London Server Support Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Server Support role in IT contracts within the London 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	299	354
Rank change on same period last year	+55
Matching contract IT job ads	110	138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.149 %	0.136 %
As % of the category below	0.373 %	0.312 %
Daily rates quoted	32	61
Average minimum daily rate	£290	£289
Average daily rate	£307	£309
% change on same period last year	-0.73 %
Average maximum daily rate	£324	£330
UK excluding London average daily rate	£233	£246
% change on same period last year	-4.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	22
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.62	£29.39
Average hourly rate	£30.74	£30.82
% change on same period last year	-0.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.86	£32.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.18	£23.32
% change on same period last year	+3.67 %
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	29525	44224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	39.91 %	43.61 %
Daily rates quoted	12617	16632
Average minimum daily rate	£405	£425
Average daily rate	£435	£453
% change on same period last year	-4.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£464	£482
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	1628	2304
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.77	£23.98
Average hourly rate	£25.42	£25.70
% change on same period last year	-1.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.07	£27.42
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 London 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 London 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 London 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 London 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 London 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 London 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
City of London	-27	26	£354	+8.05 %
Grays	-	3	£300	-
Hammersmith	-	2	£265	-
Canary Wharf	-	2	£275	-
Docklands, London	+36	1	-	-
Westminster	-	1	£275	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 142 (70.30 %) Windows 2 99 (49.01 %) Windows Server 2003 3 95 (47.03 %) Active Directory 4 72 (35.64 %) SQL Server 5 71 (35.15 %) MS Exchange 6 63 (31.19 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 52 (25.74 %) Microsoft 8 50 (24.75 %) VMware 9 47 (23.27 %) SQL 10 37 (18.32 %) Citrix 11 33 (16.34 %) HP 11 33 (16.34 %) Finance 12 30 (14.85 %) SQL Server 2005 12 30 (14.85 %) SAN 12 30 (14.85 %) Windows 2000 Server

13 28 (13.86 %) Microsoft Certification 13 28 (13.86 %) IIS 14 26 (12.87 %) Windows 2000 15 24 (11.88 %) Cisco 16 22 (10.89 %) MCSE 16 22 (10.89 %) Banking 16 22 (10.89 %) Firewall 17 21 (10.40 %) Windows XP 18 20 (9.901 %) MS Excel 18 20 (9.901 %) TCP/IP 18 20 (9.901 %) SQL Server 2000 19 17 (8.416 %) Linux 20 16 (7.921 %) DHCP 21 15 (7.426 %) DNS 22 14 (6.931 %) Backup Exec

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 7 (3.465 %) .NET 2 3 (1.485 %) HTML 3 2 (0.990 %) ASP.NET 4 1 (0.495 %) COM+ 4 1 (0.495 %) DCOM 4 1 (0.495 %) CGI	Application Platforms 1 71 (35.15 %) MS Exchange 2 63 (31.19 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 28 (13.86 %) IIS 4 11 (5.446 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 8 (3.960 %) Lotus Notes 6 7 (3.465 %) Apache 6 7 (3.465 %) SharePoint 7 5 (2.475 %) Tomcat 8 3 (1.485 %) Lotus Domino 8 3 (1.485 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 2 (0.990 %) EPiServer 9 2 (0.990 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 2 (0.990 %) ColdFusion 9 2 (0.990 %) CMS 10 1 (0.495 %) Exchange Server 5.5 10 1 (0.495 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 10 1 (0.495 %) WorkSite
Applications 1 20 (9.901 %) MS Excel 2 9 (4.455 %) MS Office 3 2 (0.990 %) MS Project 3 2 (0.990 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.495 %) Spreadsheet	Communications & Networking 1 30 (14.85 %) SAN 2 22 (10.89 %) Firewall 3 20 (9.901 %) TCP/IP 4 16 (7.921 %) DHCP 5 15 (7.426 %) DNS 6 8 (3.960 %) LAN 6 8 (3.960 %) Internet 7 5 (2.475 %) WAN 8 3 (1.485 %) Ethernet 8 3 (1.485 %) VPN 8 3 (1.485 %) Cisco PIX 9 2 (0.990 %) VLAN 9 2 (0.990 %) HTTP 9 2 (0.990 %) SNMP 9 2 (0.990 %) SMTP 9 2 (0.990 %) SMS 10 1 (0.495 %) ADSL 10 1 (0.495 %) ATM 10 1 (0.495 %) ISDN 10 1 (0.495 %) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 72 (35.64 %) SQL Server 2 30 (14.85 %) SQL Server 2005 3 20 (9.901 %) SQL Server 2000 4 4 (1.980 %) DTS 4 4 (1.980 %) MS Access 5 3 (1.485 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 3 (1.485 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 2 (0.990 %) RDBMS 7 1 (0.495 %) BusinessObjects 7 1 (0.495 %) Sybase ASE 7 1 (0.495 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (0.495 %) DB2 7 1 (0.495 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 1 (0.495 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 1 (0.495 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 1 (0.495 %) MSI 1 1 (0.495 %) Subversion
General 1 33 (16.34 %) Finance 2 22 (10.89 %) Banking 3 8 (3.960 %) Insurance 3 8 (3.960 %) Front Office 4 6 (2.970 %) Government 4 6 (2.970 %) Law 5 5 (2.475 %) Investment Banking 6 4 (1.980 %) Back Office 6 4 (1.980 %) Education 7 3 (1.485 %) Telecoms 7 3 (1.485 %) Legal 7 3 (1.485 %) Health 8 1 (0.495 %) Financial Institution 8 1 (0.495 %) Retail 8 1 (0.495 %) Local Government 8 1 (0.495 %) Auditing	Miscellaneous 1 9 (4.455 %) Blackberry 1 9 (4.455 %) Clustering 2 6 (2.970 %) Derivative 3 4 (1.980 %) NHS 4 2 (0.990 %) Market Risk 4 2 (0.990 %) French Language 4 2 (0.990 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.495 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 5 1 (0.495 %) Spanish Language 5 1 (0.495 %) Equities 5 1 (0.495 %) Exotic Derivative
Operating Systems 1 142 (70.30 %) Windows 2 99 (49.01 %) Windows Server 2003 3 30 (14.85 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 26 (12.87 %) Windows 2000 5 21 (10.40 %) Windows XP 6 17 (8.416 %) Linux 7 13 (6.436 %) UNIX 8 6 (2.970 %) Red Hat Linux 9 3 (1.485 %) Windows Server 2008 9 3 (1.485 %) Windows Vista 9 3 (1.485 %) Solaris 9 3 (1.485 %) Windows NT 10 2 (0.990 %) NetWare 10 2 (0.990 %) Mac OS X Server 11 1 (0.495 %) Ubuntu 11 1 (0.495 %) MVS	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (4.455 %) ITIL 2 7 (3.465 %) Migration 3 6 (2.970 %) Disaster Recovery 3 6 (2.970 %) Security Cleared 4 5 (2.475 %) SC Cleared 5 3 (1.485 %) Time Management 5 3 (1.485 %) Business Continuity 5 3 (1.485 %) BCP 6 2 (0.990 %) Configuration Management 6 2 (0.990 %) PRINCE2 6 2 (0.990 %) RAD 6 2 (0.990 %) Asset Management 6 2 (0.990 %) Logistics 6 2 (0.990 %) Change Management 7 1 (0.495 %) Performance Management 7 1 (0.495 %) Data Security 7 1 (0.495 %) Systems Analysis 7 1 (0.495 %) Operations Management 7 1 (0.495 %) Fund Management 7 1 (0.495 %) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages 1 47 (23.27 %) SQL 2 10 (4.950 %) VBScript 3 9 (4.455 %) VB 3 9 (4.455 %) Transact-SQL 4 6 (2.970 %) C# 5 4 (1.980 %) C 5 4 (1.980 %) Perl 5 4 (1.980 %) VBA 6 2 (0.990 %) VB6 6 2 (0.990 %) Java 7 1 (0.495 %) C++ 7 1 (0.495 %) PHP 7 1 (0.495 %) Korn 7 1 (0.495 %) PowerShell	Qualifications 1 28 (13.86 %) Microsoft Certification 2 22 (10.89 %) MCSE 3 9 (4.455 %) MCP 4 5 (2.475 %) RHCE 5 3 (1.485 %) Degree 6 2 (0.990 %) HND 6 2 (0.990 %) CCA 6 2 (0.990 %) Citrix Certification 6 2 (0.990 %) CCEA 7 1 (0.495 %) Cisco Certification 7 1 (0.495 %) MCAD 7 1 (0.495 %) MCSA 7 1 (0.495 %) CCNA 7 1 (0.495 %) Sun Certification 7 1 (0.495 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 7 1 (0.495 %) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.495 %) SLA	System Software 1 95 (47.03 %) Active Directory 2 14 (6.931 %) Backup Exec 3 11 (5.446 %) VMware ESX 3 11 (5.446 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 10 (4.950 %) ISA Server 5 8 (3.960 %) VMware Server 6 7 (3.465 %) NetBackup 7 5 (2.475 %) Citrix Presentation Server 8 4 (1.980 %) Terminal Services 9 2 (0.990 %) MetaFrame 10 1 (0.495 %) Terminal Server 10 1 (0.495 %) MailMarshal 10 1 (0.495 %) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management 1 11 (5.446 %) MOM 2 6 (2.970 %) Tivoli 3 5 (2.475 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 5 (2.475 %) ARCserve 3 5 (2.475 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 4 2 (0.990 %) EMC NetWorker 4 2 (0.990 %) SCCM 4 2 (0.990 %) OpenView 4 2 (0.990 %) Legato 5 1 (0.495 %) Tivoli Monitoring 5 1 (0.495 %) Norton AntiVirus 5 1 (0.495 %) MIMEsweeper 5 1 (0.495 %) MAILsweeper 5 1 (0.495 %) WSUS	Vendors 1 52 (25.74 %) Microsoft 2 50 (24.75 %) VMware 3 37 (18.32 %) Citrix 4 33 (16.34 %) HP 5 24 (11.88 %) Cisco 6 12 (5.941 %) VERITAS 7 11 (5.446 %) IBM 8 9 (4.455 %) Oracle 9 8 (3.960 %) Lotus 9 8 (3.960 %) NetApp 9 8 (3.960 %) CheckPoint 10 6 (2.970 %) Red Hat 11 5 (2.475 %) Reuters 11 5 (2.475 %) Bloomberg 11 5 (2.475 %) NetIQ 11 5 (2.475 %) McAfee Security 11 5 (2.475 %) Compaq 12 4 (1.980 %) EMC 12 4 (1.980 %) Altiris 13 3 (1.485 %) Symantec