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The table below looks at the demand for the Server Support role in IT jobs within the South East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Server Support
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank265348
Rank change on same period last yearUp+83
Matching permanent IT job ads217166
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.120 %0.070 %
As % of the category below0.652 %0.373 %
Salaries quoted199142
Average minimum salary£32,740£30,867
Average salary£34,900£33,038
% change on same period last year+5.63 %
Average maximum salary£37,059£35,208
UK excluding London average salary£32,086£31,503
% change on same period last year+1.85 %
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads3329944550
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.43 %18.68 %
Salaries quoted2727436851
Average minimum salary£36,341£37,608
Average salary£39,635£40,790
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Average maximum salary£42,929£43,972
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Server Support EnglandServer Support
England

Server Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Server Support across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Server Support Demand Trend

Server Support
Salary Trend

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

South East Server Support Salary Trend

Server Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Server Support across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+6178£33,956+0.45 %
BerkshireUp+5256£37,073+6.15 %
MiddlesexUp+3826£35,538+6.40 %
OxfordshireUp+721£32,167-3.07 %
HampshireUp+1612£33,958+22.28 %
KentUp+812£37,614+22.98 %
BuckinghamshireUp+278£32,000+17.79 %
West SussexUp+276£30,700-2.53 %
Server Support EnglandServer Support
England

Server Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1341 (80.61 %)Windows
2233 (55.08 %)Active Directory
3230 (54.37 %)Windows Server 2003
4175 (41.37 %)Microsoft Certification
5169 (39.95 %)MS Exchange
6158 (37.35 %)Microsoft
7135 (31.91 %)MCSE
8126 (29.79 %)Citrix
9101 (23.88 %)Exchange Server 2003
1096 (22.70 %)SQL Server
1194 (22.22 %)SQL
1194 (22.22 %)IIS
1290 (21.28 %)MS Excel
1389 (21.04 %)VMware
1473 (17.26 %)Cisco
1571 (16.78 %)Windows 2000 Server
1670 (16.55 %)TCP/IP
1769 (16.31 %)Windows 2000
1867 (15.84 %)HP
1960 (14.18 %)DNS
2058 (13.71 %)ISA Server
2058 (13.71 %)SAN
2155 (13.00 %)ITIL
2250 (11.82 %)MCSA
2349 (11.58 %)MCP
2349 (11.58 %)Internet
2349 (11.58 %)Clustering
2444 (10.40 %)Linux
2444 (10.40 %)Pensions
2541 (9.693 %)Firewall

Server Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (2.364 %).NET
28 (1.891 %)XSLT
35 (1.182 %)WS-I
35 (1.182 %)XML
35 (1.182 %)Application Packaging
44 (0.946 %)WebSphere
53 (0.709 %)ASP.NET
53 (0.709 %)COM+
53 (0.709 %)WebServices
62 (0.473 %)HTML
62 (0.473 %).NET Framework
62 (0.473 %)LAMP
71 (0.236 %)Middleware
71 (0.236 %)J2EE
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1169 (39.95 %)MS Exchange
2101 (23.88 %)Exchange Server 2003
394 (22.22 %)IIS
427 (6.383 %)Exchange Server 2000
524 (5.674 %)SharePoint
622 (5.201 %)Exchange Server 2007
719 (4.492 %)Lotus Notes
813 (3.073 %)Lotus Domino
912 (2.837 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1011 (2.600 %)Apache
117 (1.655 %)SharePoint Portal Server
117 (1.655 %)Exchange Server 5.5
124 (0.946 %)Live Communications Server
124 (0.946 %)WebLogic
133 (0.709 %)Commerce Server
133 (0.709 %)Office Communications Server
142 (0.473 %)CMS
151 (0.236 %)IBM HTTP Server
151 (0.236 %)FormScape
151 (0.236 %)WorkSite
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
190 (21.28 %)MS Excel
214 (3.310 %)MS Office
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.236 %)WebTrends
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
170 (16.55 %)TCP/IP
260 (14.18 %)DNS
358 (13.71 %)SAN
449 (11.58 %)Internet
541 (9.693 %)Firewall
640 (9.456 %)LAN
735 (8.274 %)WAN
833 (7.801 %)DHCP
913 (3.073 %)VPN
1010 (2.364 %)Ethernet
118 (1.891 %)PBX
118 (1.891 %)LDAP
118 (1.891 %)Wireless
127 (1.655 %)VLAN
136 (1.418 %)SMTP
136 (1.418 %)VoIP
144 (0.946 %)SNMP
144 (0.946 %)ADSL
144 (0.946 %)Cisco PIX
144 (0.946 %)iSCSI
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
196 (22.70 %)SQL Server
231 (7.329 %)SQL Server 2000
329 (6.856 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (0.709 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
43 (0.709 %)DB2
43 (0.709 %)Crystal Reports
43 (0.709 %)Datawarehouse
43 (0.709 %)BusinessObjects
52 (0.473 %)MySQL
52 (0.473 %)DTS
52 (0.473 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (0.473 %)MS Access
52 (0.473 %)SQL Server Integration Services
52 (0.473 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
52 (0.473 %)SQL Server 2008
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (1.182 %)MSI
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
144 (10.40 %)Pensions
240 (9.456 %)Health
323 (5.437 %)Finance
413 (3.073 %)Insurance
511 (2.600 %)Telecoms
67 (1.655 %)Back Office
76 (1.418 %)Education
85 (1.182 %)Manufacturing
85 (1.182 %)Retail
93 (0.709 %)Games
93 (0.709 %)Construction
102 (0.473 %)Publishing
102 (0.473 %)Government
102 (0.473 %)Local Government
102 (0.473 %)Marketing
111 (0.236 %)Law
111 (0.236 %)Automotive
111 (0.236 %)Electronics
111 (0.236 %)Pharmaceutical
111 (0.236 %)Financial Institution
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
149 (11.58 %)Clustering
216 (3.783 %)Blackberry
39 (2.128 %)Client/Server
45 (1.182 %)IPTV
53 (0.709 %)Contract for Difference
53 (0.709 %)CMDB
62 (0.473 %)AS400
62 (0.473 %)Mathematics
62 (0.473 %)French Language
62 (0.473 %)German Language
62 (0.473 %)PMI
62 (0.473 %)NHS
71 (0.236 %)Firmware
71 (0.236 %)Spanish Language
71 (0.236 %)CLARiiON
71 (0.236 %)Wiki
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1341 (80.61 %)Windows
2230 (54.37 %)Windows Server 2003
371 (16.78 %)Windows 2000 Server
469 (16.31 %)Windows 2000
544 (10.40 %)Linux
631 (7.329 %)UNIX
726 (6.147 %)Windows XP
823 (5.437 %)Solaris
917 (4.019 %)NetWare
917 (4.019 %)Windows NT
1012 (2.837 %)Windows Vista
119 (2.128 %)Windows Server 2008
124 (0.946 %)Red Hat Linux
124 (0.946 %)AIX
124 (0.946 %)HPUX
133 (0.709 %)SUSE
133 (0.709 %)Debian
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
155 (13.00 %)ITIL
217 (4.019 %)Project Management
217 (4.019 %)Disaster Recovery
315 (3.546 %)Load Balancing
46 (1.418 %)Change Management
55 (1.182 %)Service Delivery
64 (0.946 %)Asset Management
64 (0.946 %)Security Cleared
73 (0.709 %)Content Management
73 (0.709 %)SC Cleared
73 (0.709 %)PRINCE2
73 (0.709 %)E-Commerce
73 (0.709 %)Business Intelligence
82 (0.473 %)BCP
82 (0.473 %)CAD
82 (0.473 %)Security Management
82 (0.473 %)Web Development
82 (0.473 %)Business Continuity
91 (0.236 %)Operations Management
91 (0.236 %)DV Cleared
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
194 (22.22 %)SQL
215 (3.546 %)VBScript
310 (2.364 %)Transact-SQL
49 (2.128 %)VBA
55 (1.182 %)VB
64 (0.946 %)VB.NET
64 (0.946 %)Java
64 (0.946 %)Shell Script
64 (0.946 %)VB6
72 (0.473 %)Ruby
72 (0.473 %)Perl
72 (0.473 %)RPG
72 (0.473 %)Python
81 (0.236 %)PowerHouse
81 (0.236 %)C
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1175 (41.37 %)Microsoft Certification
2135 (31.91 %)MCSE
350 (11.82 %)MCSA
449 (11.58 %)MCP
541 (9.693 %)Cisco Certification
638 (8.983 %)CCNA
724 (5.674 %)Citrix Certification
815 (3.546 %)Degree
913 (3.073 %)CCA
107 (1.655 %)CCNP
116 (1.418 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
123 (0.709 %)CCEA
123 (0.709 %)CCSA
132 (0.473 %)HP APS
132 (0.473 %)MCDBA
132 (0.473 %)MCDST
132 (0.473 %)MCTS
132 (0.473 %)IBM AIX Certification
132 (0.473 %)RHCE
141 (0.236 %)ITIL Certification
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (3.310 %)SLA
210 (2.364 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1233 (55.08 %)Active Directory
258 (13.71 %)ISA Server
329 (6.856 %)Citrix Presentation Server
426 (6.147 %)MetaFrame
522 (5.201 %)VMware ESX
618 (4.255 %)VMware Infrastructure
717 (4.019 %)Backup Exec
811 (2.600 %)NetBackup
93 (0.709 %)Terminal Server
102 (0.473 %)Terminal Services
102 (0.473 %)NFS
102 (0.473 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
111 (0.236 %)VMware Server
111 (0.236 %)Squid
111 (0.236 %)MailMarshal
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (3.546 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
28 (1.891 %)MOM
37 (1.655 %)Tivoli
46 (1.418 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
55 (1.182 %)Norton AntiVirus
64 (0.946 %)MAILsweeper
64 (0.946 %)SCOM
73 (0.709 %)EMC NetWorker
73 (0.709 %)Legato
82 (0.473 %)OpenView
82 (0.473 %)DameWare
82 (0.473 %)WSUS
91 (0.236 %)Windows Storage Server
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1158 (37.35 %)Microsoft
2126 (29.79 %)Citrix
389 (21.04 %)VMware
473 (17.26 %)Cisco
567 (15.84 %)HP
631 (7.329 %)IBM
727 (6.383 %)Lotus
822 (5.201 %)VERITAS
918 (4.255 %)McAfee Security
918 (4.255 %)Oracle
1014 (3.310 %)Intel
1113 (3.073 %)Symantec
1212 (2.837 %)Dell
1310 (2.364 %)Sun
149 (2.128 %)Novell
149 (2.128 %)Altiris
156 (1.418 %)EMC
165 (1.182 %)Compaq
165 (1.182 %)SAP
165 (1.182 %)NetApp