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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT contracts within the Wales 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSupport Engineer
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4535
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads1926
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.027 %
As % of the category below2.635 %3.481 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£80
Average daily rate-£80
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£80
UK excluding London average daily rate£229£224
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted127
Average minimum hourly rate£17.20£24.84
Average hourly rate£18.15£25.43
% change on same period last year-28.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.11£26.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.66£19.38
% change on same period last year-3.71 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Wales
Matching contract IT job ads721747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.028 %0.773 %
Daily rates quoted223164
Average minimum daily rate£335£373
Average daily rate£354£408
% change on same period last year-13.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted13387
Average minimum hourly rate£26.27£20.54
Average hourly rate£28.08£22.22
% change on same period last year+26.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.89£23.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.64£25.03
% change on same period last year-5.56 %
Support Engineer UKSupport Engineer
UK

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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Wales region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Wales Support Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Support Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Wales region 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
South WalesDown-1214--
North WalesNew entry-4--
West WalesUp+11--
Support Engineer UKSupport Engineer
UK

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

121 (50.00 %)Windows
213 (30.95 %)Active Directory
39 (21.43 %)Windows XP
39 (21.43 %)Security Cleared
48 (19.05 %)UNIX
57 (16.67 %)Microsoft
65 (11.90 %)Government
65 (11.90 %)Manufacturing
65 (11.90 %)Windows 2000
65 (11.90 %)MS Office
65 (11.90 %)Windows Server 2003
74 (9.524 %)VERITAS
74 (9.524 %)Symantec
74 (9.524 %)SQL
74 (9.524 %)TCP/IP
74 (9.524 %)MS Exchange
74 (9.524 %)Aerospace
74 (9.524 %)Automotive
83 (7.143 %)Terminal Services
83 (7.143 %)Clustering
83 (7.143 %)SC Cleared
83 (7.143 %)Degree
83 (7.143 %)Solaris
83 (7.143 %)LAN
83 (7.143 %)Oracle 10g
83 (7.143 %)Sun
83 (7.143 %)ClearCase
83 (7.143 %)J2EE
83 (7.143 %)Oracle
83 (7.143 %)WebLogic

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (7.143 %)HTML
13 (7.143 %)J2EE
13 (7.143 %)JSP
22 (4.762 %)XML
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (9.524 %)MS Exchange
23 (7.143 %)WebLogic
32 (4.762 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (2.381 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (11.90 %)MS Office
21 (2.381 %)MS Excel
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (9.524 %)TCP/IP
23 (7.143 %)LAN
23 (7.143 %)SAN
32 (4.762 %)Intranet
32 (4.762 %)Internet
32 (4.762 %)WAN
41 (2.381 %)GSM
41 (2.381 %)UMTS
41 (2.381 %)VoIP
41 (2.381 %)3G
41 (2.381 %)Firewall
41 (2.381 %)VPN
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (7.143 %)Oracle 10g
21 (2.381 %)Oracle 8/8i
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (7.143 %)ClearCase
13 (7.143 %)TestDirector
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (11.90 %)Government
15 (11.90 %)Manufacturing
24 (9.524 %)Aerospace
24 (9.524 %)Automotive
32 (4.762 %)Electric
32 (4.762 %)Local Government
41 (2.381 %)Telecoms
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (7.143 %)Clustering
21 (2.381 %)Statistics
21 (2.381 %)NHS
21 (2.381 %)Mainframe
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (50.00 %)Windows
29 (21.43 %)Windows XP
38 (19.05 %)UNIX
45 (11.90 %)Windows 2000
45 (11.90 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (7.143 %)Solaris
61 (2.381 %)Linux
61 (2.381 %)Windows 2000 Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (21.43 %)Security Cleared
23 (7.143 %)SC Cleared
32 (4.762 %)ITIL
32 (4.762 %)Change Management
41 (2.381 %)Migration
41 (2.381 %)Performance Management
41 (2.381 %)SOA
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (9.524 %)SQL
23 (7.143 %)Java
31 (2.381 %)C
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (7.143 %)Degree
22 (4.762 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (2.381 %)MCSE
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.381 %)SLA
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (30.95 %)Active Directory
23 (7.143 %)Terminal Services
32 (4.762 %)NetBackup
32 (4.762 %)MetaFrame
41 (2.381 %)NFS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (7.143 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (2.381 %)DameWare
21 (2.381 %)Tivoli
21 (2.381 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (2.381 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (16.67 %)Microsoft
24 (9.524 %)VERITAS
24 (9.524 %)Symantec
33 (7.143 %)Dell
33 (7.143 %)Sun
33 (7.143 %)Oracle
33 (7.143 %)McAfee Security
33 (7.143 %)Sophos
33 (7.143 %)Citrix
42 (4.762 %)Cisco
51 (2.381 %)HP
51 (2.381 %)EMC
51 (2.381 %)Remedy