The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 44 47 50
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 19 21 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 2.955% 2.169% 1.843%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.73% 9.677% 7.442%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 3
Average daily rate £230 £325 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.23% -15.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £242 £149
10% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £350 £387
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 5
Average hourly rate £31.50 £14.75 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+113.55% -55.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.05 £11.45 £26.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.15 £18.05 £35.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+12.00% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
177 217 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 27.53% 22.42% 24.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 80 71
Average daily rate £355 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £185 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 40 59
Average hourly rate £15.00 £18.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +5.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.20 £11.00 £11.12
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £36.00 £37.00
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage +4 4 £215 -
Hemel Hempstead +10 3 £350 -
Watford +6 3 - -
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 Hertfordshire 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 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (64.10%) Windows Server 2003
3 21 (53.85%) Microsoft
4 20 (51.28%) Active Directory
5 15 (38.46%) MS Exchange
6 14 (35.90%) VMware
7 13 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 13 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 12 (30.77%) Citrix
9 11 (28.21%) SC Cleared
10 10 (25.64%) Symantec
11 9 (23.08%) DNS
11 9 (23.08%) Firewall
12 8 (20.51%) Exchange Server 2003
12 8 (20.51%) DHCP
12 8 (20.51%) MS Excel
12 8 (20.51%) MS Office
12 8 (20.51%) Blackberry
13 7 (17.95%) Sophos
13 7 (17.95%) Cisco
13 7 (17.95%) VMware Infrastructure
13 7 (17.95%) Telecoms
14 6 (15.38%) Migration
14 6 (15.38%) LAN
14 6 (15.38%) WAN
14 6 (15.38%) Windows XP
14 6 (15.38%) SQL
14 6 (15.38%) SQL Server
14 6 (15.38%) IIS
14 6 (15.38%) vSphere

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (12.82%) .NET
2 1 (2.564%) ASP
2 1 (2.564%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.564%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 15 (38.46%) MS Exchange
2 13 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (20.51%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (15.38%) IIS
5 5 (12.82%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 5 (12.82%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (2.564%) Lync
6 1 (2.564%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 8 (20.51%) MS Office
1 8 (20.51%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.564%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.08%) Firewall
1 9 (23.08%) DNS
2 8 (20.51%) DHCP
3 6 (15.38%) LAN
3 6 (15.38%) WAN
4 5 (12.82%) SAN
5 2 (5.128%) Internet
5 2 (5.128%) TCP/IP
5 2 (5.128%) VPN
5 2 (5.128%) BIG-IP
5 2 (5.128%) Cisco PIX
5 2 (5.128%) Network Security
5 2 (5.128%) NAS
6 1 (2.564%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.82%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (7.692%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (7.692%) Subversion
2 2 (5.128%) TeamCity
2 2 (5.128%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (5.128%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (5.128%) WiX
2 2 (5.128%) MSBuild
2 2 (5.128%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.564%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (2.564%) Redmine
3 1 (2.564%) ClearCase
3 1 (2.564%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.564%) ClearQuest
3 1 (2.564%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.564%) Hudson
General
1 7 (17.95%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.692%) Retail
3 1 (2.564%) German Language
3 1 (2.564%) Finance
3 1 (2.564%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (17.95%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (12.82%) Consultant
3 4 (10.26%) Messaging Specialist
4 3 (7.692%) Citrix Consultant
4 3 (7.692%) Team Leader
4 3 (7.692%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Analyst
4 3 (7.692%) Support Analyst
4 3 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Exchange Specialist
5 2 (5.128%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (5.128%) Release Manager
5 2 (5.128%) Network Manager
5 2 (5.128%) Server Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Technical Team Leader
5 2 (5.128%) Build Manager
5 2 (5.128%) Windows Server Engineer
6 1 (2.564%) Citrix Support
6 1 (2.564%) Messaging Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Blackberry
2 3 (7.692%) Clustering
3 2 (5.128%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.564%) Thin Client
4 1 (2.564%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (64.10%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (15.38%) Windows XP
4 4 (10.26%) Linux
4 4 (10.26%) Windows 7
5 3 (7.692%) Windows 2000
6 2 (5.128%) AIX
6 2 (5.128%) Solaris
6 2 (5.128%) UNIX
6 2 (5.128%) Windows Vista
6 2 (5.128%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (5.128%) Windows 8
7 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.38%) Migration
2 3 (7.692%) Service Delivery
2 3 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (7.692%) Change Control
2 3 (7.692%) Test Scripting
3 2 (5.128%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (5.128%) Build Automation
3 2 (5.128%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (5.128%) Integration Testing
3 2 (5.128%) Programme Office Management
3 2 (5.128%) ITIL
4 1 (2.564%) UML
4 1 (2.564%) Configuration Management
4 1 (2.564%) Project Management
4 1 (2.564%) Service Management
4 1 (2.564%) SysML
4 1 (2.564%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (2.564%) Software Deployment
4 1 (2.564%) Software Distribution
4 1 (2.564%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.38%) SQL
2 2 (5.128%) Java
2 2 (5.128%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.564%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 11 (28.21%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.692%) CCEE
3 3 (7.692%) CCIA
3 3 (7.692%) CCSP
3 3 (7.692%) CCA
3 3 (7.692%) Citrix Certification
3 3 (7.692%) CCEA
3 3 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.128%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.128%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.692%) SLA
2 1 (2.564%) QA
System Software
1 20 (51.28%) Active Directory
2 7 (17.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (15.38%) vSphere
4 5 (12.82%) XenServer
5 4 (10.26%) XenDesktop
5 4 (10.26%) Hyper-V
6 3 (7.692%) Terminal Services
6 3 (7.692%) VMware ESX
7 2 (5.128%) Xen
7 2 (5.128%) XenApp
8 1 (2.564%) MetaFrame
8 1 (2.564%) Cygwin
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Norton AntiVirus
1 5 (12.82%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 3 (7.692%) NetBackup
3 2 (5.128%) SCCM
4 1 (2.564%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 21 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 14 (35.90%) VMware
3 12 (30.77%) Citrix
4 10 (25.64%) Symantec
5 7 (17.95%) Cisco
5 7 (17.95%) Sophos
6 5 (12.82%) Remedy
7 4 (10.26%) McAfee
7 4 (10.26%) CheckPoint
7 4 (10.26%) Red Hat
7 4 (10.26%) HP
8 3 (7.692%) Apple
8 3 (7.692%) Veeam
8 3 (7.692%) Acronis
9 2 (5.128%) F5
9 2 (5.128%) Crossbeam
9 2 (5.128%) Nokia
9 2 (5.128%) EMC
10 1 (2.564%) CA
10 1 (2.564%) IBM