The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Support Engineer
Rank 507 517 565
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +48
Contract jobs requiring a Server Support Engineer 34 48 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.073% 0.082% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.089% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 24 11
Average daily rate £300 £252 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.16% -11.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £176 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £350 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £252 £290
% change year-on-year
+19.16% -13.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
Average hourly rate £25.00 £17.30 £21.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+44.50% -19.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.00 £15.61 £18.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £19.67 £32.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £15.94 £21.40
% change year-on-year
+56.86% -25.52%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
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 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Server Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Server Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Server Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Server Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Server Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Server Support Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Server Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Server Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Server Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Server Support 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 Support Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +29 31 £300 +23.45%
South East +16 14 £300 +25.00%
Hampshire -3 10 £300 +25.00%
Devon - 7 £260 -
South West - 7 £260 -
Yorkshire - 6 £330 -
Plymouth - 6 £260 -
Southampton - 6 £300 -
South Yorkshire - 4 £330 -
Rotherham - 3 £330 -
Berkshire +15 2 £165 -44.06%
West Yorkshire - 2 - -
Bracknell - 2 £165 -
London +26 1 £350 +26.69%
City of London +19 1 £350 +169.23%
Bedfordshire +8 1 £188 -
East of England +1 1 £188 -27.18%
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £350 -
South Wales - 1 £350 -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Derbyshire - 1 - -
Leeds - 1 - -
Jersey - 1 - -
Glasgow - 1 - -
Exeter - 1 £175 -

Server Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Server Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 53 (75.71%) Windows
2 39 (55.71%) Active Directory
3 36 (51.43%) VMware
4 32 (45.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 31 (44.29%) Microsoft
6 28 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 22 (31.43%) Windows 7
8 21 (30.00%) MS Exchange
9 20 (28.57%) Citrix
10 19 (27.14%) VMware Infrastructure
11 17 (24.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (21.43%) Migration
13 14 (20.00%) HP
13 14 (20.00%) SCCM
14 13 (18.57%) Exchange Server 2010
14 13 (18.57%) MCSE
15 12 (17.14%) DHCP
15 12 (17.14%) TCP/IP
15 12 (17.14%) Security Cleared
16 11 (15.71%) DNS
17 10 (14.29%) MS Excel
17 10 (14.29%) Clustering
17 10 (14.29%) SCOM
18 9 (12.86%) Firewall
18 9 (12.86%) VPN
18 9 (12.86%) Symantec
19 8 (11.43%) Dell
19 8 (11.43%) SAN
19 8 (11.43%) SLA
19 8 (11.43%) SharePoint

Server Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Server Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.857%) Web Services
1 2 (2.857%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 21 (30.00%) MS Exchange
2 13 (18.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (11.43%) SharePoint
4 6 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (5.714%) IIS
5 4 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (2.857%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (2.857%) Lync
7 1 (1.429%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 4 (5.714%) MS Office
2 4 (5.714%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.429%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.14%) DHCP
1 12 (17.14%) TCP/IP
2 11 (15.71%) DNS
3 9 (12.86%) Firewall
3 9 (12.86%) VPN
4 8 (11.43%) SAN
5 6 (8.571%) WAN
6 5 (7.143%) LAN
7 4 (5.714%) IPv6
7 4 (5.714%) IPsec
8 3 (4.286%) WLAN
9 2 (2.857%) Internet
9 2 (2.857%) NAS
9 2 (2.857%) Unified Communications
10 1 (1.429%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (1.429%) Wireless
10 1 (1.429%) BIG-IP
10 1 (1.429%) LDAP
10 1 (1.429%) SMS
10 1 (1.429%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.429%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.429%) EDRMS
General
1 6 (8.571%) Finance
2 4 (5.714%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.857%) Back Office
3 2 (2.857%) Military
4 1 (1.429%) Games
4 1 (1.429%) Banking
4 1 (1.429%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.429%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.29%) Clustering
2 4 (5.714%) PKI
3 3 (4.286%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.429%) Handset
4 1 (1.429%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 53 (75.71%) Windows
2 32 (45.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 28 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 22 (31.43%) Windows 7
5 8 (11.43%) Windows 2000 Server
6 6 (8.571%) Windows 2000
7 4 (5.714%) Windows XP
8 3 (4.286%) Windows Vista
9 2 (2.857%) Linux
10 1 (1.429%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.429%) CentOS
10 1 (1.429%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (1.429%) Solaris
10 1 (1.429%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.43%) Migration
2 8 (11.43%) Software Deployment
3 4 (5.714%) ITIL
4 3 (4.286%) Release Management
5 2 (2.857%) Service Management
5 2 (2.857%) Performance Management
5 2 (2.857%) Software Distribution
6 1 (1.429%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (1.429%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (1.429%) Capacity Management
6 1 (1.429%) Network Load Balancing
6 1 (1.429%) Problem Management
6 1 (1.429%) Integration Testing
6 1 (1.429%) Security Management
6 1 (1.429%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.429%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (1.429%) Information Security
6 1 (1.429%) Asset Management
6 1 (1.429%) Incident Management
6 1 (1.429%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.571%) SQL
1 6 (8.571%) VBScript
2 5 (7.143%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.429%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (24.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (18.57%) MCSE
3 12 (17.14%) Security Cleared
4 8 (11.43%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.714%) DV Cleared
6 3 (4.286%) MCITP
6 3 (4.286%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (2.857%) MCSA
8 1 (1.429%) VCP4
8 1 (1.429%) MCTS
8 1 (1.429%) MCP
8 1 (1.429%) CCNA
8 1 (1.429%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.43%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (55.71%) Active Directory
2 19 (27.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.571%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.714%) Terminal Services
4 4 (5.714%) UAG
5 3 (4.286%) vSphere
6 2 (2.857%) ISA Server
6 2 (2.857%) VMware ESX
7 1 (1.429%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (1.429%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 14 (20.00%) SCCM
2 10 (14.29%) SCOM
3 4 (5.714%) Backup Exec
4 2 (2.857%) NetBackup
4 2 (2.857%) WSUS
4 2 (2.857%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (2.857%) HP SIM
5 1 (1.429%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (1.429%) HP Data Protector
5 1 (1.429%) HP NNM
5 1 (1.429%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 1 (1.429%) MOM
5 1 (1.429%) Legato
Vendors
1 36 (51.43%) VMware
2 31 (44.29%) Microsoft
3 20 (28.57%) Citrix
4 14 (20.00%) HP
5 9 (12.86%) Symantec
6 8 (11.43%) Dell
7 7 (10.00%) Remedy
8 6 (8.571%) EMC
9 5 (7.143%) Cisco
10 4 (5.714%) Juniper
10 4 (5.714%) SolarWinds
11 3 (4.286%) McAfee
12 2 (2.857%) Websense
13 1 (1.429%) F5
13 1 (1.429%) SurfControl
13 1 (1.429%) Perforce
13 1 (1.429%) Sun
13 1 (1.429%) CommVault
13 1 (1.429%) Veritas
13 1 (1.429%) Red Hat
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