The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2012 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 2012 over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 0.877% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.348% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £488 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.23 - -
All Operating Systems
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
46 53 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 20.18% 15.59% 33.33%
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 15
Average hourly rate £13.75 £16.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% +14.28%
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 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows Server 2012
Oxfordshire

Windows Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Oxford Windows Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the Oxford region.

Oxford Windows Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2012
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Windows Server 2012 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 2012.

1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) DTV
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture

Windows Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Windows Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware