The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Server Support in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Hampshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Support
Rank 90 88 101
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Server Support 10 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.623% 0.320% 0.214%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.666% 0.344% 0.229%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
Average daily rate £300 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £258 £300
% change year-on-year
+11.65% -14.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.78 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+20.30% -11.57%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1502 1454 1744
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.58% 93.03% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 685 748
Average daily rate £345 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.75% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 203 237
Average hourly rate £18.00 £21.00 £27.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -24.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Server Support
South East

Server Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Server Support Jobs Demand Trend

Server Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Server Support Daily Rate Trend

Server Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Server Support Hourly Rate Trend

Server Support
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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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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
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Job
Vacancies
Basingstoke - - - -
Server Support
South East

Server Support
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 13 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) Citrix
3 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
4 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
5 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
5 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
5 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (53.85%) Migration
5 7 (53.85%) Windows 7
6 6 (46.15%) Clustering
7 4 (30.77%) Finance
7 4 (30.77%) Windows 2000
7 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (15.38%) Backup Exec
8 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
8 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
8 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
8 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (7.692%) DHCP
9 1 (7.692%) DNS
9 1 (7.692%) Operations Management
9 1 (7.692%) Network Security
9 1 (7.692%) Data Migration

Server Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
1 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) DHCP
1 1 (7.692%) DNS
1 1 (7.692%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Windows 7
3 4 (30.77%) Windows 2000
3 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Migration
2 1 (7.692%) Operations Management
2 1 (7.692%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (84.62%) Citrix
3 9 (69.23%) Microsoft