The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford 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 20 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 Bradford 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 19 25 22
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 7 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 4.516% 2.500% 1.709%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.50% 9.756% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £15.25 £32.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.07% +51.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
All Operating Systems
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
40 41 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 25.81% 25.63% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 2
Average daily rate £250 £215 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.27% -42.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
Average hourly rate £15.25 £32.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.07% +51.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows Server 2008
West Yorkshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
4 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
4 7 (70.00%) VMware
5 6 (60.00%) Citrix
5 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (40.00%) SAN
7 4 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (40.00%) Cisco
7 4 (40.00%) SharePoint
7 4 (40.00%) Windows XP
7 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
7 4 (40.00%) ITIL
7 4 (40.00%) MCSE
7 4 (40.00%) MCSA
8 3 (30.00%) Lotus Notes
8 3 (30.00%) Lotus Domino
8 3 (30.00%) VoIP
8 3 (30.00%) CCNA
8 3 (30.00%) LANDesk
8 3 (30.00%) Lotus
8 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (30.00%) Replication
8 3 (30.00%) Firewall
8 3 (30.00%) Wireless
8 3 (30.00%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (30.00%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (30.00%) Lotus Domino
2 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (10.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) SAN
2 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) Wireless
2 3 (30.00%) VoIP
3 1 (10.00%) WAN
3 1 (10.00%) DHCP
3 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) DNS
3 1 (10.00%) NAS
3 1 (10.00%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Support Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Support Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) VMware Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Exchange Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (40.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (10.00%) UNIX
5 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Perl
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
1 1 (10.00%) VBScript
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (40.00%) MCSE
2 4 (40.00%) MCSA
3 3 (30.00%) CCNA
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (20.00%) MCITP
5 1 (10.00%) MCP
5 1 (10.00%) MCTS
5 1 (10.00%) CCA
5 1 (10.00%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (30.00%) XenApp
3 3 (30.00%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (20.00%) vSphere
5 1 (10.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (10.00%) XenServer
5 1 (10.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (10.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (10.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) VMware
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) Citrix
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco
4 3 (30.00%) Lotus
4 3 (30.00%) LANDesk
5 2 (20.00%) HP
6 1 (10.00%) Dell
6 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (10.00%) Symantec
6 1 (10.00%) Sophos
6 1 (10.00%) IBM
6 1 (10.00%) Oracle
6 1 (10.00%) SAP