The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Virtual Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Virtual Server over the 3 months to 23 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 System Software category for the Buckinghamshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Virtual Server
Rank 62 - 72
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 5 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.617% - 0.368%
As % of the System Software category 4.902% - 5.405%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £425 - £170
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £370 £222
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +66.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.50 £22.25
% change year-on-year
- -43.82%
All System Software
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
102 95 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.58% 9.625% 6.808%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 28 21
Average daily rate £350 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £105 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £325 £303
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 20 26
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -19.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.03 £10.48 £10.56
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £15.00 £25.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Microsoft Virtual Server
South East

Microsoft Virtual Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Buckinghamshire Microsoft Virtual Server Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Microsoft Virtual Server Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Microsoft Virtual Server Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Milton Keynes - 5 £425 -
Microsoft Virtual Server
South East

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (100.00%) Citrix
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
2 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
4 4 (50.00%) IIS
4 4 (50.00%) SAN
4 4 (50.00%) Terminal Services
4 4 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (50.00%) Windows NT
4 4 (50.00%) MS Exchange
4 4 (50.00%) VMware ESX
4 4 (50.00%) Clustering
4 4 (50.00%) Information Security
4 4 (50.00%) ISA Server
4 4 (50.00%) Finance
4 4 (50.00%) BladeLogic
4 4 (50.00%) SCOM
4 4 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (25.00%) LAN
5 2 (25.00%) VoIP
5 2 (25.00%) WLAN
5 2 (25.00%) WAN

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) IIS
1 4 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
1 4 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) SAN
2 2 (25.00%) LAN
2 2 (25.00%) VoIP
2 2 (25.00%) WLAN
2 2 (25.00%) WAN
2 2 (25.00%) NAS
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 4 (50.00%) Administrator
2 3 (37.50%) Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Administrator
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Information Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Network Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (50.00%) Windows NT
3 4 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (25.00%) Windows 2000
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (25.00%) Network Management
2 2 (25.00%) Compatibility Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) MCSE
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (50.00%) Terminal Services
3 4 (50.00%) VMware ESX
3 4 (50.00%) ISA Server
4 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (25.00%) XenApp
4 2 (25.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) BladeLogic
1 4 (50.00%) SCOM
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Citrix
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) Intel
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