Windows Server 2008 Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 24 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 City of London 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 63 59 109
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +50
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 185 212 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 2.900% 2.695% 1.572%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.69% 13.64% 8.118%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 126 89
Average daily rate £375 £385 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.59% +10.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £250 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 18 19
Average hourly rate £135.00 £22.75 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+493.40% -7.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
Search 66 Windows Server 2008 jobs in the City of London
All Operating Systems
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 1259 1554 1897
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 19.74% 19.76% 19.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 960 1266
Average daily rate £400 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 97 111
Average hourly rate £28.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £37.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
London

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 357 (100.00%) Windows
2 237 (66.39%) Windows Server 2003
3 192 (53.78%) Active Directory
4 166 (46.50%) VMware
5 144 (40.34%) Citrix
6 142 (39.78%) Microsoft
7 137 (38.38%) MS Exchange
8 97 (27.17%) Windows 7
9 94 (26.33%) VMware Infrastructure
10 93 (26.05%) ITIL
11 79 (22.13%) Windows XP
12 73 (20.45%) Exchange Server 2010
13 65 (18.21%) Exchange Server 2007
14 64 (17.93%) Blackberry
14 64 (17.93%) Migration
15 63 (17.65%) Finance
16 62 (17.37%) SQL
17 59 (16.53%) SAN
17 59 (16.53%) Exchange Server 2003
18 58 (16.25%) Cisco
19 57 (15.97%) Microsoft Certification
19 57 (15.97%) Banking
20 56 (15.69%) XenApp
21 55 (15.41%) SQL Server
22 52 (14.57%) IIS
23 50 (14.01%) HP
24 48 (13.45%) MS Office
24 48 (13.45%) MS Excel
25 47 (13.17%) MCSE
25 47 (13.17%) PowerShell

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 25 (7.003%) HTML
2 22 (6.162%) .NET
3 9 (2.521%) .NET Framework
4 8 (2.241%) XML
5 7 (1.961%) Application Packaging
5 7 (1.961%) ASP.NET
5 7 (1.961%) Middleware
6 6 (1.681%) jQuery
7 5 (1.401%) ASP
7 5 (1.401%) COM
7 5 (1.401%) CSS
8 4 (1.120%) OLE DB
8 4 (1.120%) FIXML
8 4 (1.120%) JSP
8 4 (1.120%) J2EE
8 4 (1.120%) ODBC
8 4 (1.120%) Web Services
8 4 (1.120%) XSL
8 4 (1.120%) WSDL
8 4 (1.120%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 137 (38.38%) MS Exchange
2 73 (20.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 65 (18.21%) Exchange Server 2007
4 59 (16.53%) Exchange Server 2003
5 52 (14.57%) IIS
6 44 (12.32%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 27 (7.563%) SharePoint
8 23 (6.443%) Lotus Notes
9 19 (5.322%) Lotus Domino
10 12 (3.361%) Office Communications Server
11 9 (2.521%) Apache
11 9 (2.521%) Lync
12 8 (2.241%) Tomcat
13 5 (1.401%) SharePoint 2010
14 4 (1.120%) CMS
14 4 (1.120%) WebSphere MQ
14 4 (1.120%) Alfresco
15 3 (0.840%) Exchange Server 2013
16 2 (0.560%) WebSphere Application Server
16 2 (0.560%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 48 (13.45%) MS Office
1 48 (13.45%) MS Excel
2 7 (1.961%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.401%) Office 365
4 1 (0.280%) MS Project
4 1 (0.280%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.840%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.280%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.280%) RMDS
2 1 (0.280%) LatentZero
2 1 (0.280%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 59 (16.53%) SAN
2 44 (12.32%) TCP/IP
3 40 (11.20%) DNS
4 33 (9.244%) Firewall
5 30 (8.403%) SMTP
5 30 (8.403%) LAN
6 29 (8.123%) DHCP
7 26 (7.283%) WAN
7 26 (7.283%) Internet
8 23 (6.443%) LDAP
9 21 (5.882%) SSL
10 18 (5.042%) POP3
11 17 (4.762%) Cisco ASA
12 16 (4.482%) Intranet
13 14 (3.922%) NAS
14 13 (3.641%) VPN
15 8 (2.241%) NetScaler
15 8 (2.241%) VoIP
15 8 (2.241%) VLAN
16 7 (1.961%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (15.41%) SQL Server
2 36 (10.08%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (7.283%) SQL Server 2005
4 15 (4.202%) Oracle 8/8i
5 8 (2.241%) SQL Server 2012
6 7 (1.961%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.961%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.961%) MySQL
7 6 (1.681%) SQL Server 2000
7 6 (1.681%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (1.401%) MS Access
9 3 (0.840%) Oracle 11g
10 2 (0.560%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.560%) Oracle 10g
10 2 (0.560%) PerformancePoint
11 1 (0.280%) InterSystems Cache
11 1 (0.280%) CouchDB
11 1 (0.280%) KDB
11 1 (0.280%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.280%) DTS
Development Applications
1 13 (3.641%) MSI
2 8 (2.241%) InstallShield
3 7 (1.961%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.120%) WinDbg
4 4 (1.120%) AdminStudio
5 3 (0.840%) NUnit
5 3 (0.840%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.560%) MSBuild
6 2 (0.560%) CruiseControl
7 1 (0.280%) CppUnit
7 1 (0.280%) JIRA
7 1 (0.280%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 1 (0.280%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.280%) WiX
7 1 (0.280%) Rhino Mocks
7 1 (0.280%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.280%) Wise Package Studio
7 1 (0.280%) Jenkins
General
1 63 (17.65%) Finance
2 57 (15.97%) Banking
3 23 (6.443%) Investment Banking
4 21 (5.882%) Law
5 20 (5.602%) Legal
6 11 (3.081%) Publishing
7 8 (2.241%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.961%) Back Office
9 4 (1.120%) Advertising
9 4 (1.120%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.840%) Retail
11 2 (0.560%) Front Office
11 2 (0.560%) Marketing
11 2 (0.560%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.280%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 57 (15.97%) Analyst
2 37 (10.36%) Administrator
3 30 (8.403%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (8.403%) Support Engineer
4 29 (8.123%) Support Analyst
5 28 (7.843%) Systems Administrator
6 27 (7.563%) 3rd Line Support
7 22 (6.162%) 2nd Line Support
8 20 (5.602%) Systems Engineer
8 20 (5.602%) Consultant
9 15 (4.202%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 14 (3.922%) Applications Support
11 13 (3.641%) Desktop Support
11 13 (3.641%) Server Engineer
12 12 (3.361%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 12 (3.361%) Wintel Engineer
13 11 (3.081%) Architect
13 11 (3.081%) DBA
14 10 (2.801%) Developer
14 10 (2.801%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 64 (17.93%) Blackberry
2 18 (5.042%) Clustering
3 8 (2.241%) Management Information System
4 7 (1.961%) Replication
4 7 (1.961%) Statistics
4 7 (1.961%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.681%) iPhone
6 5 (1.401%) Open Source
7 4 (1.120%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.120%) SWIFT
7 4 (1.120%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.120%) Thin Client
7 4 (1.120%) Fat Client
8 3 (0.840%) iSeries
8 3 (0.840%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.840%) NHS
8 3 (0.840%) Handset
8 3 (0.840%) iPad
8 3 (0.840%) Mobile Computing
9 2 (0.560%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 357 (100.00%) Windows
2 237 (66.39%) Windows Server 2003
3 97 (27.17%) Windows 7
4 79 (22.13%) Windows XP
5 43 (12.04%) Linux
6 22 (6.162%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 20 (5.602%) Windows Vista
8 17 (4.762%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (4.202%) Mac OS X
10 13 (3.641%) UNIX
11 7 (1.961%) Windows 2000
12 6 (1.681%) Oracle Linux
12 6 (1.681%) HPUX
12 6 (1.681%) Solaris
13 5 (1.401%) Android
13 5 (1.401%) AIX
14 4 (1.120%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.840%) Windows 2000 Server
16 2 (0.560%) Apple iOS
16 2 (0.560%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (26.05%) ITIL
2 64 (17.93%) Migration
3 35 (9.804%) Service Management
4 32 (8.964%) Project Management
5 19 (5.322%) PRINCE2
6 17 (4.762%) Disaster Recovery
6 17 (4.762%) Business Continuity
7 16 (4.482%) Service Delivery
8 15 (4.202%) Business Analysis
9 9 (2.521%) Change Management
9 9 (2.521%) Capacity Planning
9 9 (2.521%) ITIL V3
10 8 (2.241%) Configuration Management
10 8 (2.241%) ETL
11 7 (1.961%) Data Management
11 7 (1.961%) Incident Management
11 7 (1.961%) Change Control
12 6 (1.681%) Risk Analysis
12 6 (1.681%) Information Assurance
13 5 (1.401%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 62 (17.37%) SQL
2 47 (13.17%) PowerShell
3 26 (7.283%) VBScript
4 18 (5.042%) C
5 16 (4.482%) VB
6 13 (3.641%) C#
7 11 (3.081%) Java
8 10 (2.801%) JavaScript
9 9 (2.521%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.120%) Bash shell
10 4 (1.120%) VB.NET
10 4 (1.120%) C++
10 4 (1.120%) Perl
10 4 (1.120%) Python
11 2 (0.560%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.560%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.280%) LotusScript
12 1 (0.280%) Ruby
12 1 (0.280%) VB6
12 1 (0.280%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (15.97%) Microsoft Certification
2 47 (13.17%) MCSE
3 35 (9.804%) Cisco Certification
4 34 (9.524%) Security Cleared
5 32 (8.964%) CCNA
6 19 (5.322%) DV Cleared
7 17 (4.762%) MCITP
8 16 (4.482%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 14 (3.922%) MCP
10 12 (3.361%) MCSA
11 10 (2.801%) SC Cleared
12 9 (2.521%) Degree
13 8 (2.241%) Citrix Certification
13 8 (2.241%) MCTS
14 7 (1.961%) ISEB
15 5 (1.401%) CCA
16 4 (1.120%) MCDST
17 3 (0.840%) CCEA
17 3 (0.840%) ITIL Certification
18 1 (0.280%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.283%) SLA
2 14 (3.922%) ISO 9001
3 6 (1.681%) QA
4 2 (0.560%) COBIT
4 2 (0.560%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 192 (53.78%) Active Directory
2 94 (26.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (15.69%) XenApp
4 42 (11.76%) vSphere
5 31 (8.683%) XenDesktop
6 30 (8.403%) VMware ESX
7 28 (7.843%) VMware ESXi
8 27 (7.563%) Hyper-V
9 20 (5.602%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (1.681%) Terminal Services
10 6 (1.681%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 5 (1.401%) DFS Replication
11 5 (1.401%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.840%) XenServer
12 3 (0.840%) ISA Server
13 2 (0.560%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.560%) Oracle RMAN
14 1 (0.280%) Snort
14 1 (0.280%) ProxySG
14 1 (0.280%) Xen
Systems Management
1 45 (12.61%) SCCM
2 30 (8.403%) SCOM
3 19 (5.322%) Tivoli
4 16 (4.482%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 15 (4.202%) Norton AntiVirus
6 13 (3.641%) WSUS
7 10 (2.801%) MAILsweeper
7 10 (2.801%) Backup Exec
8 7 (1.961%) HP Data Protector
9 6 (1.681%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 5 (1.401%) NetBackup
10 5 (1.401%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.840%) Tivoli Monitoring
11 3 (0.840%) Control-M
12 2 (0.560%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
12 2 (0.560%) HP SIM
12 2 (0.560%) Legato
12 2 (0.560%) SCVMM
13 1 (0.280%) SolarWinds Orion
13 1 (0.280%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 166 (46.50%) VMware
2 144 (40.34%) Citrix
3 142 (39.78%) Microsoft
4 58 (16.25%) Cisco
5 50 (14.01%) HP
6 35 (9.804%) Symantec
7 30 (8.403%) Lotus
8 29 (8.123%) IBM
9 25 (7.003%) Oracle
10 22 (6.162%) Red Hat
11 21 (5.882%) NetApp
11 21 (5.882%) EMC
12 15 (4.202%) Apple
13 12 (3.361%) AppSense
13 12 (3.361%) JBoss
14 11 (3.081%) Dell
14 11 (3.081%) McAfee
15 8 (2.241%) Business Objects
16 6 (1.681%) BMC
16 6 (1.681%) Sun
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