Windows Server 2008 Contracts in Oxford
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 21 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 Oxford 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 21 38 20
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -18
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 15 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 6.522% 0.585% 4.375%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.91% 3.846% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 0
Average daily rate £340 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £20.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
All Operating Systems
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 47 52 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 20.43% 15.20% 34.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 19
Average daily rate £300 £338 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +1.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £236 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 16
Average hourly rate £13.75 £16.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% -13.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.88 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £20.06 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
Oxfordshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (53.13%) Windows 7
3 16 (50.00%) SCCM
3 16 (50.00%) VMware
4 15 (46.88%) Microsoft
5 13 (40.63%) Microsoft App-V
6 12 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (34.38%) Active Directory
8 10 (31.25%) DNS
9 9 (28.13%) DHCP
10 8 (25.00%) Wise Package Studio
11 6 (18.75%) Firewall
11 6 (18.75%) NetWare
11 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
11 6 (18.75%) Citrix
11 6 (18.75%) UNIX
11 6 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
11 6 (18.75%) Degree
12 5 (15.63%) ITIL
12 5 (15.63%) SQL
12 5 (15.63%) Cisco
13 4 (12.50%) Windows XP
13 4 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
13 4 (12.50%) Migration
13 4 (12.50%) Altiris
13 4 (12.50%) vSphere
13 4 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
14 3 (9.375%) SharePoint 2010
14 3 (9.375%) Exchange Server 2010
14 3 (9.375%) Digital Marketing

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 3 (9.375%) WSH
2 2 (6.250%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.375%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (9.375%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (9.375%) MS Exchange
1 3 (9.375%) SharePoint
1 3 (9.375%) IIS
2 1 (3.125%) Lync
2 1 (3.125%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (9.375%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.125%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (9.375%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 10 (31.25%) DNS
2 9 (28.13%) DHCP
3 6 (18.75%) Firewall
3 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
4 3 (9.375%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (6.250%) SAN
5 2 (6.250%) VPN
5 2 (6.250%) Network Security
6 1 (3.125%) VoIP
6 1 (3.125%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (25.00%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 3 (9.375%) Marketing
1 3 (9.375%) Electronics
1 3 (9.375%) Telecoms
1 3 (9.375%) Finance
1 3 (9.375%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Applications Packager
2 7 (21.88%) Administrator
3 4 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Analyst
4 3 (9.375%) Windows Administrator
4 3 (9.375%) Technical Support
4 3 (9.375%) Systems Administrator
4 3 (9.375%) Technical Support Analyst
4 3 (9.375%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (9.375%) Network Administrator
5 2 (6.250%) Architect
6 1 (3.125%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Server Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Senior Network Administrator
6 1 (3.125%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Technical Architect
6 1 (3.125%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.375%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (53.13%) Windows 7
3 12 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (18.75%) NetWare
4 6 (18.75%) UNIX
5 4 (12.50%) Windows XP
6 2 (6.250%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (3.125%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (3.125%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.63%) ITIL
2 4 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (12.50%) Migration
3 3 (9.375%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (9.375%) Programme Management
3 3 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.125%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (3.125%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (3.125%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (3.125%) Project Management
4 1 (3.125%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) SQL
2 3 (9.375%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 3 (9.375%) CCNA
2 3 (9.375%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.250%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (40.63%) Microsoft App-V
2 11 (34.38%) Active Directory
3 6 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (12.50%) vSphere
4 4 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (6.250%) VMware ESX
6 1 (3.125%) XenApp
6 1 (3.125%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 16 (50.00%) SCCM
2 3 (9.375%) SCOM
2 3 (9.375%) Tivoli
2 3 (9.375%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (9.375%) Nagios
3 1 (3.125%) Puppet
3 1 (3.125%) NetBackup
3 1 (3.125%) Foglight
Vendors
1 16 (50.00%) VMware
2 15 (46.88%) Microsoft
3 6 (18.75%) Citrix
4 5 (15.63%) Cisco
5 4 (12.50%) Altiris
6 3 (9.375%) SAP
7 1 (3.125%) Oracle
7 1 (3.125%) NetApp
7 1 (3.125%) Red Hat
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