The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Server Support role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3rd Line 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 currently tracked.

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
Third Line Server Support
Rank 516 542 587
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +45
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Server Support 25 28 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.052% 0.048% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.052% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 15 6
Average daily rate £300 £258 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.50% -4.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £199 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £258 £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £258 £290
% change year-on-year
+16.50% -11.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £21.50 £19.53 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.08% -27.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £20.06 -
% change year-on-year
+7.17% -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44347 53663 57608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.47% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 25564 29628 31510
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2099 2560 2964
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.19 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%

3rd Line Server Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

3rd Line Server Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Server Support
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 3rd Line Server Support within the UK.

3rd Line Server Support Daily Rate Trend

3rd Line Server Support
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3rd Line Server Support within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

3rd Line Server Support Daily Rate Histogram

3rd Line Server Support
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3rd Line Server Support within the UK.

3rd Line Server Support Hourly Rate Trend

3rd Line Server Support
Top 27 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Server Support within the UK 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
(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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +8 22 £300 +16.50% 7
South East +30 11 £300 +23.07% 2
South West +34 4 £350 - 2
North West +15 2 £275 -
Wales +11 2 £350 - 1
South Wales +8 2 £350 - 1
Cardiff +4 2 £350 - 1
Hertfordshire +21 1 - -
East of England +14 1 - - 2
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 2
Aberdeen - - - -
Bedford - - - -
Cambridge - - - - 1
Kent - - - -
Surrey - - - - 1
City of London - - - -
Guildford - - - - 1
Inverurie - - - -
London - - - -
Manchester - - - -
Milton Keynes - - - -
Peterborough - - - -
Aberdeenshire - - - -
Bedfordshire - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - - 2
Scotland - - - -

3rd Line Server Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Server Support in their job title.

1 27 (69.23%) Windows
2 23 (58.97%) Active Directory
3 16 (41.03%) Microsoft
4 15 (38.46%) Citrix
5 14 (35.90%) VMware
6 13 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 13 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 11 (28.21%) VMware Infrastructure
8 10 (25.64%) Windows 7
8 10 (25.64%) Clustering
8 10 (25.64%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (23.08%) MCSE
9 9 (23.08%) MS Exchange
9 9 (23.08%) Migration
9 9 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (20.51%) SAN
10 8 (20.51%) DNS
11 7 (17.95%) DHCP
12 6 (15.38%) SCCM
13 5 (12.82%) DV Cleared
13 5 (12.82%) ITIL
13 5 (12.82%) SQL
13 5 (12.82%) Firewall
14 4 (10.26%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (10.26%) Middleware
14 4 (10.26%) Service Delivery
14 4 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
14 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
14 4 (10.26%) VB

3rd Line Server Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Server Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (10.26%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 9 (23.08%) MS Exchange
2 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.26%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (10.26%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (5.128%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.564%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.564%) Lync
4 1 (2.564%) Windows Azure
4 1 (2.564%) IIS
4 1 (2.564%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) SAN
1 8 (20.51%) DNS
2 7 (17.95%) DHCP
3 5 (12.82%) Firewall
4 4 (10.26%) TCP/IP
5 2 (5.128%) LDAP
6 1 (2.564%) Wireshark
6 1 (2.564%) NAS
6 1 (2.564%) VoIP
6 1 (2.564%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.128%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (5.128%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (5.128%) JIRA
General
1 2 (5.128%) Finance
1 2 (5.128%) Military
1 2 (5.128%) Retail
2 1 (2.564%) Investment Banking
2 1 (2.564%) Banking
2 1 (2.564%) Games
2 1 (2.564%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.64%) Clustering
2 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.128%) Smartcard
4 1 (2.564%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.564%) PKI
4 1 (2.564%) Fat Client
4 1 (2.564%) Thin Client
4 1 (2.564%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 27 (69.23%) Windows
2 10 (25.64%) Windows 7
2 10 (25.64%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (7.692%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.564%) Windows Vista
5 1 (2.564%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (2.564%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.08%) Migration
2 5 (12.82%) ITIL
3 4 (10.26%) Service Delivery
3 4 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (10.26%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (10.26%) Data Analysis
4 3 (7.692%) Problem Management
5 2 (5.128%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (2.564%) Capacity Management
6 1 (2.564%) Information Security
6 1 (2.564%) Incident Management
6 1 (2.564%) Performance Testing
6 1 (2.564%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.82%) SQL
2 4 (10.26%) VB
3 3 (7.692%) PowerShell
4 2 (5.128%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 13 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (23.08%) MCSE
4 5 (12.82%) DV Cleared
5 4 (10.26%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (10.26%) CCNA
5 4 (10.26%) CCA
5 4 (10.26%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (7.692%) Degree
6 3 (7.692%) MCITP
7 2 (5.128%) MCSA
7 2 (5.128%) MCP
7 2 (5.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (5.128%) MCTS
8 1 (2.564%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.564%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (58.97%) Active Directory
2 11 (28.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.128%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.128%) XenApp
3 2 (5.128%) vSphere
4 1 (2.564%) NLBS
4 1 (2.564%) Xen
4 1 (2.564%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (2.564%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 6 (15.38%) SCCM
2 4 (10.26%) SCOM
3 2 (5.128%) DameWare
3 2 (5.128%) WSUS
4 1 (2.564%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (2.564%) Backup Exec
4 1 (2.564%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (2.564%) MIIS
Vendors
1 16 (41.03%) Microsoft
2 15 (38.46%) Citrix
3 14 (35.90%) VMware
4 3 (7.692%) CA
5 2 (5.128%) Symantec
5 2 (5.128%) McAfee
5 2 (5.128%) HP
6 1 (2.564%) LANDesk
6 1 (2.564%) EMC
6 1 (2.564%) NetApp
6 1 (2.564%) Cisco
6 1 (2.564%) Sophos
6 1 (2.564%) Remedy
Birmingham, West Midlands
Infrastructure Engineer / 3rd Line Engineer / Server Engineer is required by an exclusive client in Birmingham, on a 3-Month contract, paying £225-£250 per day-As Infrastructure Engineer /...
OPUS
Rate: GBP225 to GBP250 per day
Posted: 19 June 2013
Gloucester, South West
3rd Line Engineer / Server Engineer / Server Support Engineer is required on a 2-Month initial contract, paying between £18-£20 per hour in a Wintel environment-As 3rd...
OPUS
Rate: GBP18 to GBP25 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
3rd Line Engineer / Server Engineer / Server Support Engineer is required on a 2-Month initial contract, paying between £18-£20 per hour in a Wintel environment. As 3rd...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £18 to £25 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cambridgeshire
My client has an urgent requirement for someone to provide Server Support who has an excellent knowledge of Windows XP / 7, Microsoft Office, Windows Server 2003 / 2008, Microsoft...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £13 - £18 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Active Directory Administration. Network Infrastructure configuration including; TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP... Must be certified to MCSE/MCSA/MCITP Level... VMware. NetApp Storage. MS Exchange. Certified in any of...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £32000 - £3303300000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013