The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 19 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 Oxfordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Support
Rank 50 50 49
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Server Support 1 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.214% 0.522% 0.409%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.227% 0.538% 0.424%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £250 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £258 £300
% change year-on-year
+11.65% -14.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.78 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+20.30% -11.57%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
441 558 472
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.23% 97.04% 96.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 274 216
Average daily rate £363 £360 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.69% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 70 66
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.00 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Server Support
South East

Server Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Oxford +1 1 £250 -
Server Support
South East

Server Support
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) IIS
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (25.00%) CCA
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (25.00%) XMPP
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008

Server Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 1 (25.00%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) IIS
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCA
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix