Windows Server 2008 Contracts in the Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 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 Midlands 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 2008
Rank 9 24 32
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 16 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 9.357% 2.564% 1.760%
As % of the Operating Systems category 84.21% 19.44% 14.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 0
Average daily rate £325 £200 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+9.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 19 36 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 11.11% 13.19% 12.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 6
Average daily rate £325 £300 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £210 £318
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 11
Average hourly rate - £42.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +102.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
England

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (80.95%) Microsoft
3 16 (76.19%) SCCM
4 13 (61.90%) Active Directory
5 11 (52.38%) Windows 7
6 10 (47.62%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (38.10%) MSI
7 8 (38.10%) SCOM
8 7 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 7 (33.33%) MS Exchange
8 7 (33.33%) SQL
9 6 (28.57%) HP
9 6 (28.57%) OpenView Configuration Management
9 6 (28.57%) QA
10 5 (23.81%) Migration
10 5 (23.81%) MS Office
10 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
11 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
12 3 (14.29%) XenApp
12 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (14.29%) Citrix
13 2 (9.524%) SAN
13 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2000
13 2 (9.524%) Veritas
13 2 (9.524%) ISA Server
13 2 (9.524%) Clustering
13 2 (9.524%) SharePoint
13 2 (9.524%) Client/Server
13 2 (9.524%) Windows XP

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (9.524%) Application Packaging
2 1 (4.762%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 7 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 2 (9.524%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (9.524%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (9.524%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (4.762%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 1 (4.762%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) MS Office
1 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) SAN
1 2 (9.524%) DHCP
1 2 (9.524%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (9.524%) SQL Server
1 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (38.10%) MSI
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Applications Packager
2 4 (19.05%) Server Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Rollout Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Consultant
4 2 (9.524%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Windows Server Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) SCCM Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Windows Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) WebSphere Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Server Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Clustering
1 2 (9.524%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (52.38%) Windows 7
3 10 (47.62%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (9.524%) Windows XP
5 2 (9.524%) Windows Vista
6 1 (4.762%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Migration
2 2 (9.524%) Business Continuity
2 2 (9.524%) Incident Management
2 2 (9.524%) Change Control
3 1 (4.762%) Network Architecture
3 1 (4.762%) Software Distribution
3 1 (4.762%) Data Protection
3 1 (4.762%) Load Testing
3 1 (4.762%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
3 2 (9.524%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (4.762%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (61.90%) Active Directory
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (14.29%) XenApp
4 2 (9.524%) ISA Server
5 1 (4.762%) Hyper-V
5 1 (4.762%) XenServer
5 1 (4.762%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (76.19%) SCCM
2 8 (38.10%) SCOM
3 6 (28.57%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 2 (9.524%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (4.762%) Opalis
Vendors
1 17 (80.95%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) HP
3 3 (14.29%) Citrix
4 2 (9.524%) Veritas
4 2 (9.524%) EMC
4 2 (9.524%) Altiris
5 1 (4.762%) IBM
5 1 (4.762%) CA
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