The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Redhill 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 17 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 Redhill 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 10 10 15
Rank change year-on-year
0 +5
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 2 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Redhill 5.714% 6.667% 4.918%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.33% 21.05% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £375 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +20.96%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +2.85%
All Operating Systems
Redhill
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
15 19 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Redhill 42.86% 31.67% 26.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 11
Average daily rate £243 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.33% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £150 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £525 £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
Average hourly rate £9.00 £40.00 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-77.50% +70.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.08
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +5.70%
Windows Server 2008
Surrey

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Redhill 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 Redhill region.

Redhill Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Redhill 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 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) AIX
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Redhill 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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) Team Leader
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Support Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Support Team Leader
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) AIX
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) VMware