Server Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Server Engineer role in IT contracts across the UK 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 last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheshire Chester Chichester City of London Colchester Coventry Crawley Croydon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glamorgan Glasgow Gosport Hampshire Harrow Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hounslow Jersey Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Lincolnshire Liverpool London Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redcar Scotland Sheffield Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stevenage Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Witham Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	331	374
Rank change on same period last year	+43
Matching contract IT job ads	295	261
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.378 %	0.293 %
As % of the category below	0.416 %	0.321 %
Daily rates quoted	85	58
Average minimum daily rate	£278	£277
Average daily rate	£295	£287
% change on same period last year	+2.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£312	£297
UK excluding London average daily rate	£265	£291
% change on same period last year	-8.98 %
Hourly rates quoted	51	67
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.27	£24.51
Average hourly rate	£22.95	£26.27
% change on same period last year	-12.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.63	£28.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.04	£25.26
% change on same period last year	-8.78 %
Job Titles UK
Matching contract IT job ads	70924	81306
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	90.99 %	91.34 %
Daily rates quoted	22289	22890
Average minimum daily rate	£383	£392
Average daily rate	£410	£418
% change on same period last year	-1.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£438	£443
UK excluding London average daily rate	£363	£353
% change on same period last year	+2.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	6083	6544
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.19	£23.65
Average hourly rate	£23.90	£25.10
% change on same period last year	-4.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.61	£26.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.10
% change on same period last year	-6.32 %

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.

Server Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Server Engineer across the UK 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 contract IT jobs ads citing Server Engineer across the UK.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Server Engineer across the UK over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Server Engineer across the UK.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Server Engineer across the UK over the past 3 months.

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Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Engineer within the UK over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	England	+63	280	£296	+3.22 %
2	London	+36	116	£331	+17.51 %
3	South East	+41	63	£347	+8.99 %
4	East of England	+24	47	£179	-25.30 %
5	City of London	-26	29	£303	-20.31 %
5	Berkshire	+40	29	£333	+11.38 %
6	Essex	+13	25	£146	+32.67 %
7	North West	+3	22	£382	+27.16 %
8	Reading	+7	12	£349	-6.91 %
9	Cambridgeshire	-8	11	£250	-16.66 %
9	Scotland	+18	11	£225	-
10	Yorkshire	-9	10	£330	+29.41 %
10	Cheshire	-	10	£407	-
11	Hampshire	+7	9	£363	-1.01 %
11	Witham	-	9	£140	-
11	West Midlands	-3	9	-	-
12	North East	+14	8	£350	-
12	Hertfordshire	-7	8	£350	-6.66 %
12	Manchester	-10	8	£450	+50.00 %
13	Aberdeen	+3	7	£225	-
13	Kent	+9	7	-	-
13	Tyne and Wear	-	7	£350	-
14	Oxfordshire	-4	6	-	-
14	Peterborough	-22	6	£250	-28.57 %
15	West Sussex	+4	5	-	-
15	Cambridge	+4	5	-	-
16	West Yorkshire	-5	4	-	-
16	Buckinghamshire	+1	4	£400	-
16	Newcastle	-	4	-	-
16	South West	-1	4	£395	+51.73 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Server Engineer also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Server Engineer.

1 370 (66.19 %) Windows 2 240 (42.93 %) Active Directory 3 192 (34.35 %) Microsoft 4 135 (24.15 %) HP 5 126 (22.54 %) VMware 6 124 (22.18 %) Microsoft Certification 7 122 (21.82 %) Windows Server 2003 8 100 (17.89 %) SAN 9 99 (17.71 %) Exchange Server 2003 10 98 (17.53 %) Windows 2000 11 97 (17.35 %) Citrix 12 93 (16.64 %) Windows NT 13 89 (15.92 %) MCSE 14 88 (15.74 %) SQL 15 85 (15.21 %) DNS

16 77 (13.77 %) MS Exchange 17 67 (11.99 %) SQL Server 18 61 (10.91 %) Finance 19 60 (10.73 %) IIS 20 57 (10.20 %) DHCP 21 52 (9.302 %) Linux 22 50 (8.945 %) IBM 23 43 (7.692 %) Banking 24 42 (7.513 %) VMware ESX 25 41 (7.335 %) Dell 25 41 (7.335 %) Cisco 26 39 (6.977 %) MS Excel 26 39 (6.977 %) Firewall 27 38 (6.798 %) MS Office 28 37 (6.619 %) LAN

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Server Engineer also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Server Engineer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 27 (4.830 %) .NET 2 18 (3.220 %) COM+ 3 16 (2.862 %) HTML 4 14 (2.504 %) DCOM 5 12 (2.147 %) ASP 6 7 (1.252 %) ASP.NET 7 6 (1.073 %) .NET Framework 8 4 (0.716 %) WMI 9 3 (0.537 %) XML 10 2 (0.358 %) ODBC 10 2 (0.358 %) WebSphere 11 1 (0.179 %) Application Packaging 11 1 (0.179 %) ASP.NET 2.0 11 1 (0.179 %) Windows SharePoint Services 11 1 (0.179 %) JSP 11 1 (0.179 %) WSH 11 1 (0.179 %) Middleware 11 1 (0.179 %) MFC	Application Platforms 1 99 (17.71 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 77 (13.77 %) MS Exchange 3 60 (10.73 %) IIS 4 33 (5.903 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 28 (5.009 %) SharePoint 6 16 (2.862 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 12 (2.147 %) SharePoint Portal Server 8 11 (1.968 %) Office Project Server 8 11 (1.968 %) Lotus Notes 9 10 (1.789 %) Apache 9 10 (1.789 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 10 7 (1.252 %) GroupWise 10 7 (1.252 %) Live Communications Server 11 5 (0.894 %) MTS 12 4 (0.716 %) Exchange Server 5.5 13 3 (0.537 %) Oracle Application Server 13 3 (0.537 %) Oracle 10gAS 14 2 (0.358 %) SharePoint Server 2007 14 2 (0.358 %) Site Server 14 2 (0.358 %) WebSphere Application Server
Applications 1 39 (6.977 %) MS Excel 2 38 (6.798 %) MS Office 3 14 (2.504 %) MS Project 4 6 (1.073 %) MS Visio 5 1 (0.179 %) Fireworks	Business Applications 1 2 (0.358 %) Summit 2 1 (0.179 %) assyst 2 1 (0.179 %) Dynamics CRM 2 1 (0.179 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 100 (17.89 %) SAN 2 85 (15.21 %) DNS 3 57 (10.20 %) DHCP 4 39 (6.977 %) Firewall 5 37 (6.619 %) WINS 5 37 (6.619 %) LAN 6 36 (6.440 %) TCP/IP 7 32 (5.725 %) WAN 8 16 (2.862 %) Internet 9 14 (2.504 %) SMTP 10 13 (2.326 %) POP3 11 9 (1.610 %) SMS 12 6 (1.073 %) LDAP 13 5 (0.894 %) VoIP 13 5 (0.894 %) VPN 13 5 (0.894 %) HTTP 14 3 (0.537 %) SNMP 14 3 (0.537 %) ADSL 14 3 (0.537 %) 3G 14 3 (0.537 %) SGSN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 67 (11.99 %) SQL Server 2 29 (5.188 %) SQL Server 2005 3 27 (4.830 %) SQL Server 2000 4 8 (1.431 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 5 7 (1.252 %) MSDE 6 5 (0.894 %) Oracle 10g 7 3 (0.537 %) SQL Server 7 8 2 (0.358 %) BusinessObjects 8 2 (0.358 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 2 (0.358 %) MS Access 8 2 (0.358 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 1 (0.179 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 9 1 (0.179 %) RDBMS 9 1 (0.179 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 11 (1.968 %) MSI 2 8 (1.431 %) InstallShield 3 1 (0.179 %) Subversion 3 1 (0.179 %) WebLOAD	General 1 61 (10.91 %) Finance 2 43 (7.692 %) Banking 3 15 (2.683 %) Government 4 11 (1.968 %) Investment Banking 5 9 (1.610 %) Front Office 5 9 (1.610 %) Telecoms 6 7 (1.252 %) Insurance 7 6 (1.073 %) Financial Institution 8 5 (0.894 %) Back Office 8 5 (0.894 %) Health 9 3 (0.537 %) Legal 9 3 (0.537 %) Education 10 2 (0.358 %) Pharmaceutical 10 2 (0.358 %) Law 10 2 (0.358 %) Local Government 10 2 (0.358 %) Military 11 1 (0.179 %) Marketing 11 1 (0.179 %) Publishing 11 1 (0.179 %) Electric 11 1 (0.179 %) Construction
Miscellaneous 1 31 (5.546 %) Clustering 2 13 (2.326 %) Blackberry 3 12 (2.147 %) French Language 4 5 (0.894 %) German Language 4 5 (0.894 %) Client/Server 4 5 (0.894 %) AS400 5 4 (0.716 %) Replication 5 4 (0.716 %) Mainframe 6 3 (0.537 %) NHS 6 3 (0.537 %) Asset Management 7 2 (0.358 %) PKI 7 2 (0.358 %) CLARiiON 7 2 (0.358 %) Smartcard 8 1 (0.179 %) Symmetrix 8 1 (0.179 %) Firmware 8 1 (0.179 %) HACMP 8 1 (0.179 %) Biometrics 8 1 (0.179 %) PDA 8 1 (0.179 %) Derivative 8 1 (0.179 %) Japanese Language	Operating Systems 1 370 (66.19 %) Windows 2 122 (21.82 %) Windows Server 2003 3 98 (17.53 %) Windows 2000 4 93 (16.64 %) Windows NT 5 52 (9.302 %) Linux 6 29 (5.188 %) Unix 7 25 (4.472 %) NetWare 8 21 (3.757 %) Windows XP 9 20 (3.578 %) Solaris 10 4 (0.716 %) AIX 11 1 (0.179 %) Mac OS X 11 1 (0.179 %) Tru64 11 1 (0.179 %) SUSE 11 1 (0.179 %) Debian 11 1 (0.179 %) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies 1 27 (4.830 %) Migration 2 23 (4.114 %) ITIL 3 11 (1.968 %) PRINCE2 3 11 (1.968 %) Business Continuity 4 10 (1.789 %) Project Management 5 8 (1.431 %) Disaster Recovery 6 7 (1.252 %) Network Load Balancing 7 6 (1.073 %) E-Commerce 8 5 (0.894 %) Validation 8 5 (0.894 %) Load Balancing 9 4 (0.716 %) Data Migration 9 4 (0.716 %) Release Management 9 4 (0.716 %) Resource Management 9 4 (0.716 %) Configuration Management 10 3 (0.537 %) Service Delivery 10 3 (0.537 %) Change Management 10 3 (0.537 %) System Testing 11 2 (0.358 %) Investment Management 11 2 (0.358 %) Fault Management 11 2 (0.358 %) Operations Management	Programming Languages 1 88 (15.74 %) SQL 2 22 (3.936 %) VB 3 21 (3.757 %) VBScript 4 19 (3.399 %) C# 5 17 (3.041 %) C 6 10 (1.789 %) VB.NET 7 9 (1.610 %) Perl 8 7 (1.252 %) Shell Script 9 5 (0.894 %) Transact-SQL 10 3 (0.537 %) Java 11 2 (0.358 %) JCL 11 2 (0.358 %) VBA 12 1 (0.179 %) C++
Qualifications 1 124 (22.18 %) Microsoft Certification 2 89 (15.92 %) MCSE 3 30 (5.367 %) MCSA 3 30 (5.367 %) MCP 4 13 (2.326 %) Degree 5 10 (1.789 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 6 8 (1.431 %) Cisco Certification 6 8 (1.431 %) CCNA 7 6 (1.073 %) Citrix Certification 8 4 (0.716 %) CCA 9 2 (0.358 %) Dell Certification 9 2 (0.358 %) MCTS 9 2 (0.358 %) MCITP 10 1 (0.179 %) IBM Certification 10 1 (0.179 %) CNE 10 1 (0.179 %) Novell Certification 10 1 (0.179 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 1 (0.179 %) A+ Certification 10 1 (0.179 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 15 (2.683 %) SLA 2 1 (0.179 %) HMG Infosec
System Software 1 240 (42.93 %) Active Directory 2 42 (7.513 %) VMware ESX 3 32 (5.725 %) NetBackup 4 20 (3.578 %) Backup Exec 5 10 (1.789 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 7 (1.252 %) ISA Server 7 6 (1.073 %) NDS 7 6 (1.073 %) VMware Server 8 5 (0.894 %) Terminal Services 8 5 (0.894 %) MetaFrame 9 4 (0.716 %) VMware GSX 9 4 (0.716 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 10 3 (0.537 %) VMware Workstation 11 1 (0.179 %) Terminal Server 11 1 (0.179 %) Oracle RAC	Systems Management 1 13 (2.326 %) MOM 2 11 (1.968 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 10 (1.789 %) Tivoli 4 7 (1.252 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 4 7 (1.252 %) BMC PATROL 5 6 (1.073 %) WSUS 6 5 (0.894 %) Norton AntiVirus 7 3 (0.537 %) ARCserve 7 3 (0.537 %) BMC Performance Manager 7 3 (0.537 %) OpenView 7 3 (0.537 %) OpenView Configuration Management 7 3 (0.537 %) AutoSys 8 1 (0.179 %) Netcool 8 1 (0.179 %) Legato 8 1 (0.179 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 8 1 (0.179 %) EMC NetWorker 8 1 (0.179 %) DameWare 8 1 (0.179 %) OVOW
Vendors 1 192 (34.35 %) Microsoft 2 135 (24.15 %) HP 3 126 (22.54 %) VMware 4 97 (17.35 %) Citrix 5 50 (8.945 %) IBM 6 41 (7.335 %) Dell 6 41 (7.335 %) Cisco 7 32 (5.725 %) Novell 8 28 (5.009 %) Altiris 9 25 (4.472 %) EMC 10 21 (3.757 %) VERITAS 11 20 (3.578 %) Sun 12 19 (3.399 %) Oracle 13 15 (2.683 %) Red Hat 14 13 (2.326 %) NetApp 15 11 (1.968 %) Lotus 16 10 (1.789 %) CheckPoint 16 10 (1.789 %) BMC 16 10 (1.789 %) Symantec 17 9 (1.610 %) Compaq