The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Wiltshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 42 47 33
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 6 8 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.345% 1.266% 3.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.442% 1.368% 3.214%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Average daily rate £235 £145 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+61.72% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £239 £200 £263
% change year-on-year
+19.37% -23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 12
Average hourly rate £12.42 £15.75 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.14% -45.68%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Job Titles
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
416 585 529
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 93.27% 92.56% 96.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 352 279
Average daily rate £400 £363 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £205 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £473 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 47 48
Average hourly rate £13.50 £23.88 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.45% -3.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.45 £14.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Support Engineer
South West

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wiltshire Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

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 Support Engineer within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Swindon +1 2 £375 +129.70%
Salisbury -5 1 £299 -
Malmesbury - 1 £170 -
Support Engineer
South West

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 9 (47.37%) HP
2 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
3 8 (42.11%) VMware
3 8 (42.11%) Cisco
4 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
4 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (31.58%) MCSE
5 6 (31.58%) Military
5 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
6 5 (26.32%) SAN
7 4 (21.05%) SQL
7 4 (21.05%) MS Office
7 4 (21.05%) ITIL
7 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
7 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
7 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (15.79%) Linux
8 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (15.79%) CCNA
8 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
9 2 (10.53%) OPNET
9 2 (10.53%) F5
9 2 (10.53%) SolarWinds
9 2 (10.53%) Windows 7
9 2 (10.53%) Compuware
9 2 (10.53%) IBM
9 2 (10.53%) C
9 2 (10.53%) Citrix

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
1 2 (10.53%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Office
2 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) SAN
2 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.53%) DNS
3 2 (10.53%) LAN
3 2 (10.53%) WAN
3 2 (10.53%) DHCP
3 2 (10.53%) SNMP
3 2 (10.53%) Wireshark
4 1 (5.263%) PBX
4 1 (5.263%) VoIP
4 1 (5.263%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (31.58%) Military
2 1 (5.263%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Statistics
2 1 (5.263%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.263%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (15.79%) Linux
5 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
5 2 (10.53%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) ITIL
2 2 (10.53%) PRINCE
2 2 (10.53%) Project Management
2 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (31.58%) MCSE
4 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
5 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
6 3 (15.79%) CCNA
6 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (10.53%) MCITP
7 2 (10.53%) MCP
8 1 (5.263%) Degree
8 1 (5.263%) MCSA
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) Terminal Services
2 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Tivoli
1 2 (10.53%) Netcool
1 2 (10.53%) Netcool/OMNIbus
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
2 1 (5.263%) OpenView
2 1 (5.263%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (5.263%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) HP
2 8 (42.11%) Cisco
2 8 (42.11%) VMware
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.53%) Compuware
4 2 (10.53%) IBM
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix
4 2 (10.53%) Juniper
4 2 (10.53%) OPNET
4 2 (10.53%) SolarWinds
4 2 (10.53%) F5
5 1 (5.263%) Dell