The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. 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 19 June 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 West Midlands 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Engineer
Rank 86 96 90
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Server Engineer 11 7 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.656% 0.308% 0.415%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.716% 0.334% 0.449%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 6
Average daily rate £268 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.69% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £315 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £385 £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £258 £275
% change year-on-year
+16.50% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £34.78 £21.40
% change year-on-year
-28.11% +62.52%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1536 2095 1783
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 91.54% 92.25% 92.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 993 756
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 157 148
Average hourly rate £18.25 £16.48 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.77% -8.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Server Engineer
England

Server Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Server Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Server Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Server Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Server Engineer
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Shropshire +8 3 - - 3
Warwickshire -3 2 £260 -
Worcestershire - - - -
Birmingham - - - - 1
Server Engineer
England

Server Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 11 (73.33%) Windows
2 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (66.67%) VMware
3 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (40.00%) HP
4 6 (40.00%) MCSE
4 6 (40.00%) MS Exchange
4 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 5 (33.33%) MCITP
6 4 (26.67%) Dell
6 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
6 4 (26.67%) Hyper-V
6 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
7 3 (20.00%) Oracle
7 3 (20.00%) MS Office
7 3 (20.00%) IBM
7 3 (20.00%) Sun
7 3 (20.00%) StorageTek
7 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (20.00%) Windows Vista
7 3 (20.00%) SCOM
7 3 (20.00%) Backup Exec
8 2 (13.33%) NetApp
8 2 (13.33%) Migration
8 2 (13.33%) SCVMM
8 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
8 2 (13.33%) Citrix

Server Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 Platforms
1 6 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (6.667%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (6.667%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Office
2 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) VPN
2 1 (6.667%) DNS
2 1 (6.667%) DHCP
2 1 (6.667%) SAN
2 1 (6.667%) Network Security
2 1 (6.667%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 1 (6.667%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Blackberry
1 1 (6.667%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 11 (73.33%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Vista
4 2 (13.33%) Windows 2000
4 2 (13.33%) VMS
4 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
5 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (6.667%) Linux
5 1 (6.667%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) Migration
1 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (6.667%) Capacity Management
2 1 (6.667%) ITIL
2 1 (6.667%) Configuration Management
2 1 (6.667%) Problem Management
2 1 (6.667%) Release Management
2 1 (6.667%) Business Continuity
2 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
2 1 (6.667%) Change Management
2 1 (6.667%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.667%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (40.00%) MCSE
3 5 (33.33%) MCITP
4 1 (6.667%) VCP5
4 1 (6.667%) MCTS
4 1 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.667%) CCNP
4 1 (6.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (26.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (6.667%) XenApp
3 1 (6.667%) ISA Server
3 1 (6.667%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) SCOM
1 3 (20.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (13.33%) SCVMM
3 1 (6.667%) ARCserve
3 1 (6.667%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (6.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 10 (66.67%) VMware
2 6 (40.00%) HP
3 4 (26.67%) Dell
4 3 (20.00%) Oracle
4 3 (20.00%) IBM
4 3 (20.00%) Sun
4 3 (20.00%) StorageTek
5 2 (13.33%) NetApp
5 2 (13.33%) Citrix
6 1 (6.667%) Cisco
6 1 (6.667%) EMC
6 1 (6.667%) Symantec
6 1 (6.667%) Veritas
6 1 (6.667%) CA
6 1 (6.667%) Altiris
Birmingham, West Midlands
Infrastructure Engineer / 3rd Line Engineer / Server Engineer is required by an exclusive client in Birmingham, on a 3-Month contract, paying £225-£250 per day-As Infrastructure Engineer /...
OPUS
Rate: GBP225 to GBP250 per day
Posted: 19 June 2013
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