The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Uxbridge region. 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 21 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 advertised for the Uxbridge region.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Support
Rank - 21 -
Contract jobs requiring a Server Support 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge - 1.550% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 1.709% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £250 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.78 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+20.30% -11.57%
All Job Titles
Uxbridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
89 117 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 85.58% 90.70% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 91 57
Average daily rate £411 £425 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.23% +13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £219 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £613 £570 £483
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 3
Average hourly rate £16.25 £16.72 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.81% +45.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £26.00 £26.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Server Support
London

Server Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Uxbridge 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 across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge Server Support Daily Rate Trend

Server Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Uxbridge Server Support Hourly Rate Trend

Server Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region 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 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Windows 2000
1 7 (87.50%) MS Exchange
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
1 7 (87.50%) EMC
1 7 (87.50%) Citrix
1 7 (87.50%) NetIQ
1 7 (87.50%) Symantec
1 7 (87.50%) Blackberry
1 7 (87.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 7 (87.50%) SAN
1 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 7 (87.50%) VMware
1 7 (87.50%) CLARiiON
1 7 (87.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (87.50%) Capacity Planning
1 7 (87.50%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 4 (50.00%) Law
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (50.00%) MCSE
2 4 (50.00%) MCSA
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (37.50%) NAS
3 3 (37.50%) XenApp
3 3 (37.50%) EMC RecoverPoint
3 3 (37.50%) WorkSite

Server Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region 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 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 7 (87.50%) MS Exchange
1 7 (87.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (37.50%) WorkSite
2 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) SAN
2 3 (37.50%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Blackberry
1 7 (87.50%) CLARiiON
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Windows 2000
1 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (50.00%) MCSE
1 4 (50.00%) MCSA
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
1 7 (87.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (37.50%) XenApp
2 3 (37.50%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 3 (37.50%) MAILsweeper
2 3 (37.50%) RepliStor
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) EMC
1 7 (87.50%) Citrix
1 7 (87.50%) NetIQ
1 7 (87.50%) Symantec
1 7 (87.50%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) HP
2 3 (37.50%) Compaq
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Intel
2 3 (37.50%) Clearswift