West Midlands Senior Support Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Support Analyst role in IT contracts within the West Midlands 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 Senior Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Senior Support Analyst
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Leicestershire Letchworth London Lutterworth Oxfordshire Portsmouth Scotland South East Stratford-upon-Avon UK Warwickshire West Midlands Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	121	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	2	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.067 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£293	£410
% change on same period last year	-28.65 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.00	-
Average hourly rate	£17.25	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.33	£23.75
% change on same period last year	-18.59 %
Job Titles West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	3001	3349
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.057 %	3.303 %
Daily rates quoted	750	771
Average minimum daily rate	£322	£326
Average daily rate	£343	£348
% change on same period last year	-1.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	296	469
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.60	£21.33
Average hourly rate	£21.09	£23.00
% change on same period last year	-8.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.58	£24.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
Senior Support Analyst England

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.

Senior Support Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Support Analyst across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Support Analyst across the West Midlands region.

Senior Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Support Analyst across the West Midlands region.

Senior Support Analyst
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

Location	Rank 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
Worcestershire	-	1	-	-
Warwickshire	-	1	-	-

Senior Support Analyst England

Senior Support Analyst
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 2 (66.67 %) Cisco 1 2 (66.67 %) Active Directory 1 2 (66.67 %) ITIL 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows 2 1 (33.33 %) MCSE 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows XP 2 1 (33.33 %) LAN 2 1 (33.33 %) VPN 2 1 (33.33 %) SLA 2 1 (33.33 %) MCP 2 1 (33.33 %) UNIX 2 1 (33.33 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 1 (33.33 %) MS Office 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows Server 2003

2 1 (33.33 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (33.33 %) IBM 2 1 (33.33 %) WebSphere

Senior Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 1 (33.33 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 1 (33.33 %) WebSphere Application Server
Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) LAN 1 1 (33.33 %) VPN
Operating Systems 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows XP 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows Server 2003 2 1 (33.33 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) ITIL
Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) MCP 1 1 (33.33 %) MCSE 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (33.33 %) SLA
System Software 1 2 (66.67 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 2 (66.67 %) Cisco 2 1 (33.33 %) IBM