The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Norwich 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 19 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 Norwich 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 14 24 34
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +10
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 11 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norwich 7.639% 3.191% 0.897%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.67% 12.00% 3.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
Average daily rate £225 £258 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.62% -18.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year
+13.51% +7.24%
All Operating Systems
Norwich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
30 50 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norwich 20.83% 26.60% 24.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 21 12
Average daily rate £100 £258 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-61.16% -26.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 10
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £14.04
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.18% +39.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £14.00 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.00 £21.75 £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows Server 2008
Norfolk

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norwich 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 Norwich region.

Norwich 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 Norwich region.

Norwich Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norwich 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 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (80.00%) Active Directory
3 13 (65.00%) MS Exchange
3 13 (65.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 12 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (60.00%) VMware
5 11 (55.00%) HP
5 11 (55.00%) SQL
6 8 (40.00%) ITIL
6 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
6 8 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (35.00%) MCITP
7 7 (35.00%) Exchange Server 2003
7 7 (35.00%) PRINCE
7 7 (35.00%) DNS
7 7 (35.00%) PRINCE2
7 7 (35.00%) IIS
7 7 (35.00%) VCP5
7 7 (35.00%) Forefront TMG
8 6 (30.00%) UAG
8 6 (30.00%) Hyper-V
8 6 (30.00%) Windows 8
8 6 (30.00%) Windows XP
8 6 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2007
9 5 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (20.00%) vSphere
10 4 (20.00%) HP Data Protector
10 4 (20.00%) Dell

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norwich 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 2 (10.00%) XML
1 2 (10.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 13 (65.00%) MS Exchange
1 13 (65.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (35.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 7 (35.00%) IIS
3 6 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (15.00%) Moodle
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) DNS
2 3 (15.00%) Intranet
3 1 (5.000%) LAN
3 1 (5.000%) VoIP
3 1 (5.000%) WAN
3 1 (5.000%) SAN
3 1 (5.000%) Firewall
3 1 (5.000%) NAS
3 1 (5.000%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (10.00%) MySQL
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (5.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (15.00%) DBA
2 3 (15.00%) SQL DBA
3 2 (10.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Administrator
3 2 (10.00%) Administrator
4 1 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.000%) Business Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.000%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Support Specialist
4 1 (5.000%) Network Support
4 1 (5.000%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Wiki
1 3 (15.00%) VLE
2 1 (5.000%) NHS
2 1 (5.000%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (30.00%) Windows 8
3 6 (30.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (5.000%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) ITIL
2 7 (35.00%) PRINCE
2 7 (35.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (15.00%) Web Development
5 1 (5.000%) Data Protection
5 1 (5.000%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) T-SQL
2 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.00%) PHP
3 1 (5.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
1 8 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (35.00%) MCITP
2 7 (35.00%) VCP5
3 1 (5.000%) CCNP
3 1 (5.000%) CCA
3 1 (5.000%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (5.000%) CISSP
3 1 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.000%) Degree
System Software
1 16 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (35.00%) Forefront TMG
3 6 (30.00%) UAG
3 6 (30.00%) Hyper-V
4 4 (20.00%) vSphere
5 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) VMware
2 11 (55.00%) HP
3 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (20.00%) Dell
4 4 (20.00%) Veritas
5 3 (15.00%) Websense
5 3 (15.00%) Cisco