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

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 25 25 12
Rank change year-on-year
0 -13
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 13 10 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 4.319% 3.745% 11.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.68% 12.82% 38.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 31
Average daily rate £275 £280 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.78% +1.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £222 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £365 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 £27.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.81% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
All Operating Systems
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 95 78 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 31.56% 29.21% 30.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 34 55
Average daily rate £425 £258 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+65.04% -6.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £138 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £370 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 22 5
Average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +26.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £13.50 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £47.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
South East

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

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 Kent region.

Kent Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

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 Kent region over the 3 months to 21 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
Canterbury +2 2 £300 -
Dartford - 2 - -
Maidstone - 2 £240 -
Windows Server 2008
South East

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 33 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (72.73%) Windows Server 2003
3 23 (69.70%) Active Directory
4 18 (54.55%) VMware
5 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
6 15 (45.45%) Citrix
7 14 (42.42%) SharePoint
8 12 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
9 10 (30.30%) Exchange Server 2007
9 10 (30.30%) MS Exchange
10 9 (27.27%) TCP/IP
10 9 (27.27%) DNS
10 9 (27.27%) HP
10 9 (27.27%) Firewall
10 9 (27.27%) Windows 7
11 8 (24.24%) Terminal Services
11 8 (24.24%) LAN
11 8 (24.24%) Windows XP
11 8 (24.24%) WAN
11 8 (24.24%) MS Excel
12 7 (21.21%) ITIL
12 7 (21.21%) DHCP
12 7 (21.21%) SCOM
12 7 (21.21%) SharePoint 2010
13 6 (18.18%) vSphere
13 6 (18.18%) Windows 2000 Server
13 6 (18.18%) PowerShell
13 6 (18.18%) Finance
13 6 (18.18%) SQL
13 6 (18.18%) SAN

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 (12.12%) HTML
2 1 (3.030%) COM
2 1 (3.030%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 1 (3.030%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.030%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 14 (42.42%) SharePoint
2 10 (30.30%) Exchange Server 2007
2 10 (30.30%) MS Exchange
3 7 (21.21%) SharePoint 2010
4 5 (15.15%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (9.091%) Lotus Notes
5 3 (9.091%) IIS
5 3 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (6.061%) Lync
7 1 (3.030%) Apache
7 1 (3.030%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 8 (24.24%) MS Excel
2 3 (9.091%) MS Office
3 2 (6.061%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (6.061%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.030%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) TCP/IP
1 9 (27.27%) DNS
1 9 (27.27%) Firewall
2 8 (24.24%) LAN
2 8 (24.24%) WAN
3 7 (21.21%) DHCP
4 6 (18.18%) SAN
5 5 (15.15%) WLAN
5 5 (15.15%) VPN
5 5 (15.15%) IPv6
5 5 (15.15%) IPsec
6 3 (9.091%) HTTP
7 2 (6.061%) IP Telephony
7 2 (6.061%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (6.061%) Network Security
7 2 (6.061%) iSCSI
7 2 (6.061%) Internet
8 1 (3.030%) VoIP
8 1 (3.030%) SMTP
8 1 (3.030%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.091%) MySQL
1 3 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 3 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.030%) DB2
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (3.030%) WebLOAD
General
1 6 (18.18%) Finance
2 5 (15.15%) Advertising
3 4 (12.12%) Local Government
3 4 (12.12%) Publishing
4 3 (9.091%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.030%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Support Engineer
2 7 (21.21%) Desktop Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) Desktop Support
3 6 (18.18%) Analyst
4 5 (15.15%) Server Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) SharePoint Developer
5 4 (12.12%) SharePoint Administrator
5 4 (12.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) 1st Line Support
5 4 (12.12%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (12.12%) Administrator
5 4 (12.12%) Developer
6 3 (9.091%) Business Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Server Support
6 3 (9.091%) Support Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (9.091%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (9.091%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Blackberry
1 5 (15.15%) PKI
2 4 (12.12%) Taxonomies
3 3 (9.091%) AS400
3 3 (9.091%) Clustering
4 2 (6.061%) NHS
5 1 (3.030%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.030%) Replication
5 1 (3.030%) SaaS
5 1 (3.030%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 33 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (72.73%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (27.27%) Windows 7
4 8 (24.24%) Windows XP
5 6 (18.18%) Windows 2000 Server
6 5 (15.15%) Windows Vista
7 2 (6.061%) Windows 8
8 1 (3.030%) VMS
8 1 (3.030%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) ITIL
2 5 (15.15%) Service Delivery
3 3 (9.091%) Release Management
3 3 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (6.061%) Network Management
4 2 (6.061%) Data Protection
4 2 (6.061%) Service Management
4 2 (6.061%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.030%) Performance Management
5 1 (3.030%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) PowerShell
1 6 (18.18%) SQL
2 5 (15.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.030%) MCP
1 1 (3.030%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (3.030%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.030%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.030%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (69.70%) Active Directory
2 12 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (24.24%) Terminal Services
4 6 (18.18%) vSphere
5 2 (6.061%) Hyper-V
5 2 (6.061%) XenApp
5 2 (6.061%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (3.030%) ISA Server
6 1 (3.030%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 7 (21.21%) SCOM
2 2 (6.061%) SCCM
2 2 (6.061%) Backup Exec
3 1 (3.030%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (3.030%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 18 (54.55%) VMware
2 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
3 15 (45.45%) Citrix
4 9 (27.27%) HP
5 5 (15.15%) Juniper
5 5 (15.15%) Dell
5 5 (15.15%) EMC
5 5 (15.15%) Cisco
6 3 (9.091%) Lotus
7 2 (6.061%) WatchGuard
7 2 (6.061%) NetApp
7 2 (6.061%) Symantec
8 1 (3.030%) IBM
8 1 (3.030%) SAP
8 1 (3.030%) Sophos
8 1 (3.030%) Nokia
8 1 (3.030%) Veritas
8 1 (3.030%) Intel
8 1 (3.030%) Avaya
8 1 (3.030%) Altiris
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