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Windows Server 2008 Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills
Browse 53 Windows Server 2008 job vacancies in the North West

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 36 47 71
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +24
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 116 104 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 4.813% 3.415% 2.037%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.76% 15.95% 9.309%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 30 28
Average daily rate £250 £285 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.28% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £130 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 27 11
Average hourly rate £21.75 £20.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.75% +66.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £9.20 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.25 £30.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+15.06% +4.28%
All Operating Systems
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 587 652 666
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 24.36% 21.41% 21.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 239 348
Average daily rate £301 £319 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.65% +4.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £197 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 75 78
Average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £12.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +46.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2008
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 2008 within the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire +2 48 £252 -17.91% 9
Manchester +10 37 £240 - 31
Lancashire +18 15 £260 +1.96% 9
Merseyside -1 6 - - 3
Cumbria +10 2 £125 -
Windows Server 2008
England

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 207 (100.00%) Windows
2 121 (58.45%) Windows Server 2003
3 108 (52.17%) Active Directory
4 96 (46.38%) MS Exchange
4 96 (46.38%) VMware
5 74 (35.75%) Microsoft
6 59 (28.50%) Citrix
7 53 (25.60%) ITIL
7 53 (25.60%) Exchange Server 2010
8 52 (25.12%) Exchange Server 2007
9 49 (23.67%) Cisco
9 49 (23.67%) Migration
10 43 (20.77%) SQL
11 41 (19.81%) VMware Infrastructure
11 41 (19.81%) Hyper-V
12 36 (17.39%) Firewall
12 36 (17.39%) HP
12 36 (17.39%) SCCM
13 33 (15.94%) vSphere
13 33 (15.94%) SAN
13 33 (15.94%) SQL Server
14 31 (14.98%) Clustering
15 30 (14.49%) DNS
15 30 (14.49%) PowerShell
16 29 (14.01%) Microsoft Certification
16 29 (14.01%) Windows XP
17 27 (13.04%) SCOM
17 27 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2003
18 25 (12.08%) XenApp
18 25 (12.08%) SharePoint

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 12 (5.797%) .NET
2 5 (2.415%) Application Packaging
3 4 (1.932%) Middleware
3 4 (1.932%) WebSphere
3 4 (1.932%) COM
3 4 (1.932%) Web Services
3 4 (1.932%) XML
4 3 (1.449%) XSD
4 3 (1.449%) XSL
4 3 (1.449%) CSS
4 3 (1.449%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.966%) WinForms
5 2 (0.966%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.483%) jQuery
6 1 (0.483%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.483%) HTML5
6 1 (0.483%) Razor View Engine
6 1 (0.483%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.483%) ODBC
6 1 (0.483%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 96 (46.38%) MS Exchange
2 53 (25.60%) Exchange Server 2010
3 52 (25.12%) Exchange Server 2007
4 27 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2003
5 25 (12.08%) SharePoint
6 20 (9.662%) IIS
7 18 (8.696%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 9 (4.348%) SAS
9 8 (3.865%) SharePoint 2010
10 4 (1.932%) Lync
10 4 (1.932%) CICS
10 4 (1.932%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.966%) Apache
11 2 (0.966%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.966%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.483%) FileNet
12 1 (0.483%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.483%) WordPress
12 1 (0.483%) IBM Notes
12 1 (0.483%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 21 (10.14%) MS Excel
2 11 (5.314%) MS Office
3 3 (1.449%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.483%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.483%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.483%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.483%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.966%) Oracle 11i
1 2 (0.966%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 36 (17.39%) Firewall
2 33 (15.94%) SAN
3 30 (14.49%) DNS
4 21 (10.14%) WAN
5 20 (9.662%) LAN
5 20 (9.662%) DHCP
6 19 (9.179%) SMTP
7 18 (8.696%) TCP/IP
8 13 (6.280%) VPN
9 10 (4.831%) iSCSI
9 10 (4.831%) NAS
10 8 (3.865%) Fibre Channel
10 8 (3.865%) Internet
10 8 (3.865%) SSL
11 6 (2.899%) WLAN
12 5 (2.415%) SNMP
12 5 (2.415%) VoIP
13 4 (1.932%) Wireless
13 4 (1.932%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (1.932%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (15.94%) SQL Server
2 14 (6.763%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (4.831%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (2.415%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.932%) DB2
5 4 (1.932%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (0.966%) PerformancePoint
6 2 (0.966%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (0.966%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (0.966%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.966%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.966%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.483%) Base SAS
7 1 (0.483%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 3 (1.449%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.966%) MSI
2 2 (0.966%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.483%) InstallShield
General
1 24 (11.59%) Finance
2 9 (4.348%) Banking
3 6 (2.899%) Local Government
4 4 (1.932%) Retail
5 2 (0.966%) Telecoms
5 2 (0.966%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.483%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (18.84%) Analyst
2 21 (10.14%) 3rd Line Support
3 18 (8.696%) Consultant
4 17 (8.213%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (6.280%) Support Engineer
6 12 (5.797%) Messaging Engineer
6 12 (5.797%) Wintel Engineer
7 11 (5.314%) Support Analyst
7 11 (5.314%) Technical Analyst
7 11 (5.314%) Server Engineer
8 10 (4.831%) Technical Manager
8 10 (4.831%) Architect
9 9 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (3.865%) Desktop Support
10 8 (3.865%) Designer
11 7 (3.382%) Wintel Specialist
11 7 (3.382%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 7 (3.382%) Exchange Engineer
11 7 (3.382%) Technical Consultant
11 7 (3.382%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.98%) Clustering
2 21 (10.14%) Blackberry
3 6 (2.899%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.899%) NHS
4 4 (1.932%) Thin Client
4 4 (1.932%) Mainframe
4 4 (1.932%) VSAM
4 4 (1.932%) PKI
4 4 (1.932%) Fat Client
5 3 (1.449%) IBM Mainframe
5 3 (1.449%) Online Banking
5 3 (1.449%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (0.966%) Computer Science
6 2 (0.966%) W3C
7 1 (0.483%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.483%) CLARiiON
7 1 (0.483%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.483%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.483%) FMCG
7 1 (0.483%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 207 (100.00%) Windows
2 121 (58.45%) Windows Server 2003
3 29 (14.01%) Windows XP
4 19 (9.179%) Linux
5 18 (8.696%) Windows 7
6 14 (6.763%) Windows 2000
7 10 (4.831%) AIX
8 9 (4.348%) UNIX
9 8 (3.865%) Windows NT
10 7 (3.382%) HPUX
10 7 (3.382%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (3.382%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (2.899%) Solaris
12 4 (1.932%) VMS
12 4 (1.932%) Windows Vista
12 4 (1.932%) Windows 2000 Server
13 3 (1.449%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.966%) Debian
15 1 (0.483%) CentOS
15 1 (0.483%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (25.60%) ITIL
2 49 (23.67%) Migration
3 13 (6.280%) Change Management
4 11 (5.314%) PRINCE2
5 9 (4.348%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (3.865%) Incident Management
6 8 (3.865%) Capacity Management
7 6 (2.899%) Project Management
8 5 (2.415%) ETL
8 5 (2.415%) Network Management
9 4 (1.932%) Load Balancing
9 4 (1.932%) Release Management
9 4 (1.932%) Service Management
10 3 (1.449%) CRM
10 3 (1.449%) Asset Management
10 3 (1.449%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (1.449%) Root Cause Analysis
11 2 (0.966%) Software Deployment
11 2 (0.966%) Time Management
11 2 (0.966%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (20.77%) SQL
2 30 (14.49%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.899%) VB
3 6 (2.899%) C#
4 5 (2.415%) Perl
4 5 (2.415%) VB.NET
5 3 (1.449%) JCL
5 3 (1.449%) VBScript
5 3 (1.449%) C++
6 2 (0.966%) C
6 2 (0.966%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.483%) COBOL
7 1 (0.483%) PHP
7 1 (0.483%) SAS Macro
7 1 (0.483%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (14.01%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (8.696%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (8.696%) MCSE
3 13 (6.280%) CCNA
4 12 (5.797%) MCITP
5 11 (5.314%) CCNP
6 10 (4.831%) MCSA
7 9 (4.348%) Security Cleared
7 9 (4.348%) MCTS
8 8 (3.865%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.932%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.932%) MCP
10 3 (1.449%) Degree
11 2 (0.966%) CCEE
11 2 (0.966%) CCDP
11 2 (0.966%) CCIE
11 2 (0.966%) CCSP
11 2 (0.966%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.966%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.966%) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.966%) SLA
2 1 (0.483%) BS7799
2 1 (0.483%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 108 (52.17%) Active Directory
2 41 (19.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (19.81%) Hyper-V
3 33 (15.94%) vSphere
4 25 (12.08%) XenApp
5 14 (6.763%) XenDesktop
6 8 (3.865%) NFS
7 6 (2.899%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (2.415%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 5 (2.415%) XenServer
8 5 (2.415%) VMware ESX
9 4 (1.932%) Postfix
9 4 (1.932%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 3 (1.449%) VMware Server
10 3 (1.449%) Forefront TMG
10 3 (1.449%) UAG
11 2 (0.966%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.483%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.483%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.483%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 36 (17.39%) SCCM
2 27 (13.04%) SCOM
3 13 (6.280%) Backup Exec
4 10 (4.831%) Tivoli
5 7 (3.382%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 7 (3.382%) Norton AntiVirus
6 5 (2.415%) Unicenter
7 4 (1.932%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 3 (1.449%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (1.449%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.966%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.966%) AppDNA
10 1 (0.483%) WSUS
10 1 (0.483%) Business Desktop Deployment
10 1 (0.483%) Sysprep
10 1 (0.483%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 96 (46.38%) VMware
2 74 (35.75%) Microsoft
3 59 (28.50%) Citrix
4 49 (23.67%) Cisco
5 36 (17.39%) HP
6 18 (8.696%) NetApp
7 13 (6.280%) Symantec
8 12 (5.797%) Oracle
9 10 (4.831%) Red Hat
9 10 (4.831%) CheckPoint
10 9 (4.348%) CA
11 8 (3.865%) Kaspersky
12 7 (3.382%) IBM
13 6 (2.899%) Brocade
13 6 (2.899%) SurfControl
14 5 (2.415%) Clearswift
14 5 (2.415%) Dell
15 4 (1.932%) Veritas
15 4 (1.932%) Juniper
15 4 (1.932%) IronPort
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