Windows Server 2008 Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 24 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 Scotland 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 48 26 64
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +38
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 81 113 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 3.321% 4.248% 1.773%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.62% 23.20% 9.722%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 45 16
Average daily rate £370 £325 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84% +13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £277 £179 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £420 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 3
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +52.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
Search 23 Windows Server 2008 jobs in Scotland
All Operating Systems
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 554 487 504
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 22.71% 18.31% 18.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 192 170
Average daily rate £363 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.53% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £120 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £420 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 37 36
Average hourly rate £14.00 £22.75 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.46% +33.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.55 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £31.50 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
UK

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Renfrewshire -6 28 £418 -0.59%
Glasgow -15 28 £363 -
Edinburgh -12 18 £335 +7.20%
West Lothian -3 2 £350 +11.55%
Lanarkshire - 2 £250 -
Aberdeen -9 1 - -
Inverclyde - 1 £378 -
Highlands - 1 - -
Windows Server 2008
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Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 161 (100.00%) Windows
2 132 (81.99%) Windows Server 2003
3 85 (52.80%) Microsoft
4 56 (34.78%) VMware
5 54 (33.54%) Active Directory
6 53 (32.92%) Security Cleared
7 46 (28.57%) SQL Server
8 40 (24.84%) Windows XP
9 37 (22.98%) SC Cleared
10 36 (22.36%) Citrix
11 35 (21.74%) SQL
12 34 (21.12%) DNS
13 33 (20.50%) SAN
14 31 (19.25%) MS Exchange
14 31 (19.25%) Linux
15 27 (16.77%) VMware Infrastructure
16 25 (15.53%) DHCP
16 25 (15.53%) AIX
17 24 (14.91%) Solaris
17 24 (14.91%) HP
17 24 (14.91%) Clustering
18 23 (14.29%) TCP/IP
18 23 (14.29%) IBM
18 23 (14.29%) OpenView Configuration Management
19 22 (13.66%) Oracle
20 21 (13.04%) Windows 7
21 20 (12.42%) SQL Server 2008
21 20 (12.42%) SCCM
21 20 (12.42%) McAfee
21 20 (12.42%) SQL Server 2005

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 15 (9.317%) .NET
2 13 (8.075%) XML
3 5 (3.106%) HTML
3 5 (3.106%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.484%) WebSphere
4 4 (2.484%) CSS
4 4 (2.484%) XSL
5 3 (1.863%) J2EE
6 2 (1.242%) ASP
6 2 (1.242%) Application Packaging
6 2 (1.242%) LINQ
7 1 (0.621%) X-Windows
7 1 (0.621%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 31 (19.25%) MS Exchange
2 18 (11.18%) IIS
3 15 (9.317%) Apache
4 13 (8.075%) SharePoint
4 13 (8.075%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (7.453%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (6.832%) Exchange Server 2003
7 8 (4.969%) Tomcat
8 5 (3.106%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (2.484%) LiveLink
9 4 (2.484%) WebSphere Application Server
9 4 (2.484%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (1.863%) WebSphere MQ
10 3 (1.863%) Lotus Notes
10 3 (1.863%) Lotus Domino
10 3 (1.863%) MQSeries
10 3 (1.863%) Documentum
11 1 (0.621%) CICS
Applications
1 18 (11.18%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.106%) MS Office
3 1 (0.621%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.621%) BusinessWorks
1 1 (0.621%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 34 (21.12%) DNS
2 33 (20.50%) SAN
3 25 (15.53%) DHCP
4 23 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 18 (11.18%) Internet
6 14 (8.696%) Firewall
7 10 (6.211%) NAS
8 9 (5.590%) WAN
8 9 (5.590%) Wireless
9 8 (4.969%) VPN
9 8 (4.969%) IPv6
10 7 (4.348%) Intranet
11 5 (3.106%) 3G
11 5 (3.106%) Broadband
11 5 (3.106%) LAN
12 3 (1.863%) LDAP
12 3 (1.863%) SMS
12 3 (1.863%) SNMP
13 2 (1.242%) VoIP
13 2 (1.242%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 20 (12.42%) SQL Server 2008
2 20 (12.42%) SQL Server 2005
3 14 (8.696%) Oracle 8/8i
4 7 (4.348%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (2.484%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.484%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (1.863%) DB2
6 3 (1.863%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.863%) GIS
6 3 (1.863%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.863%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.621%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (0.621%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (0.621%) TOAD
7 1 (0.621%) MySQL
7 1 (0.621%) Oracle 9i
7 1 (0.621%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 8 (4.969%) TestDirector
2 5 (3.106%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (3.106%) WinRunner
3 4 (2.484%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.863%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (1.242%) StarTeam
6 1 (0.621%) TortoiseSVN
6 1 (0.621%) MSI
6 1 (0.621%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.621%) Subversion
General
1 10 (6.211%) Telecoms
1 10 (6.211%) Finance
2 6 (3.727%) Manufacturing
3 5 (3.106%) Banking
4 2 (1.242%) Back Office
5 1 (0.621%) Retail
5 1 (0.621%) Retail Banking
5 1 (0.621%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (12.42%) Analyst
2 13 (8.075%) Designer
3 11 (6.832%) Architect
4 10 (6.211%) Server Engineer
4 10 (6.211%) Support Analyst
5 8 (4.969%) Technical Analyst
6 7 (4.348%) Developer
6 7 (4.348%) Support Engineer
6 7 (4.348%) Team Leader
6 7 (4.348%) Security Engineer
7 6 (3.727%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 6 (3.727%) Test Engineer
7 6 (3.727%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.106%) IT Support
8 5 (3.106%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (3.106%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 5 (3.106%) Administrator
8 5 (3.106%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (3.106%) DBA
8 5 (3.106%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.91%) Clustering
2 9 (5.590%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.348%) PDA
4 6 (3.727%) Smartcard
4 6 (3.727%) SaaS
5 5 (3.106%) Computer Science
5 5 (3.106%) Replication
6 4 (2.484%) Thin Client
6 4 (2.484%) Fat Client
6 4 (2.484%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.863%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.242%) Handset
8 2 (1.242%) NHS
9 1 (0.621%) Symmetrix DMX
9 1 (0.621%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.621%) EPoS
9 1 (0.621%) EMV
9 1 (0.621%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.621%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 161 (100.00%) Windows
2 132 (81.99%) Windows Server 2003
3 40 (24.84%) Windows XP
4 31 (19.25%) Linux
5 25 (15.53%) AIX
6 24 (14.91%) Solaris
7 21 (13.04%) Windows 7
8 10 (6.211%) UNIX
9 8 (4.969%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (4.348%) Windows Vista
11 5 (3.106%) Windows 2000
12 3 (1.863%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.621%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (0.621%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.621%) Windows Phone
13 1 (0.621%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.621%) zOS
13 1 (0.621%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (9.317%) Security Architecture
1 15 (9.317%) ITIL
2 10 (6.211%) Migration
2 10 (6.211%) Software Distribution
3 9 (5.590%) Test Scripting
3 9 (5.590%) Project Management
3 9 (5.590%) Enterprise Architecture
4 8 (4.969%) Configuration Management
4 8 (4.969%) Release Management
5 6 (3.727%) ERP
6 5 (3.106%) Test Automation
6 5 (3.106%) Time Management
6 5 (3.106%) Capacity Planning
6 5 (3.106%) Capacity Management
6 5 (3.106%) Software Deployment
6 5 (3.106%) Incident Management
6 5 (3.106%) Software Testing
7 4 (2.484%) Content Management
7 4 (2.484%) Document Management
7 4 (2.484%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.74%) SQL
2 17 (10.56%) Java
3 8 (4.969%) VBScript
3 8 (4.969%) Perl
4 6 (3.727%) T-SQL
4 6 (3.727%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.106%) Bourne shell
5 5 (3.106%) Korn
6 4 (2.484%) C#
6 4 (2.484%) XQuery
6 4 (2.484%) XPath
7 3 (1.863%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.863%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.242%) VB
8 2 (1.242%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.621%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 53 (32.92%) Security Cleared
2 37 (22.98%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (4.348%) Degree
4 7 (4.348%) MCSE
5 5 (3.106%) MCITP
6 4 (2.484%) MCSA
7 3 (1.863%) BC Cleared
7 3 (1.863%) MCP
7 3 (1.863%) MCTS
8 2 (1.242%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.242%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.621%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.621%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.621%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.863%) SLA
2 1 (0.621%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (33.54%) Active Directory
2 27 (16.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (9.938%) VMware ESX
3 16 (9.938%) vSphere
4 10 (6.211%) XenApp
5 8 (4.969%) Hyper-V
6 5 (3.106%) XenDesktop
7 4 (2.484%) Terminal Services
7 4 (2.484%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.863%) DFS Replication
8 3 (1.863%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 3 (1.863%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.863%) Terminal Server
9 2 (1.242%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.621%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.621%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.621%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.621%) Cygwin
10 1 (0.621%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.621%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 23 (14.29%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 20 (12.42%) SCCM
3 19 (11.80%) Netcool
4 16 (9.938%) Tivoli
5 15 (9.317%) SCOM
6 10 (6.211%) McAfee ePO
7 6 (3.727%) Backup Exec
7 6 (3.727%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 5 (3.106%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (3.106%) WSUS
9 4 (2.484%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (1.863%) MOM
11 2 (1.242%) WMI
11 2 (1.242%) Tivoli Monitoring
11 2 (1.242%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.621%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 85 (52.80%) Microsoft
2 56 (34.78%) VMware
3 36 (22.36%) Citrix
4 24 (14.91%) HP
5 23 (14.29%) IBM
6 22 (13.66%) Oracle
7 20 (12.42%) McAfee
8 18 (11.18%) Lumension
9 16 (9.938%) Veritas
10 13 (8.075%) EMC
11 12 (7.453%) Cisco
12 11 (6.832%) Symantec
13 8 (4.969%) Red Hat
13 8 (4.969%) CommVault
14 6 (3.727%) Lotus
15 5 (3.106%) Sun
15 5 (3.106%) Dell
16 4 (2.484%) Open Text
16 4 (2.484%) Kofax
16 4 (2.484%) CheckPoint
3rd line support
Dundee, Scotland
A leading Dundee based organisation is currently recruiting for a 3rd line support engineer to come on board to assist their existing team.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £150.00 - £200.00 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
2nd line support
Edinburgh, Scotland
A leading Edinburgh based organisation is currently recruiting for a 2nd line support engineer to join their large team. The role includes 1/2 line support, and experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £100.00 - £130.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Infrastructure Engineer
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Technical Experience Required: *Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2012 *VMWare ESX *Active Directory *Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2012 *Red Hat Enterprise Linux (desirable) *Datacentre experience would be beneficial This...
Vertical IT
Posted: 20 May 2013
IT Support Analyst
Inverclyde, Scotland
Your duties will include: * phone support for IT infrastructure and applications * solve 1st and 2nd level incidents and Service Requests * ensure that calls are recorded, solutions communicated and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £120.00 - £170 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Lumension Sanctuary Expert
Erskine, Renfrewshire
Good understanding and working knowledge of Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 Enterprise Architecture, Windows XP/7 Desktop and supporting products " Good understanding of Enterprise Security Architecture... " Scripting experience (Bourne/...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £500.00 - £600.00 per day
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