The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support Officer 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 Technical Support Officer 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Support Officer
Rank 112 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Officer 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.053% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.00 £12.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-12.00% -13.79%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1792 2173 1705
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.42% 94.81% 93.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1162 788
Average daily rate £320 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 104 127
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -16.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £10.30 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.30 £30.50 £33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Technical Support Officer
England

Technical Support Officer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Technical Support Officer Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support Officer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Technical Support Officer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Support Officer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support Officer within the Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
Technical Support Officer
England

Technical Support Officer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (66.67%) Project Management
2 8 (66.67%) VMware
2 8 (66.67%) Citrix
2 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 8 (66.67%) MS Exchange
3 4 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (33.33%) MS Office
3 4 (33.33%) MCP
3 4 (33.33%) HNC
3 4 (33.33%) UNIX
3 4 (33.33%) Windows
3 4 (33.33%) Windows 2000
3 4 (33.33%) MCSE
3 4 (33.33%) MCSA
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Vista
3 4 (33.33%) Internet
3 4 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 3 (25.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) LAN
4 3 (25.00%) WAN
5 1 (8.333%) Thin Client
5 1 (8.333%) Fat Client
5 1 (8.333%) SCCM
5 1 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V

Technical Support Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 8 (66.67%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 4 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Internet
2 3 (25.00%) LAN
2 3 (25.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Thin Client
1 1 (8.333%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) UNIX
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
1 4 (33.33%) Windows 2000
1 4 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Vista
1 4 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (25.00%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) MCP
1 4 (33.33%) HNC
1 4 (33.33%) MCSE
1 4 (33.33%) MCSA
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (66.67%) Citrix
2 8 (66.67%) VMware