The first table below looks at the demand for the Server Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 20 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Server Support
Rank 131 133 155
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Server Support 23 23 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.734% 0.664% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.776% 0.700% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 2
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £39,775 £38,200 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2964 3288 3218
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.64% 94.89% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1771 2407 2417
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,300 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Server Support
UK

Server Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Server Support Salary Trend

Server Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Server Support across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Scotland Server Support Salary Histogram

Server Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Server Support within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Highlands - 12 £25,000 -
Aberdeen -3 7 £33,500 +6.34%
Aberdeenshire +4 1 - -
West Dunbartonshire +2 1 £39,250 +4.31%
Glasgow -21 1 £27,500 -32.09%
Server Support
UK

Server Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 35 (83.33%) Windows
2 32 (76.19%) Windows Server 2003
2 32 (76.19%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (71.43%) Active Directory
4 22 (52.38%) MS Exchange
5 17 (40.48%) VMware
6 16 (38.10%) VMware Infrastructure
7 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
8 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (21.43%) VB
9 7 (16.67%) SQL Server
9 7 (16.67%) ITIL
9 7 (16.67%) Citrix
10 6 (14.29%) MS Excel
10 6 (14.29%) MCSE
10 6 (14.29%) Sun
10 6 (14.29%) EMC
11 5 (11.90%) HP
11 5 (11.90%) DHCP
11 5 (11.90%) DNS
11 5 (11.90%) Linux
11 5 (11.90%) Red Hat
11 5 (11.90%) Tivoli
11 5 (11.90%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 5 (11.90%) Change Management
11 5 (11.90%) Migration
11 5 (11.90%) Degree
11 5 (11.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (11.90%) SQL Server 2008
12 4 (9.524%) VMware Server

Server Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 3 (7.143%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.381%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 22 (52.38%) MS Exchange
2 3 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (4.762%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (4.762%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.381%) IIS
4 1 (2.381%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.762%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.90%) DHCP
1 5 (11.90%) DNS
2 3 (7.143%) SAN
2 3 (7.143%) LAN
3 1 (2.381%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (11.90%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (4.762%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (4.762%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (2.381%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (2.381%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 2 (4.762%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.762%) CMDB
1 2 (4.762%) EqualLogic
2 1 (2.381%) Replication
2 1 (2.381%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 35 (83.33%) Windows
2 32 (76.19%) Windows Server 2003
2 32 (76.19%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (11.90%) Linux
3 5 (11.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (9.524%) Windows XP
5 2 (4.762%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (4.762%) Windows 7
5 2 (4.762%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (16.67%) ITIL
2 5 (11.90%) Change Management
2 5 (11.90%) Migration
3 4 (9.524%) Service Delivery
4 2 (4.762%) Network Architecture
4 2 (4.762%) RDF
5 1 (2.381%) Service Management
5 1 (2.381%) CRM
5 1 (2.381%) Document Management
5 1 (2.381%) Incident Management
5 1 (2.381%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.43%) VB
2 3 (7.143%) SQL
3 1 (2.381%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (14.29%) MCSE
3 5 (11.90%) Degree
4 3 (7.143%) MCP
4 3 (7.143%) MCITP
5 1 (2.381%) MCSA
5 1 (2.381%) CCA
5 1 (2.381%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (2.381%) CCEA
5 1 (2.381%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.524%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 16 (38.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.524%) VMware Server
4 3 (7.143%) vSphere
4 3 (7.143%) Terminal Server
5 1 (2.381%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (2.381%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.381%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) Tivoli
1 5 (11.90%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (7.143%) SCCM
3 1 (2.381%) SCOM
3 1 (2.381%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 17 (40.48%) VMware
2 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
3 7 (16.67%) Citrix
4 6 (14.29%) Sun
4 6 (14.29%) EMC
5 5 (11.90%) HP
5 5 (11.90%) Red Hat
6 3 (7.143%) Dell
6 3 (7.143%) Cisco
7 1 (2.381%) IBM
7 1 (2.381%) Oracle
7 1 (2.381%) JBoss
7 1 (2.381%) Symantec
7 1 (2.381%) McAfee
7 1 (2.381%) Toshiba
7 1 (2.381%) CommVault
7 1 (2.381%) NetApp
7 1 (2.381%) Veritas
7 1 (2.381%) ZyXEL
7 1 (2.381%) Draytek
Inverness, Inverness-Shire
My client, a global blue chip based in Inverness, is currently seeking an experienced Server Support Technician to join an established team supporting a multi-client Wintel environment...
Aston Carter
Posted: 14 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Infrastructure support engineer working at senior server level required with strong VMWare / virtualisation experience with solid Microsoft / Wintel knowledge. Citrix and Exchange also highly desirable. MS / VMWare training...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013