The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Server 2008 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 of the Operating Systems category for the Aberdeen 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
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 22 15 15
Rank change year-on-year
-7 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 6 14 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 3.529% 6.829% 6.522%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.27% 29.17% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 5
Average daily rate £300 £150 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -29.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £150 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £266 £267
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £17.00 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year
+13.51% +7.24%
All Operating Systems
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
22 48 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 12.94% 23.41% 19.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 8
Average daily rate £175 £295 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.67% +38.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £158 £115 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £463 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 6
Average hourly rate £12.75 £17.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.02% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows Server 2008
Scotland

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Aberdeen Windows Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Aberdeen Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Windows Server 2008 also 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 that cited Windows Server 2008.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
3 5 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) Citrix
4 4 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (50.00%) XenApp
4 4 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (25.00%) DNS
6 2 (25.00%) CommVault
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (25.00%) MCSE
6 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 2 (25.00%) ITIL
6 2 (25.00%) vSphere
6 2 (25.00%) Altiris
6 2 (25.00%) MCTS
6 2 (25.00%) MCITP
7 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
7 1 (12.50%) iPhone
7 1 (12.50%) Windows 8
7 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
7 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (12.50%) Degree
7 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
7 1 (12.50%) Windows XP

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Windows Server 2008 also 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 that cited Windows Server 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (12.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Server Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Software Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Storage Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) iPhone
1 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
1 1 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 8
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
2 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (25.00%) MCSE
1 2 (25.00%) MCTS
1 2 (25.00%) MCITP
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) XenApp
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) vSphere
4 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) VMware
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Citrix
3 2 (25.00%) CommVault
3 2 (25.00%) Altiris
4 1 (12.50%) Dell
4 1 (12.50%) EMC
4 1 (12.50%) NetApp
4 1 (12.50%) Apple
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco
Aberdeen, Scotland
Key responsibilities: ** Involved in the installation and configuration of multiple server environments ** Maintain both VMware and Citrix XenApp environments ** Maintain and monitor both the Exchange and storage infrastructure **...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
As such you should have demonstrable experience of technologies such as (NOT ALL REQUIRED!):* Windows 2003 / 2008 / 2012 Server* Active Directory / DNS* Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8* Microsoft...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013