South West Server Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Server Engineer role in IT contracts within the South West 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Brentford Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chelmsford Cheshire Chester Chichester Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Durham East Midlands East of England England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Gwent Hampshire Hartlepool Havant Hertfordshire Hounslow Kent Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlewich Midlands Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Salford Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Witham Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	127	150
Rank change on same period last year	+23
Matching contract IT job ads	11	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.015 %	0.014 %
As % of the category below	0.264 %	0.254 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£325
Average daily rate	-	£350
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£218	£308
% change on same period last year	-29.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	£26.55
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£28.95
% change on same period last year	+20.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	£31.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.26	£28.18
% change on same period last year	-13.88 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4172	5513
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.561 %	5.578 %
Daily rates quoted	1410	1472
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£337
Average daily rate	£368	£356
% change on same period last year	+3.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	527	707
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.83	£24.47
Average hourly rate	£26.74	£26.19
% change on same period last year	+2.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.65	£27.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Server Engineer across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Engineer within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Gloucestershire	+1	4	-	-
Devon	+7	3	-	-
Bristol	+13	2	-	-
Wiltshire	+10	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 13 (81.25 %) Active Directory 2 9 (56.25 %) Windows 3 6 (37.50 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 5 (31.25 %) VMware 4 5 (31.25 %) HP 5 4 (25.00 %) Citrix 5 4 (25.00 %) DHCP 5 4 (25.00 %) DNS 5 4 (25.00 %) Windows Server 2003 5 4 (25.00 %) IBM 6 3 (18.75 %) SAN 6 3 (18.75 %) WAN 6 3 (18.75 %) VMware ESX 7 2 (12.50 %) VMware Infrastructure 7 2 (12.50 %) Backup Exec

7 2 (12.50 %) VERITAS 7 2 (12.50 %) Microsoft 7 2 (12.50 %) VPN 7 2 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 8 1 (6.250 %) MCSE 8 1 (6.250 %) Apache 8 1 (6.250 %) Windows XP 8 1 (6.250 %) MS Exchange 8 1 (6.250 %) Solaris 8 1 (6.250 %) Linux 8 1 (6.250 %) MS Office 8 1 (6.250 %) ITIL 8 1 (6.250 %) UNIX 8 1 (6.250 %) Cisco 8 1 (6.250 %) Microsoft Certification

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 Platforms 1 6 (37.50 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 1 (6.250 %) Apache 2 1 (6.250 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (6.250 %) Exchange Server 2000	Applications 1 1 (6.250 %) MS Office
Business Applications 1 1 (6.250 %) Summit	Communications & Networking 1 4 (25.00 %) DNS 1 4 (25.00 %) DHCP 2 3 (18.75 %) WAN 2 3 (18.75 %) SAN 3 2 (12.50 %) VPN 4 1 (6.250 %) Internet 4 1 (6.250 %) Firewall
General 1 1 (6.250 %) Telecoms 1 1 (6.250 %) Government	Miscellaneous 1 1 (6.250 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 9 (56.25 %) Windows 2 4 (25.00 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (6.250 %) Windows XP 4 1 (6.250 %) Solaris 4 1 (6.250 %) Linux 4 1 (6.250 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (6.250 %) ITIL 1 1 (6.250 %) Project Management 1 1 (6.250 %) SC Cleared 1 1 (6.250 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 1 (6.250 %) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 1 (6.250 %) MCSE 1 1 (6.250 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (6.250 %) Degree
System Software 1 13 (81.25 %) Active Directory 2 3 (18.75 %) VMware ESX 3 2 (12.50 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (12.50 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (6.250 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (6.250 %) NetBackup 4 1 (6.250 %) Terminal Services 4 1 (6.250 %) ISA Server	Systems Management 1 1 (6.250 %) BMC PATROL 1 1 (6.250 %) MIMEsweeper 1 1 (6.250 %) DameWare
Vendors 1 5 (31.25 %) HP 1 5 (31.25 %) VMware 2 4 (25.00 %) Citrix 2 4 (25.00 %) IBM 3 2 (12.50 %) Microsoft 3 2 (12.50 %) VERITAS 4 1 (6.250 %) Red Hat 4 1 (6.250 %) Remedy 4 1 (6.250 %) Blue Coat 4 1 (6.250 %) Sun 4 1 (6.250 %) BMC 4 1 (6.250 %) Cisco