The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist 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 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
Support Specialist
Rank 104 104 96
Rank change year-on-year
0 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 6 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.323% 0.358% 0.109%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.343% 0.379% 0.117%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £338 £270 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.09% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+14.84% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £16.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £27.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-30.90% +34.14%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1750 2113 1716
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.19% 94.58% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 1127 810
Average daily rate £315 £335 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £185 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 116 120
Average hourly rate £12.88 £15.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.16% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £7.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Support Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Support Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Support Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the 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
West Yorkshire +1 6 £338 +25.09%
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (45.00%) Java
1 9 (45.00%) Oracle
1 9 (45.00%) ITIL
2 8 (40.00%) SAS
3 6 (30.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (30.00%) WebLogic
3 6 (30.00%) SQL
4 5 (25.00%) .NET
4 5 (25.00%) C#
4 5 (25.00%) C++
4 5 (25.00%) UML
4 5 (25.00%) CSS
4 5 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 5 (25.00%) SLA
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (15.00%) XML
6 3 (15.00%) Windows
6 3 (15.00%) HTML
6 3 (15.00%) PL/SQL
6 3 (15.00%) MySQL
6 3 (15.00%) Finance
6 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (10.00%) HSRP
7 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (10.00%) Windows 7
7 2 (10.00%) hybris
7 2 (10.00%) Network Management

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (25.00%) .NET
1 5 (25.00%) CSS
2 3 (15.00%) XML
2 3 (15.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 8 (40.00%) SAS
2 6 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (30.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Agresso
2 1 (5.000%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (10.00%) HSRP
1 2 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (10.00%) FWSM
1 2 (10.00%) Firewall
1 2 (10.00%) Wireless
1 2 (10.00%) IPsec
1 2 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (10.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (10.00%) VLAN
1 2 (10.00%) LAN
1 2 (10.00%) WLAN
1 2 (10.00%) RIP
1 2 (10.00%) SNMP
1 2 (10.00%) Internet
1 2 (10.00%) OSPF
1 2 (10.00%) BGP
1 2 (10.00%) VRRP
1 2 (10.00%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) MySQL
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MSI
2 1 (5.000%) JIRA
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (10.00%) Publishing
2 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (10.00%) Banking
2 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (10.00%) Device Driver
2 1 (5.000%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.000%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (10.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Vista
2 2 (10.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) ITIL
2 5 (25.00%) UML
2 5 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (10.00%) Network Management
3 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.000%) Service Management
4 1 (5.000%) CMMI
4 1 (5.000%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) Java
2 6 (30.00%) SQL
3 5 (25.00%) C#
3 5 (25.00%) C++
4 3 (15.00%) PL/SQL
5 1 (5.000%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) CCNP
2 2 (10.00%) CCNA
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (5.000%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
1 2 (10.00%) WSUS
1 2 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Oracle
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) hybris
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco
3 2 (10.00%) Nokia
3 2 (10.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (10.00%) TIBCO
4 1 (5.000%) Remedy
4 1 (5.000%) SAP
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