The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lincolnshire 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 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 Lincolnshire 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 2008
Rank - 2 6
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 0 12 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire - 26.67% 12.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 48.00% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £250 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £13.75 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -45.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
All Operating Systems
Lincolnshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10 25 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 18.52% 55.56% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 3
Average daily rate £263 £225 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -21.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £109 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £275 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -40.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
East Midlands

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) Migration
3 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
4 6 (54.55%) MS Exchange
4 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (36.36%) HP
6 4 (36.36%) Cisco
6 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
6 4 (36.36%) VMware
6 4 (36.36%) Hyper-V
7 3 (27.27%) Windows 7
7 3 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (27.27%) Firewall
7 3 (27.27%) Wireless
7 3 (27.27%) ITIL
8 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
8 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
8 2 (18.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
8 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
9 1 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (9.091%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (9.091%) SQL
9 1 (9.091%) Microsoft

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) MS Exchange
1 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (18.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (9.091%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
1 3 (27.27%) Wireless
2 1 (9.091%) DHCP
2 1 (9.091%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Migration Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Server Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Technical Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (9.091%) Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Project Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Exchange Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (27.27%) Windows 7
4 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) CCNA
2 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 4 (36.36%) Hyper-V
3 1 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.091%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) HP
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco
1 4 (36.36%) VMware
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft