The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire 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 17 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 Leicestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Support
Rank 30 - 36
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Server Support 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.476% - 0.429%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.510% - 0.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £250 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.78 £23.75
% change year-on-year
+20.30% -12.50%
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
196 197 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 93.33% 92.49% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 51 60
Average daily rate £325 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £150 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 28 33
Average hourly rate £13.50 £11.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.72% -66.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Server Support
East Midlands

Server Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leicester - 1 - -
Server Support
East Midlands

Server Support
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (60.00%) SAN
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Management
3 3 (60.00%) Lync
3 3 (60.00%) Unified Communications
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (40.00%) VMware
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (20.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
5 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) Citrix
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (20.00%) GIS
5 1 (20.00%) ITSM
5 1 (20.00%) Wireless
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
5 1 (20.00%) Remedy
5 1 (20.00%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008

Server Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) Lync
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SAN
1 3 (60.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) GIS
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Remedy