The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Server Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Engineer
Rank 383 361 388
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Server Engineer 149 230 202
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.321% 0.394% 0.331%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.349% 0.426% 0.357%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 116 106
Average daily rate £294 £280 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.91% -2.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £179 £224 £184
10% offered a daily rate of more than £371 £375 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £278 £258 £275
% change year-on-year
+7.76% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 26
Average hourly rate £25.00 £21.72 £27.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.08% -21.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £14.81 £15.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £41.50 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £23.00 £22.20
% change year-on-year
+8.69% +3.60%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £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 2112 2572 2930
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 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Server Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Server Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Server Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Server Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Server Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Server Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Server Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Server Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Server Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Server Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Server Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Server Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Server Engineer
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 -13 141 £294 +6.81%
South East +29 55 £279 +7.21%
London -26 30 £310 -0.80%
Hampshire -3 20 £288 +19.79%
Berkshire +21 18 £335 +19.64%
City of London +1 12 £363 +41.87%
South West +31 11 £270 +107.69%
Yorkshire +7 11 £330 +6.45%
Surrey +23 10 £190 -51.28%
West Midlands +10 10 £275 -13.72%
East of England -1 10 £225 -12.62%
Bracknell - 9 £233 -
Southampton - 9 £300 -
Devon - 8 £260 -
North West +14 7 £230 +15.00%
Plymouth - 7 £260 -
South Yorkshire +7 6 £330 +6.45%
Oxfordshire +9 4 £190 -
Reading +7 4 £355 +26.78%
Midlands +5 4 £288 +43.75%
West Yorkshire +3 4 - -
Glasgow -14 4 £275 +14.58%
Scotland -18 4 £275 -15.38%
Rotherham - 4 £330 -
Eastleigh - 4 £256 -
Shropshire +10 3 - -
Telford +8 3 - -
Cheshire 0 3 £230 -
Hertfordshire -2 3 £325 +8.33%
Warwickshire -2 3 £260 -

Server Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 230 (77.97%) Windows
2 146 (49.49%) Windows Server 2008
3 144 (48.81%) Active Directory
4 143 (48.47%) VMware
5 120 (40.68%) Microsoft
6 110 (37.29%) Windows Server 2003
7 82 (27.80%) MS Exchange
8 78 (26.44%) VMware Infrastructure
9 75 (25.42%) Citrix
10 63 (21.36%) SAN
11 53 (17.97%) HP
12 51 (17.29%) Microsoft Certification
13 50 (16.95%) SQL
13 50 (16.95%) Exchange Server 2010
14 48 (16.27%) SCCM
15 42 (14.24%) DHCP
16 41 (13.90%) Windows 7
17 40 (13.56%) DNS
18 39 (13.22%) SCOM
19 38 (12.88%) MCSE
20 36 (12.20%) SQL Server
21 35 (11.86%) Migration
22 33 (11.19%) SharePoint
23 31 (10.51%) Finance
23 31 (10.51%) Hyper-V
24 29 (9.831%) Security Cleared
25 28 (9.492%) PowerShell
25 28 (9.492%) vSphere
25 28 (9.492%) Windows XP
25 28 (9.492%) Dell

Server Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 Development
1 16 (5.424%) Web Services
2 14 (4.746%) .NET
3 5 (1.695%) REST
4 4 (1.356%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.017%) JSON
5 3 (1.017%) Application Packaging
5 3 (1.017%) XML
6 2 (0.678%) Middleware
6 2 (0.678%) COM
7 1 (0.339%) JMS
7 1 (0.339%) HTML
7 1 (0.339%) COM+
7 1 (0.339%) CSS
7 1 (0.339%) JSP
7 1 (0.339%) Servlets
7 1 (0.339%) SOAP
7 1 (0.339%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.339%) Spring
7 1 (0.339%) Ajax
7 1 (0.339%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 82 (27.80%) MS Exchange
2 50 (16.95%) Exchange Server 2010
3 33 (11.19%) SharePoint
4 27 (9.153%) Exchange Server 2007
5 19 (6.441%) Exchange Server 2003
6 16 (5.424%) IIS
7 7 (2.373%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 5 (1.695%) Lync
9 4 (1.356%) Apache
9 4 (1.356%) SharePoint 2010
9 4 (1.356%) Amazon AWS
10 3 (1.017%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (1.017%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (1.017%) Windows Azure
10 3 (1.017%) Google App Engine
11 1 (0.339%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.339%) lighttpd
11 1 (0.339%) SAS
11 1 (0.339%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.339%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 27 (9.153%) MS Excel
2 13 (4.407%) MS Office
3 11 (3.729%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (1.356%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.678%) RMDS
3 1 (0.339%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 63 (21.36%) SAN
2 42 (14.24%) DHCP
3 40 (13.56%) DNS
4 23 (7.797%) TCP/IP
5 17 (5.763%) Firewall
6 16 (5.424%) VPN
7 12 (4.068%) NAS
8 11 (3.729%) WAN
9 10 (3.390%) LAN
10 8 (2.712%) IPsec
11 7 (2.373%) VLAN
11 7 (2.373%) WLAN
12 5 (1.695%) IPv6
13 4 (1.356%) DMZ
13 4 (1.356%) Internet
13 4 (1.356%) Unified Communications
14 3 (1.017%) Cisco Nexus
14 3 (1.017%) SMS
15 2 (0.678%) BIG-IP
15 2 (0.678%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 24 (8.136%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (5.424%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (2.373%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (1.356%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.339%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.339%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.339%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (0.339%) DTS
6 1 (0.339%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.339%) MySQL
6 1 (0.339%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.339%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.339%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.339%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.017%) Fiddler
2 1 (0.339%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.339%) Git (software)
2 1 (0.339%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.339%) Ant
2 1 (0.339%) Maven
2 1 (0.339%) Subversion
General
1 31 (10.51%) Finance
2 11 (3.729%) Telecoms
3 8 (2.712%) Banking
4 5 (1.695%) Investment Banking
4 5 (1.695%) Law
5 4 (1.356%) Games
6 3 (1.017%) Retail
6 3 (1.017%) Back Office
7 2 (0.678%) Front Office
7 2 (0.678%) Military
7 2 (0.678%) Legal
7 2 (0.678%) Marketing
8 1 (0.339%) Local Government
8 1 (0.339%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.339%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.136%) Clustering
2 13 (4.407%) Blackberry
3 7 (2.373%) Celerra
4 6 (2.034%) PKI
5 5 (1.695%) Computer Science
5 5 (1.695%) NHS
5 5 (1.695%) CLARiiON
5 5 (1.695%) Replication
6 4 (1.356%) iPhone
7 3 (1.017%) SaaS
7 3 (1.017%) iPad
8 2 (0.678%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.678%) Open Source
8 2 (0.678%) FMCG
8 2 (0.678%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.339%) Derivative
9 1 (0.339%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 1 (0.339%) LPAR
9 1 (0.339%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.339%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 230 (77.97%) Windows
2 146 (49.49%) Windows Server 2008
3 110 (37.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 41 (13.90%) Windows 7
5 28 (9.492%) Windows XP
6 23 (7.797%) Linux
7 19 (6.441%) Windows 2000 Server
8 18 (6.102%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (4.746%) Windows 2000
10 13 (4.407%) Windows Vista
11 12 (4.068%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (2.712%) UNIX
13 7 (2.373%) CentOS
14 4 (1.356%) Solaris
14 4 (1.356%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.678%) VMS
16 1 (0.339%) Windows 8
16 1 (0.339%) Windows NT
16 1 (0.339%) AIX
16 1 (0.339%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (11.86%) Migration
2 18 (6.102%) ITIL
3 14 (4.746%) Capacity Planning
4 9 (3.051%) Software Deployment
5 8 (2.712%) Workflow
5 8 (2.712%) Configuration Management
5 8 (2.712%) Incident Management
6 6 (2.034%) Benchmarking
6 6 (2.034%) E-Commerce
6 6 (2.034%) Change Control
7 5 (1.695%) Release Management
7 5 (1.695%) Performance Testing
8 4 (1.356%) Business Continuity
8 4 (1.356%) Validation
8 4 (1.356%) ITSM
8 4 (1.356%) SOA
8 4 (1.356%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (1.356%) Performance Management
9 3 (1.017%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (1.017%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 50 (16.95%) SQL
2 28 (9.492%) PowerShell
3 17 (5.763%) C#
4 13 (4.407%) Perl
5 11 (3.729%) VB
6 9 (3.051%) VB.NET
7 7 (2.373%) VBScript
8 5 (1.695%) Java
9 4 (1.356%) C++
10 3 (1.017%) C
10 3 (1.017%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.678%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.339%) Erlang
12 1 (0.339%) Scala
12 1 (0.339%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.339%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.339%) VB6
Qualifications
1 51 (17.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (12.88%) MCSE
3 29 (9.831%) Security Cleared
4 23 (7.797%) SC Cleared
5 14 (4.746%) MCITP
6 10 (3.390%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (3.390%) MCSA
7 9 (3.051%) CCNA
7 9 (3.051%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.712%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.034%) MCP
10 5 (1.695%) MCTS
11 3 (1.017%) VCP5
12 2 (0.678%) Microsoft Certified Master
12 2 (0.678%) Degree
13 1 (0.339%) VCP4
13 1 (0.339%) MCSD
13 1 (0.339%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.390%) SLA
System Software
1 144 (48.81%) Active Directory
2 78 (26.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (10.51%) Hyper-V
4 28 (9.492%) vSphere
5 20 (6.780%) XenApp
6 10 (3.390%) ISA Server
7 8 (2.712%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (2.373%) XenServer
8 7 (2.373%) XenDesktop
8 7 (2.373%) Terminal Services
8 7 (2.373%) VMware ESX
9 5 (1.695%) VMware Server
9 5 (1.695%) UAG
10 4 (1.356%) Terminal Server
10 4 (1.356%) Forefront TMG
10 4 (1.356%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 3 (1.017%) NFS
12 2 (0.678%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.678%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.678%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 48 (16.27%) SCCM
2 39 (13.22%) SCOM
3 15 (5.085%) Backup Exec
4 12 (4.068%) WSUS
5 8 (2.712%) NetBackup
5 8 (2.712%) BMC PATROL
5 8 (2.712%) BMC Performance Manager
6 5 (1.695%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 5 (1.695%) McAfee ePO
7 4 (1.356%) SCVMM
8 3 (1.017%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (1.017%) Splunk
8 3 (1.017%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.678%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 2 (0.678%) MOM
9 2 (0.678%) OpenView Configuration Management
9 2 (0.678%) HP SIM
9 2 (0.678%) HP Data Protector
10 1 (0.339%) Opalis
10 1 (0.339%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 143 (48.47%) VMware
2 120 (40.68%) Microsoft
3 75 (25.42%) Citrix
4 53 (17.97%) HP
5 28 (9.492%) Dell
5 28 (9.492%) EMC
6 24 (8.136%) Cisco
7 23 (7.797%) Symantec
8 19 (6.441%) NetApp
9 17 (5.763%) IBM
9 17 (5.763%) Remedy
10 12 (4.068%) BMC
10 12 (4.068%) Oracle
11 11 (3.729%) Websense
12 9 (3.051%) Juniper
12 9 (3.051%) McAfee
13 8 (2.712%) Red Hat
14 7 (2.373%) CA
15 6 (2.034%) Sun
15 6 (2.034%) CommVault
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Austin Fraser are looking for an server Engineer to work onsite for my client based in Abingdon. The Server Engineer will be responsible for providing 3rd line BAU...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £270 - £280 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Oxford, South East
Designing and implementing new infrastructure hosting platforms for customers.*Aiding with projects from Server upgrades from Microsoft Windows 2003 to 2008, Active Directory upgrade and migration from 2003...
Sand Resources
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
The Server Engineer will also be working with the current WSUS implementation and making sure all clients have XP SP3 deployed for upcoming projects... Windows Server 2003/2008...
ComputAppoint
Rate: market rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Windows Engineer - Hedge Fund, Windows, Virtualisation, Active Directory... Hands on maintenance and deployment of Active Directory & Exchange. Skills: Windows Server 2003 & 08r2. Vsphere 5/5.1. Active Directory.....
Cititec
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Key Skills Required:- -Extensive experience with support and maintaining a large scale Microsoft Infrastructure (must be able to provide examples) -Windows Server 2003-2008r2 -Active Directory -Exchange 2003-...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
Very strong SCCM and SCOM skills are required for the roles, the Server Engineer should have excellent experience throughout their previous roles. Essential experience for the Server Engineer...
ComputAppoint
Rate: market rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Server Engineer / Server Supoprt: *Core infrastructure hardware including server, storage, network, security *Core logical infrastructure including server operating systems, Directory Services, file, print *Management of DFS, DNS, DHCP...
LA International
Rate: quote
Posted: 20 May 2013
Swindon, South West
XenDesktop Infrastructure / Server Engineer / vSphere / Citrix Xenapp Swindon, £450 per dayA XenDesktop Infrastructure Engineer /vSphere / Citrix Xenapp Engineer is required on an initial 6-Month contract by a...
OPUS
Rate: GBP450 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
Berkshire, South East
Home Office SC security cleared Server Engineer`s required with experience in a Windows Enterprise 3rd line environment- We are looking for Server Engineer`s with existing Home...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP342 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
Windows Server Engineer, AD 2003, MS 2003/2008, EV 8,9,10, Microsoft WSUS, XP... Microsoft Windows Server 2003 \ 2008... Microsoft WSUS. Windows XP... MCITP \ MCSE... Experience working...
EarthStream Global
Rate: From £350 to £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
This is a fixed term contract starting in May running through to 31st December and will likely to be extended for one year thereafter: Essential Skills: (candidates must...
Polar Recruitment
Rate: Fixed Term contract until Dec 3st intially
Posted: 20 May 2013
UK
Antivirus solutions (Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro) -Backup solutions (Symantec backup exec, ArcServe etc.) -TCP/ IP and Networking basics. -HP, IBM and Dell hardware and server experience. -SAN storage...
ReThink Recruitment
Posted: 23 May 2013
Berkshire, South East
We are looking for SC security cleared Microsoft certified Server Engineer`s with experience in a Windows Enterprise 3rd line environment- The successful candidate`s will have the...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP342 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
You will be MS certified in full or part in MCSE or MCITP and be an expert with Exchange 2007, Blackberry enterprise server and have knowledge of Zantas...
serocor solution
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 24 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