The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2012 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 2012 over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.942% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.279% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £415 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.46 - -
All Operating Systems
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
183 217 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 28.73% 22.21% 25.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 81 74
Average daily rate £350 £350 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £163 £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 14 35 56
Average hourly rate £15.00 £18.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.91% -1.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.80 £11.00 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2012
East of 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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Windows Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Watford - 3 £445 -
Windows Server 2012
East of England

Windows Server 2012
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) VMware ESX
2 5 (83.33%) Clustering
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
2 5 (83.33%) Capacity Planning
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) MS Office
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) HP
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (16.67%) Remedy
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management

Windows Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Clustering
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) VMware ESX
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) Remedy