Server Support Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Support role in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 22 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 London 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Support
Rank 366 376 394
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Server Support 21 42 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.095% 0.154% 0.127%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.104% 0.166% 0.138%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 23 22
Average daily rate £350 £275 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -12.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £187 £106 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £420 £424
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £254 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.46% -15.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 4
Average hourly rate £20.00 £17.85 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.04% -42.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.20 £12.50 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.80 £19.87 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.06 £23.75
% change year-on-year
+24.62% -15.53%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 20276 25280 28359
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.19% 92.47% 92.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 13665 16302 18233
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 454 629 676
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Server Support
England

Server Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 London region.

London Server Support Daily Rate Trend

Server Support
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Server Support across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Server Support Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London +5 5 £350 +3.70%
Hounslow - 1 - -
Server Support
England

Server Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 62 (78.48%) Windows
2 35 (44.30%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (37.97%) Citrix
4 26 (32.91%) Windows Server 2003
5 24 (30.38%) HP
6 23 (29.11%) Microsoft
7 21 (26.58%) UNIX
8 20 (25.32%) MS Exchange
9 19 (24.05%) VMware
10 18 (22.78%) ITIL
11 17 (21.52%) Linux
11 17 (21.52%) Active Directory
12 16 (20.25%) SQL Server
13 15 (18.99%) LAN
14 14 (17.72%) WAN
15 13 (16.46%) IBM
16 12 (15.19%) EMC
17 11 (13.92%) Exchange Server 2010
17 11 (13.92%) SAN
17 11 (13.92%) Windows 2000
17 11 (13.92%) Banking
18 10 (12.66%) Finance
18 10 (12.66%) Blackberry
19 9 (11.39%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
19 9 (11.39%) Symantec
20 8 (10.13%) Capacity Planning
20 8 (10.13%) VMware Infrastructure
21 7 (8.861%) SCOM
21 7 (8.861%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
21 7 (8.861%) NetIQ

Server Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 4 (5.063%) .NET
2 2 (2.532%) Middleware
2 2 (2.532%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.266%) COM
3 1 (1.266%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 20 (25.32%) MS Exchange
2 11 (13.92%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (11.39%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 5 (6.329%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (5.063%) WorkSite
6 2 (2.532%) IIS
6 2 (2.532%) Commerce Server
6 2 (2.532%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (1.266%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (1.266%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.797%) MS Excel
1 3 (3.797%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (7.595%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.99%) LAN
2 14 (17.72%) WAN
3 11 (13.92%) SAN
4 7 (8.861%) DHCP
4 7 (8.861%) DNS
5 5 (6.329%) Firewall
6 4 (5.063%) TCP/IP
6 4 (5.063%) NAS
7 2 (2.532%) IPsec
7 2 (2.532%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (2.532%) WLAN
7 2 (2.532%) VPN
7 2 (2.532%) IPv6
8 1 (1.266%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (20.25%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.595%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (6.329%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (5.063%) QlikView
5 3 (3.797%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.532%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.532%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (1.266%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.266%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (1.266%) TeamCity
General
1 11 (13.92%) Banking
2 10 (12.66%) Finance
3 5 (6.329%) Investment Banking
4 4 (5.063%) Front Office
4 4 (5.063%) Law
5 1 (1.266%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Blackberry
2 7 (8.861%) CLARiiON
3 2 (2.532%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.532%) PKI
3 2 (2.532%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.266%) EqualLogic
4 1 (1.266%) Celerra
4 1 (1.266%) Handset
4 1 (1.266%) Grid Computing
4 1 (1.266%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 62 (78.48%) Windows
2 35 (44.30%) Windows Server 2008
3 26 (32.91%) Windows Server 2003
4 21 (26.58%) UNIX
5 17 (21.52%) Linux
6 11 (13.92%) Windows 2000
7 3 (3.797%) Windows 7
7 3 (3.797%) Solaris
8 2 (2.532%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.266%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.266%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.78%) ITIL
2 8 (10.13%) Capacity Planning
3 6 (7.595%) Service Delivery
4 5 (6.329%) Migration
5 4 (5.063%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (3.797%) E-Commerce
7 2 (2.532%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (2.532%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (2.532%) Data Analysis
7 2 (2.532%) Market Research
8 1 (1.266%) Capacity Management
8 1 (1.266%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (1.266%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.595%) SQL
2 4 (5.063%) C#
3 2 (2.532%) T-SQL
3 2 (2.532%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.266%) VBScript
4 1 (1.266%) VB
4 1 (1.266%) Perl
4 1 (1.266%) VB6
Qualifications
1 6 (7.595%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (7.595%) MCSE
2 4 (5.063%) MCSA
2 4 (5.063%) Degree
2 4 (5.063%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (5.063%) DV Cleared
2 4 (5.063%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.532%) CCNA
3 2 (2.532%) CCA
3 2 (2.532%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (2.532%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 17 (21.52%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.595%) XenApp
4 3 (3.797%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (2.532%) Terminal Services
5 2 (2.532%) VMware Server
5 2 (2.532%) vSphere
6 1 (1.266%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.266%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.266%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.266%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 7 (8.861%) SCOM
1 7 (8.861%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 4 (5.063%) HP SIM
3 3 (3.797%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (3.797%) OpenView
3 3 (3.797%) Legato
3 3 (3.797%) MAILsweeper
3 3 (3.797%) RepliStor
4 1 (1.266%) HP Data Protector
4 1 (1.266%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.266%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 1 (1.266%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (1.266%) HP NNM
4 1 (1.266%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.266%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 30 (37.97%) Citrix
2 24 (30.38%) HP
3 23 (29.11%) Microsoft
4 19 (24.05%) VMware
5 13 (16.46%) IBM
6 12 (15.19%) EMC
7 9 (11.39%) Symantec
8 7 (8.861%) NetIQ
9 6 (7.595%) Compaq
10 4 (5.063%) Dell
10 4 (5.063%) SolarWinds
10 4 (5.063%) Cadis
11 3 (3.797%) Cisco
11 3 (3.797%) Sun
11 3 (3.797%) Intel
11 3 (3.797%) Veritas
11 3 (3.797%) McAfee
11 3 (3.797%) Clearswift
12 2 (2.532%) Juniper
13 1 (1.266%) ProCurve
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