The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 23 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 Northamptonshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 22 35 29
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 8 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 3.175% 1.675% 1.083%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.63% 12.28% 5.455%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £244 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+9.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
27 57 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 10.71% 13.64% 19.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 31 25
Average daily rate £243 £306 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.81% -23.43%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 11
Average hourly rate £11.50 £14.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.00 £9.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.10 £18.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
East Midlands

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Northampton +8 5 - -
Windows Server 2008
East Midlands

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (58.33%) Migration
3 6 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (41.67%) Finance
4 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
5 4 (33.33%) Windows XP
5 4 (33.33%) Citrix
5 4 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (33.33%) XenApp
6 3 (25.00%) Degree
6 3 (25.00%) WSUS
6 3 (25.00%) VMware
6 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (25.00%) Intranet
6 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) MS Office
7 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
7 2 (16.67%) LAN
7 2 (16.67%) DHCP
7 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
7 2 (16.67%) DNS
7 2 (16.67%) Cisco
7 2 (16.67%) SAN
7 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Intranet
1 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) DHCP
2 2 (16.67%) DNS
2 2 (16.67%) SAN
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Support Technician
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) IT Support
4 1 (8.333%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 4 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (8.333%) Change Management
3 1 (8.333%) CAE
3 1 (8.333%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.333%) MCP
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
1 4 (33.33%) XenApp
2 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (25.00%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco
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