The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Slough 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 18 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 Slough 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 29 18 29
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +11
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 9 14 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 3.782% 7.143% 2.903%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.68% 40.00% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 2
Average daily rate £438 £288 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.17% -17.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+15.06% +4.28%
All Operating Systems
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
38 35 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 15.97% 17.86% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 13 22
Average daily rate £300 £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £210 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £370 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 £11.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+195.45% -65.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
Windows Server 2008
Berkshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

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 Slough region.

Slough Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 11 (84.62%) Active Directory
3 10 (76.92%) Windows XP
3 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
4 8 (61.54%) VMware
5 7 (53.85%) SQL
5 7 (53.85%) VB
5 7 (53.85%) Windows 7
5 7 (53.85%) SCCM
5 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
5 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
5 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (46.15%) MS Exchange
6 6 (46.15%) SharePoint
6 6 (46.15%) Citrix
7 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
7 4 (30.77%) VBScript
7 4 (30.77%) Service Management
8 3 (23.08%) MCSE
8 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (23.08%) Peregrine
9 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
9 2 (15.38%) MS Office
9 2 (15.38%) Finance
9 2 (15.38%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (15.38%) WSUS
9 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 6 (46.15%) SharePoint
1 6 (46.15%) MS Exchange
1 6 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2003
1 6 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (7.692%) Site Server
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
2 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (15.38%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) Windows Server Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (7.692%) SCCM Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) Architect
2 1 (7.692%) Analyst
2 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
2 1 (7.692%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) Server Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
1 1 (7.692%) Replication
1 1 (7.692%) Statistics
1 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (76.92%) Windows XP
3 7 (53.85%) Windows 7
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (7.692%) Windows 8
5 1 (7.692%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Service Management
2 1 (7.692%) Migration
2 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (7.692%) User Experience Design
2 1 (7.692%) Software Distribution
2 1 (7.692%) ITIL
2 1 (7.692%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) SQL
1 7 (53.85%) VB
2 4 (30.77%) VBScript
3 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) MCSE
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (15.38%) MCITP
4 1 (7.692%) Degree
4 1 (7.692%) MCDST
4 1 (7.692%) MCP
System Software
1 11 (84.62%) Active Directory
2 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (15.38%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (7.692%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (7.692%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) SCCM
2 2 (15.38%) WSUS
3 1 (7.692%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 8 (61.54%) VMware
3 6 (46.15%) Citrix
4 3 (23.08%) Peregrine
5 1 (7.692%) ServiceNow