencing
41 (0.741 %)Client/Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
151 (37.78 %)Windows
221 (15.56 %)Windows XP
317 (12.59 %)Windows 2000
317 (12.59 %)Windows Server 2003
413 (9.630 %)UNIX
511 (8.148 %)Windows NT
69 (6.667 %)Windows 2000 Server
77 (5.185 %)NetWare
77 (5.185 %)Solaris
85 (3.704 %)HPUX
85 (3.704 %)VMS
94 (2.963 %)Linux
102 (1.481 %)Mac OS X
102 (1.481 %)Windows Vista
111 (0.741 %)Symbian OS
111 (0.741 %)OpenVMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (11.85 %)Security Cleared
29 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
38 (5.926 %)ITIL
43 (2.222 %)Service Management
43 (2.222 %)Asset Management
52 (1.481 %)Content Management
52 (1.481 %)BC Cleared
52 (1.481 %)SOA
52 (1.481 %)Validation
52 (1.481 %)Performance Testing
61 (0.741 %)Test Scripting
61 (0.741 %)Migration
61 (0.741 %)Web Design
61 (0.741 %)Network Design
61 (0.741 %)Knowledge Management
61 (0.741 %)Fault Management
61 (0.741 %)Quality Management
61 (0.741 %)CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (2.963 %)SQL
23 (2.222 %)C
32 (1.481 %)C#
32 (1.481 %)JavaScript
32 (1.481 %)Shell Script
41 (0.741 %)C++
41 (0.741 %)VBA
41 (0.741 %)Python
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (9.630 %)Microsoft Certification
211 (8.148 %)MCSE
37 (5.185 %)CNA
37 (5.185 %)Novell Certification
46 (4.444 %)CNE
55 (3.704 %)CCNA
55 (3.704 %)Cisco Certification
64 (2.963 %)Degree
73 (2.222 %)MCP
82 (1.481 %)A+ Certification
82 (1.481 %)ITIL Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.222 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
121 (15.56 %)Active Directory
27 (5.185 %)Citrix Presentation Server
36 (4.444 %)NDS
42 (1.481 %)NetBackup
42 (1.481 %)Backup Exec
42 (1.481 %)Oracle RAC
42 (1.481 %)MetaFrame
42 (1.481 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.741 %)ISA Server
51 (0.741 %)NFS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (4.444 %)ARCserve
23 (2.222 %)OpenView
32 (1.481 %)DameWare
32 (1.481 %)Netcool
32 (1.481 %)Netcool/Proviso
41 (0.741 %)OVSD
41 (0.741 %)CiscoWorks
41 (0.741 %)Legato
41 (0.741 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.741 %)Norton AntiVirus
41 (0.741 %)MIMEsweeper
41 (0.741 %)Foglight
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
129 (21.48 %)Microsoft
219 (14.07 %)HP
316 (11.85 %)Citrix
415 (11.11 %)Dell
59 (6.667 %)Compaq
59 (6.667 %)Cisco
67 (5.185 %)Sun
67 (5.185 %)Novell
76 (4.444 %)VERITAS
85 (3.704 %)Lotus
85 (3.704 %)Oracle
85 (3.704 %)Fujitsu
93 (2.222 %)Ericsson
93 (2.222 %)Nokia
102 (1.481 %)Remedy
102 (1.481 %)Hummingbird
102 (1.481 %)VMware
102 (1.481 %)WatchGuard
102 (1.481 %)Vignette
102 (1.481 %)Adobe