The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 23 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 Somerset 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 19 33 28
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 12 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 6.897% 1.183% 4.023%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.69% 6.061% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £211 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £21.38 - £15.25
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.48 - £14.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.28 - £16.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+9.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
58 33 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 33.33% 19.53% 31.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 23
Average daily rate £232 £280 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £155 £245 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £350 £361
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 14
Average hourly rate £16.20 £12.25 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.24% -18.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £17.60 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
South West

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 23 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
Yeovil - 5 £240 -
Bath - 1 - -
Clevedon - 1 - -
Taunton - 1 - -
Weston-super-Mare - 1 - -
Windows Server 2008
South West

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (77.78%) Active Directory
4 11 (61.11%) Microsoft
5 9 (50.00%) VMware
5 9 (50.00%) MS Exchange
6 8 (44.44%) MS Office
6 8 (44.44%) Windows XP
7 7 (38.89%) Cisco
7 7 (38.89%) Citrix
7 7 (38.89%) Windows 7
8 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (33.33%) VPN
9 5 (27.78%) Exchange Server 2003
9 5 (27.78%) Exchange Server 2007
10 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (22.22%) Windows Vista
10 4 (22.22%) Oracle
10 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
10 4 (22.22%) VoIP
10 4 (22.22%) XenApp
11 3 (16.67%) DHCP
11 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
11 3 (16.67%) SQL
11 3 (16.67%) ITIL
11 3 (16.67%) DNS
11 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
11 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
11 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 1 (5.556%) XML
1 1 (5.556%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (27.78%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (27.78%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (5.556%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (44.44%) MS Office
2 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) VPN
2 4 (22.22%) VoIP
3 3 (16.67%) DHCP
3 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 3 (16.67%) DNS
4 2 (11.11%) Internet
5 1 (5.556%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 2 (11.11%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Support Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (27.78%) Desktop Support
3 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) IT Support
6 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 1 (5.556%) Server Technician
7 1 (5.556%) Windows Support Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) Analyst
7 1 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) Server Support
7 1 (5.556%) Support Analyst
7 1 (5.556%) Technical Support
7 1 (5.556%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (5.556%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.556%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (44.44%) Windows XP
4 7 (38.89%) Windows 7
5 4 (22.22%) Windows Vista
6 2 (11.11%) Windows 2000
6 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (5.556%) Windows 8
7 1 (5.556%) Mac OS
7 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (5.556%) ITIL V2
2 1 (5.556%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) VB
2 1 (5.556%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.556%) LINC
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (11.11%) MCSE
3 1 (5.556%) MCP
3 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.556%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (22.22%) XenApp
3 2 (11.11%) VMware ESX
3 2 (11.11%) vSphere
4 1 (5.556%) Terminal Services
4 1 (5.556%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (50.00%) VMware
3 7 (38.89%) Cisco
3 7 (38.89%) Citrix
4 4 (22.22%) Oracle
5 1 (5.556%) Veeam
5 1 (5.556%) HP
5 1 (5.556%) Adobe
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