England Server Support Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Server Support role in IT contracts within the 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Carlisle Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Cumbria Docklands, London Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Guildford Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Hartlepool Havant Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside 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 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	329	373
Rank change on same period last year	+44
Matching contract IT job ads	265	295
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.350 %	0.294 %
As % of the category below	0.419 %	0.344 %
Daily rates quoted	54	82
Average minimum daily rate	£258	£271
Average daily rate	£272	£287
% change on same period last year	-5.20 %
Average maximum daily rate	£285	£302
UK excluding London average daily rate	£240	£241
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	87	74
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.94	£23.85
Average hourly rate	£25.14	£25.05
% change on same period last year	+0.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.33	£26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.44	£25.08
% change on same period last year	-2.56 %
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	63297	85877
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	83.53 %	85.53 %
Daily rates quoted	21681	26543
Average minimum daily rate	£379	£390
Average daily rate	£405	£415
% change on same period last year	-2.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£432	£441
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	5405	7221
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.35	£24.34
Average hourly rate	£23.97	£25.90
% change on same period last year	-7.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.59	£27.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
Server Support UK

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 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 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 England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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 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 England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Support within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
London	+35	105	£290	-5.53 %
South East	+61	66	£287	+21.72 %
East of England	+11	20	£201	-11.21 %
Yorkshire	+28	17	-	-
West Midlands	+12	17	-	-
North West	+6	13	-	-
North East	+15	11	-	-
South West	0	9	£288	-4.16 %
East Midlands	-7	6	£253	+6.09 %
Midlands	+11	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 369 (73.21 %) Windows 2 259 (51.39 %) Windows Server 2003 3 255 (50.60 %) Active Directory 4 150 (29.76 %) MS Exchange 5 130 (25.79 %) Microsoft 6 118 (23.41 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 113 (22.42 %) SQL Server 8 106 (21.03 %) Citrix 9 105 (20.83 %) VMware 10 101 (20.04 %) Microsoft Certification 11 89 (17.66 %) SQL 12 81 (16.07 %) Windows 2000 Server 13 78 (15.48 %) MCSE 13 78 (15.48 %) SAN 14 77 (15.28 %) HP

14 77 (15.28 %) Windows 2000 15 61 (12.10 %) DHCP 15 61 (12.10 %) DNS 16 57 (11.31 %) Windows XP 17 46 (9.127 %) Firewall 17 46 (9.127 %) SQL Server 2005 18 45 (8.929 %) IIS 19 43 (8.532 %) Finance 19 43 (8.532 %) TCP/IP 20 41 (8.135 %) Cisco 20 41 (8.135 %) SQL Server 2000 21 38 (7.540 %) MS Excel 22 37 (7.341 %) Windows NT 23 36 (7.143 %) IBM 24 34 (6.746 %) VERITAS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 15 (2.976 %) .NET 2 6 (1.190 %) HTML 3 4 (0.794 %) Application Packaging 3 4 (0.794 %) WSH 4 2 (0.397 %) ASP 4 2 (0.397 %) ASP.NET 5 1 (0.198 %) COM+ 5 1 (0.198 %) DCOM 5 1 (0.198 %) JSP 5 1 (0.198 %) XML 5 1 (0.198 %) CGI 5 1 (0.198 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 150 (29.76 %) MS Exchange 2 118 (23.41 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 45 (8.929 %) IIS 4 19 (3.770 %) SharePoint 5 16 (3.175 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 14 (2.778 %) Lotus Notes 7 9 (1.786 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 8 (1.587 %) Apache 9 5 (0.992 %) Tomcat 9 5 (0.992 %) Lotus Domino 9 5 (0.992 %) Exchange Server 5.5 10 4 (0.794 %) ColdFusion 11 3 (0.595 %) GroupWise 12 2 (0.397 %) EPiServer 12 2 (0.397 %) SharePoint Server 2007 12 2 (0.397 %) CMS 12 2 (0.397 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 13 1 (0.198 %) WebSphere Application Server 13 1 (0.198 %) BizTalk Server 13 1 (0.198 %) WorkSite
Applications 1 38 (7.540 %) MS Excel 2 29 (5.754 %) MS Office 3 2 (0.397 %) MS Visio 3 2 (0.397 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.198 %) AutoCAD 4 1 (0.198 %) 3ds Max 4 1 (0.198 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 2 (0.397 %) GoldMine 2 1 (0.198 %) Navision 2 1 (0.198 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 78 (15.48 %) SAN 2 61 (12.10 %) DHCP 2 61 (12.10 %) DNS 3 46 (9.127 %) Firewall 4 43 (8.532 %) TCP/IP 5 30 (5.952 %) LAN 6 19 (3.770 %) WAN 7 17 (3.373 %) Internet 8 13 (2.579 %) VPN 9 12 (2.381 %) SMS 10 6 (1.190 %) VLAN 11 5 (0.992 %) Intranet 11 5 (0.992 %) Cisco PIX 12 4 (0.794 %) VoIP 13 3 (0.595 %) Ethernet 13 3 (0.595 %) Wireless 13 3 (0.595 %) Network Security 14 2 (0.397 %) IP Telephony 14 2 (0.397 %) NetScreen 14 2 (0.397 %) IGRP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 113 (22.42 %) SQL Server 2 46 (9.127 %) SQL Server 2005 3 41 (8.135 %) SQL Server 2000 4 17 (3.373 %) DTS 5 11 (2.183 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 10 (1.984 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 9 (1.786 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 7 (1.389 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 9 4 (0.794 %) MS Access 10 2 (0.397 %) RDBMS 10 2 (0.397 %) DB2 10 2 (0.397 %) Crystal Reports 10 2 (0.397 %) MySQL 11 1 (0.198 %) Oracle 8/8i 11 1 (0.198 %) Sybase ASE
Development Applications 1 4 (0.794 %) MSI 2 1 (0.198 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 1 (0.198 %) Subversion	General 1 43 (8.532 %) Finance 2 23 (4.563 %) Banking 3 16 (3.175 %) Insurance 4 12 (2.381 %) Government 4 12 (2.381 %) Back Office 5 11 (2.183 %) Legal 6 9 (1.786 %) Health 6 9 (1.786 %) Law 7 8 (1.587 %) Front Office 8 6 (1.190 %) Investment Banking 8 6 (1.190 %) Telecoms 9 4 (0.794 %) Education 10 3 (0.595 %) Manufacturing 10 3 (0.595 %) Retail 11 1 (0.198 %) Financial Institution 11 1 (0.198 %) Construction 11 1 (0.198 %) Local Government 11 1 (0.198 %) Auditing 11 1 (0.198 %) Pensions
Miscellaneous 1 21 (4.167 %) Clustering 2 12 (2.381 %) Blackberry 3 7 (1.389 %) NHS 4 6 (1.190 %) Derivative 5 4 (0.794 %) Client/Server 6 2 (0.397 %) French Language 6 2 (0.397 %) Market Risk 6 2 (0.397 %) Equities 7 1 (0.198 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 7 1 (0.198 %) Thin Client 7 1 (0.198 %) Spanish Language 7 1 (0.198 %) Informatics 7 1 (0.198 %) Fat Client 7 1 (0.198 %) PDA 7 1 (0.198 %) Exotic Derivative	Operating Systems 1 369 (73.21 %) Windows 2 259 (51.39 %) Windows Server 2003 3 81 (16.07 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 77 (15.28 %) Windows 2000 5 57 (11.31 %) Windows XP 6 37 (7.341 %) Windows NT 7 32 (6.349 %) Linux 8 21 (4.167 %) UNIX 9 14 (2.778 %) NetWare 10 7 (1.389 %) Red Hat Linux 11 6 (1.190 %) Windows Vista 11 6 (1.190 %) Solaris 12 3 (0.595 %) Windows Server 2008 13 2 (0.397 %) Mac OS X Server 14 1 (0.198 %) AIX 14 1 (0.198 %) VMS 14 1 (0.198 %) MVS 14 1 (0.198 %) Mac OS X 14 1 (0.198 %) SUSE 14 1 (0.198 %) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (4.167 %) ITIL 1 21 (4.167 %) Migration 2 15 (2.976 %) Security Cleared 2 15 (2.976 %) Disaster Recovery 3 12 (2.381 %) SC Cleared 4 9 (1.786 %) BCP 4 9 (1.786 %) Business Continuity 5 6 (1.190 %) Release Management 6 4 (0.794 %) Time Management 7 3 (0.595 %) Workflow 7 3 (0.595 %) Change Management 7 3 (0.595 %) System Testing 8 2 (0.397 %) Document Management 8 2 (0.397 %) Logistics 8 2 (0.397 %) Systems Analysis 8 2 (0.397 %) Asset Management 8 2 (0.397 %) DV Cleared 8 2 (0.397 %) Performance Management 8 2 (0.397 %) Quality Management 8 2 (0.397 %) Service Delivery	Programming Languages 1 89 (17.66 %) SQL 2 19 (3.770 %) VB 3 18 (3.571 %) Transact-SQL 3 18 (3.571 %) VBScript 4 11 (2.183 %) VB6 5 8 (1.587 %) C 6 5 (0.992 %) C# 6 5 (0.992 %) VB.NET 7 4 (0.794 %) VBA 7 4 (0.794 %) Perl 8 3 (0.595 %) Java 9 2 (0.397 %) C++ 10 1 (0.198 %) PHP 10 1 (0.198 %) PowerShell 10 1 (0.198 %) Korn
Qualifications 1 101 (20.04 %) Microsoft Certification 2 78 (15.48 %) MCSE 3 32 (6.349 %) MCP 4 20 (3.968 %) MCSA 5 14 (2.778 %) Degree 6 8 (1.587 %) CCNA 6 8 (1.587 %) Cisco Certification 7 5 (0.992 %) Citrix Certification 8 4 (0.794 %) CNE 8 4 (0.794 %) Novell Certification 9 3 (0.595 %) CCA 9 3 (0.595 %) RHCE 10 2 (0.397 %) CCEA 10 2 (0.397 %) CCNP 10 2 (0.397 %) HND 11 1 (0.198 %) Sun Certification 11 1 (0.198 %) DCSE 11 1 (0.198 %) HP APS 11 1 (0.198 %) MCTS 11 1 (0.198 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (1.389 %) SLA
System Software 1 255 (50.60 %) Active Directory 2 29 (5.754 %) Backup Exec 3 23 (4.563 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 21 (4.167 %) VMware ESX 5 18 (3.571 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 17 (3.373 %) NetBackup 7 15 (2.976 %) ISA Server 8 10 (1.984 %) VMware Server 9 7 (1.389 %) Terminal Services 10 6 (1.190 %) MetaFrame 11 3 (0.595 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 12 1 (0.198 %) Terminal Server 12 1 (0.198 %) VMware Workstation 12 1 (0.198 %) MailMarshal	Systems Management 1 22 (4.365 %) MOM 2 18 (3.571 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 17 (3.373 %) Tivoli 4 16 (3.175 %) ARCserve 5 12 (2.381 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 6 8 (1.587 %) ZENworks 7 7 (1.389 %) Legato 8 6 (1.190 %) EMC NetWorker 8 6 (1.190 %) WSUS 9 4 (0.794 %) OpenView 10 3 (0.595 %) MIMEsweeper 10 3 (0.595 %) RepliStor 10 3 (0.595 %) SCCM 11 2 (0.397 %) Norton AntiVirus 12 1 (0.198 %) Tivoli Monitoring 12 1 (0.198 %) BMC PATROL 12 1 (0.198 %) MAILsweeper 12 1 (0.198 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 12 1 (0.198 %) HP Data Protector 12 1 (0.198 %) OVOW
Vendors 1 130 (25.79 %) Microsoft 2 106 (21.03 %) Citrix 3 105 (20.83 %) VMware 4 77 (15.28 %) HP 5 41 (8.135 %) Cisco 6 36 (7.143 %) IBM 7 34 (6.746 %) VERITAS 8 19 (3.770 %) Novell 9 18 (3.571 %) Dell 10 16 (3.175 %) Lotus 11 14 (2.778 %) EMC 12 13 (2.579 %) Intel 12 13 (2.579 %) Compaq 12 13 (2.579 %) Oracle 13 10 (1.984 %) CheckPoint 13 10 (1.984 %) Altiris 14 9 (1.786 %) NetApp 15 8 (1.587 %) Sun 16 7 (1.389 %) Red Hat 16 7 (1.389 %) Symantec