The first table below looks at the demand for ISA Server skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISA Server over the 3 months to 21 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 of the System Software category.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server
Rank 503 521 471
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -50
Contract jobs citing ISA Server 37 60 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.078% 0.103% 0.181%
As % of the System Software category 0.840% 1.290% 2.483%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 45
Average daily rate £315 £333 £311
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +6.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £290 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £450 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £333 £313
% change year-on-year
-21.80% +6.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 22
Average hourly rate £26.25 £16.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+59.09% -29.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.25 £14.30 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.75 £29.00 £39.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £16.50 £23.36
% change year-on-year
+51.51% -29.36%
All System Software
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
4407 4652 4389
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 9.335% 7.958% 7.296%
Number of daily rates quoted 2121 2234 1929
Average daily rate £350 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 610 623 644
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £36.03 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%

ISA Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISA Server within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

ISA Server Jobs Demand Trend

ISA Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

ISA Server Daily Rate Trend

ISA Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISA Server within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

ISA Server Daily Rate Histogram

ISA Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ISA Server Hourly Rate Trend

ISA Server
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 ISA Server within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England +23 31 £315 -5.61%
London +4 12 £425 +21.42%
South East +26 8 £129 -
City of London +16 6 £300 -21.31%
Surrey - 4 £128 -
South West +18 3 £260 -24.90%
Berkshire +9 3 £165 -
Plymouth - 3 £260 -
Devon - 3 £260 -
East of England +12 2 - -
Reading +6 2 - -
East Midlands +2 2 £315 +26.25%
Derbyshire - 2 £315 -
Essex - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 £325 -
Guildford - 2 £130 -
Derby - 2 £315 -
Wales - 2 - -
South Wales - 2 - -
North West +14 1 - -
West Midlands +8 1 £340 +13.14%
Liverpool +7 1 - -
Merseyside 0 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Milton Keynes - 1 - -
Bridgend - 1 - -
Bracknell - 1 £165 -

ISA Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ISA Server also 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 that cited ISA Server.

1 69 (84.15%) Windows
2 55 (67.07%) Active Directory
3 54 (65.85%) Microsoft
4 46 (56.10%) VMware
5 44 (53.66%) Windows Server 2008
6 40 (48.78%) MS Exchange
7 33 (40.24%) Windows Server 2003
7 33 (40.24%) Forefront TMG
8 30 (36.59%) VMware Infrastructure
8 30 (36.59%) SharePoint
9 29 (35.37%) Exchange Server 2010
10 27 (32.93%) SCOM
10 27 (32.93%) SQL Server
11 26 (31.71%) DNS
12 23 (28.05%) TCP/IP
12 23 (28.05%) SAN
13 22 (26.83%) Clustering
13 22 (26.83%) Exchange Server 2007
14 21 (25.61%) SQL
14 21 (25.61%) MS Office
14 21 (25.61%) Firewall
15 20 (24.39%) Citrix
15 20 (24.39%) DHCP
15 20 (24.39%) HP
15 20 (24.39%) SCCM
15 20 (24.39%) SQL Server 2008
16 18 (21.95%) Cisco
16 18 (21.95%) Microsoft Certification
16 18 (21.95%) MCSE
16 18 (21.95%) Blackberry

ISA Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ISA Server also 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 that cited ISA Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.439%) Web Services
2 1 (1.220%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 1 (1.220%) XML
2 1 (1.220%) COM
2 1 (1.220%) CSS
2 1 (1.220%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 40 (48.78%) MS Exchange
2 30 (36.59%) SharePoint
3 29 (35.37%) Exchange Server 2010
4 22 (26.83%) Exchange Server 2007
5 15 (18.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 14 (17.07%) IIS
7 12 (14.63%) SharePoint 2010
8 11 (13.41%) Exchange Server 2003
9 9 (10.98%) SharePoint Server
10 8 (9.756%) Office Communications Server
11 7 (8.537%) BizTalk Server
12 6 (7.317%) Lync
13 3 (3.659%) Apache
14 1 (1.220%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 21 (25.61%) MS Office
2 16 (19.51%) MS Excel
3 5 (6.098%) Office 365
4 3 (3.659%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (7.317%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 26 (31.71%) DNS
2 23 (28.05%) TCP/IP
2 23 (28.05%) SAN
3 21 (25.61%) Firewall
4 20 (24.39%) DHCP
5 13 (15.85%) WAN
6 11 (13.41%) LAN
7 9 (10.98%) DMZ
7 9 (10.98%) VPN
8 8 (9.756%) MPLS
9 7 (8.537%) BGP
9 7 (8.537%) Internet
10 5 (6.098%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (6.098%) Network Security
10 5 (6.098%) SSL
11 4 (4.878%) VLAN
11 4 (4.878%) Reverse Proxy
12 3 (3.659%) NAS
12 3 (3.659%) iSCSI
12 3 (3.659%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (32.93%) SQL Server
2 20 (24.39%) SQL Server 2008
3 17 (20.73%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (8.537%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (3.659%) IDOL
6 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.220%) EDRMS
General
1 6 (7.317%) Banking
2 5 (6.098%) Retail
2 5 (6.098%) Finance
3 2 (2.439%) Publishing
3 2 (2.439%) French Language
3 2 (2.439%) Spanish Language
4 1 (1.220%) Avionics
4 1 (1.220%) Military
4 1 (1.220%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.220%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (17.07%) Consultant
1 14 (17.07%) Systems Administrator
1 14 (17.07%) Administrator
2 11 (13.41%) Support Engineer
3 10 (12.20%) Server Engineer
4 9 (10.98%) Windows Administrator
4 9 (10.98%) Windows Systems Administrator
5 8 (9.756%) Network Engineer
6 7 (8.537%) Analyst
7 6 (7.317%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.098%) Technical Support Engineer
8 5 (6.098%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (6.098%) Technical Support
9 4 (4.878%) Technical Consultant
9 4 (4.878%) Support Analyst
9 4 (4.878%) Network Specialist
10 3 (3.659%) Wintel Engineer
10 3 (3.659%) Windows Server Engineer
10 3 (3.659%) Exchange Consultant
10 3 (3.659%) Messaging Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 22 (26.83%) Clustering
2 18 (21.95%) Blackberry
3 6 (7.317%) Hedge funds
4 4 (4.878%) PACS
5 3 (3.659%) Open Source
5 3 (3.659%) Replication
6 2 (2.439%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.439%) PDA
6 2 (2.439%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.220%) Fat Client
7 1 (1.220%) Mathematics
7 1 (1.220%) VLE
7 1 (1.220%) Firmware
7 1 (1.220%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 69 (84.15%) Windows
2 44 (53.66%) Windows Server 2008
3 33 (40.24%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (17.07%) Windows 2000 Server
5 6 (7.317%) Windows 2000
6 4 (4.878%) Windows NT
6 4 (4.878%) Windows XP
6 4 (4.878%) Windows 7
7 3 (3.659%) Linux
8 2 (2.439%) Solaris
8 2 (2.439%) UNIX
8 2 (2.439%) Windows Vista
8 2 (2.439%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.29%) ITIL
2 8 (9.756%) CRM
3 7 (8.537%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (7.317%) Asset Management
5 5 (6.098%) Migration
6 4 (4.878%) Performance Management
6 4 (4.878%) Change Control
7 3 (3.659%) System Testing
7 3 (3.659%) Incident Management
7 3 (3.659%) Load Balancing
7 3 (3.659%) Business Continuity
7 3 (3.659%) Change Management
7 3 (3.659%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (2.439%) Service Delivery
8 2 (2.439%) Project Management
8 2 (2.439%) Data Management
8 2 (2.439%) Network Load Balancing
8 2 (2.439%) WAN Optimisation
9 1 (1.220%) Capacity Management
9 1 (1.220%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 21 (25.61%) SQL
2 15 (18.29%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.537%) VB
4 6 (7.317%) VBScript
5 1 (1.220%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.220%) C
Qualifications
1 18 (21.95%) Microsoft Certification
1 18 (21.95%) MCSE
2 8 (9.756%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.537%) MCITP
3 7 (8.537%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (7.317%) CCNA
5 5 (6.098%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.659%) VCP5
7 2 (2.439%) CCNP
7 2 (2.439%) Degree
7 2 (2.439%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.220%) MCP
8 1 (1.220%) CCA
8 1 (1.220%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (1.220%) CCIE
8 1 (1.220%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.659%) SLA
System Software
1 55 (67.07%) Active Directory
2 33 (40.24%) Forefront TMG
3 30 (36.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (20.73%) vSphere
5 16 (19.51%) Hyper-V
5 16 (19.51%) VMware ESX
6 11 (13.41%) UAG
6 11 (13.41%) XenApp
7 5 (6.098%) Terminal Services
8 4 (4.878%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (2.439%) NFS
9 2 (2.439%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (2.439%) XenDesktop
10 1 (1.220%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (1.220%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 27 (32.93%) SCOM
2 20 (24.39%) SCCM
3 11 (13.41%) Backup Exec
4 9 (10.98%) NetBackup
4 9 (10.98%) Norton AntiVirus
4 9 (10.98%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 6 (7.317%) WSUS
5 6 (7.317%) HP SIM
6 4 (4.878%) BladeLogic
6 4 (4.878%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (3.659%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (3.659%) MOM
7 3 (3.659%) MAILsweeper
8 2 (2.439%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (1.220%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 54 (65.85%) Microsoft
2 46 (56.10%) VMware
3 20 (24.39%) Citrix
3 20 (24.39%) HP
4 18 (21.95%) Cisco
5 17 (20.73%) Symantec
6 11 (13.41%) CommVault
6 11 (13.41%) NetApp
6 11 (13.41%) Veritas
7 10 (12.20%) Websense
8 8 (9.756%) BT
9 7 (8.537%) Clearswift
9 7 (8.537%) Dell
10 6 (7.317%) Avaya
10 6 (7.317%) CA
10 6 (7.317%) Siemens
10 6 (7.317%) Sophos
10 6 (7.317%) SolarWinds
11 5 (6.098%) Blue Coat
11 5 (6.098%) EMC
Basildon, Essex
Active Directory 2008 - PACS system Administration exposure - ISA Server 2006 and ForeFront TMG 2010 - Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010 - Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 - Windows Server...
Skye Group
Rate: £25 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013
Plymouth, South West
Our client has an immediate and critical contract requirement for an experienced server engineer to join an ongoing programme of work... Applicants should also be able to advise...
Posted: 30 April 2013