The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Server Support in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Support
Rank 40 36 38
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Server Support 7 14 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 2.047% 3.406% 0.368%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.147% 3.675% 0.389%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 1
Average salary £33,500 £31,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.34% -21.25%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,250
% change year-on-year
- +0.77%
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
326 381 257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.32% 92.70% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 232 289 213
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Server Support
Scotland

Server Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Server Support Jobs Demand Trend

Server Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Server Support across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Server Support Salary Trend

Server Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Server Support across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Aberdeen Server Support Salary Histogram

Server Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled with Server Support in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) VMware
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 6 (66.67%) EMC
3 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (55.56%) Degree
4 5 (55.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (55.56%) Red Hat
4 5 (55.56%) Sun
4 5 (55.56%) Linux
4 5 (55.56%) Tivoli
4 5 (55.56%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 5 (55.56%) Change Management
4 5 (55.56%) Migration
5 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
5 4 (44.44%) ITIL
5 4 (44.44%) Citrix
6 3 (33.33%) HP
6 3 (33.33%) MCITP
7 2 (22.22%) Application Packaging
7 2 (22.22%) VMware Server
7 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
7 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
7 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
8 1 (11.11%) DHCP
8 1 (11.11%) DNS
8 1 (11.11%) SLA
8 1 (11.11%) Windows XP

Server Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled with Server Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) Application Packaging
2 1 (11.11%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DHCP
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (55.56%) Linux
4 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Change Management
1 5 (55.56%) Migration
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
3 2 (22.22%) VMware Server
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (11.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Tivoli
1 5 (55.56%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 6 (66.67%) EMC
4 5 (55.56%) Red Hat
4 5 (55.56%) Sun
5 4 (44.44%) Citrix
6 3 (33.33%) HP
7 1 (11.11%) CommVault