The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support 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 IT Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support
Rank 31 52 36
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -16
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 10 4 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 2.625% 0.619% 3.636%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.833% 0.647% 3.941%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £175 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £150 £155 £118
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +31.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
Average hourly rate £175.00 £10.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1566.66% -30.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% +16.00%
All Job Titles
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
353 618 406
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 92.65% 95.67% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 365 191
Average daily rate £380 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £490 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 25 45
Average hourly rate £25.38 £22.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.34% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.25 £32.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Support
South East

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex IT Support Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex IT Support Daily Rate Trend

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex IT Support Hourly Rate Trend

IT Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Horsham - 5 £175 -
Crawley +8 2 - -
Chichester - 1 - -
Worthing - 1 - -
IT Support
South East

IT Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region that cited IT 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 IT Support in their job title.

1 7 (46.67%) ZENworks
1 7 (46.67%) Novell
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco
3 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
4 2 (13.33%) LAN
4 2 (13.33%) WAN
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (13.33%) C
4 2 (13.33%) IIS
4 2 (13.33%) MS Office
4 2 (13.33%) Windows
4 2 (13.33%) MCSE
4 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (13.33%) Firewall
4 2 (13.33%) Internet
4 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
4 2 (13.33%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (13.33%) Lync
5 1 (6.667%) FortiGate
5 1 (6.667%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (6.667%) Network Management
5 1 (6.667%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (6.667%) Unit Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (6.667%) Mac OS
5 1 (6.667%) Postfix

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region that cited IT 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 IT Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) Web Services
1 1 (6.667%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (13.33%) IIS
1 2 (13.33%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (13.33%) Lync
2 1 (6.667%) Zimbra
2 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (6.667%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (6.667%) Apache
2 1 (6.667%) WebLogic
2 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (13.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) LAN
1 2 (13.33%) WAN
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) Internet
2 1 (6.667%) IP Telephony
2 1 (6.667%) SAN
2 1 (6.667%) DHCP
2 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.667%) VPN
2 1 (6.667%) DNS
2 1 (6.667%) SSL
2 1 (6.667%) ADSL
2 1 (6.667%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (6.667%) MySQL
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (6.667%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (6.667%) Mac OS
2 1 (6.667%) Linux
2 1 (6.667%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (6.667%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (6.667%) Network Management
2 1 (6.667%) Unit Testing
2 1 (6.667%) Project Management
2 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C
2 1 (6.667%) Java
2 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (13.33%) MCSE
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.667%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (6.667%) Postfix
2 1 (6.667%) XenApp
2 1 (6.667%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 7 (46.67%) ZENworks
2 1 (6.667%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Novell
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco
4 1 (6.667%) Sophos
4 1 (6.667%) VMware
4 1 (6.667%) Oracle
4 1 (6.667%) Avaya
4 1 (6.667%) Juniper
4 1 (6.667%) CommVault
4 1 (6.667%) HP
4 1 (6.667%) Citrix
West Sussex
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Posted: 18 May 2013