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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.

 Server Support
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank329373
Rank change on same period last yearUp+44
Matching contract IT job ads265295
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.350 %0.294 %
As % of the category below0.419 %0.344 %
Daily rates quoted5482
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 quoted8774
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 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads6329785877
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled83.53 %85.53 %
Daily rates quoted2168126543
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 quoted54057221
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 UKServer 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.

Server Support
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.

England Server Support Demand Trend

Server Support
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.

England Server Support Daily Rate Trend

Server Support
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.

England Server Support Daily Rate Histogram

Server Support
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.

England Server Support Hourly Rate Trend

Server Support
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.

England Server Support Hourly Rate Histogram

Server Support
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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+35105£290-5.53 %
South EastUp+6166£287+21.72 %
East of EnglandUp+1120£201-11.21 %
YorkshireUp+2817--
West MidlandsUp+1217--
North WestUp+613--
North EastUp+1511--
South WestNo change09£288-4.16 %
East MidlandsDown-76£253+6.09 %
MidlandsUp+111--
Server Support UKServer Support
UK

Server Support
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.

1369 (73.21 %)Windows
2259 (51.39 %)Windows Server 2003
3255 (50.60 %)Active Directory
4150 (29.76 %)MS Exchange
5130 (25.79 %)Microsoft
6118 (23.41 %)Exchange Server 2003
7113 (22.42 %)SQL Server
8106 (21.03 %)Citrix
9105 (20.83 %)VMware
10101 (20.04 %)Microsoft Certification
1189 (17.66 %)SQL
1281 (16.07 %)Windows 2000 Server
1378 (15.48 %)MCSE
1378 (15.48 %)SAN
1477 (15.28 %)HP
1477 (15.28 %)Windows 2000
1561 (12.10 %)DHCP
1561 (12.10 %)DNS
1657 (11.31 %)Windows XP
1746 (9.127 %)Firewall
1746 (9.127 %)SQL Server 2005
1845 (8.929 %)IIS
1943 (8.532 %)Finance
1943 (8.532 %)TCP/IP
2041 (8.135 %)Cisco
2041 (8.135 %)SQL Server 2000
2138 (7.540 %)MS Excel
2237 (7.341 %)Windows NT
2336 (7.143 %)IBM
2434 (6.746 %)VERITAS

Server Support
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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (2.976 %).NET
26 (1.190 %)HTML
34 (0.794 %)Application Packaging
34 (0.794 %)WSH
42 (0.397 %)ASP
42 (0.397 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.198 %)COM+
51 (0.198 %)DCOM
51 (0.198 %)JSP
51 (0.198 %)XML
51 (0.198 %)CGI
51 (0.198 %)WebSphere
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1150 (29.76 %)MS Exchange
2118 (23.41 %)Exchange Server 2003
345 (8.929 %)IIS
419 (3.770 %)SharePoint
516 (3.175 %)Exchange Server 2000
614 (2.778 %)Lotus Notes
79 (1.786 %)Exchange Server 2007
88 (1.587 %)Apache
95 (0.992 %)Tomcat
95 (0.992 %)Lotus Domino
95 (0.992 %)Exchange Server 5.5
104 (0.794 %)ColdFusion
113 (0.595 %)GroupWise
122 (0.397 %)EPiServer
122 (0.397 %)SharePoint Server 2007
122 (0.397 %)CMS
122 (0.397 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
131 (0.198 %)WebSphere Application Server
131 (0.198 %)BizTalk Server
131 (0.198 %)WorkSite
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
138 (7.540 %)MS Excel
229 (5.754 %)MS Office
32 (0.397 %)MS Visio
32 (0.397 %)MS Project
41 (0.198 %)AutoCAD
41 (0.198 %)3ds Max
41 (0.198 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.397 %)GoldMine
21 (0.198 %)Navision
21 (0.198 %)assyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
178 (15.48 %)SAN
261 (12.10 %)DHCP
261 (12.10 %)DNS
346 (9.127 %)Firewall
443 (8.532 %)TCP/IP
530 (5.952 %)LAN
619 (3.770 %)WAN
717 (3.373 %)Internet
813 (2.579 %)VPN
912 (2.381 %)SMS
106 (1.190 %)VLAN
115 (0.992 %)Intranet
115 (0.992 %)Cisco PIX
124 (0.794 %)VoIP
133 (0.595 %)Ethernet
133 (0.595 %)Wireless
133 (0.595 %)Network Security
142 (0.397 %)IP Telephony
142 (0.397 %)NetScreen
142 (0.397 %)IGRP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1113 (22.42 %)SQL Server
246 (9.127 %)SQL Server 2005
341 (8.135 %)SQL Server 2000
417 (3.373 %)DTS
511 (2.183 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
610 (1.984 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
79 (1.786 %)SQL Server Integration Services
87 (1.389 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
94 (0.794 %)MS Access
102 (0.397 %)RDBMS
102 (0.397 %)DB2
102 (0.397 %)Crystal Reports
102 (0.397 %)MySQL
111 (0.198 %)Oracle 8/8i
111 (0.198 %)Sybase ASE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (0.794 %)MSI
21 (0.198 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (0.198 %)Subversion
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
143 (8.532 %)Finance
223 (4.563 %)Banking
316 (3.175 %)Insurance
412 (2.381 %)Government
412 (2.381 %)Back Office
511 (2.183 %)Legal
69 (1.786 %)Health
69 (1.786 %)Law
78 (1.587 %)Front Office
86 (1.190 %)Investment Banking
86 (1.190 %)Telecoms
94 (0.794 %)Education
103 (0.595 %)Manufacturing
103 (0.595 %)Retail
111 (0.198 %)Financial Institution
111 (0.198 %)Construction
111 (0.198 %)Local Government
111 (0.198 %)Auditing
111 (0.198 %)Pensions
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (4.167 %)Clustering
212 (2.381 %)Blackberry
37 (1.389 %)NHS
46 (1.190 %)Derivative
54 (0.794 %)Client/Server
62 (0.397 %)French Language
62 (0.397 %)Market Risk
62 (0.397 %)Equities
71 (0.198 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
71 (0.198 %)Thin Client
71 (0.198 %)Spanish Language
71 (0.198 %)Informatics
71 (0.198 %)Fat Client
71 (0.198 %)PDA
71 (0.198 %)Exotic Derivative
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1369 (73.21 %)Windows
2259 (51.39 %)Windows Server 2003
381 (16.07 %)Windows 2000 Server
477 (15.28 %)Windows 2000
557 (11.31 %)Windows XP
637 (7.341 %)Windows NT
732 (6.349 %)Linux
821 (4.167 %)UNIX
914 (2.778 %)NetWare
107 (1.389 %)Red Hat Linux
116 (1.190 %)Windows Vista
116 (1.190 %)Solaris
123 (0.595 %)Windows Server 2008
132 (0.397 %)Mac OS X Server
141 (0.198 %)AIX
141 (0.198 %)VMS
141 (0.198 %)MVS
141 (0.198 %)Mac OS X
141 (0.198 %)SUSE
141 (0.198 %)Ubuntu
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (4.167 %)ITIL
121 (4.167 %)Migration
215 (2.976 %)Security Cleared
215 (2.976 %)Disaster Recovery
312 (2.381 %)SC Cleared
49 (1.786 %)BCP
49 (1.786 %)Business Continuity
56 (1.190 %)Release Management
64 (0.794 %)Time Management
73 (0.595 %)Workflow
73 (0.595 %)Change Management
73 (0.595 %)System Testing
82 (0.397 %)Document Management
82 (0.397 %)Logistics
82 (0.397 %)Systems Analysis
82 (0.397 %)Asset Management
82 (0.397 %)DV Cleared
82 (0.397 %)Performance Management
82 (0.397 %)Quality Management
82 (0.397 %)Service Delivery
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
189 (17.66 %)SQL
219 (3.770 %)VB
318 (3.571 %)Transact-SQL
318 (3.571 %)VBScript
411 (2.183 %)VB6
58 (1.587 %)C
65 (0.992 %)C#
65 (0.992 %)VB.NET
74 (0.794 %)VBA
74 (0.794 %)Perl
83 (0.595 %)Java
92 (0.397 %)C++
101 (0.198 %)PHP
101 (0.198 %)PowerShell
101 (0.198 %)Korn
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1101 (20.04 %)Microsoft Certification
278 (15.48 %)MCSE
332 (6.349 %)MCP
420 (3.968 %)MCSA
514 (2.778 %)Degree
68 (1.587 %)CCNA
68 (1.587 %)Cisco Certification
75 (0.992 %)Citrix Certification
84 (0.794 %)CNE
84 (0.794 %)Novell Certification
93 (0.595 %)CCA
93 (0.595 %)RHCE
102 (0.397 %)CCEA
102 (0.397 %)CCNP
102 (0.397 %)HND
111 (0.198 %)Sun Certification
111 (0.198 %)DCSE
111 (0.198 %)HP APS
111 (0.198 %)MCTS
111 (0.198 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.389 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1255 (50.60 %)Active Directory
229 (5.754 %)Backup Exec
323 (4.563 %)VMware Infrastructure
421 (4.167 %)VMware ESX
518 (3.571 %)Citrix Presentation Server
617 (3.373 %)NetBackup
715 (2.976 %)ISA Server
810 (1.984 %)VMware Server
97 (1.389 %)Terminal Services
106 (1.190 %)MetaFrame
113 (0.595 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
121 (0.198 %)Terminal Server
121 (0.198 %)VMware Workstation
121 (0.198 %)MailMarshal
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
122 (4.365 %)MOM
218 (3.571 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
317 (3.373 %)Tivoli
416 (3.175 %)ARCserve
512 (2.381 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
68 (1.587 %)ZENworks
77 (1.389 %)Legato
86 (1.190 %)EMC NetWorker
86 (1.190 %)WSUS
94 (0.794 %)OpenView
103 (0.595 %)MIMEsweeper
103 (0.595 %)RepliStor
103 (0.595 %)SCCM
112 (0.397 %)Norton AntiVirus
121 (0.198 %)Tivoli Monitoring
121 (0.198 %)BMC PATROL
121 (0.198 %)MAILsweeper
121 (0.198 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
121 (0.198 %)HP Data Protector
121 (0.198 %)OVOW
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1130 (25.79 %)Microsoft
2106 (21.03 %)Citrix
3105 (20.83 %)VMware
477 (15.28 %)HP
541 (8.135 %)Cisco
636 (7.143 %)IBM
734 (6.746 %)VERITAS
819 (3.770 %)Novell
918 (3.571 %)Dell
1016 (3.175 %)Lotus
1114 (2.778 %)EMC
1213 (2.579 %)Intel
1213 (2.579 %)Compaq
1213 (2.579 %)Oracle
1310 (1.984 %)CheckPoint
1310 (1.984 %)Altiris
149 (1.786 %)NetApp
158 (1.587 %)Sun
167 (1.389 %)Red Hat
167 (1.389 %)Symantec