The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support Engineer
Rank 83 88 76
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -12
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 5 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.398% 0.192% 0.267%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.422% 0.203% 0.283%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £188 £113
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +66.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
Average hourly rate £11.35 £15.00 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.33% +57.89%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.63 £16.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year
-17.42% +22.22%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1185 1480 1059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.42% 94.57% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 828 495
Average daily rate £313 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.08% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 67 74
Average hourly rate £12.75 £15.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.53 £10.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Support Engineer
Yorkshire

IT Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire IT Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire IT Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire IT Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

IT 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 IT Support Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Wakefield - 2 - -
IT Support Engineer
Yorkshire

IT Support Engineer
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited IT 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 IT Support Engineer in their job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 7 (70.00%) Windows 2000
2 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (60.00%) Blackberry
3 6 (60.00%) Windows Vista
4 4 (40.00%) MS Office
5 3 (30.00%) Migration
5 3 (30.00%) HP
6 1 (10.00%) Citrix
6 1 (10.00%) Windows CE
6 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (10.00%) LAN
6 1 (10.00%) WAN
6 1 (10.00%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (10.00%) AS400
6 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
6 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008

IT Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited IT 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 IT Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (40.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (10.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 7 (70.00%) Windows 2000
3 6 (60.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (10.00%) Windows CE
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Migration
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix