The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Server Engineer 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 Middlesex 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 Engineer
Rank 25 29 34
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Server Engineer 1 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.493% 1.049% 0.531%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.541% 1.250% 0.581%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £258 £275
% change year-on-year
+16.50% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £34.89 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-28.34% +74.45%
All Job Titles
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
185 240 344
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 91.13% 83.92% 91.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 108 160
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £225 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 21
Average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +44.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.26 £19.52 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £39.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Server Engineer
South East

Server Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex Server Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Server Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Middlesex Server Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Server Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Middlesex Server Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Server Engineer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region that cited Server Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 3 (75.00%) Dell
2 3 (75.00%) EMC
2 3 (75.00%) Celerra
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) MCITP
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) WSUS
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Replication
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) HP

Server Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region that cited Server Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Celerra
2 1 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Dell
1 3 (75.00%) EMC
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) HP