The first table below looks at the demand for Site 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 Site Server 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 of the Application Platforms 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Site Server
Rank 524 580 -
Rank change year-on-year
+56 -
Contract jobs citing Site Server 5 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.007% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.060% 0.042% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £450 £265 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+69.81% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £250 -
% change year-on-year
+90.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 - -
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8396 9507 10206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.10% 16.30% 16.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4754 5212 5447
Average daily rate £359 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.64% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 431 562
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.85 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.75 £37.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%

Site Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Site Server within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Site Server Jobs Demand Trend

Site Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Site Server Daily Rate Trend

Site Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Site Server Hourly Rate Trend

Site Server
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Site Server 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 +49 5 £450 +69.81%
London +39 2 £443 +58.03%
South East +16 2 £475 +90.00%
West Midlands - 1 - -
Coventry - 1 - -
Middlesex - 1 £475 -
Berkshire - 1 - -
Slough - 1 - -

Site Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 3 (60.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (60.00%) Sun
3 3 (60.00%) CCNA
3 3 (60.00%) N-Tier
3 3 (60.00%) Solaris
3 3 (60.00%) Windows 2000
3 3 (60.00%) MCSE
3 3 (60.00%) Apache
3 3 (60.00%) Oracle
3 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (60.00%) WebLogic
3 3 (60.00%) IIS
3 3 (60.00%) ASP
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 3 (60.00%) MCSD
4 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (40.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (20.00%) VMS
5 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) VMware

Site Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Site 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 Site Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Apache
1 3 (60.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (60.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
2 3 (60.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) Solaris
3 3 (60.00%) Windows 2000
4 1 (20.00%) VMS
4 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) MCSE
1 3 (60.00%) MCSD
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) HP
2 3 (60.00%) Sun
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) VMware