The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Support Engineer 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 West Sussex 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 Engineer
Rank 38 51 48
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 4 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.084% 0.635% 0.217%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.127% 0.664% 0.236%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £161 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £128 £130 £120
% change year-on-year
-1.92% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £19.50 £162.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-88.00% +1060.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +10.71%
All Job Titles
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
355 602 424
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 96.21% 95.56% 91.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 342 228
Average daily rate £363 £338 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.40% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £273 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 23 42
Average hourly rate £20.00 £26.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +23.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.80 £11.75 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Desktop Support Engineer
South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex Desktop Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Desktop Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Desktop Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) Dell
3 1 (20.00%) Avaya
3 1 (20.00%) Internet
3 1 (20.00%) 3G
3 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 8
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) 3G
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 8
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) HP
1 1 (20.00%) Dell
1 1 (20.00%) Avaya