The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Belfast 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 Belfast 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 19 11 31
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +20
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 6 15 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 3.750% 9.740% 2.759%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.29% 44.12% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
Average daily rate £260 £260 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -30.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year
+13.51% +7.24%
All Operating Systems
Belfast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
42 34 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 26.25% 22.08% 26.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 10 19
Average daily rate £300 £260 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -25.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £127 £260 £138
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
Average hourly rate - - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows Server 2008
County Antrim

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast 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 Belfast 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) VMware
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
4 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 4 (44.44%) VMware ESX
5 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
6 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (22.22%) Change Management
6 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (22.22%) 3PAR
6 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 2 (22.22%) Citrix
6 2 (22.22%) SAN
6 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (11.11%) XenApp
7 1 (11.11%) XenServer
7 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
7 1 (11.11%) vSphere
7 1 (11.11%) HP
7 1 (11.11%) Dell
7 1 (11.11%) EMC
7 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
7 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
7 1 (11.11%) LAN
7 1 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (11.11%) Oracle
7 1 (11.11%) MS Office

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast 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 Development
1 1 (11.11%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) Lync
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Administrator
1 2 (22.22%) Exchange Specialist
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Technical Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Design Authority
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Design Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) DBA
2 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Vista
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Change Management
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
1 4 (44.44%) VMware ESX
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (11.11%) XenApp
3 1 (11.11%) XenServer
3 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
3 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) VMware
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) 3PAR
3 2 (22.22%) Citrix
4 1 (11.11%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) Dell
4 1 (11.11%) EMC
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
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