Yorkshire 2nd Line Support Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support Analyst role in IT contracts within the 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 2nd Line Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Second Line Support Analyst
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf City of London Colchester Croydon Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh England Essex Exeter Folkestone Hampshire Hertfordshire Hull Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Liverpool London Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Rugby Sheffield Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Surrey Swindon UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 3 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	95	128
Rank change on same period last year	+33
Matching contract IT job ads	11	12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.018 %	0.013 %
As % of the category below	0.462 %	0.343 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£150
Average daily rate	-	£155
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£160
UK excluding London average daily rate	£172	£197
% change on same period last year	-12.86 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.40	£10.75
Average hourly rate	£13.40	£11.75
% change on same period last year	+14.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.40	£12.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.48	£14.36
% change on same period last year	+7.79 %
Job Titles Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	2380	3502
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.843 %	3.820 %
Daily rates quoted	534	816
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£324
Average daily rate	£357	£340
% change on same period last year	+5.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	274	309
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.37	£20.91
Average hourly rate	£20.61	£22.24
% change on same period last year	-7.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.85	£23.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.16	£23.97
% change on same period last year	-3.40 %
2nd Line Support Analyst England

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.

2nd Line Support Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst across the 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 2nd Line Support Analyst across the Yorkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst across the Yorkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 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
West Yorkshire	+12	3	-	-
South Yorkshire	+21	2	-	-
North Yorkshire	+14	1	-	-
East Yorkshire	-	1	-	-

2nd Line Support Analyst England

2nd Line Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support Analyst in their job title.

1 9 (47.37 %) Windows 2 8 (42.11 %) Microsoft 3 7 (36.84 %) MS Exchange 4 6 (31.58 %) Windows Server 2003 5 5 (26.32 %) Windows XP 5 5 (26.32 %) SQL 6 4 (21.05 %) MS Office 6 4 (21.05 %) MS Excel 6 4 (21.05 %) SLA 6 4 (21.05 %) Active Directory 7 3 (15.79 %) SQL Server 8 2 (10.53 %) N-Tier 8 2 (10.53 %) VoIP 8 2 (10.53 %) ASP 8 2 (10.53 %) COM+

8 2 (10.53 %) VB 8 2 (10.53 %) Windows 2000 8 2 (10.53 %) Avaya 8 2 (10.53 %) DEFINITY 8 2 (10.53 %) Genesys 8 2 (10.53 %) Management Information System 8 2 (10.53 %) Telecoms 8 2 (10.53 %) CMS 8 2 (10.53 %) VB6 8 2 (10.53 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 2 (10.53 %) Telemarketing 9 1 (5.263 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 1 (5.263 %) Exchange Server 2000 9 1 (5.263 %) LANDesk 9 1 (5.263 %) Cisco PIX

2nd Line Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (10.53 %) ASP 1 2 (10.53 %) COM+	Application Platforms 1 7 (36.84 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (10.53 %) CMS 2 2 (10.53 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (5.263 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (5.263 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 1 (5.263 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 4 (21.05 %) MS Office 1 4 (21.05 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 2 (10.53 %) VoIP 1 2 (10.53 %) DEFINITY 2 1 (5.263 %) Firewall 2 1 (5.263 %) Cisco PIX 2 1 (5.263 %) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (15.79 %) SQL Server	General 1 2 (10.53 %) Telecoms 1 2 (10.53 %) Telemarketing
Miscellaneous 1 2 (10.53 %) N-Tier 1 2 (10.53 %) Management Information System	Operating Systems 1 9 (47.37 %) Windows 2 6 (31.58 %) Windows Server 2003 3 5 (26.32 %) Windows XP 4 2 (10.53 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (5.263 %) CAD 1 1 (5.263 %) Data Management	Programming Languages 1 5 (26.32 %) SQL 2 2 (10.53 %) VB 2 2 (10.53 %) VB6
Qualifications 1 1 (5.263 %) MCP 1 1 (5.263 %) Microsoft Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (21.05 %) SLA
System Software 1 4 (21.05 %) Active Directory 2 1 (5.263 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 1 (5.263 %) ARCserve
Vendors 1 8 (42.11 %) Microsoft 2 2 (10.53 %) Avaya 2 2 (10.53 %) Genesys 3 1 (5.263 %) Lotus 3 1 (5.263 %) LANDesk 3 1 (5.263 %) HP 3 1 (5.263 %) Citrix 3 1 (5.263 %) Cisco