The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedford 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 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 of the Operating Systems category for the Bedford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank - 5 17
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford - 4.762% 4.762%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 100.00% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
All Operating Systems
Bedford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
3 1 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford 14.29% 4.762% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £190 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
Bedfordshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

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 Bedford region.

Bedford Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford 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 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) IIS
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
1 3 (100.00%) DMZ
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Back Office
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) WhatsUp Gold
2 2 (66.67%) Forefront TMG
2 2 (66.67%) NetBackup
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Symantec
2 2 (66.67%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) SCOM

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford 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 3 (100.00%) IIS
1 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
1 3 (100.00%) DMZ
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 3 (100.00%) Back Office
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) WhatsUp Gold
1 2 (66.67%) NetBackup
1 2 (66.67%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) Symantec