The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds 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 36 50 25
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -25
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 36 16 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 4.756% 1.798% 4.926%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.90% 8.556% 24.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 9
Average daily rate £275 £175 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% -30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £135 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £337 £312 £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 3
Average hourly rate £34.75 £15.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+131.66% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.15 £11.16 £14.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.35 £30.00 £132.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
All Operating Systems
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
213 187 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 28.14% 21.01% 20.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 90 41
Average daily rate £278 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £151 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £375 £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 29 25
Average hourly rate £19.00 £12.00 £17.11
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+58.33% -29.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.16 £10.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £19.60 £24.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
West Yorkshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds 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 38 (73.08%) Windows Server 2003
3 32 (61.54%) Cisco
4 30 (57.69%) Microsoft
5 26 (50.00%) MS Exchange
6 23 (44.23%) Exchange Server 2003
7 22 (42.31%) SAN
8 20 (38.46%) Windows XP
8 20 (38.46%) SQL Server
9 19 (36.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (36.54%) F5
10 17 (32.69%) VMware
11 16 (30.77%) MCSE
12 14 (26.92%) LAN
12 14 (26.92%) WAN
12 14 (26.92%) Firewall
12 14 (26.92%) NAS
13 13 (25.00%) Active Directory
14 12 (23.08%) Linux
15 11 (21.15%) SQL
16 10 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
16 10 (19.23%) Windows 7
17 9 (17.31%) Cisco ASA
17 9 (17.31%) MS Office
17 9 (17.31%) ITIL
17 9 (17.31%) NetApp
18 8 (15.38%) Red Hat
18 8 (15.38%) DNS
18 8 (15.38%) MS Excel
18 8 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 3 (5.769%) JSP
1 3 (5.769%) Servlets
1 3 (5.769%) Web Services
1 3 (5.769%) XML
1 3 (5.769%) J2EE
1 3 (5.769%) SGML
1 3 (5.769%) Grails
2 1 (1.923%) .NET
2 1 (1.923%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 26 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 23 (44.23%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (9.615%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (5.769%) SharePoint
5 3 (5.769%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (3.846%) IIS
7 1 (1.923%) SAS
7 1 (1.923%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (1.923%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (17.31%) MS Office
2 8 (15.38%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.769%) Line 500
1 3 (5.769%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 22 (42.31%) SAN
2 14 (26.92%) LAN
2 14 (26.92%) WAN
2 14 (26.92%) Firewall
2 14 (26.92%) NAS
3 9 (17.31%) Cisco ASA
4 8 (15.38%) DNS
5 7 (13.46%) BIG-IP
6 5 (9.615%) DHCP
7 4 (7.692%) VPN
8 2 (3.846%) iSCSI
8 2 (3.846%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.923%) VoIP
9 1 (1.923%) FTP
9 1 (1.923%) HTTP
9 1 (1.923%) SMTP
9 1 (1.923%) SSH
9 1 (1.923%) MPLS
9 1 (1.923%) Intranet
9 1 (1.923%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.615%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (5.769%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (3.846%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.923%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.923%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.923%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.923%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.923%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.923%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 3 (5.769%) Legal
1 3 (5.769%) Manufacturing
2 2 (3.846%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.923%) Finance
3 1 (1.923%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (42.31%) Analyst
2 11 (21.15%) 3rd Line Support
3 8 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 8 (15.38%) Support Analyst
3 8 (15.38%) Messaging Analyst
4 5 (9.615%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (9.615%) Messaging Engineer
5 4 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (5.769%) Java Developer
6 3 (5.769%) J2EE Developer
6 3 (5.769%) Developer
6 3 (5.769%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (5.769%) Consultant
6 3 (5.769%) Network Engineer
6 3 (5.769%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.769%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 3 (5.769%) Messaging Specialist
6 3 (5.769%) Microsoft Specialist
7 2 (3.846%) Software Manager
7 2 (3.846%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.769%) Replication
2 2 (3.846%) Clustering
3 1 (1.923%) NHS
3 1 (1.923%) Firmware
3 1 (1.923%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.923%) EqualLogic
3 1 (1.923%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.923%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 52 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (73.08%) Windows Server 2003
3 20 (38.46%) Windows XP
4 12 (23.08%) Linux
5 10 (19.23%) Windows 7
6 8 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (13.46%) CentOS
7 7 (13.46%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (11.54%) UNIX
9 3 (5.769%) NetWare
9 3 (5.769%) Windows 2000 Server
9 3 (5.769%) Windows Vista
10 1 (1.923%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (17.31%) ITIL
2 7 (13.46%) Configuration Management
3 3 (5.769%) CRM
3 3 (5.769%) ERP
3 3 (5.769%) Regression Testing
3 3 (5.769%) Project Management
3 3 (5.769%) Time Management
4 2 (3.846%) Problem Management
4 2 (3.846%) Release Management
4 2 (3.846%) Change Management
4 2 (3.846%) Migration
5 1 (1.923%) Data Modelling
5 1 (1.923%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (1.923%) Software Testing
5 1 (1.923%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (1.923%) Test Management
5 1 (1.923%) Test Scripting
5 1 (1.923%) Software Deployment
5 1 (1.923%) ITIL V3
5 1 (1.923%) ITIL V2
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.15%) SQL
2 3 (5.769%) Java
2 3 (5.769%) Perl
2 3 (5.769%) Groovy
3 2 (3.846%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.923%) C
4 1 (1.923%) PHP
4 1 (1.923%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (36.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (30.77%) MCSE
3 5 (9.615%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.692%) MCP
5 3 (5.769%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.846%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.846%) BC Cleared
6 2 (3.846%) CCNP
6 2 (3.846%) CCNA
7 1 (1.923%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.923%) PMP
7 1 (1.923%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.615%) SLA
2 1 (1.923%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (15.38%) vSphere
4 2 (3.846%) XenServer
5 1 (1.923%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.923%) XenApp
5 1 (1.923%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 3 (5.769%) ARCserve
1 3 (5.769%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.923%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.923%) ZENworks
2 1 (1.923%) PureDisk
2 1 (1.923%) SCCM
2 1 (1.923%) Business Desktop Deployment
2 1 (1.923%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 32 (61.54%) Cisco
2 30 (57.69%) Microsoft
3 19 (36.54%) F5
4 17 (32.69%) VMware
5 9 (17.31%) NetApp
6 8 (15.38%) Red Hat
7 6 (11.54%) Perforce
7 6 (11.54%) HP
8 5 (9.615%) CheckPoint
8 5 (9.615%) Citrix
9 4 (7.692%) Blue Coat
9 4 (7.692%) Novell
9 4 (7.692%) Oracle
10 3 (5.769%) Sage
10 3 (5.769%) McAfee
10 3 (5.769%) Riverbed
11 2 (3.846%) Brocade
11 2 (3.846%) Symantec
11 2 (3.846%) IBM
12 1 (1.923%) Dell
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