The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Support in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 advertised for the Wakefield region.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 7 8 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 8.333% 6.897% -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.333% 7.407% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £128 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £150 £135 £150
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £16.27 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
All Job Titles
Wakefield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
24 27 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 100.00% 93.10% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 8
Average daily rate £275 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £128 £150 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £400 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 4
Average hourly rate £17.00 £15.50 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.67% +34.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Desktop Support
West Yorkshire

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Support across the Wakefield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Wakefield Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Desktop Support across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield Desktop Support Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Support across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield Desktop Support Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region that cited Desktop Support 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 Desktop Support in their job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Blackberry
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Vista
1 5 (83.33%) Windows XP
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows 2000
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region that cited Desktop Support 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 Desktop Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Vista
1 5 (83.33%) Windows XP
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows 2000
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
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