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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.

 Server Support
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank299354
Rank change on same period last yearUp+55
Matching contract IT job ads110138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.149 %0.136 %
As % of the category below0.373 %0.312 %
Daily rates quoted3261
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 quoted2322
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 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2952544224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.91 %43.61 %
Daily rates quoted1261716632
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 quoted16282304
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 %
Server Support EnglandServer Support
England

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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Server Support Hourly Rate Histogram

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 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.

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
City of LondonDown-2726£354+8.05 %
GraysNew entry-3£300-
HammersmithNew entry-2£265-
Canary WharfNew entry-2£275-
Docklands, LondonUp+361--
WestminsterNew entry-1£275-
Server Support EnglandServer Support
England

Server Support
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.

1142 (70.30 %)Windows
299 (49.01 %)Windows Server 2003
395 (47.03 %)Active Directory
472 (35.64 %)SQL Server
571 (35.15 %)MS Exchange
663 (31.19 %)Exchange Server 2003
752 (25.74 %)Microsoft
850 (24.75 %)VMware
947 (23.27 %)SQL
1037 (18.32 %)Citrix
1133 (16.34 %)HP
1133 (16.34 %)Finance
1230 (14.85 %)SQL Server 2005
1230 (14.85 %)SAN
1230 (14.85 %)Windows 2000 Server
1328 (13.86 %)Microsoft Certification
1328 (13.86 %)IIS
1426 (12.87 %)Windows 2000
1524 (11.88 %)Cisco
1622 (10.89 %)MCSE
1622 (10.89 %)Banking
1622 (10.89 %)Firewall
1721 (10.40 %)Windows XP
1820 (9.901 %)MS Excel
1820 (9.901 %)TCP/IP
1820 (9.901 %)SQL Server 2000
1917 (8.416 %)Linux
2016 (7.921 %)DHCP
2115 (7.426 %)DNS
2214 (6.931 %)Backup Exec

Server Support
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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (3.465 %).NET
23 (1.485 %)HTML
32 (0.990 %)ASP.NET
41 (0.495 %)COM+
41 (0.495 %)DCOM
41 (0.495 %)CGI
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
171 (35.15 %)MS Exchange
263 (31.19 %)Exchange Server 2003
328 (13.86 %)IIS
411 (5.446 %)Exchange Server 2000
58 (3.960 %)Lotus Notes
67 (3.465 %)Apache
67 (3.465 %)SharePoint
75 (2.475 %)Tomcat
83 (1.485 %)Lotus Domino
83 (1.485 %)Exchange Server 2007
92 (0.990 %)EPiServer
92 (0.990 %)SharePoint Server 2007
92 (0.990 %)ColdFusion
92 (0.990 %)CMS
101 (0.495 %)Exchange Server 5.5
101 (0.495 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
101 (0.495 %)WorkSite
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (9.901 %)MS Excel
29 (4.455 %)MS Office
32 (0.990 %)MS Project
32 (0.990 %)MS Visio
41 (0.495 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (14.85 %)SAN
222 (10.89 %)Firewall
320 (9.901 %)TCP/IP
416 (7.921 %)DHCP
515 (7.426 %)DNS
68 (3.960 %)LAN
68 (3.960 %)Internet
75 (2.475 %)WAN
83 (1.485 %)Ethernet
83 (1.485 %)VPN
83 (1.485 %)Cisco PIX
92 (0.990 %)VLAN
92 (0.990 %)HTTP
92 (0.990 %)SNMP
92 (0.990 %)SMTP
92 (0.990 %)SMS
101 (0.495 %)ADSL
101 (0.495 %)ATM
101 (0.495 %)ISDN
101 (0.495 %)FTP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
172 (35.64 %)SQL Server
230 (14.85 %)SQL Server 2005
320 (9.901 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (1.980 %)DTS
44 (1.980 %)MS Access
53 (1.485 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
53 (1.485 %)SQL Server Integration Services
62 (0.990 %)RDBMS
71 (0.495 %)BusinessObjects
71 (0.495 %)Sybase ASE
71 (0.495 %)Datawarehouse
71 (0.495 %)DB2
71 (0.495 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.495 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
71 (0.495 %)MySQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.495 %)MSI
11 (0.495 %)Subversion
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
133 (16.34 %)Finance
222 (10.89 %)Banking
38 (3.960 %)Insurance
38 (3.960 %)Front Office
46 (2.970 %)Government
46 (2.970 %)Law
55 (2.475 %)Investment Banking
64 (1.980 %)Back Office
64 (1.980 %)Education
73 (1.485 %)Telecoms
73 (1.485 %)Legal
73 (1.485 %)Health
81 (0.495 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.495 %)Retail
81 (0.495 %)Local Government
81 (0.495 %)Auditing
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (4.455 %)Blackberry
19 (4.455 %)Clustering
26 (2.970 %)Derivative
34 (1.980 %)NHS
42 (0.990 %)Market Risk
42 (0.990 %)French Language
42 (0.990 %)Client/Server
51 (0.495 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
51 (0.495 %)Spanish Language
51 (0.495 %)Equities
51 (0.495 %)Exotic Derivative
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1142 (70.30 %)Windows
299 (49.01 %)Windows Server 2003
330 (14.85 %)Windows 2000 Server
426 (12.87 %)Windows 2000
521 (10.40 %)Windows XP
617 (8.416 %)Linux
713 (6.436 %)UNIX
86 (2.970 %)Red Hat Linux
93 (1.485 %)Windows Server 2008
93 (1.485 %)Windows Vista
93 (1.485 %)Solaris
93 (1.485 %)Windows NT
102 (0.990 %)NetWare
102 (0.990 %)Mac OS X Server
111 (0.495 %)Ubuntu
111 (0.495 %)MVS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (4.455 %)ITIL
27 (3.465 %)Migration
36 (2.970 %)Disaster Recovery
36 (2.970 %)Security Cleared
45 (2.475 %)SC Cleared
53 (1.485 %)Time Management
53 (1.485 %)Business Continuity
53 (1.485 %)BCP
62 (0.990 %)Configuration Management
62 (0.990 %)PRINCE2
62 (0.990 %)RAD
62 (0.990 %)Asset Management
62 (0.990 %)Logistics
62 (0.990 %)Change Management
71 (0.495 %)Performance Management
71 (0.495 %)Data Security
71 (0.495 %)Systems Analysis
71 (0.495 %)Operations Management
71 (0.495 %)Fund Management
71 (0.495 %)Electronic Trading
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
147 (23.27 %)SQL
210 (4.950 %)VBScript
39 (4.455 %)VB
39 (4.455 %)Transact-SQL
46 (2.970 %)C#
54 (1.980 %)C
54 (1.980 %)Perl
54 (1.980 %)VBA
62 (0.990 %)VB6
62 (0.990 %)Java
71 (0.495 %)C++
71 (0.495 %)PHP
71 (0.495 %)Korn
71 (0.495 %)PowerShell
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (13.86 %)Microsoft Certification
222 (10.89 %)MCSE
39 (4.455 %)MCP
45 (2.475 %)RHCE
53 (1.485 %)Degree
62 (0.990 %)HND
62 (0.990 %)CCA
62 (0.990 %)Citrix Certification
62 (0.990 %)CCEA
71 (0.495 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.495 %)MCAD
71 (0.495 %)MCSA
71 (0.495 %)CCNA
71 (0.495 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.495 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
71 (0.495 %)MCTS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.495 %)SLA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
195 (47.03 %)Active Directory
214 (6.931 %)Backup Exec
311 (5.446 %)VMware ESX
311 (5.446 %)VMware Infrastructure
410 (4.950 %)ISA Server
58 (3.960 %)VMware Server
67 (3.465 %)NetBackup
75 (2.475 %)Citrix Presentation Server
84 (1.980 %)Terminal Services
92 (0.990 %)MetaFrame
101 (0.495 %)Terminal Server
101 (0.495 %)MailMarshal
101 (0.495 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (5.446 %)MOM
26 (2.970 %)Tivoli
35 (2.475 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
35 (2.475 %)ARCserve
35 (2.475 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
42 (0.990 %)EMC NetWorker
42 (0.990 %)SCCM
42 (0.990 %)OpenView
42 (0.990 %)Legato
51 (0.495 %)Tivoli Monitoring
51 (0.495 %)Norton AntiVirus
51 (0.495 %)MIMEsweeper
51 (0.495 %)MAILsweeper
51 (0.495 %)WSUS
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
152 (25.74 %)Microsoft
250 (24.75 %)VMware
337 (18.32 %)Citrix
433 (16.34 %)HP
524 (11.88 %)Cisco
612 (5.941 %)VERITAS
711 (5.446 %)IBM
89 (4.455 %)Oracle
98 (3.960 %)Lotus
98 (3.960 %)NetApp
98 (3.960 %)CheckPoint
106 (2.970 %)Red Hat
115 (2.475 %)Reuters
115 (2.475 %)Bloomberg
115 (2.475 %)NetIQ
115 (2.475 %)McAfee Security
115 (2.475 %)Compaq
124 (1.980 %)EMC
124 (1.980 %)Altiris
133 (1.485 %)Symantec