Windows Server 2008 Contracts in Staffordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend 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 Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 14 22 30
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 5 12 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 5.952% 5.556% 3.687%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.46% 32.43% 24.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
Average daily rate £125 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-62.96% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £117 £338 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £338 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
All Operating Systems
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 13 37 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 15.48% 17.13% 15.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 11
Average daily rate £330 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
Average hourly rate £15.21 £16.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.84% +17.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
West Midlands

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Stoke-on-Trent +9 1 - -
Windows Server 2008
West Midlands

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (90.91%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
4 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
4 5 (45.45%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (36.36%) Data Migration
5 4 (36.36%) Migration
5 4 (36.36%) VMware
5 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (36.36%) MS Office
5 4 (36.36%) SQL
5 4 (36.36%) T-SQL
5 4 (36.36%) ETL
6 3 (27.27%) LAN
6 3 (27.27%) WAN
6 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
6 3 (27.27%) Citrix
6 3 (27.27%) Degree
6 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 2 (18.18%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
7 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
7 2 (18.18%) MS Exchange
7 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
7 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
7 2 (18.18%) Windows 2000

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 (9.091%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (18.18%) MS Exchange
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.091%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (9.091%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Office
2 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) LAN
1 3 (27.27%) WAN
2 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.091%) HTTP
3 1 (9.091%) DNS
3 1 (9.091%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Data Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (9.091%) Support Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Build Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (90.91%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
4 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
4 2 (18.18%) Windows 2000
5 1 (9.091%) Windows CE
5 1 (9.091%) Windows Vista
5 1 (9.091%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Data Migration
1 4 (36.36%) Migration
1 4 (36.36%) ETL
2 1 (9.091%) ERP
2 1 (9.091%) Project Management
2 1 (9.091%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
1 4 (36.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.091%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) VMware
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.091%) Symantec
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco
3 1 (9.091%) HP
3 1 (9.091%) Nortel
3 1 (9.091%) Avaya
3 1 (9.091%) Lotus
3 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
3 1 (9.091%) Altiris
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