The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 18 June 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank - 31 31
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 0 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne - 1.899% 0.461%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 10.53% 1.149%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £250 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+15.06% +4.28%
All Operating Systems
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
27 57 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 16.77% 18.04% 40.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 35 33
Average daily rate £250 £270 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% -13.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £246 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £496 £414
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 4
Average hourly rate £10.63 £17.75 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.14% +4.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £21.50 £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
Windows Server 2008
Tyne and Wear

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) ProCurve
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (50.00%) TippingPoint
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) TippingPoint
2 1 (50.00%) ProCurve
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper