The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Server Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Bedfordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Support Engineer
Rank 29 34 41
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Server Support Engineer 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.532% 0.352% 0.346%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.559% 0.380% 0.376%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £188 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £240 £290
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £15.94 £21.40
% change year-on-year
+56.86% -25.52%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
179 263 266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 95.21% 92.61% 92.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 128 125
Average daily rate £350 £363 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 19 14
Average hourly rate £20.70 £29.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.63% +114.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.96 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Server Support Engineer
East of England

Server Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Server Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Server Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Server Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Server Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Server Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Server Support Engineer
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Server Support Engineer 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 Server Support Engineer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) VCP4
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault

Server Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) VCP4
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds