The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Analyst
Rank 36 46 31
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 6 10 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.542% 1.502% 4.318%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.662% 1.572% 4.680%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 9
Average daily rate £333 £288 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.65% +10.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £265 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £376 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £220 £222
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All Job Titles
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
361 636 406
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 92.80% 95.50% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 378 194
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 £240 £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 24 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%
Support Analyst
South East

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Analyst across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Sussex Support Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

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 Support Analyst within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Crawley +4 2 £425 +23.63%
Worthing -1 1 - -
Chichester - 1 - -
Horsham - 1 £185 -
Support Analyst
South East

Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region that cited 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 Support Analyst in their job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Windows
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 4 (30.77%) MS Office
4 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (23.08%) Test Scripting
4 3 (23.08%) Cisco
4 3 (23.08%) ERP
5 2 (15.38%) LAN
5 2 (15.38%) WAN
5 2 (15.38%) DHCP
5 2 (15.38%) DNS
5 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
5 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (15.38%) Finance
5 2 (15.38%) VMware
5 2 (15.38%) VMware ESX
5 2 (15.38%) MCSE
5 2 (15.38%) C
5 2 (15.38%) SQL
5 2 (15.38%) HP
5 2 (15.38%) Citrix
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (15.38%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (15.38%) Online Betting
5 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Tandem
5 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
5 2 (15.38%) XenApp
5 2 (15.38%) SharePoint 2010

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region that cited 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 Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) .NET
1 1 (7.692%) J2EE
1 1 (7.692%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (15.38%) Lync
2 1 (7.692%) Zimbra
2 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (7.692%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (7.692%) WebLogic
2 1 (7.692%) IIS
2 1 (7.692%) Apache
2 1 (7.692%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) MS Office
2 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (7.692%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) LAN
1 2 (15.38%) WAN
1 2 (15.38%) DHCP
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
2 1 (7.692%) IP Telephony
2 1 (7.692%) SAN
2 1 (7.692%) Internet
2 1 (7.692%) Firewall
2 1 (7.692%) SSL
2 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.692%) VPN
2 1 (7.692%) ADSL
2 1 (7.692%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (7.692%) MySQL
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) ClearCase
1 1 (7.692%) PVCS
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
1 2 (15.38%) Online Betting
2 1 (7.692%) Publishing
2 1 (7.692%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Tandem
1 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
1 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.692%) iPhone
2 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.692%) Mac OS
3 1 (7.692%) Linux
3 1 (7.692%) NetWare
3 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Test Scripting
1 3 (23.08%) ERP
2 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (7.692%) Network Management
3 1 (7.692%) Project Management
3 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) C
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) MCSE
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) VMware ESX
2 2 (15.38%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 2 (15.38%) XenApp
3 1 (7.692%) vSphere
3 1 (7.692%) Novell eDirectory
3 1 (7.692%) Postfix
3 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) FortiGate
1 1 (7.692%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco
3 2 (15.38%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) HP
3 2 (15.38%) Citrix
4 1 (7.692%) Avaya
4 1 (7.692%) Juniper
4 1 (7.692%) CommVault
4 1 (7.692%) Novell
4 1 (7.692%) Lotus
4 1 (7.692%) Apple
4 1 (7.692%) Sophos
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle
4 1 (7.692%) IBM