Windows Server 2008 Contracts in Edinburgh
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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 40 30 47
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +17
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 17 36 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 2.076% 3.282% 1.928%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.63% 21.43% 11.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 4
Average daily rate £300 £325 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +6.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £193 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £416 £400 £321
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £15.50 - £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
All Operating Systems
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 160 168 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 19.54% 15.31% 16.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 69 52
Average daily rate £360 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £118 £243 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 13
Average hourly rate £15.50 £23.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.73% +58.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
Scotland

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 52 (100.00%) Windows
2 39 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 26 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 22 (42.31%) Active Directory
4 22 (42.31%) VMware
5 17 (32.69%) SQL Server
6 15 (28.85%) SQL
7 13 (25.00%) DNS
8 12 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
9 11 (21.15%) SCOM
9 11 (21.15%) MS Exchange
10 10 (19.23%) DHCP
10 10 (19.23%) TCP/IP
10 10 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
10 10 (19.23%) vSphere
11 9 (17.31%) Firewall
12 8 (15.38%) IPv6
12 8 (15.38%) SQL Server 2005
13 7 (13.46%) SCCM
13 7 (13.46%) Cisco
13 7 (13.46%) VPN
13 7 (13.46%) HP
13 7 (13.46%) MS Excel
13 7 (13.46%) Linux
13 7 (13.46%) Wireless
14 6 (11.54%) ITIL
14 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (11.54%) SAN
15 5 (9.615%) Lotus
15 5 (9.615%) Broadband

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 4 (7.692%) .NET
1 4 (7.692%) XML
1 4 (7.692%) XSL
2 2 (3.846%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 11 (21.15%) MS Exchange
2 5 (9.615%) IIS
2 5 (9.615%) Lotus Notes
3 4 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (7.692%) SharePoint
4 3 (5.769%) Apache
5 1 (1.923%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (13.46%) MS Excel
2 5 (9.615%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.923%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 13 (25.00%) DNS
2 10 (19.23%) DHCP
2 10 (19.23%) TCP/IP
3 9 (17.31%) Firewall
4 8 (15.38%) IPv6
5 7 (13.46%) VPN
5 7 (13.46%) Wireless
6 6 (11.54%) SAN
7 5 (9.615%) Broadband
7 5 (9.615%) WAN
7 5 (9.615%) 3G
8 4 (7.692%) Internet
9 3 (5.769%) LAN
10 2 (3.846%) Network Security
10 2 (3.846%) VoIP
10 2 (3.846%) LDAP
11 1 (1.923%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (32.69%) SQL Server
2 12 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (15.38%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (5.769%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (5.769%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.923%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (1.923%) TOAD
6 1 (1.923%) DB2
6 1 (1.923%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.923%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (1.923%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 4 (7.692%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.923%) Subversion
2 1 (1.923%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 4 (7.692%) Finance
2 3 (5.769%) Banking
2 3 (5.769%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.923%) Back Office
3 1 (1.923%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (28.85%) Analyst
2 9 (17.31%) Support Analyst
3 7 (13.46%) Designer
4 6 (11.54%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 6 (11.54%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (9.615%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 5 (9.615%) DBA
5 5 (9.615%) Architect
6 4 (7.692%) IT Support
6 4 (7.692%) Software Developer
6 4 (7.692%) Developer
6 4 (7.692%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (7.692%) Administrator
7 3 (5.769%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (5.769%) SQL Server DBA
7 3 (5.769%) SQL DBA
7 3 (5.769%) Server Engineer
8 2 (3.846%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (3.846%) Technical Architect
8 2 (3.846%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.615%) Smartcard
2 4 (7.692%) Clustering
3 3 (5.769%) Replication
3 3 (5.769%) Blackberry
4 2 (3.846%) Handset
4 2 (3.846%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 52 (100.00%) Windows
2 39 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (13.46%) Linux
4 5 (9.615%) Windows 7
5 4 (7.692%) Windows 2000
6 3 (5.769%) UNIX
6 3 (5.769%) Solaris
6 3 (5.769%) Windows Vista
7 2 (3.846%) Windows XP
7 2 (3.846%) AIX
8 1 (1.923%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.923%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (11.54%) ITIL
2 4 (7.692%) ITIL V2
2 4 (7.692%) Project Management
3 3 (5.769%) Data Management
3 3 (5.769%) Network Load Balancing
3 3 (5.769%) Business Analysis
3 3 (5.769%) Supplier Management
4 2 (3.846%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (3.846%) Test Scripting
4 2 (3.846%) System Testing
4 2 (3.846%) SOA
5 1 (1.923%) Migration
5 1 (1.923%) Time Management
5 1 (1.923%) Performance Management
5 1 (1.923%) Change Control
5 1 (1.923%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.85%) SQL
2 5 (9.615%) T-SQL
3 4 (7.692%) XPath
3 4 (7.692%) C#
3 4 (7.692%) XQuery
4 2 (3.846%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.846%) Shell Script
4 2 (3.846%) Perl
4 2 (3.846%) VBScript
5 1 (1.923%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.846%) MCITP
2 2 (3.846%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (3.846%) MCSE
2 2 (3.846%) MCSA
2 2 (3.846%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.923%) CCSE
System Software
1 22 (42.31%) Active Directory
2 10 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (19.23%) vSphere
3 3 (5.769%) XenApp
3 3 (5.769%) DFS Replication
4 2 (3.846%) XenDesktop
4 2 (3.846%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.923%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 11 (21.15%) SCOM
2 7 (13.46%) SCCM
3 4 (7.692%) WSUS
3 4 (7.692%) Backup Exec
4 2 (3.846%) WMI
4 2 (3.846%) Tivoli
4 2 (3.846%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 2 (3.846%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (3.846%) Netcool
4 2 (3.846%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 26 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (42.31%) VMware
3 7 (13.46%) Cisco
3 7 (13.46%) HP
4 5 (9.615%) Lotus
4 5 (9.615%) IBM
4 5 (9.615%) Oracle
5 4 (7.692%) Veeam
5 4 (7.692%) Postini
5 4 (7.692%) CheckPoint
5 4 (7.692%) Nokia
5 4 (7.692%) CommVault
5 4 (7.692%) Citrix
6 2 (3.846%) Nortel
7 1 (1.923%) Veritas
7 1 (1.923%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.923%) Intel
7 1 (1.923%) Embarcadero
7 1 (1.923%) NetApp
7 1 (1.923%) Sun
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