Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Contract Desktop Support Skill Set in Staffordshire
Period
to 20 October 2017

The median contractor rate for a Desktop Support was £375 per day in advertised job vacancies in Staffordshire during the 6 months to 20 October 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Desktop Support
West Midlands > Staffordshire
6 months to
20 Oct 2017		 Same period 2016 Same period 2015
Rank 30 37 36
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 4 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 1.69% 1.41% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 1.46% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Staffordshire median daily rate £375 £205 £278
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +82.93% -26.13% +85.00%
10th Percentile £363 £128 £154
90th Percentile £388 £292 £407
West Midlands median daily rate £175 £190 £150
% change year-on-year -7.89% +26.67% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
Staffordshire median hourly rate £26.00 £13.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +92.59% -10.00% +15.38%
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.65 £12.38
90th Percentile £31.00 £16.60 £17.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.50 £14.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year +3.57% -15.15% +26.92%

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire
Contract vacancies in Staffordshire with a recognized job title 227 410 297
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.19% 96.24% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 259 187
Staffordshire median daily rate £350 £325 £363
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +7.69% -10.34% +11.54%
10th Percentile £203 £162 £255
90th Percentile £468 £488 £443
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £400 £370
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 23 19
Staffordshire median hourly rate £14.00 £16.00 £14.40
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -12.50% +11.11% +10.77%
10th Percentile £10.30 £10.65 £10.22
90th Percentile £36.30 £44.50 £19.20
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.20 £15.00 £17.12
% change year-on-year +8.02% -12.38% +0.71%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings that featured Desktop Support in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in Staffordshire

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Desktop Support in Staffordshire.

Contractor daily rate trend for Desktop Support in Staffordshire

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support in Staffordshire.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in Staffordshire

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Desktop Support in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 20 October 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Desktop Support in Staffordshire

Desktop Support
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Job
Vacancies
Stoke-on-Trent +7 2 £375 +25.00% 1
Stafford +5 2 - -
Desktop Support
West Midlands

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring IT Skills in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 20 October 2017, Desktop Support contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the Staffordshire region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) VB
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Back Office
3 1 (25.00%) WinForms
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) WPF

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in Staffordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) WinForms
1 1 (25.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (25.00%) SDLC
1 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) VB
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft