The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staines 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 19 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 Staines 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 5 - 32
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 19 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 14.84% - 0.830%
As % of the Operating Systems category 35.19% - 3.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £438 - -
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 £23.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year
+13.51% +7.24%
All Operating Systems
Staines
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
54 23 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 42.19% 17.04% 24.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 9
Average daily rate £400 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
Average hourly rate £29.38 £28.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.91% -30.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows Server 2008
Surrey

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staines 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 Staines region.

Staines 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 Staines region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Staines Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 13 (61.90%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (52.38%) PowerShell
4 10 (47.62%) Migration
4 10 (47.62%) SQL
5 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
6 8 (38.10%) VBScript
6 8 (38.10%) VB
6 8 (38.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (23.81%) ITIL
7 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
7 5 (23.81%) VPN
7 5 (23.81%) Citrix
7 5 (23.81%) AppSense
8 4 (19.05%) SSH
8 4 (19.05%) PKI
8 4 (19.05%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (19.05%) XenDesktop
8 4 (19.05%) EFT
8 4 (19.05%) Service Management
8 4 (19.05%) Firewall
8 4 (19.05%) Finance
8 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (19.05%) SSL
8 4 (19.05%) UNIX
8 4 (19.05%) FTP
8 4 (19.05%) Oracle
8 4 (19.05%) IIS
8 4 (19.05%) MS Office

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 4 (19.05%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (19.05%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
2 4 (19.05%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) VPN
2 4 (19.05%) SSH
2 4 (19.05%) Firewall
2 4 (19.05%) SSL
2 4 (19.05%) FTP
3 1 (4.762%) DHCP
3 1 (4.762%) DNS
3 1 (4.762%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Applications Support Analyst
1 4 (19.05%) Support Analyst
1 4 (19.05%) Architect
1 4 (19.05%) Analyst
1 4 (19.05%) Applications Support
2 2 (9.524%) Active Directory Specialist
2 2 (9.524%) Security Specialist
2 2 (9.524%) Citrix Engineer
2 2 (9.524%) Support Engineer
2 2 (9.524%) Technical Architect
3 1 (4.762%) Applications Specialist
3 1 (4.762%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Server Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) IT Support
3 1 (4.762%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (4.762%) SCCM Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) PKI
1 4 (19.05%) EFT
2 1 (4.762%) Thin Client
2 1 (4.762%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (61.90%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (38.10%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (19.05%) UNIX
5 2 (9.524%) Windows XP
6 1 (4.762%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Migration
2 5 (23.81%) ITIL
3 4 (19.05%) Service Management
3 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.524%) Project Management
5 1 (4.762%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (4.762%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) PowerShell
2 10 (47.62%) SQL
3 8 (38.10%) VBScript
3 8 (38.10%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) MCSE
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (9.524%) MCITP
3 1 (4.762%) MCP
3 1 (4.762%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (19.05%) XenDesktop
3 2 (9.524%) XenApp
4 1 (4.762%) Terminal Services
4 1 (4.762%) UAG
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) SCCM
2 2 (9.524%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Citrix
2 5 (23.81%) AppSense
3 4 (19.05%) Oracle
4 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.762%) NetApp
5 1 (4.762%) VMware