The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire 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 18 18 32
Rank change year-on-year
0 +14
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 4 14 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 2.920% 6.604% 1.987%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.43% 25.00% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 3
Average daily rate £245 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.61% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £27.00 £31.75 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.96% +164.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
All Operating Systems
Derbyshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
35 56 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 25.55% 26.42% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 26 28
Average daily rate £140 £325 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-56.92% -6.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £155 £88
10% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £455 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 11
Average hourly rate £13.50 £33.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-59.70% +179.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £59.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
East Midlands

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
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 2008 within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Derby +4 2 £245 -24.61%
Chesterfield - 1 - -
Windows Server 2008
East Midlands

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 5 (71.43%) HP
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 4 (57.14%) SCCM
3 4 (57.14%) SCOM
3 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (57.14%) vSphere
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
4 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000 Server
4 3 (42.86%) WSUS
4 3 (42.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (42.86%) DNS
4 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (42.86%) ISA Server
4 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000
4 3 (42.86%) MCSE
4 3 (42.86%) SQL
5 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
5 2 (28.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (28.57%) EMC
5 2 (28.57%) Clustering
5 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
5 2 (28.57%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (28.57%) Forefront TMG
5 2 (28.57%) Lync
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (14.29%) Open Source

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 (14.29%) jQuery
1 1 (14.29%) WinForms
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 2 (28.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (28.57%) Office Communications Server
2 2 (28.57%) Lync
3 1 (14.29%) Kentico
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (14.29%) Umbraco
3 1 (14.29%) CMS
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Server Support
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Programmer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Server Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Server Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Programmer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Programmer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Server Support
3 1 (14.29%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
1 2 (28.57%) Clustering
2 1 (14.29%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000 Server
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000
4 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
2 1 (14.29%) Content Management
2 1 (14.29%) E-business
2 1 (14.29%) OOD
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (42.86%) MCSE
2 1 (14.29%) MCITP
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (57.14%) vSphere
3 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (42.86%) ISA Server
4 2 (28.57%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (14.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) SCCM
1 4 (57.14%) SCOM
2 3 (42.86%) WSUS
3 1 (14.29%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) HP
1 5 (71.43%) VMware
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) EMC
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix
4 1 (14.29%) NetApp
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (14.29%) Dell
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle