South West Server Specialist Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Server Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Bath Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cheshire City of London East of England Edinburgh England Hammersmith Hampshire London Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North West Norwich Scotland Slough Somerset South East South West Swindon UK Warwick Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	141	162
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	5	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.117 %	0.086 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£400
Average daily rate	-	£400
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£301	£418
% change on same period last year	-28.05 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.00	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£22.50	£29.00
% change on same period last year	-22.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.50	£23.33
% change on same period last year	-3.57 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4272	5821
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.041 %	5.893 %
Daily rates quoted	1213	1482
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£337
Average daily rate	£366	£356
% change on same period last year	+2.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£386	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted	599	689
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.43	£25.09
Average hourly rate	£27.18	£26.76
% change on same period last year	+1.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.94	£28.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.71	£25.14
% change on same period last year	-5.69 %
Server Specialist England

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 Specialist 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 Specialist 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 Specialist across the South West region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Specialist within the South West region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
Wiltshire	-	2	-	-
Somerset	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Server Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 10 (76.92 %) VMware 2 8 (61.54 %) Windows 3 6 (46.15 %) SQL Server 4 5 (38.46 %) Windows Server 2003 5 4 (30.77 %) MS Exchange 5 4 (30.77 %) Migration 5 4 (30.77 %) SQL Server 2005 5 4 (30.77 %) Windows Vista 5 4 (30.77 %) VMware Infrastructure 6 3 (23.08 %) Windows Server 2008 6 3 (23.08 %) Data Migration 6 3 (23.08 %) SC Cleared 6 3 (23.08 %) Security Cleared 6 3 (23.08 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 3 (23.08 %) Data Analysis

6 3 (23.08 %) DMZ 6 3 (23.08 %) Cisco 6 3 (23.08 %) ISA Server 6 3 (23.08 %) VMware ESX 6 3 (23.08 %) Windows XP 6 3 (23.08 %) Finance 6 3 (23.08 %) Legal 7 2 (15.38 %) SAN 7 2 (15.38 %) NetBackup 7 2 (15.38 %) Backup Exec 7 2 (15.38 %) Symantec 7 2 (15.38 %) VPN 7 2 (15.38 %) Citrix 7 2 (15.38 %) Microsoft 7 2 (15.38 %) Active Directory

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Server Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (7.692 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 4 (30.77 %) MS Exchange 2 3 (23.08 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 2 (15.38 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 2 (15.38 %) IIS 4 1 (7.692 %) Exchange Server 2000
Communications & Networking 1 3 (23.08 %) DMZ 2 2 (15.38 %) SAN 2 2 (15.38 %) VPN 3 1 (7.692 %) DNS 3 1 (7.692 %) SSL 3 1 (7.692 %) LAN 3 1 (7.692 %) VoIP 3 1 (7.692 %) DHCP 3 1 (7.692 %) FTP 3 1 (7.692 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (46.15 %) SQL Server 2 4 (30.77 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (15.38 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 2 (15.38 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 3 2 (15.38 %) SQL Server Reporting Services
General 1 3 (23.08 %) Finance 1 3 (23.08 %) Legal	Operating Systems 1 8 (61.54 %) Windows 2 5 (38.46 %) Windows Server 2003 3 4 (30.77 %) Windows Vista 4 3 (23.08 %) Windows Server 2008 4 3 (23.08 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (30.77 %) Migration 2 3 (23.08 %) Data Analysis 2 3 (23.08 %) Data Migration 2 3 (23.08 %) SC Cleared 2 3 (23.08 %) Security Cleared	Programming Languages 1 1 (7.692 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 1 (7.692 %) MCP 1 1 (7.692 %) MCSE 1 1 (7.692 %) Microsoft Certification	System Software 1 4 (30.77 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 3 (23.08 %) ISA Server 2 3 (23.08 %) VMware ESX 3 2 (15.38 %) NetBackup 3 2 (15.38 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (15.38 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 10 (76.92 %) VMware 2 3 (23.08 %) Cisco 3 2 (15.38 %) Microsoft 3 2 (15.38 %) Citrix 3 2 (15.38 %) Symantec 4 1 (7.692 %) HP 4 1 (7.692 %) Oracle