East of England Server Support Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Server Support role in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Server Support in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Cheshire Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Cumbria Dewsbury Docklands, London Durham East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Falkirk Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grangemouth Grays Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hartlepool Havant Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Leicester Leicestershire London Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Rotherham Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stratford-upon-Avon Surrey Thurrock Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Witham Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	117	127
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	17	33
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.023 %	0.033 %
As % of the category below	0.498 %	0.709 %
Daily rates quoted	7	8
Average minimum daily rate	£211	£234
Average daily rate	£215	£245
% change on same period last year	-12.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£219	£256
UK excluding London average daily rate	£233	£246
% change on same period last year	-4.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.75	£17.47
Average hourly rate	£18.00	£18.38
% change on same period last year	-2.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.25	£19.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.18	£23.32
% change on same period last year	+3.67 %
Job Titles East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	3416	4654
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.618 %	4.589 %
Daily rates quoted	1059	1422
Average minimum daily rate	£329	£322
Average daily rate	£351	£340
% change on same period last year	+3.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£373	£359
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	469	660
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.22	£25.65
Average hourly rate	£23.69	£26.85
% change on same period last year	-11.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.15	£28.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Server Support across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Server Support across the East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Server Support across the East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Support within the East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Essex	+5	7	£195	-
Hertfordshire	+12	5	£213	-29.16 %
Cambridgeshire	+20	3	-	-
Bedfordshire	+14	1	-	-
Norfolk	0	1	£300	+54.83 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Server Support 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 in their job title.

1 45 (90.00 %) Windows 2 40 (80.00 %) Windows Server 2003 3 24 (48.00 %) Active Directory 4 22 (44.00 %) Microsoft Certification 5 21 (42.00 %) Microsoft 5 21 (42.00 %) DHCP 6 18 (36.00 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 16 (32.00 %) Windows XP 8 15 (30.00 %) Windows NT 9 14 (28.00 %) DNS 10 11 (22.00 %) MS Exchange 10 11 (22.00 %) MCSE 10 11 (22.00 %) Linux 11 10 (20.00 %) MCSA 11 10 (20.00 %) MCP

11 10 (20.00 %) IBM 11 10 (20.00 %) Dell 11 10 (20.00 %) VMware 12 9 (18.00 %) Firewall 12 9 (18.00 %) Windows 2000 13 8 (16.00 %) MS Office 13 8 (16.00 %) HP 14 6 (12.00 %) Novell 14 6 (12.00 %) Exchange Server 2003 15 5 (10.00 %) VMware ESX 15 5 (10.00 %) Citrix 16 4 (8.000 %) Intel 16 4 (8.000 %) Cisco Certification 16 4 (8.000 %) CCNA 16 4 (8.000 %) Cisco

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Server Support 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 in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (2.000 %) HTML 1 1 (2.000 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 11 (22.00 %) MS Exchange 2 6 (12.00 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 4 (8.000 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 2 (4.000 %) SharePoint 5 1 (2.000 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications 1 8 (16.00 %) MS Office 2 4 (8.000 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 21 (42.00 %) DHCP 2 14 (28.00 %) DNS 3 9 (18.00 %) Firewall 4 4 (8.000 %) WAN 4 4 (8.000 %) LAN 5 2 (4.000 %) VoIP 5 2 (4.000 %) SAN 5 2 (4.000 %) MPLS 5 2 (4.000 %) IGRP 5 2 (4.000 %) VLAN 6 1 (2.000 %) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.000 %) SQL Server	Development Applications 1 2 (4.000 %) MSI
General 1 3 (6.000 %) Insurance 2 2 (4.000 %) Telecoms 2 2 (4.000 %) Finance 2 2 (4.000 %) Legal 2 2 (4.000 %) Manufacturing 3 1 (2.000 %) Banking 3 1 (2.000 %) Retail 3 1 (2.000 %) Investment Banking 3 1 (2.000 %) Pensions 3 1 (2.000 %) Back Office	Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.000 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 45 (90.00 %) Windows 2 40 (80.00 %) Windows Server 2003 3 18 (36.00 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 16 (32.00 %) Windows XP 5 15 (30.00 %) Windows NT 6 11 (22.00 %) Linux 7 9 (18.00 %) Windows 2000 8 1 (2.000 %) Solaris 8 1 (2.000 %) UNIX 8 1 (2.000 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (4.000 %) ITIL 1 2 (4.000 %) Time Management 2 1 (2.000 %) Performance Management 2 1 (2.000 %) Migration 2 1 (2.000 %) System Testing
Programming Languages 1 3 (6.000 %) C 2 1 (2.000 %) SQL 2 1 (2.000 %) VB	Qualifications 1 22 (44.00 %) Microsoft Certification 2 11 (22.00 %) MCSE 3 10 (20.00 %) MCSA 3 10 (20.00 %) MCP 4 4 (8.000 %) CCNA 4 4 (8.000 %) Cisco Certification 5 2 (4.000 %) Citrix Certification 6 1 (2.000 %) Degree 6 1 (2.000 %) HP APS 6 1 (2.000 %) CCA 6 1 (2.000 %) CCNP
System Software 1 24 (48.00 %) Active Directory 2 5 (10.00 %) VMware ESX 3 3 (6.000 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 3 (6.000 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (2.000 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 2 (4.000 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 2 (4.000 %) WSUS 2 1 (2.000 %) SCCM
Vendors 1 21 (42.00 %) Microsoft 2 10 (20.00 %) Dell 2 10 (20.00 %) IBM 2 10 (20.00 %) VMware 3 8 (16.00 %) HP 4 6 (12.00 %) Novell 5 5 (10.00 %) Citrix 6 4 (8.000 %) Intel 6 4 (8.000 %) Cisco 7 1 (2.000 %) Oracle 7 1 (2.000 %) NetApp 7 1 (2.000 %) PlateSpin 7 1 (2.000 %) LANDesk