The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 22 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 East Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 34 31 65
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +34
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 60 63 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 4.754% 4.506% 1.395%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.51% 24.51% 6.574%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 33 5
Average daily rate £275 £313 £301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% +3.99%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £200 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £416 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 5
Average hourly rate £27.00 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.28% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.10 £8.50 £14.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+9.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
279 257 289
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 22.11% 18.38% 21.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 111 86
Average daily rate £300 £315 £301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +4.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £175 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 49 49
Average hourly rate £13.00 £14.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.34% -14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £57.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
England

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Midlands Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Nottinghamshire +6 15 £293 +1.73%
Northamptonshire +16 8 - -
Leicestershire -13 5 £225 +12.50%
Derbyshire +3 4 £245 -24.61%
Windows Server 2008
England

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 129 (100.00%) Windows
2 90 (69.77%) Active Directory
3 73 (56.59%) Microsoft
4 70 (54.26%) Windows Server 2003
5 56 (43.41%) VMware
6 54 (41.86%) MS Exchange
7 43 (33.33%) Migration
8 40 (31.01%) Windows 7
9 37 (28.68%) Exchange Server 2010
9 37 (28.68%) SQL Server
10 32 (24.81%) Citrix
11 31 (24.03%) SAN
12 27 (20.93%) SCCM
13 26 (20.16%) SQL Server 2008
13 26 (20.16%) HP
14 25 (19.38%) MS Office
15 24 (18.60%) MS Excel
16 22 (17.05%) Windows 2000
16 22 (17.05%) Microsoft Certification
17 21 (16.28%) SQL
18 20 (15.50%) Windows XP
18 20 (15.50%) SCOM
19 19 (14.73%) SQL Server 2005
19 19 (14.73%) Cisco
20 17 (13.18%) Linux
21 15 (11.63%) SQL Server 2000
21 15 (11.63%) TCP/IP
21 15 (11.63%) DNS
21 15 (11.63%) Exchange Server 2003
22 14 (10.85%) MCSE

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (5.426%) Application Packaging
2 3 (2.326%) Web Services
2 3 (2.326%) ASP.NET
2 3 (2.326%) .NET
3 1 (0.775%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.775%) WinForms
3 1 (0.775%) jQuery
3 1 (0.775%) COM
3 1 (0.775%) CSS
3 1 (0.775%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 54 (41.86%) MS Exchange
2 37 (28.68%) Exchange Server 2010
3 15 (11.63%) Exchange Server 2003
4 10 (7.752%) SharePoint
5 9 (6.977%) Lync
5 9 (6.977%) Exchange Server 2007
6 8 (6.202%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 5 (3.876%) IIS
8 3 (2.326%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (1.550%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (1.550%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (0.775%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.775%) Kentico
10 1 (0.775%) Lotus Domino
10 1 (0.775%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (19.38%) MS Office
2 24 (18.60%) MS Excel
3 5 (3.876%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.550%) Office 365
4 2 (1.550%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.550%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (1.550%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.775%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 31 (24.03%) SAN
2 15 (11.63%) TCP/IP
2 15 (11.63%) DNS
3 11 (8.527%) LAN
4 9 (6.977%) DHCP
5 8 (6.202%) WAN
6 7 (5.426%) Firewall
6 7 (5.426%) Wireless
7 6 (4.651%) Unified Communications
8 5 (3.876%) Intranet
9 4 (3.101%) Internet
9 4 (3.101%) NetScaler
9 4 (3.101%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (2.326%) VLAN
10 3 (2.326%) VoIP
11 2 (1.550%) HTTP
11 2 (1.550%) VPN
11 2 (1.550%) Network Security
11 2 (1.550%) NAS
12 1 (0.775%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (28.68%) SQL Server
2 26 (20.16%) SQL Server 2008
3 19 (14.73%) SQL Server 2005
4 15 (11.63%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (1.550%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (1.550%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.550%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.550%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.775%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.775%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.775%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (4.651%) MSI
2 2 (1.550%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (5.426%) Finance
2 2 (1.550%) Manufacturing
2 2 (1.550%) German Language
3 1 (0.775%) Publishing
3 1 (0.775%) Games
Job Titles
1 17 (13.18%) Support Engineer
2 16 (12.40%) 3rd Line Support
3 14 (10.85%) Analyst
4 10 (7.752%) Server Engineer
5 8 (6.202%) Project Manager
5 8 (6.202%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (5.426%) Platform Engineer
6 7 (5.426%) Administrator
6 7 (5.426%) Support Analyst
6 7 (5.426%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (5.426%) Server Support
7 5 (3.876%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (3.876%) Technical Designer
7 5 (3.876%) Designer
8 4 (3.101%) Consultant
8 4 (3.101%) Systems Support
8 4 (3.101%) Support Technician
8 4 (3.101%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (3.101%) Migration Engineer
8 4 (3.101%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.527%) Clustering
2 9 (6.977%) Blackberry
3 8 (6.202%) Client/Server
4 5 (3.876%) PKI
5 2 (1.550%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.775%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.775%) VLE
6 1 (0.775%) Celerra
6 1 (0.775%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.775%) EqualLogic
6 1 (0.775%) Open Source
6 1 (0.775%) NHS
6 1 (0.775%) Replication
6 1 (0.775%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 129 (100.00%) Windows
2 70 (54.26%) Windows Server 2003
3 40 (31.01%) Windows 7
4 22 (17.05%) Windows 2000
5 20 (15.50%) Windows XP
6 17 (13.18%) Linux
7 6 (4.651%) Windows Vista
8 5 (3.876%) Windows 2000 Server
9 4 (3.101%) UNIX
9 4 (3.101%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (2.326%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.550%) HPUX
11 2 (1.550%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (33.33%) Migration
2 8 (6.202%) ITIL
3 6 (4.651%) Configuration Management
3 6 (4.651%) Change Management
3 6 (4.651%) Performance Management
4 5 (3.876%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (3.876%) Service Delivery
5 4 (3.101%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (2.326%) Asset Management
6 3 (2.326%) Problem Management
6 3 (2.326%) Capacity Management
6 3 (2.326%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (2.326%) ITSM
7 2 (1.550%) CRM
7 2 (1.550%) PRINCE2
7 2 (1.550%) UML
7 2 (1.550%) Content Management
7 2 (1.550%) Load Balancing
7 2 (1.550%) Validation
8 1 (0.775%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.28%) SQL
2 11 (8.527%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.651%) VB
4 4 (3.101%) VBScript
5 2 (1.550%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.550%) C#
6 1 (0.775%) Java
6 1 (0.775%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.775%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.775%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (17.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (10.85%) MCSE
3 10 (7.752%) Security Cleared
4 9 (6.977%) SC Cleared
5 8 (6.202%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (4.651%) MCITP
7 5 (3.876%) MCP
7 5 (3.876%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (3.101%) CCA
9 3 (2.326%) Degree
10 2 (1.550%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.775%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.775%) CCNA
11 1 (0.775%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.775%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.326%) QA
2 2 (1.550%) TickIT
2 2 (1.550%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.775%) SLA
System Software
1 90 (69.77%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.302%) XenApp
3 10 (7.752%) vSphere
4 8 (6.202%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (6.202%) Hyper-V
5 6 (4.651%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 4 (3.101%) ISA Server
6 4 (3.101%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (2.326%) Forefront TMG
7 3 (2.326%) VMware ESX
8 2 (1.550%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.775%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.775%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.775%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.775%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 27 (20.93%) SCCM
2 20 (15.50%) SCOM
3 6 (4.651%) WSUS
4 1 (0.775%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.775%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 73 (56.59%) Microsoft
2 56 (43.41%) VMware
3 32 (24.81%) Citrix
4 26 (20.16%) HP
5 19 (14.73%) Cisco
6 10 (7.752%) IBM
7 7 (5.426%) EMC
8 5 (3.876%) Altiris
9 4 (3.101%) Red Hat
10 3 (2.326%) Oracle
11 2 (1.550%) Remedy
11 2 (1.550%) Dell
11 2 (1.550%) PlateSpin
12 1 (0.775%) Veeam
12 1 (0.775%) Cognos
12 1 (0.775%) SAP
12 1 (0.775%) Intel
12 1 (0.775%) Hitachi
12 1 (0.775%) NetApp
12 1 (0.775%) Lotus
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