The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 21 14 31
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +17
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 9 26 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 6.000% 10.53% 1.053%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.00% 33.77% 5.405%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 1
Average daily rate £475 £259 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+83.57% +47.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.28% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+9.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
30 77 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 20.00% 31.17% 19.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 34 15
Average daily rate £350 £288 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.82% +4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £195 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 4
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.35% +25.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
East of England

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Suffolk Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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
Ipswich +8 4 - -
Windows Server 2008
East of England

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (68.75%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
4 7 (43.75%) VMware
5 6 (37.50%) MS Exchange
5 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (31.25%) Silverlight
6 5 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (31.25%) Windows 7
6 5 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (31.25%) Technical Architecture
6 5 (31.25%) SharePoint 2010
6 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
6 5 (31.25%) C#
6 5 (31.25%) .NET
6 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
6 5 (31.25%) IIS
6 5 (31.25%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (25.00%) Cisco
7 4 (25.00%) Windows XP
7 4 (25.00%) ITIL
7 4 (25.00%) DNS
7 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
7 4 (25.00%) Hyper-V
8 3 (18.75%) NAS

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 5 (31.25%) Silverlight
1 5 (31.25%) .NET
2 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
2 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (12.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 2 (12.50%) LINQ
2 2 (12.50%) .NET Framework
2 2 (12.50%) WCF
2 2 (12.50%) WPF
2 2 (12.50%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) MS Exchange
2 5 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (31.25%) SharePoint 2010
2 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
2 5 (31.25%) IIS
2 5 (31.25%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (12.50%) MSMQ
4 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (6.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) DNS
2 3 (18.75%) NAS
2 3 (18.75%) WAAS
2 3 (18.75%) LAN
2 3 (18.75%) VoIP
2 3 (18.75%) WAN
2 3 (18.75%) DHCP
2 3 (18.75%) SAN
2 3 (18.75%) Firewall
3 2 (12.50%) VPN
4 1 (6.250%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Technical Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Network Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Team Leader
3 2 (12.50%) Help Desk Team Lead
3 2 (12.50%) Server Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (12.50%) Lead Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Call Centre Team Leader
4 1 (6.250%) 1st Line Support Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Administrator
4 1 (6.250%) Help Desk Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Network Support
4 1 (6.250%) Support Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (6.250%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) N-Tier
2 1 (6.250%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (68.75%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (31.25%) Windows 7
4 4 (25.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (12.50%) Windows 8
6 1 (6.250%) Windows Vista
6 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) MVC
3 2 (12.50%) PRINCE
3 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 2 (12.50%) CRM
3 2 (12.50%) SOA
4 1 (6.250%) ITIL V3
4 1 (6.250%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.250%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) C#
2 3 (18.75%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) VB
3 2 (12.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.250%) MCITP
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (6.250%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) VCP5
2 1 (6.250%) PMP
2 1 (6.250%) CCNP
2 1 (6.250%) CCIP
2 1 (6.250%) CCNA
2 1 (6.250%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (18.75%) Forefront TMG
3 3 (18.75%) UAG
4 1 (6.250%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) VMware
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco
4 2 (12.50%) Symantec
4 2 (12.50%) Brocade
5 1 (6.250%) HP