The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Server Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Berkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Engineer
Rank 110 122 118
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Server Engineer 15 13 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.607% 0.417% 0.341%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.665% 0.456% 0.378%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 2
Average daily rate £318 £280 £173
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.39% +62.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £240 £131
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £338 £215
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £258 £275
% change year-on-year
+6.79% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £15.94 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -56.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £23.00 £21.40
% change year-on-year
+8.69% +7.47%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2254 2850 2643
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.26% 91.35% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 915 1009 1009
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 122 184
Average hourly rate £24.50 £19.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.94% -41.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Server Engineer
South East

Server Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Server Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Server Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Server Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Server Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Server Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Server Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Server Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Server Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Server Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bracknell - 8 £165 -
Reading 0 4 £355 +26.78%
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Server Engineer
South East

Server Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Server 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
4 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 7 (38.89%) SAN
5 7 (38.89%) SQL
6 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 6 (33.33%) PowerShell
7 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (27.78%) MCSE
7 5 (27.78%) Windows XP
7 5 (27.78%) VMware
8 4 (22.22%) VB
8 4 (22.22%) IIS
8 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (22.22%) SCCM
9 3 (16.67%) SCOM
9 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (16.67%) Change Control
9 3 (16.67%) Windows 7
9 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (16.67%) MCP
9 3 (16.67%) MS Exchange
9 3 (16.67%) DHCP
9 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
9 3 (16.67%) Remedy
9 3 (16.67%) DNS
9 3 (16.67%) Citrix
9 3 (16.67%) Configuration Management

Server Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Server 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.556%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) IIS
2 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (16.67%) MS Exchange
3 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (5.556%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (5.556%) Lync
4 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) SAN
2 3 (16.67%) DHCP
2 3 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (5.556%) NAS
3 1 (5.556%) LDAP
3 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.556%) SMS
3 1 (5.556%) Intranet
3 1 (5.556%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) EDRMS
General
1 1 (5.556%) Finance
1 1 (5.556%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.556%) PKI
2 1 (5.556%) Clustering
2 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (27.78%) Windows XP
4 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (16.67%) Windows 7
6 2 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (11.11%) Windows Vista
7 1 (5.556%) UNIX
7 1 (5.556%) Linux
7 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Change Control
1 3 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
2 2 (11.11%) Software Distribution
3 1 (5.556%) Problem Management
3 1 (5.556%) Software Deployment
3 1 (5.556%) Capacity Management
3 1 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
3 1 (5.556%) Identity Management
3 1 (5.556%) Migration
3 1 (5.556%) CAE
3 1 (5.556%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) SQL
2 6 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 4 (22.22%) VB
4 1 (5.556%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (27.78%) MCSE
4 3 (16.67%) MCP
5 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (11.11%) CCNA
5 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.556%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.556%) NLBS
3 1 (5.556%) Xen
3 1 (5.556%) vSphere
3 1 (5.556%) ISA Server
3 1 (5.556%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) SCCM
2 3 (16.67%) SCOM
3 1 (5.556%) Opalis
3 1 (5.556%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (5.556%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (5.556%) MIIS
3 1 (5.556%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) VMware
3 3 (16.67%) Remedy
3 3 (16.67%) Citrix
4 2 (11.11%) McAfee
4 2 (11.11%) CA
5 1 (5.556%) HP
5 1 (5.556%) Dell
Berkshire, South East
Home Office SC security cleared Server Engineer`s required with experience in a Windows Enterprise 3rd line environment- We are looking for Server Engineer`s with existing Home...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP342 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
A Global IT Services Company requires a Server Engineer, SC Cleared - Description of project: Experience in a Windows Enterprise environment - ideally 3rd line. Experience of formal change control...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £1 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Berkshire, South East
We are looking for SC security cleared Microsoft certified Server Engineer`s with experience in a Windows Enterprise 3rd line environment- The successful candidate`s will have the...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP342 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013