West Yorkshire Systems Support Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Systems Support role in IT contracts within the West Yorkshire 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 Systems Support in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Ascot Basildon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Carlisle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Dewsbury Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Hampshire Hertfordshire Hull Huntingdon Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newbury Newport Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	77	89
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	18	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	1.054 %	0.380 %
Daily rates quoted	3	3
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£283
Average daily rate	£325	£283
% change on same period last year	+14.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£283
UK excluding London average daily rate	£295	£273
% change on same period last year	+8.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.00	£15.00
Average hourly rate	£15.00	£16.00
% change on same period last year	-6.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.00	£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.24	£20.60
% change on same period last year	+12.79 %
Job Titles West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1708	1843
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.277 %	1.865 %
Daily rates quoted	412	332
Average minimum daily rate	£326	£302
Average daily rate	£345	£321
% change on same period last year	+7.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£341
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	128	152
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.50	£21.31
Average hourly rate	£22.57	£22.94
% change on same period last year	-1.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.64	£24.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Support across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Leeds	-2	11	£313	+10.29 %
Dewsbury	-	2	-	-
Bradford	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title.

1 10 (52.63 %) SQL 2 8 (42.11 %) Finance 2 8 (42.11 %) Law 2 8 (42.11 %) Legal 2 8 (42.11 %) CMS 2 8 (42.11 %) Billing 3 4 (21.05 %) SharePoint 4 3 (15.79 %) HP 5 2 (10.53 %) Novell 5 2 (10.53 %) Lotus 5 2 (10.53 %) NHS 5 2 (10.53 %) Client/Server 5 2 (10.53 %) Lotus Notes 5 2 (10.53 %) Microsoft 5 2 (10.53 %) OpenView

5 2 (10.53 %) .NET 5 2 (10.53 %) Release Management 5 2 (10.53 %) OVSD 5 2 (10.53 %) Asset Management 5 2 (10.53 %) Knowledge Management 5 2 (10.53 %) C# 5 2 (10.53 %) SharePoint Portal Server 5 2 (10.53 %) Health 6 1 (5.263 %) Incident Management 6 1 (5.263 %) Spreadsheet 6 1 (5.263 %) Web Development 6 1 (5.263 %) Degree 6 1 (5.263 %) Crystal Reports 6 1 (5.263 %) IIS 6 1 (5.263 %) ASP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (10.53 %) .NET 2 1 (5.263 %) ASP 2 1 (5.263 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 8 (42.11 %) CMS 2 4 (21.05 %) SharePoint 3 2 (10.53 %) SharePoint Portal Server 3 2 (10.53 %) Lotus Notes 4 1 (5.263 %) IIS
Applications 1 1 (5.263 %) MS Excel 1 1 (5.263 %) Spreadsheet	Communications & Networking 1 1 (5.263 %) LAN 1 1 (5.263 %) WLAN 1 1 (5.263 %) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (5.263 %) Crystal Reports	General 1 8 (42.11 %) Finance 1 8 (42.11 %) Law 1 8 (42.11 %) Legal 1 8 (42.11 %) Billing 2 2 (10.53 %) Health
Miscellaneous 1 2 (10.53 %) Client/Server 1 2 (10.53 %) NHS	Operating Systems 1 1 (5.263 %) UNIX 1 1 (5.263 %) Windows 1 1 (5.263 %) HPUX 1 1 (5.263 %) Linux 1 1 (5.263 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (10.53 %) Asset Management 1 2 (10.53 %) Knowledge Management 1 2 (10.53 %) Release Management 2 1 (5.263 %) ITIL 2 1 (5.263 %) Service Management 2 1 (5.263 %) Incident Management 2 1 (5.263 %) Web Development	Programming Languages 1 10 (52.63 %) SQL 2 2 (10.53 %) C#
Qualifications 1 1 (5.263 %) HND 1 1 (5.263 %) MCSE 1 1 (5.263 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (5.263 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (5.263 %) SLA
Systems Management 1 2 (10.53 %) OpenView 1 2 (10.53 %) OVSD	Vendors 1 3 (15.79 %) HP 2 2 (10.53 %) Novell 2 2 (10.53 %) Lotus 2 2 (10.53 %) Microsoft 3 1 (5.263 %) Citrix