Server Support Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Server Support 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 Support
Rank 444 440 473
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Server Support 85 144 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.183% 0.247% 0.182%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.199% 0.267% 0.196%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 72 46
Average daily rate £300 £258 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.50% -14.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £188 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £359 £427
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £258 £300
% change year-on-year
+11.65% -14.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 19
Average hourly rate £23.00 £18.43 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.83% -23.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.20 £13.29 £14.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.80 £29.70 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.06 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+24.62% -14.63%
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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 Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Server Support Jobs Demand Trend

Server Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Server Support Daily Rate Trend

Server Support
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Server Support Daily Rate Histogram

Server Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Server Support Hourly Rate Trend

Server Support
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Server Support Hourly Rate Histogram

Server Support
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 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 -8 78 £300 +20.00%
London +20 24 £350 +27.27%
South East +3 20 £300 +25.00%
South West +37 11 £268 -
Hampshire -13 11 £300 +25.00%
Devon - 8 £260 -
Yorkshire +2 7 £330 +35.38%
Plymouth - 7 £260 -
Southampton - 7 £300 -
City of London +11 6 £350 +3.70%
West Midlands +12 5 £160 -
Berkshire +8 5 £300 +23.07%
North West +9 4 £250 -9.09%
South Yorkshire +2 4 £330 +35.38%
East of England -9 4 £269 +4.36%
Bracknell - 4 £233 -
Rotherham +4 3 £330 -6.71%
West Yorkshire +4 3 - -
Cheshire 0 3 £250 -
Essex -2 3 £350 +84.21%
Warwickshire - 3 £205 -
East Midlands -9 2 £225 -9.09%
Scotland -9 2 £300 +15.38%
Crewe - 2 £275 -
Leeds - 2 - -
Oxfordshire - 2 £250 -
Bristol +14 1 - -
Birmingham +13 1 - -
Surrey +13 1 £110 -69.65%
Reading +9 1 £425 +54.54%

Server Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited 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 Server Support in their job title.

1 156 (76.85%) Windows
2 90 (44.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 77 (37.93%) Active Directory
4 75 (36.95%) Microsoft
5 71 (34.98%) Windows Server 2003
6 70 (34.48%) VMware
7 63 (31.03%) Citrix
8 58 (28.57%) MS Exchange
9 38 (18.72%) HP
10 36 (17.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (17.24%) Exchange Server 2010
12 34 (16.75%) VMware Infrastructure
13 33 (16.26%) Windows 7
13 33 (16.26%) SQL Server
13 33 (16.26%) ITIL
14 29 (14.29%) MCSE
14 29 (14.29%) Migration
15 27 (13.30%) UNIX
15 27 (13.30%) SAN
16 26 (12.81%) DHCP
16 26 (12.81%) DNS
17 24 (11.82%) SCCM
18 23 (11.33%) Security Cleared
19 22 (10.84%) Linux
19 22 (10.84%) Symantec
20 20 (9.852%) Windows 2000
20 20 (9.852%) SQL
20 20 (9.852%) TCP/IP
20 20 (9.852%) WAN
20 20 (9.852%) Clustering

Server Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited 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 Server Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (4.433%) .NET
2 6 (2.956%) ASP.NET
3 5 (2.463%) Middleware
4 3 (1.478%) WCF
5 2 (0.985%) Application Packaging
5 2 (0.985%) WinForms
5 2 (0.985%) Web Services
6 1 (0.493%) COM
6 1 (0.493%) CSS
6 1 (0.493%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 58 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 35 (17.24%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (8.867%) Exchange Server 2003
4 17 (8.374%) SharePoint
5 11 (5.419%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (4.926%) IIS
6 10 (4.926%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 5 (2.463%) Lync
8 4 (1.970%) WorkSite
9 3 (1.478%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.985%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.985%) Commerce Server
10 2 (0.985%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.493%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.493%) Windows Azure
11 1 (0.493%) Apache
11 1 (0.493%) CMS
11 1 (0.493%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 18 (8.867%) MS Excel
2 11 (5.419%) MS Office
3 4 (1.970%) Office 365
4 1 (0.493%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.956%) RMDS
2 1 (0.493%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.493%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 27 (13.30%) SAN
2 26 (12.81%) DHCP
2 26 (12.81%) DNS
3 20 (9.852%) TCP/IP
3 20 (9.852%) WAN
4 19 (9.360%) LAN
5 14 (6.897%) Firewall
6 11 (5.419%) VPN
7 7 (3.448%) NAS
8 5 (2.463%) IPv6
8 5 (2.463%) IPsec
9 4 (1.970%) WLAN
9 4 (1.970%) HTTP
9 4 (1.970%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.985%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.985%) Wireless
10 2 (0.985%) Internet
10 2 (0.985%) LDAP
10 2 (0.985%) SMS
10 2 (0.985%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (16.26%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.419%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (4.433%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (2.956%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.463%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.970%) QlikView
6 4 (1.970%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.493%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (0.493%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.493%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.493%) GIS
7 1 (0.493%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.985%) JIRA
1 2 (0.985%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.493%) TeamCity
General
1 16 (7.882%) Finance
2 13 (6.404%) Banking
3 7 (3.448%) Investment Banking
4 5 (2.463%) Telecoms
5 4 (1.970%) Law
5 4 (1.970%) Front Office
6 3 (1.478%) Back Office
7 2 (0.985%) Retail
7 2 (0.985%) Military
7 2 (0.985%) Legal
8 1 (0.493%) Games
8 1 (0.493%) Local Government
8 1 (0.493%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.852%) Clustering
2 12 (5.911%) Blackberry
3 8 (3.941%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.941%) CLARiiON
4 6 (2.956%) PKI
5 2 (0.985%) Celerra
5 2 (0.985%) Computer Science
5 2 (0.985%) Smartcard
5 2 (0.985%) NHS
5 2 (0.985%) EqualLogic
6 1 (0.493%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.493%) Handset
6 1 (0.493%) Grid Computing
6 1 (0.493%) VAX
6 1 (0.493%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 156 (76.85%) Windows
2 90 (44.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 71 (34.98%) Windows Server 2003
4 33 (16.26%) Windows 7
5 27 (13.30%) UNIX
6 22 (10.84%) Linux
7 20 (9.852%) Windows 2000
8 13 (6.404%) Windows XP
9 8 (3.941%) Windows 2000 Server
10 4 (1.970%) Windows Vista
11 3 (1.478%) VMS
11 3 (1.478%) Solaris
12 2 (0.985%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.493%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.493%) CentOS
13 1 (0.493%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.493%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (16.26%) ITIL
2 29 (14.29%) Migration
3 17 (8.374%) Service Delivery
4 10 (4.926%) Software Deployment
5 9 (4.433%) Capacity Planning
6 6 (2.956%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (2.463%) Capacity Management
7 5 (2.463%) Systems Analysis
7 5 (2.463%) Data Analysis
8 4 (1.970%) Problem Management
8 4 (1.970%) Network Load Balancing
8 4 (1.970%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (1.970%) Configuration Management
8 4 (1.970%) Project Management
9 3 (1.478%) Performance Management
9 3 (1.478%) Data Migration
9 3 (1.478%) E-Commerce
9 3 (1.478%) Incident Management
10 2 (0.985%) Release Management
10 2 (0.985%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.852%) SQL
2 8 (3.941%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.956%) VBScript
4 5 (2.463%) VB
4 5 (2.463%) C#
5 4 (1.970%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.985%) VB6
7 1 (0.493%) Perl
7 1 (0.493%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (17.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (14.29%) MCSE
3 23 (11.33%) Security Cleared
4 14 (6.897%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.926%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.448%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (3.448%) MCITP
7 6 (2.956%) MCSA
8 5 (2.463%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.463%) Degree
9 4 (1.970%) CCNA
10 3 (1.478%) CCA
10 3 (1.478%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (1.478%) MCP
11 1 (0.493%) VCP4
11 1 (0.493%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.926%) SLA
System Software
1 77 (37.93%) Active Directory
2 34 (16.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (7.389%) Hyper-V
4 10 (4.926%) XenApp
5 6 (2.956%) vSphere
6 5 (2.463%) Terminal Services
6 5 (2.463%) VMware ESX
6 5 (2.463%) VMware Server
7 4 (1.970%) UAG
8 3 (1.478%) DFS Replication
8 3 (1.478%) XenDesktop
8 3 (1.478%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (1.478%) ISA Server
8 3 (1.478%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.493%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (0.493%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.493%) Xen
9 1 (0.493%) NLBS
9 1 (0.493%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.493%) Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
1 24 (11.82%) SCCM
2 19 (9.360%) SCOM
3 11 (5.419%) Backup Exec
4 8 (3.941%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 5 (2.463%) McAfee ePO
5 5 (2.463%) WSUS
6 4 (1.970%) NetBackup
6 4 (1.970%) HP SIM
7 3 (1.478%) OpenView
7 3 (1.478%) MAILsweeper
7 3 (1.478%) Legato
7 3 (1.478%) MOM
7 3 (1.478%) RepliStor
8 2 (0.985%) DameWare
8 2 (0.985%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.985%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.493%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.493%) HP Data Protector
9 1 (0.493%) Cisco UCCX
9 1 (0.493%) MIIS
Vendors
1 75 (36.95%) Microsoft
2 70 (34.48%) VMware
3 63 (31.03%) Citrix
4 38 (18.72%) HP
5 22 (10.84%) Symantec
6 17 (8.374%) EMC
7 14 (6.897%) IBM
8 12 (5.911%) Dell
8 12 (5.911%) Cisco
9 11 (5.419%) Remedy
10 9 (4.433%) McAfee
11 7 (3.448%) NetIQ
12 6 (2.956%) Compaq
12 6 (2.956%) SolarWinds
13 5 (2.463%) Juniper
14 4 (1.970%) Intel
14 4 (1.970%) Cadis
15 3 (1.478%) Sun
15 3 (1.478%) Oracle
15 3 (1.478%) Clearswift
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