The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 17 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 Surrey 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 31 52 54
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 48 51 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 4.214% 3.098% 2.667%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.18% 11.89% 10.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 17 23
Average daily rate £190 £328 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.98% +0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £128 £229 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £440 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 1
Average hourly rate £23.75 £12.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+90.00% -64.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+12.00% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
264 429 470
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 23.18% 26.06% 25.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 173 177
Average daily rate £319 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.92% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £135 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 73 42
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +1.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Server 2008
South East

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Surrey Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 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
Staines +12 14 £375 -11.76%
Addlestone +1 5 £133 -59.54%
Guildford -10 5 £130 -61.19%
Reigate +6 2 - -
Redhill +5 2 - -
Weybridge - 2 £133 -
Horley - 2 - -
Dorking - 2 - -
Woking +2 1 £190 -32.14%
Epsom +1 1 £350 -
Egham - 1 £215 -
Windows Server 2008
South East

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 81 (100.00%) Windows
2 34 (41.98%) Windows Server 2003
3 30 (37.04%) VMware
3 30 (37.04%) Microsoft
4 28 (34.57%) Active Directory
5 25 (30.86%) ITIL
6 24 (29.63%) SQL
7 19 (23.46%) MS Office
7 19 (23.46%) Citrix
7 19 (23.46%) Windows 7
8 18 (22.22%) SharePoint
9 17 (20.99%) MS Exchange
9 17 (20.99%) MS Excel
10 15 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
10 15 (18.52%) Hyper-V
11 14 (17.28%) XenApp
11 14 (17.28%) Migration
11 14 (17.28%) Firewall
11 14 (17.28%) Cisco
12 13 (16.05%) HP
12 13 (16.05%) SQL Server
12 13 (16.05%) PowerShell
13 12 (14.81%) SAN
13 12 (14.81%) VPN
13 12 (14.81%) DNS
14 11 (13.58%) DHCP
14 11 (13.58%) XML
14 11 (13.58%) SCCM
15 10 (12.35%) Exchange Server 2010
15 10 (12.35%) Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 11 (13.58%) XML
2 7 (8.642%) .NET
3 6 (7.407%) Web Services
4 4 (4.938%) DOM
5 3 (3.704%) XSL
5 3 (3.704%) ASP.NET
5 3 (3.704%) XSD
5 3 (3.704%) Silverlight
6 1 (1.235%) jQuery
6 1 (1.235%) ODBC
6 1 (1.235%) Application Packaging
6 1 (1.235%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 18 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 17 (20.99%) MS Exchange
3 10 (12.35%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 10 (12.35%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (9.877%) Exchange Server 2003
4 8 (9.877%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (8.642%) IIS
6 2 (2.469%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.235%) Lotus Domino
7 1 (1.235%) CMS
Applications
1 19 (23.46%) MS Office
2 17 (20.99%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.235%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.235%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.235%) InfoPath
3 1 (1.235%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (3.704%) SalesLogix
1 3 (3.704%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.28%) Firewall
2 12 (14.81%) SAN
2 12 (14.81%) VPN
2 12 (14.81%) DNS
3 11 (13.58%) DHCP
4 7 (8.642%) TCP/IP
5 5 (6.173%) WAN
6 4 (4.938%) FTP
6 4 (4.938%) SSL
6 4 (4.938%) SSH
7 3 (3.704%) IPsec
8 2 (2.469%) VLAN
8 2 (2.469%) VoIP
8 2 (2.469%) LAN
9 1 (1.235%) SMS
9 1 (1.235%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (1.235%) NAS
9 1 (1.235%) NetScaler
9 1 (1.235%) MPLS
9 1 (1.235%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.05%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.642%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (7.407%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (3.704%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (2.469%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.235%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.235%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (1.235%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (1.235%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.235%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (6.173%) Finance
2 1 (1.235%) Back Office
2 1 (1.235%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (20.99%) Analyst
2 15 (18.52%) Support Analyst
3 14 (17.28%) Support Engineer
4 11 (13.58%) 3rd Line Support
5 6 (7.407%) Technical Support
5 6 (7.407%) Architect
5 6 (7.407%) Server Support
5 6 (7.407%) Server Engineer
5 6 (7.407%) Citrix Support
5 6 (7.407%) IT Support
5 6 (7.407%) Citrix Support Analyst
6 5 (6.173%) Technical Engineer
6 5 (6.173%) Technical Architect
6 5 (6.173%) Technical Support Engineer
6 5 (6.173%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (4.938%) Applications Support Analyst
7 4 (4.938%) SQL DBA
7 4 (4.938%) DBA
7 4 (4.938%) Software Engineer
7 4 (4.938%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.642%) Blackberry
2 5 (6.173%) Thin Client
2 5 (6.173%) Fat Client
2 5 (6.173%) Clustering
3 4 (4.938%) EFT
4 2 (2.469%) Data Extraction
4 2 (2.469%) PKI
5 1 (1.235%) iPhone
5 1 (1.235%) iPad
5 1 (1.235%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 81 (100.00%) Windows
2 34 (41.98%) Windows Server 2003
3 19 (23.46%) Windows 7
4 10 (12.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
6 8 (9.877%) Windows XP
7 6 (7.407%) Linux
7 6 (7.407%) UNIX
7 6 (7.407%) Windows 8
8 3 (3.704%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (3.704%) HPUX
9 2 (2.469%) AIX
9 2 (2.469%) Windows Vista
10 1 (1.235%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.86%) ITIL
2 14 (17.28%) Migration
3 5 (6.173%) Incident Management
4 4 (4.938%) Service Management
5 3 (3.704%) Service Delivery
5 3 (3.704%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (3.704%) CRM
5 3 (3.704%) Data Migration
6 2 (2.469%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (2.469%) PRINCE2
6 2 (2.469%) Workflow
6 2 (2.469%) Project Management
6 2 (2.469%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.235%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (1.235%) Scrum
7 1 (1.235%) Workflow Management
7 1 (1.235%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (1.235%) Configuration Management
7 1 (1.235%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (1.235%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (29.63%) SQL
2 13 (16.05%) PowerShell
3 8 (9.877%) VBScript
4 7 (8.642%) C#
5 6 (7.407%) VB
6 4 (4.938%) JavaScript
7 3 (3.704%) T-SQL
7 3 (3.704%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (8.642%) MCSE
1 7 (8.642%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (4.938%) MCITP
2 4 (4.938%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.704%) MCP
3 3 (3.704%) CCNA
4 2 (2.469%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.469%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.235%) CCEE
5 1 (1.235%) CCIA
5 1 (1.235%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (1.235%) CCEA
5 1 (1.235%) MCSA
5 1 (1.235%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.235%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.235%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.235%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.235%) MCDST
5 1 (1.235%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.469%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.235%) QA
2 1 (1.235%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (34.57%) Active Directory
2 15 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (18.52%) Hyper-V
3 14 (17.28%) XenApp
4 9 (11.11%) ISA Server
5 8 (9.877%) Forefront TMG
6 5 (6.173%) XenDesktop
6 5 (6.173%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (6.173%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (3.704%) LiteSpeed
7 3 (3.704%) DFS Replication
7 3 (3.704%) vSphere
8 2 (2.469%) VMware ESX
9 1 (1.235%) Terminal Services
9 1 (1.235%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.235%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (1.235%) UAG
9 1 (1.235%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 11 (13.58%) SCCM
2 8 (9.877%) Backup Exec
3 6 (7.407%) HP SIM
4 5 (6.173%) WSUS
5 4 (4.938%) WMI
6 3 (3.704%) SCOM
7 1 (1.235%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (1.235%) Opalis
7 1 (1.235%) Tivoli
7 1 (1.235%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (1.235%) MOM
7 1 (1.235%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (1.235%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 30 (37.04%) Microsoft
1 30 (37.04%) VMware
2 19 (23.46%) Citrix
3 14 (17.28%) Cisco
4 13 (16.05%) HP
5 9 (11.11%) Oracle
6 8 (9.877%) CommVault
7 6 (7.407%) Nortel
7 6 (7.407%) NETGEAR
8 5 (6.173%) McAfee
8 5 (6.173%) AppSense
9 3 (3.704%) Sage
9 3 (3.704%) CheckPoint
9 3 (3.704%) Symantec
9 3 (3.704%) NetApp
9 3 (3.704%) Red Gate
9 3 (3.704%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.235%) Apple
10 1 (1.235%) DataCore
10 1 (1.235%) Novell
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