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The median contractor rate for a Desktop Support was £350 per day in advertised job vacancies in Staffordshire during the 6 months to 17 October 2018. 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 |
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6 months to
17 Oct 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
31 |
29 |
41 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-2 |
+12 |
-5 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support |
10 |
4 |
6 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire |
3.66% |
1.69% |
1.42% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
3.77% |
1.76% |
1.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Staffordshire median daily rate |
£350 |
£375 |
£205 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-6.67% |
+82.93% |
-26.13% |
| 10th Percentile |
£325 |
£363 |
£128 |
| 90th Percentile |
£375 |
£388 |
£292 |
| West Midlands median daily rate |
£138 |
£175 |
£190 |
| % change year-on-year |
-21.43% |
-7.89% |
+26.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
9 |
3 |
4 |
| Staffordshire median hourly rate |
£13.00 |
£26.00 |
£13.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-50.00% |
+92.59% |
-10.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.18 |
£16.00 |
£12.65 |
| 90th Percentile |
£13.26 |
£31.00 |
£16.60 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate |
£13.00 |
£14.50 |
£14.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-10.34% |
+3.57% |
-15.15% |
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 |
265 |
227 |
408 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
97.07% |
95.78% |
96.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
180 |
155 |
259 |
| Staffordshire median daily rate |
£375 |
£350 |
£325 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+7.14% |
+7.69% |
-10.34% |
| 10th Percentile |
£274 |
£203 |
£163 |
| 90th Percentile |
£463 |
£470 |
£488 |
| West Midlands median daily rate |
£425 |
£400 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.25% |
- |
+8.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
16 |
15 |
21 |
| Staffordshire median hourly rate |
£13.10 |
£14.20 |
£16.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-7.75% |
-11.25% |
+14.70% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.18 |
£10.30 |
£11.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£38.75 |
£35.10 |
£46.50 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate |
£15.50 |
£16.00 |
£15.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-3.13% |
+6.67% |
-14.29% |
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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.
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.
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.
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 17 October 2018. 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 |
| Stafford |
+4 |
8 |
- |
- |
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Desktop Support
West Midlands |
Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Staffordshire
For the 6 months to 17 October 2018, Desktop Support contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Staffordshire region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.
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:
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