The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Administrator role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Server Administrator 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 East of England 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 Administrator
Rank 112 126 115
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Server Administrator 3 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.139% 0.340% 0.387%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.149% 0.362% 0.408%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 5
Average daily rate £255 £155 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+64.51% -31.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £281 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- -27.27%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2017 2762 2452
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.42% 94.01% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1034 1298 1072
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 282 325
Average hourly rate £24.29 £25.75 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.66% +25.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.35 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Server Administrator
England

Server Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Server Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Server Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Server Administrator across the East of England region.

East of England Server Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Server Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Server Administrator across the East of England region.

East of England Server Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Server Administrator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Administrator within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 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
Suffolk - 2 £255 -
Essex - 1 - -
Server Administrator
England

Server Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Server Administrator 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 Administrator in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Clustering
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (50.00%) OLAP
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (50.00%) SaaS
4 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (25.00%) High Availability
4 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) MCDBA
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) SAN
4 1 (25.00%) BMC
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (25.00%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management

Server Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (50.00%) OLAP
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (25.00%) MySQL
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Clustering
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (25.00%) High Availability
1 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) MCDBA
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) MCITP
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) BMC