The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Support role in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire 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 17 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 Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Support
Rank 105 107 100
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Server Support 8 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.421% 0.218% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.446% 0.230% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £330 £244 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.38% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £250 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £27.00 £20.06 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.59% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.78 £23.75
% change year-on-year
+20.30% -12.50%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1792 2173 1705
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.42% 94.81% 93.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1162 788
Average daily rate £320 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 104 127
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -16.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £10.30 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.30 £30.50 £33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Server Support
England

Server Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Server Support Hourly Rate Trend

Server Support
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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Yorkshire +1 5 £330 +35.38%
West Yorkshire +4 3 - -
Server Support
England

Server Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 13 (81.25%) Windows Server 2003
2 13 (81.25%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 10 (62.50%) SCCM
4 10 (62.50%) Windows 7
4 10 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (62.50%) MCSE
5 9 (56.25%) Symantec
5 9 (56.25%) Remedy
5 9 (56.25%) Software Deployment
6 8 (50.00%) MS Excel
6 8 (50.00%) SLA
7 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
8 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
8 2 (12.50%) SQL
8 2 (12.50%) VMware
8 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (6.250%) BIG-IP
9 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (6.250%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (6.250%) Time Management
9 1 (6.250%) CentOS
9 1 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (6.250%) Unified Communications
9 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (6.250%) F5
9 1 (6.250%) Firewall
9 1 (6.250%) Telecoms

Server Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
2 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) DNS
1 1 (6.250%) Firewall
1 1 (6.250%) BIG-IP
1 1 (6.250%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (6.250%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 13 (81.25%) Windows Server 2003
2 13 (81.25%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (62.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (6.250%) Linux
4 1 (6.250%) CentOS
4 1 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Software Deployment
2 1 (6.250%) Configuration Management
2 1 (6.250%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.250%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) MCSE
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (62.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (56.25%) Symantec
2 9 (56.25%) Remedy
3 2 (12.50%) VMware
4 1 (6.250%) F5
4 1 (6.250%) Perforce
4 1 (6.250%) EMC
4 1 (6.250%) Citrix
4 1 (6.250%) Red Hat
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco