The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2012 skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Server 2012 over the 3 months to 17 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 of England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Rank 106 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 9 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.418% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.599% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £346 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.23 - -
All Operating Systems
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
563 726 658
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 26.14% 24.64% 25.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 297 242
Average daily rate £315 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £111 £170 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 124 164
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.18% +30.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £10.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £35.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

East of England Windows Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the East of England region.

East of England Windows Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England Windows Server 2012 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2012
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 2012 within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hertfordshire - 6 £415 -
Essex - 3 £245 -
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Windows Server 2012 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 2012.

1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
3 7 (63.64%) Hyper-V
4 6 (54.55%) SQL
5 5 (45.45%) VMware
5 5 (45.45%) VMware ESX
5 5 (45.45%) Clustering
5 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (45.45%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (45.45%) SQL Server 2012
6 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
6 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
6 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
7 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
7 3 (27.27%) VBScript
7 3 (27.27%) Migration
7 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (27.27%) SCCM
7 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
7 3 (27.27%) Windows 8
8 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
8 2 (18.18%) NHS
9 1 (9.091%) Remedy
9 1 (9.091%) Project Management
9 1 (9.091%) HP
9 1 (9.091%) SAN
9 1 (9.091%) Red Hat

Windows Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Windows Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) Lync
1 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Office
1 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) SAN
1 1 (9.091%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
2 5 (45.45%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
1 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) SQL Server Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Rollout Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Leader
4 1 (9.091%) Storage Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Clustering
2 2 (18.18%) NHS
3 1 (9.091%) Replication
3 1 (9.091%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
3 3 (27.27%) Windows 8
4 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (27.27%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.091%) ERP
3 1 (9.091%) Project Management
3 1 (9.091%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) VBScript
2 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) Degree
2 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Hyper-V
2 5 (45.45%) VMware ESX
2 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) VMware
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.091%) HP
3 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
3 1 (9.091%) Remedy
3 1 (9.091%) 3PAR
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