The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Support 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 Support 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 Support Engineer
Rank 95 102 96
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Server Support Engineer 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.119% 0.044% 0.104%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.130% 0.048% 0.112%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £258 £290
% change year-on-year
+16.50% -11.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £34.78 £19.40
% change year-on-year
-28.11% +79.27%
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 Support Engineer
England

Server Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Server Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Server Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Server Support 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 Support 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
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Server Support Engineer
England

Server Support 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 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) MCITP
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) CA
3 1 (33.33%) ARCserve
3 1 (33.33%) Symantec
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (33.33%) MCTS
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management

Server Support 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 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 Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Back Office
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 1 (33.33%) Release Management
1 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Security Management
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) MCITP
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (33.33%) MCTS
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) ARCserve
1 1 (33.33%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) CA
2 1 (33.33%) Symantec
2 1 (33.33%) HP