The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2012 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 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 South West 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 2012
Rank 106 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.195% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.866% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 - -
All Operating Systems
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
462 684 579
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 22.48% 21.82% 19.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 324 234
Average daily rate £325 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £248 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 75 91
Average hourly rate £14.02 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.68% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.90 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Windows Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South West Windows Server 2012 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2012
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 2012 within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Dorset - 1 £505 - 1
Somerset - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 £175 -
Gloucestershire - - - -
Bristol - - - - 15
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (50.00%) VMware
4 2 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 2 (33.33%) SAP
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) SCCM
4 2 (33.33%) Citrix
5 1 (16.67%) Migration
5 1 (16.67%) Replication
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
5 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
5 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
5 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 1 (16.67%) MCSE
5 1 (16.67%) WAN

Windows Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
1 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
1 2 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Replication
1 1 (16.67%) Clustering
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
1 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
1 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
1 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) VBScript
1 1 (16.67%) VB
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) MCSE
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (16.67%) MCITP
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (16.67%) EMC
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