The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2012 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Server 2012 over the 3 months to 18 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 Berkshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.127% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.546% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £175 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 - -
All Operating Systems
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
549 531 621
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 23.23% 16.59% 20.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 223 224
Average daily rate £346 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.46% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 52 44
Average hourly rate £21.50 £16.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.30% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.50 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
Windows Server 2012
South East

Windows Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Berkshire Windows Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Windows Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Berkshire Windows Server 2012 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2012
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2012 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Slough - 2 £425 - 2
Newbury - 1 £175 -
Reading - 1 £175 - 1
Wokingham - - - - 1
Maidenhead - - - -
Windows Server 2012
South East

Windows Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows Server 2012 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 2012.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (33.33%) MCSE
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
4 2 (33.33%) DHCP
4 2 (33.33%) DNS
4 2 (33.33%) VMware
4 2 (33.33%) MCITP
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) SCCM
4 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (16.67%) Software Distribution
5 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
5 1 (16.67%) vSphere
5 1 (16.67%) SCOM
5 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (16.67%) User Experience Design

Windows Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (16.67%) Site Server
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) DHCP
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
5 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
5 1 (16.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience Design
2 1 (16.67%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) VBScript
2 1 (16.67%) VB
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) MCSE
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (33.33%) MCITP
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) XenApp
2 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (16.67%) SCOM
2 1 (16.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco