The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newbury 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 17 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 Newbury 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 17 - 13
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 3 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newbury 2.586% - 2.000%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.08% - 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+12.00% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Newbury
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
13 9 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newbury 11.21% 7.627% 11.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 5
Average daily rate £375 £425 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +46.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% -17.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Server 2008
Berkshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (85.71%) VMware
3 11 (78.57%) SAN
3 11 (78.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (64.29%) Clustering
4 9 (64.29%) NAS
4 9 (64.29%) Linux
4 9 (64.29%) ITIL
5 8 (57.14%) Symantec
5 8 (57.14%) VMware Workstation
5 8 (57.14%) NetBackup
5 8 (57.14%) NetApp
5 8 (57.14%) VPN
5 8 (57.14%) Release Management
6 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
7 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
7 2 (14.29%) XenApp
7 2 (14.29%) XenDesktop
7 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
7 2 (14.29%) Citrix
7 2 (14.29%) Cisco
7 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 2 (14.29%) MS Office
7 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
7 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
8 1 (7.143%) Electronics
8 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (7.143%) LAN
8 1 (7.143%) WAN

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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.

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) SAN
2 9 (64.29%) NAS
3 8 (57.14%) VPN
4 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (7.143%) DNS
5 1 (7.143%) LAN
5 1 (7.143%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (7.143%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Desktop Support
2 5 (35.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (7.143%) Administrator
5 1 (7.143%) Rollout Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Windows Administrator
5 1 (7.143%) Windows Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.143%) Systems Support
5 1 (7.143%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (64.29%) Linux
4 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
4 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) ITIL
2 8 (57.14%) Release Management
3 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) MCP
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 11 (78.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (57.14%) VMware Workstation
3 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
4 2 (14.29%) XenApp
4 2 (14.29%) XenDesktop
5 1 (7.143%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (57.14%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) VMware
2 8 (57.14%) NetApp
2 8 (57.14%) Symantec
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) Citrix
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