The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham 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 22 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 Nottingham 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 25 25 25
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 12 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 4.196% 2.212% 1.739%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.81% 13.16% 5.970%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 1
Average daily rate £295 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% +39.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+9.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
81 38 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 28.32% 16.81% 29.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 19 17
Average daily rate £325 £300 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +87.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £205 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £435 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 4 12
Average hourly rate £17.25 £11.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.81% -35.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.00 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
Nottinghamshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (74.07%) VMware
3 18 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 17 (62.96%) Active Directory
5 14 (51.85%) SQL Server
6 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
6 13 (48.15%) SQL Server 2008
7 12 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
7 12 (44.44%) HP
8 11 (40.74%) SAN
8 11 (40.74%) Cisco
9 10 (37.04%) MS Exchange
10 9 (33.33%) Citrix
11 8 (29.63%) Linux
12 7 (25.93%) Windows 2000
12 7 (25.93%) SQL Server 2000
12 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
13 6 (22.22%) IBM
14 5 (18.52%) DNS
14 5 (18.52%) SQL
14 5 (18.52%) Windows XP
14 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2010
15 4 (14.81%) XenApp
15 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2003
15 4 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
15 4 (14.81%) MS Office
15 4 (14.81%) DHCP
16 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
16 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
16 3 (11.11%) SharePoint

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 10 (37.04%) MS Exchange
2 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
4 3 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (3.704%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (3.704%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MS Office
2 2 (7.407%) Office 365
2 2 (7.407%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (40.74%) SAN
2 5 (18.52%) DNS
3 4 (14.81%) DHCP
4 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 3 (11.11%) LAN
4 3 (11.11%) VoIP
4 3 (11.11%) WAN
5 2 (7.407%) VLAN
5 2 (7.407%) Network Security
5 2 (7.407%) Internet
5 2 (7.407%) Firewall
5 2 (7.407%) Wireless
5 2 (7.407%) VPN
6 1 (3.704%) Kerberos
6 1 (3.704%) Extranet
6 1 (3.704%) Intranet
6 1 (3.704%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (51.85%) SQL Server
2 13 (48.15%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (25.93%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (7.407%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (7.407%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (7.407%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 2 (7.407%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Publishing
2 1 (3.704%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) 3rd Line Support
2 6 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (11.11%) Administrator
4 3 (11.11%) SharePoint Administrator
4 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Support Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Migration Consultant
6 1 (3.704%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Server Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Network Support
6 1 (3.704%) Consultant
6 1 (3.704%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Network Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Blackberry
2 2 (7.407%) Clustering
3 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.704%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (29.63%) Linux
4 7 (25.93%) Windows 2000
4 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
5 5 (18.52%) Windows XP
6 3 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (7.407%) UNIX
7 2 (7.407%) HPUX
8 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (3.704%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (11.11%) Problem Management
1 3 (11.11%) Migration
1 3 (11.11%) Capacity Management
2 2 (7.407%) Configuration Management
2 2 (7.407%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (7.407%) CRM
3 1 (3.704%) Service Delivery
3 1 (3.704%) Project Planning
3 1 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (3.704%) Content Management
3 1 (3.704%) Information Management
3 1 (3.704%) Incident Management
3 1 (3.704%) Data Analysis
3 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (11.11%) MCSE
2 1 (3.704%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (3.704%) MCITP
2 1 (3.704%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (62.96%) Active Directory
2 4 (14.81%) XenApp
2 4 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.407%) vSphere
3 2 (7.407%) VMware ESX
3 2 (7.407%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (3.704%) ISA Server
4 1 (3.704%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (74.07%) VMware
2 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
3 12 (44.44%) HP
4 11 (40.74%) Cisco
5 9 (33.33%) Citrix
6 6 (22.22%) IBM
7 3 (11.11%) Red Hat
8 2 (7.407%) PlateSpin
8 2 (7.407%) EMC
9 1 (3.704%) Hitachi
9 1 (3.704%) Lotus
9 1 (3.704%) SAP
9 1 (3.704%) Altiris
9 1 (3.704%) Veeam
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Rate: £220 - £240 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013