Windows Server 2008 Contracts in Essex
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex 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 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 Essex 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 2008
Rank 18 34 40
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +6
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 32 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 7.862% 2.439% 2.532%
As % of the Operating Systems category 32.32% 8.475% 8.850%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 5
Average daily rate £350 £230 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.17% -45.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 3
Average hourly rate £24.34 £29.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.49% +145.83%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+12.00% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 99 118 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 24.32% 28.78% 28.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 57 52
Average daily rate £305 £265 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.09% +17.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £110 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 21 32
Average hourly rate £22.66 £21.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.90% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.54 £30.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Server 2008
East of 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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex 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
Colchester - 15 £393 -
Brentwood - 2 - -
Basildon - 1 - -
Windows Server 2008
East of England

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 43 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (65.12%) Windows Server 2003
3 18 (41.86%) Active Directory
4 16 (37.21%) MS Exchange
5 15 (34.88%) VMware
6 14 (32.56%) Microsoft
6 14 (32.56%) Citrix
7 12 (27.91%) VBScript
7 12 (27.91%) SAN
8 11 (25.58%) PowerShell
8 11 (25.58%) Windows 7
9 10 (23.26%) TCP/IP
9 10 (23.26%) Exchange Server 2007
9 10 (23.26%) Exchange Server 2010
10 9 (20.93%) Exchange Server 2003
10 9 (20.93%) XenApp
11 8 (18.60%) SQL Server
11 8 (18.60%) CCA
11 8 (18.60%) Citrix Certification
12 7 (16.28%) IIS
12 7 (16.28%) SharePoint
12 7 (16.28%) Windows XP
12 7 (16.28%) Blackberry
12 7 (16.28%) Wyse
12 7 (16.28%) Migration
12 7 (16.28%) AppSense
12 7 (16.28%) SQL Server 2005
12 7 (16.28%) SQL Server 2008
12 7 (16.28%) XenServer
12 7 (16.28%) XenDesktop

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 5 (11.63%) .NET
1 5 (11.63%) WCF
2 4 (9.302%) ASP.NET
3 2 (4.651%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 16 (37.21%) MS Exchange
2 10 (23.26%) Exchange Server 2007
2 10 (23.26%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (20.93%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (16.28%) IIS
4 7 (16.28%) SharePoint
5 2 (4.651%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (4.651%) Lync
6 1 (2.326%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (6.977%) MS Office
2 2 (4.651%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.91%) SAN
2 10 (23.26%) TCP/IP
3 6 (13.95%) NAS
4 5 (11.63%) HTTP
5 2 (4.651%) Unified Communications
5 2 (4.651%) VPN
5 2 (4.651%) DNS
5 2 (4.651%) LAN
5 2 (4.651%) WAN
5 2 (4.651%) DHCP
6 1 (2.326%) Internet
6 1 (2.326%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) SQL Server
2 7 (16.28%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (16.28%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (9.302%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (2.326%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.326%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.326%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (2.326%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (2.326%) MySQL
General
1 6 (13.95%) Finance
2 3 (6.977%) Automotive
3 1 (2.326%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (18.60%) Support Engineer
2 6 (13.95%) Analyst
3 4 (9.302%) Support Analyst
4 3 (6.977%) Server Support
4 3 (6.977%) Administrator
4 3 (6.977%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (6.977%) Consultant
4 3 (6.977%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (6.977%) Applications Support
4 3 (6.977%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (6.977%) Server Engineer
4 3 (6.977%) Team Leader
4 3 (6.977%) Web Analyst
4 3 (6.977%) Web Support Engineer
4 3 (6.977%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (6.977%) Web Engineer
4 3 (6.977%) Backup Engineer
5 2 (4.651%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (4.651%) Web Support Analyst
5 2 (4.651%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Blackberry
2 5 (11.63%) Clustering
3 4 (9.302%) iPhone
4 3 (6.977%) NHS
4 3 (6.977%) PACS
5 2 (4.651%) iPad
6 1 (2.326%) Smartphone
6 1 (2.326%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 43 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (65.12%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (25.58%) Windows 7
4 7 (16.28%) Windows XP
5 6 (13.95%) SUSE
5 6 (13.95%) Linux
6 3 (6.977%) Windows Vista
6 3 (6.977%) Windows 8
6 3 (6.977%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (16.28%) Migration
2 6 (13.95%) ITIL
3 5 (11.63%) Service Delivery
3 5 (11.63%) Network Load Balancing
4 3 (6.977%) Performance Management
4 3 (6.977%) High Availability
4 3 (6.977%) Capacity Management
4 3 (6.977%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (6.977%) PRINCE2
4 3 (6.977%) Configuration Management
5 2 (4.651%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (4.651%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (2.326%) Test Strategy
6 1 (2.326%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.326%) Project Management
6 1 (2.326%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.91%) VBScript
2 11 (25.58%) PowerShell
3 6 (13.95%) Perl
4 5 (11.63%) SQL
5 3 (6.977%) VB
6 1 (2.326%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) CCA
1 8 (18.60%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (9.302%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.977%) MCSE
4 1 (2.326%) MCDBA
4 1 (2.326%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (2.326%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.977%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (41.86%) Active Directory
2 9 (20.93%) XenApp
3 7 (16.28%) XenServer
3 7 (16.28%) XenDesktop
4 5 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (9.302%) Hyper-V
6 3 (6.977%) ISA Server
6 3 (6.977%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (2.326%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 5 (11.63%) Backup Exec
3 3 (6.977%) SCCM
4 2 (4.651%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 2 (4.651%) WSUS
5 1 (2.326%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (2.326%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) VMware
2 14 (32.56%) Microsoft
2 14 (32.56%) Citrix
3 7 (16.28%) AppSense
3 7 (16.28%) Wyse
4 6 (13.95%) IBM
5 4 (9.302%) Symantec
5 4 (9.302%) Oracle
5 4 (9.302%) HP
6 3 (6.977%) Compaq
6 3 (6.977%) Dell
6 3 (6.977%) ADIC
6 3 (6.977%) Veritas
6 3 (6.977%) CommVault
7 2 (4.651%) NetApp
8 1 (2.326%) BMC
8 1 (2.326%) Cisco
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