The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2012 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 22 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 London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Rank 298 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 89 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.405% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.996% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 51 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.23 - -
All Operating Systems
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
4458 5575 6209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 20.27% 20.39% 20.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2909 3327 3742
Average daily rate £400 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 321 339
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +8.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2012
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

London 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 London region.

London Windows Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Windows Server 2012 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the London region.

London Windows Server 2012 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Windows Server 2012 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London - 17 £375 -
Canary Wharf - 2 - -
Wembley - 2 £375 -
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 108 (100.00%) Windows
2 83 (76.85%) Windows Server 2008
3 54 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 52 (48.15%) VMware
5 47 (43.52%) Active Directory
6 41 (37.96%) Windows Server 2003
7 37 (34.26%) VMware Infrastructure
8 35 (32.41%) SQL
9 32 (29.63%) Hyper-V
10 31 (28.70%) MS Exchange
11 29 (26.85%) PowerShell
12 25 (23.15%) Exchange Server 2010
13 23 (21.30%) IIS
14 22 (20.37%) DNS
14 22 (20.37%) vSphere
15 21 (19.44%) SQL Server
15 21 (19.44%) Linux
15 21 (19.44%) SCOM
16 20 (18.52%) VLAN
16 20 (18.52%) HP
17 19 (17.59%) Citrix
17 19 (17.59%) SAN
17 19 (17.59%) SQL Server 2008
17 19 (17.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 18 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
19 17 (15.74%) Windows 8
20 16 (14.81%) DHCP
20 16 (14.81%) ITIL
21 15 (13.89%) Windows XP
21 15 (13.89%) Migration

Windows Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development
1 13 (12.04%) .NET
2 8 (7.407%) WSH
2 8 (7.407%) WF
3 7 (6.481%) ASP.NET
4 6 (5.556%) ASP.NET MVC
4 6 (5.556%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 6 (5.556%) CSS
4 6 (5.556%) .NET Framework
4 6 (5.556%) WCF
4 6 (5.556%) jQuery
5 4 (3.704%) HTML5
5 4 (3.704%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 4 (3.704%) Task Parallel Library
5 4 (3.704%) REST
5 4 (3.704%) LINQ to SQL
5 4 (3.704%) Middleware
5 4 (3.704%) ADO.NET
5 4 (3.704%) Web Services
5 4 (3.704%) XML
5 4 (3.704%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 31 (28.70%) MS Exchange
2 25 (23.15%) Exchange Server 2010
3 23 (21.30%) IIS
4 14 (12.96%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (7.407%) Lync
5 8 (7.407%) SharePoint
6 7 (6.481%) Exchange Server 2007
6 7 (6.481%) Confluence
7 5 (4.630%) Apache
7 5 (4.630%) Tomcat
8 4 (3.704%) Windows Azure
9 3 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (1.852%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (1.852%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.852%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.926%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.926%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 8 (7.407%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.630%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.926%) LatentZero
1 1 (0.926%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 22 (20.37%) DNS
2 20 (18.52%) VLAN
3 19 (17.59%) SAN
4 16 (14.81%) DHCP
5 15 (13.89%) Firewall
6 11 (10.19%) WAN
7 10 (9.259%) SMTP
7 10 (9.259%) LAN
8 9 (8.333%) Kerberos
9 7 (6.481%) VPN
9 7 (6.481%) Wireless
10 6 (5.556%) NAS
11 5 (4.630%) SNMP
12 4 (3.704%) IPsec
12 4 (3.704%) VoIP
13 3 (2.778%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (2.778%) MPLS
13 3 (2.778%) Internet
14 1 (0.926%) Reverse Proxy
14 1 (0.926%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (19.44%) SQL Server
2 19 (17.59%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (9.259%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (2.778%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.778%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (1.852%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (1.852%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.852%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.852%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.926%) PerformancePoint
6 1 (0.926%) OLAP
6 1 (0.926%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.926%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 18 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (6.481%) JIRA
3 4 (3.704%) MSBuild
3 4 (3.704%) WiX
3 4 (3.704%) MSI
3 4 (3.704%) NUnit
3 4 (3.704%) CruiseControl
4 3 (2.778%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.778%) ClearCase
4 3 (2.778%) InstallShield
5 2 (1.852%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
5 2 (1.852%) MSTest
5 2 (1.852%) Rhino Mocks
5 2 (1.852%) SpecFlow
5 2 (1.852%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 11 (10.19%) Finance
2 2 (1.852%) Back Office
3 1 (0.926%) Banking
3 1 (0.926%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (12.04%) Analyst
2 10 (9.259%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (8.333%) Consultant
4 8 (7.407%) Architect
4 8 (7.407%) Infrastructure Architect
5 6 (5.556%) Build Engineer
5 6 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (4.630%) Server Engineer
6 5 (4.630%) Support Analyst
6 5 (4.630%) Developer
6 5 (4.630%) Microsoft Specialist
7 4 (3.704%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 4 (3.704%) Project Manager
7 4 (3.704%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (3.704%) Release Engineer
7 4 (3.704%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
8 3 (2.778%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (2.778%) SQL DBA
8 3 (2.778%) .NET Developer
8 3 (2.778%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.333%) EqualLogic
2 6 (5.556%) Clustering
3 3 (2.778%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.852%) Replication
4 2 (1.852%) PKI
4 2 (1.852%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.926%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.926%) Statistics
5 1 (0.926%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.926%) EPoS
5 1 (0.926%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.926%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.926%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.926%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.926%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.926%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 108 (100.00%) Windows
2 83 (76.85%) Windows Server 2008
3 41 (37.96%) Windows Server 2003
4 21 (19.44%) Linux
5 19 (17.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (15.74%) Windows 8
7 15 (13.89%) Windows XP
8 13 (12.04%) Windows 7
8 13 (12.04%) CentOS
9 9 (8.333%) UNIX
9 9 (8.333%) Solaris
10 3 (2.778%) Windows Vista
11 2 (1.852%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.926%) Android
12 1 (0.926%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.926%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.926%) SUSE
12 1 (0.926%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (14.81%) ITIL
2 15 (13.89%) Migration
3 13 (12.04%) Agile Software Development
3 13 (12.04%) Scrum
4 12 (11.11%) Load Balancing
5 10 (9.259%) Network Load Balancing
6 8 (7.407%) Workflow
6 8 (7.407%) Configuration Management
6 8 (7.407%) Project Management
7 6 (5.556%) MVC
7 6 (5.556%) OO
7 6 (5.556%) Release Management
8 4 (3.704%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (3.704%) MVVM
8 4 (3.704%) Kanban
9 3 (2.778%) Performance Management
9 3 (2.778%) Asset Management
9 3 (2.778%) Change Management
9 3 (2.778%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (2.778%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (32.41%) SQL
2 29 (26.85%) PowerShell
3 10 (9.259%) Python
4 9 (8.333%) C#
5 8 (7.407%) VB
6 6 (5.556%) Perl
7 5 (4.630%) VBScript
8 4 (3.704%) Java
9 3 (2.778%) JavaScript
9 3 (2.778%) C++
9 3 (2.778%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.778%) Bash shell
10 1 (0.926%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (7.407%) MCSE
3 6 (5.556%) Degree
4 4 (3.704%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.778%) HP AIS
5 3 (2.778%) HP ASE
5 3 (2.778%) MCTS
5 3 (2.778%) MCITP
6 2 (1.852%) ISEB
6 2 (1.852%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.852%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.852%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.926%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.926%) MCSA
7 1 (0.926%) MCT
7 1 (0.926%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.926%) CCNA
7 1 (0.926%) VCAP
7 1 (0.926%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.96%) QA
2 3 (2.778%) Dublin Core
3 1 (0.926%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (43.52%) Active Directory
2 37 (34.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (29.63%) Hyper-V
4 22 (20.37%) vSphere
5 7 (6.481%) VMware ESX
6 5 (4.630%) XenServer
7 4 (3.704%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (2.778%) XenApp
9 2 (1.852%) UAG
9 2 (1.852%) vCloud
9 2 (1.852%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.926%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.926%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.926%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.926%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (19.44%) SCOM
2 14 (12.96%) WSUS
3 13 (12.04%) SCVMM
4 10 (9.259%) Backup Exec
4 10 (9.259%) SCCM
5 7 (6.481%) BladeLogic
6 6 (5.556%) HP Operations Orchestration
6 6 (5.556%) Puppet
7 3 (2.778%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (2.778%) Splunk
8 1 (0.926%) WMI
8 1 (0.926%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.926%) HP SIM
8 1 (0.926%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 54 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 52 (48.15%) VMware
3 20 (18.52%) HP
4 19 (17.59%) Citrix
5 14 (12.96%) Dell
6 12 (11.11%) Symantec
7 11 (10.19%) Broadcom
8 10 (9.259%) Cisco
9 8 (7.407%) 3PAR
10 7 (6.481%) NetApp
10 7 (6.481%) Veeam
11 6 (5.556%) BMC
11 6 (5.556%) NetIQ
11 6 (5.556%) Atlassian
12 5 (4.630%) F5
13 4 (3.704%) Red Hat
14 3 (2.778%) Altiris
14 3 (2.778%) EMC
14 3 (2.778%) Tableau
15 2 (1.852%) CommVault
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