The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 13 19 33
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +14
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 51 48 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 9.605% 6.877% 3.821%
As % of the Operating Systems category 48.57% 23.76% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 21 15
Average daily rate £321 £251 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.24% +39.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £148 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £325 £217
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
All Operating Systems
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
105 202 173
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 19.77% 28.94% 28.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 68 54
Average daily rate £300 £290 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +0.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £148 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 17 31
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.20 £15.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
Buckinghamshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 82 (100.00%) Windows
2 61 (74.39%) Windows Server 2003
3 43 (52.44%) Security Cleared
4 40 (48.78%) MS Exchange
5 36 (43.90%) VMware
6 34 (41.46%) Microsoft
7 31 (37.80%) VMware Infrastructure
8 29 (35.37%) HP
9 28 (34.15%) Citrix
10 27 (32.93%) SC Cleared
11 26 (31.71%) Exchange Server 2003
12 24 (29.27%) Hyper-V
12 24 (29.27%) Active Directory
13 23 (28.05%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (28.05%) ITIL
13 23 (28.05%) DV Cleared
14 21 (25.61%) Exchange Server 2010
15 20 (24.39%) MCSE
15 20 (24.39%) SQL
16 19 (23.17%) SQL Server
17 18 (21.95%) SAN
17 18 (21.95%) Backup Exec
18 17 (20.73%) Clustering
18 17 (20.73%) Firewall
19 16 (19.51%) MS Excel
19 16 (19.51%) Windows 7
20 15 (18.29%) Exchange Server 2007
20 15 (18.29%) SLA
21 14 (17.07%) DHCP
21 14 (17.07%) Windows Vista

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 (3.659%) JMS
1 3 (3.659%) .NET
1 3 (3.659%) SOAP
1 3 (3.659%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.439%) XML
3 1 (1.220%) WCF
3 1 (1.220%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 40 (48.78%) MS Exchange
2 26 (31.71%) Exchange Server 2003
3 21 (25.61%) Exchange Server 2010
4 15 (18.29%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (13.41%) IIS
6 8 (9.756%) Lync
6 8 (9.756%) SharePoint
7 6 (7.317%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (4.878%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (2.439%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 16 (19.51%) MS Excel
2 9 (10.98%) MS Office
3 1 (1.220%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.439%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 18 (21.95%) SAN
2 17 (20.73%) Firewall
3 14 (17.07%) DHCP
4 12 (14.63%) TCP/IP
5 10 (12.20%) WAN
5 10 (12.20%) DNS
5 10 (12.20%) LAN
6 8 (9.756%) NAS
7 7 (8.537%) Internet
8 6 (7.317%) Wireless
9 5 (6.098%) Broadband
9 5 (6.098%) WLAN
10 4 (4.878%) VPN
10 4 (4.878%) VoIP
11 3 (3.659%) SMTP
11 3 (3.659%) iSCSI
11 3 (3.659%) Network Security
12 1 (1.220%) DMZ
12 1 (1.220%) DDNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (23.17%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.537%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (7.317%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (2.439%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.220%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (2.439%) MSI
2 1 (1.220%) AdminStudio
General
1 4 (4.878%) Finance
2 3 (3.659%) Spanish Language
3 1 (1.220%) Retail
3 1 (1.220%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 23 (28.05%) Analyst
2 15 (18.29%) Support Analyst
3 11 (13.41%) 3rd Line Support
4 9 (10.98%) Administrator
5 8 (9.756%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 7 (8.537%) Systems Administrator
7 6 (7.317%) Technical Support
7 6 (7.317%) Consultant
8 5 (6.098%) Technical Specialist
8 5 (6.098%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (6.098%) Architect
9 4 (4.878%) Windows Administrator
9 4 (4.878%) Windows Systems Administrator
9 4 (4.878%) Technical Architect
9 4 (4.878%) Service Analyst
9 4 (4.878%) Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (4.878%) Team Leader
9 4 (4.878%) Integration Engineer
10 3 (3.659%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (3.659%) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.73%) Clustering
2 5 (6.098%) Blackberry
2 5 (6.098%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (4.878%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.659%) Cryptography
5 2 (2.439%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.439%) Mainframe
5 2 (2.439%) Firmware
5 2 (2.439%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.220%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 82 (100.00%) Windows
2 61 (74.39%) Windows Server 2003
3 16 (19.51%) Windows 7
4 14 (17.07%) Windows Vista
5 12 (14.63%) Windows 2000
5 12 (14.63%) UNIX
6 10 (12.20%) Windows NT
7 8 (9.756%) Windows XP
8 7 (8.537%) Windows 2000 Server
9 6 (7.317%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (7.317%) Linux
10 5 (6.098%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.05%) ITIL
2 10 (12.20%) Change Management
3 9 (10.98%) Service Delivery
4 8 (9.756%) Service Management
5 7 (8.537%) Incident Management
6 6 (7.317%) ITIL V3
7 5 (6.098%) CRM
7 5 (6.098%) Information Security
7 5 (6.098%) Compatibility Testing
7 5 (6.098%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (4.878%) Time Management
8 4 (4.878%) Integration Testing
8 4 (4.878%) Test Scripting
8 4 (4.878%) Configuration Management
8 4 (4.878%) Validation
9 3 (3.659%) TOGAF
9 3 (3.659%) Network Management
10 2 (2.439%) Load Balancing
10 2 (2.439%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (2.439%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (24.39%) SQL
2 6 (7.317%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.220%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.220%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (52.44%) Security Cleared
2 27 (32.93%) SC Cleared
3 23 (28.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (28.05%) DV Cleared
4 20 (24.39%) MCSE
5 12 (14.63%) MCP
6 8 (9.756%) Degree
7 3 (3.659%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.659%) CCSP
7 3 (3.659%) CCNA
7 3 (3.659%) ISEB
7 3 (3.659%) MCTS
8 2 (2.439%) MCITP
9 1 (1.220%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.220%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (1.220%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (18.29%) SLA
2 4 (4.878%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 31 (37.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (29.27%) Hyper-V
2 24 (29.27%) Active Directory
3 12 (14.63%) XenApp
4 10 (12.20%) VMware ESX
5 6 (7.317%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (6.098%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (6.098%) XenDesktop
7 4 (4.878%) Terminal Services
7 4 (4.878%) ISA Server
8 3 (3.659%) vSphere
9 2 (2.439%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (1.220%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (1.220%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 18 (21.95%) Backup Exec
2 9 (10.98%) SCOM
3 6 (7.317%) Norton AntiVirus
3 6 (7.317%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 6 (7.317%) OpenView
4 5 (6.098%) Tivoli
4 5 (6.098%) SCCM
5 4 (4.878%) BladeLogic
6 3 (3.659%) OVSD
7 2 (2.439%) SCVMM
7 2 (2.439%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 2 (2.439%) NetBackup
8 1 (1.220%) MOM
8 1 (1.220%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (1.220%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (1.220%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 36 (43.90%) VMware
2 34 (41.46%) Microsoft
3 29 (35.37%) HP
4 28 (34.15%) Citrix
5 8 (9.756%) Intel
5 8 (9.756%) IBM
6 7 (8.537%) Dell
6 7 (8.537%) Symantec
7 6 (7.317%) Cisco
7 6 (7.317%) CommVault
8 5 (6.098%) Oracle
8 5 (6.098%) Sophos
9 3 (3.659%) StorageTek
9 3 (3.659%) Sun
9 3 (3.659%) Compaq
10 2 (2.439%) AppSense
10 2 (2.439%) NetApp
11 1 (1.220%) EMC
11 1 (1.220%) Civica