The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Engineer
Rank 169 198 207
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Server Engineer 55 41 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.706% 0.404% 0.443%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.763% 0.438% 0.479%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 26 14
Average daily rate £279 £260 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.21% -0.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £230 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £342 £350 £334
UK excluding London average daily rate £278 £258 £275
% change year-on-year
+7.76% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 8
Average hourly rate £25.00 £16.75 £23.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+49.25% -27.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £23.00 £22.20
% change year-on-year
+8.69% +3.60%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 716 825
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Server Engineer
England

Server Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Server Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Server Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Server Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Server Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East Server Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Server Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hampshire -3 20 £288 +19.79%
Berkshire +21 18 £335 +19.64%
Surrey +23 10 £190 -51.28%
Oxfordshire +9 4 £190 -
West Sussex +20 2 £263 -19.23%
Server Engineer
England

Server Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 81 (81.82%) Windows
2 63 (63.64%) Active Directory
3 55 (55.56%) VMware
4 47 (47.47%) Windows Server 2008
5 45 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
6 41 (41.41%) Microsoft
7 37 (37.37%) Citrix
8 30 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
9 25 (25.25%) MS Exchange
10 22 (22.22%) SAN
11 19 (19.19%) Security Cleared
12 18 (18.18%) Windows 2000 Server
12 18 (18.18%) HP
12 18 (18.18%) DHCP
12 18 (18.18%) DNS
12 18 (18.18%) SQL
13 17 (17.17%) Windows XP
13 17 (17.17%) Dell
13 17 (17.17%) Exchange Server 2007
13 17 (17.17%) SCOM
13 17 (17.17%) Windows 7
14 16 (16.16%) SCCM
14 16 (16.16%) SC Cleared
14 16 (16.16%) PowerShell
14 16 (16.16%) Exchange Server 2010
14 16 (16.16%) TCP/IP
15 15 (15.15%) SharePoint
15 15 (15.15%) Migration
15 15 (15.15%) Hyper-V
16 13 (13.13%) VPN

Server Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 2 (2.020%) .NET
2 1 (1.010%) COM
2 1 (1.010%) Web Services
2 1 (1.010%) LAMP
2 1 (1.010%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 25 (25.25%) MS Exchange
2 17 (17.17%) Exchange Server 2007
3 16 (16.16%) Exchange Server 2010
4 15 (15.15%) SharePoint
5 6 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (5.051%) IIS
7 2 (2.020%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (1.010%) Apache
8 1 (1.010%) Lync
8 1 (1.010%) lighttpd
8 1 (1.010%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (10.10%) MS Excel
2 7 (7.071%) MS Office
3 1 (1.010%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (22.22%) SAN
2 18 (18.18%) DHCP
2 18 (18.18%) DNS
3 16 (16.16%) TCP/IP
4 13 (13.13%) VPN
5 11 (11.11%) Firewall
6 10 (10.10%) WAN
6 10 (10.10%) LAN
7 8 (8.081%) IPsec
8 7 (7.071%) WLAN
9 5 (5.051%) IPv6
10 3 (3.030%) NAS
11 2 (2.020%) SMS
11 2 (2.020%) Internet
12 1 (1.010%) Intranet
12 1 (1.010%) DMZ
12 1 (1.010%) LDAP
12 1 (1.010%) VLAN
12 1 (1.010%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.061%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.010%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.010%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.010%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 9 (9.091%) Finance
2 8 (8.081%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.020%) Banking
4 1 (1.010%) Retail
4 1 (1.010%) Games
4 1 (1.010%) Back Office
4 1 (1.010%) Marketing
4 1 (1.010%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.010%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.071%) Clustering
2 6 (6.061%) PKI
3 4 (4.040%) Replication
4 3 (3.030%) NHS
4 3 (3.030%) Blackberry
4 3 (3.030%) Celerra
5 1 (1.010%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.010%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.010%) iPad
5 1 (1.010%) Open Source
5 1 (1.010%) FMCG
5 1 (1.010%) iPhone
5 1 (1.010%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 81 (81.82%) Windows
2 47 (47.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 45 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
4 18 (18.18%) Windows 2000 Server
5 17 (17.17%) Windows XP
5 17 (17.17%) Windows 7
6 8 (8.081%) Windows Vista
7 7 (7.071%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (6.061%) Linux
9 5 (5.051%) Windows 2000
10 3 (3.030%) Solaris
11 2 (2.020%) CentOS
11 2 (2.020%) UNIX
12 1 (1.010%) HPUX
12 1 (1.010%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (15.15%) Migration
2 8 (8.081%) ITIL
3 5 (5.051%) Release Management
4 4 (4.040%) Configuration Management
5 3 (3.030%) Change Control
6 2 (2.020%) Incident Management
6 2 (2.020%) Software Distribution
6 2 (2.020%) Project Management
7 1 (1.010%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (1.010%) CAE
7 1 (1.010%) Identity Management
7 1 (1.010%) Software Deployment
7 1 (1.010%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (1.010%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (1.010%) Capacity Management
7 1 (1.010%) Problem Management
7 1 (1.010%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.010%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (1.010%) Data Analysis
7 1 (1.010%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 18 (18.18%) SQL
2 16 (16.16%) PowerShell
3 8 (8.081%) VB
4 5 (5.051%) VBScript
5 2 (2.020%) C#
5 2 (2.020%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.010%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (19.19%) Security Cleared
2 16 (16.16%) SC Cleared
3 13 (13.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (10.10%) MCSE
5 4 (4.040%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.040%) CCNA
6 3 (3.030%) MCSA
6 3 (3.030%) MCP
6 3 (3.030%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.030%) MCITP
7 1 (1.010%) RHCE
7 1 (1.010%) MCSD
7 1 (1.010%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.020%) SLA
System Software
1 63 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 30 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (15.15%) Hyper-V
4 7 (7.071%) XenApp
5 6 (6.061%) XenServer
6 5 (5.051%) Terminal Services
6 5 (5.051%) ISA Server
7 4 (4.040%) vSphere
7 4 (4.040%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (3.030%) Terminal Server
8 3 (3.030%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (1.010%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (1.010%) VMware ESX
9 1 (1.010%) Xen
9 1 (1.010%) NLBS
9 1 (1.010%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (1.010%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 17 (17.17%) SCOM
2 16 (16.16%) SCCM
3 8 (8.081%) Backup Exec
4 6 (6.061%) NetBackup
5 4 (4.040%) WSUS
6 3 (3.030%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (1.010%) MIMEsweeper
7 1 (1.010%) MIIS
7 1 (1.010%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 1 (1.010%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (1.010%) Puppet
7 1 (1.010%) Opalis
7 1 (1.010%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 55 (55.56%) VMware
2 41 (41.41%) Microsoft
3 37 (37.37%) Citrix
4 18 (18.18%) HP
5 17 (17.17%) Dell
6 9 (9.091%) Cisco
6 9 (9.091%) Juniper
7 7 (7.071%) EMC
7 7 (7.071%) Websense
8 6 (6.061%) IBM
9 4 (4.040%) Remedy
9 4 (4.040%) McAfee
9 4 (4.040%) NetApp
10 3 (3.030%) CA
10 3 (3.030%) CommVault
10 3 (3.030%) Oracle
11 2 (2.020%) Symantec
11 2 (2.020%) SAP
11 2 (2.020%) StorageTek
11 2 (2.020%) Sun
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Austin Fraser are looking for an server Engineer to work onsite for my client based in Abingdon. The Server Engineer will be responsible for providing 3rd line BAU...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £270 - £280 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Oxford, South East
Designing and implementing new infrastructure hosting platforms for customers.*Aiding with projects from Server upgrades from Microsoft Windows 2003 to 2008, Active Directory upgrade and migration from 2003...
Sand Resources
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
The Server Engineer will also be working with the current WSUS implementation and making sure all clients have XP SP3 deployed for upcoming projects... Windows Server 2003/2008...
ComputAppoint
Rate: market rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
Very strong SCCM and SCOM skills are required for the roles, the Server Engineer should have excellent experience throughout their previous roles. Essential experience for the Server Engineer...
ComputAppoint
Rate: market rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Server Engineer / Server Supoprt: *Core infrastructure hardware including server, storage, network, security *Core logical infrastructure including server operating systems, Directory Services, file, print *Management of DFS, DNS, DHCP...
LA International
Rate: quote
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire, South East
Home Office SC security cleared Server Engineer`s required with experience in a Windows Enterprise 3rd line environment- We are looking for Server Engineer`s with existing Home...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP342 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
Windows Server Engineer, AD 2003, MS 2003/2008, EV 8,9,10, Microsoft WSUS, XP... Microsoft Windows Server 2003 \ 2008... Microsoft WSUS. Windows XP... MCITP \ MCSE... Experience working...
EarthStream Global
Rate: From £350 to £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
This is a fixed term contract starting in May running through to 31st December and will likely to be extended for one year thereafter: Essential Skills: (candidates must...
Polar Recruitment
Rate: Fixed Term contract until Dec 3st intially
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire, South East
We are looking for SC security cleared Microsoft certified Server Engineer`s with experience in a Windows Enterprise 3rd line environment- The successful candidate`s will have the...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP342 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013