The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 21 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 Cambridge 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 22 40 19
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -21
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 17 10 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 5.060% 2.410% 5.785%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.89% 7.519% 18.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 8
Average daily rate £225 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £160 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £290 £349
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 3
Average hourly rate £33.75 £10.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+237.50% -25.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
All Operating Systems
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
107 133 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 31.85% 32.05% 30.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 59 30
Average daily rate £310 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £160 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £408 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 31 19
Average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +177.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.83 £10.00 £11.08
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
Cambridgeshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridge Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridge Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 21 (58.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 18 (50.00%) MS Exchange
4 18 (50.00%) SQL
5 17 (47.22%) DNS
6 15 (41.67%) Exchange Server 2010
7 14 (38.89%) Microsoft
8 12 (33.33%) Windows 7
9 10 (27.78%) Exchange Server 2003
10 9 (25.00%) Windows XP
10 9 (25.00%) Citrix
10 9 (25.00%) Linux
10 9 (25.00%) ITIL
11 8 (22.22%) XenApp
12 7 (19.44%) Exchange Server 2007
12 7 (19.44%) DHCP
12 7 (19.44%) TCP/IP
13 6 (16.67%) MS Excel
13 6 (16.67%) VMware
13 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
13 6 (16.67%) NetScaler
14 5 (13.89%) WSUS
14 5 (13.89%) SCOM
14 5 (13.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 5 (13.89%) PKI
14 5 (13.89%) Microsoft App-V
14 5 (13.89%) Clustering
14 5 (13.89%) Red Hat
14 5 (13.89%) Blackberry

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 (2.778%) Application Packaging
1 1 (2.778%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 18 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 15 (41.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (27.78%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (19.44%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (13.89%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (11.11%) IIS
6 4 (11.11%) Apache
6 4 (11.11%) Tomcat
6 4 (11.11%) Lync
7 1 (2.778%) CMS
7 1 (2.778%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.778%) XMetaL
2 1 (2.778%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 17 (47.22%) DNS
2 7 (19.44%) DHCP
2 7 (19.44%) TCP/IP
3 6 (16.67%) NetScaler
4 4 (11.11%) BIG-IP
5 3 (8.333%) Intranet
5 3 (8.333%) LAN
5 3 (8.333%) WAN
6 2 (5.556%) Firewall
6 2 (5.556%) Wireless
6 2 (5.556%) Internet
6 2 (5.556%) Unified Communications
6 2 (5.556%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (2.778%) VLAN
7 1 (2.778%) NAS
7 1 (2.778%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (8.333%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (2.778%) MSI
1 1 (2.778%) InstallShield
General
1 1 (2.778%) Front Office
1 1 (2.778%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
1 9 (25.00%) Administrator
2 7 (19.44%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (8.333%) Analyst
4 2 (5.556%) Support Analyst
4 2 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 2 (5.556%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Implementation Analyst
5 1 (2.778%) Rollout Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Wintel Support
5 1 (2.778%) Wintel Support Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Desktop Technician
5 1 (2.778%) Citrix Architect
5 1 (2.778%) Architect
5 1 (2.778%) Author
5 1 (2.778%) Technical Author
5 1 (2.778%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.778%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) PKI
1 5 (13.89%) Clustering
1 5 (13.89%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.778%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.778%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (58.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 9 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 9 (25.00%) Linux
5 5 (13.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (11.11%) UNIX
7 1 (2.778%) Windows Vista
7 1 (2.778%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) ITIL
2 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (8.333%) Migration
4 2 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (5.556%) Project Management
5 1 (2.778%) ITIL V3
5 1 (2.778%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.778%) PRINCE
5 1 (2.778%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (2.778%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 18 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (11.11%) Java
2 4 (11.11%) Perl
2 4 (11.11%) Shell Script
3 2 (5.556%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.778%) PHP
4 1 (2.778%) VBScript
4 1 (2.778%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.556%) MCTS
3 1 (2.778%) MCITP
3 1 (2.778%) CCA
3 1 (2.778%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.778%) MCSE
System Software
1 24 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (22.22%) XenApp
3 5 (13.89%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.556%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.556%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (2.778%) XenDesktop
5 1 (2.778%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.778%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) WSUS
1 5 (13.89%) SCOM
2 4 (11.11%) SCCM
3 1 (2.778%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 14 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) Citrix
3 6 (16.67%) VMware
4 5 (13.89%) Red Hat
4 5 (13.89%) Oracle
5 4 (11.11%) JBoss
5 4 (11.11%) NetApp
6 2 (5.556%) Cisco
6 2 (5.556%) HP
6 2 (5.556%) McAfee
6 2 (5.556%) Riverbed
6 2 (5.556%) Exinda
6 2 (5.556%) Altiris
7 1 (2.778%) AppSense
7 1 (2.778%) Lotus