The first table below looks at the demand for the 1st Line Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 1st Line Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
First Line Support Engineer
Rank 113 114 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 4 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.203% 0.084% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.215% 0.089% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £150 £155 -
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Average hourly rate £11.50 £10.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £12.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +4.34%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1857 2257 1767
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.46% 94.75% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 968 1200 870
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £183 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £450 £462
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 130 122
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.30 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.60 £32.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
1st Line Support Engineer
England

1st Line Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire 1st Line Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

1st Line Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 1st Line Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

1st Line Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 1st Line Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

1st Line 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 1st Line Support Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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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
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West Yorkshire +3 4 - -
1st Line Support Engineer
England

1st Line Support Engineer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited 1st Line 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 1st Line Support Engineer in their job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) MS Office
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) Sophos
3 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
3 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification

1st Line Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited 1st Line 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 1st Line Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
1 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Sophos