Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 9 September 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

LinkMicrosoft Windows Server 2008
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank130177396
Rank change year-on-year
Up+47Up+219
Matching contract IT job ads854326189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.418 %0.852 %0.260 %
As % of the Operating Systems category7.086 %4.563 %1.334 %
Daily rates quoted36412483
Average daily rate£330£311£378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.020 %-17.54 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£200£278
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£450£508
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£279£418
% change year-on-year
+7.520 %-33.17 %
Hourly rates quoted124377
Average hourly rate£16.50£21.00£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42 %-23.63 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£11.25£19.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.50£45.32£38.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£19.25£25.25
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-23.76 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
12052714414169
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK20.01 %18.67 %19.47 %
Daily rates quoted574425614184
Average daily rate£380£338£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.59 %-6.890 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£213£200£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£560£500£513
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£300£325
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted12339812182
Average hourly rate£17.00£17.50£19.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.850 %-8.490 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£10.50£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.00£37.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£16.50£19.50
% change year-on-year
--15.38 %

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.

Windows Server 2008
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2008 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows Server 2008 Demand Trend

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 within the UK.

Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 within the UK over the 3 months to 9 September 2010.

Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2008 within the UK.

Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 within the UK over the 3 months to 9 September 2010.

Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 September 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+45815£338+8.87 %
LondonUp+52389£388+5.80 %
South EastDown-4161£300-4.00 %
City of LondonUp+16127£389+0.97 %
BerkshireUp+2679£313-21.75 %
North WestUp+1670£275+14.58 %
East of EnglandUp+153£350+40.00 %
YorkshireUp+1949£300-
ReadingUp+1342£300-25.00 %
CheshireUp+1434£400+45.45 %
West MidlandsUp+1434£243+7.77 %
West YorkshireUp+730£293-2.50 %
South WestDown-2329£289+5.00 %
ScotlandDown-228£260-
East MidlandsDown-1325£300+71.42 %
HertfordshireDown-323£375+25.00 %
OxfordshireUp+122£290-
HampshireDown-2622£355+12.69 %
KentUp+520£265+6.00 %
WarringtonUp+1119£375+36.36 %
WiltshireDown-418£295+16.83 %
ManchesterNew entry-18--
South YorkshireNew entry-18£300-
LeedsUp+816£293-2.50 %
EdinburghNew entry-13£260-
RotherhamNew entry-11£300-
EssexNew entry-11£342-
LancashireUp+29£230-4.16 %
OxfordDown-49£290-
Milton KeynesDown-119£200-28.05 %

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11558 (100.00 %)Windows
21131 (72.59 %)Windows Server 2003
3761 (48.84 %)Active Directory
4667 (42.81 %)Microsoft
5579 (37.16 %)VMware
6441 (28.31 %)MS Exchange
7349 (22.40 %)Citrix
8319 (20.47 %)SQL
9307 (19.70 %)SQL Server
10304 (19.51 %)Microsoft Certification
11299 (19.19 %)VMware Infrastructure
12279 (17.91 %)DNS
13274 (17.59 %)MCSE
14251 (16.11 %)Exchange Server 2007
15249 (15.98 %)Windows XP
16239 (15.34 %)HP
17225 (14.44 %)MS Excel
17225 (14.44 %)Security Cleared
18214 (13.74 %)IIS
19208 (13.35 %)Migration
20203 (13.03 %)TCP/IP
21200 (12.84 %)Exchange Server 2003
22188 (12.07 %)Linux
23186 (11.94 %)ITIL
24183 (11.75 %)Windows 2000
24183 (11.75 %)DHCP
24183 (11.75 %)VMware ESX
25178 (11.42 %)MS Office
26175 (11.23 %)Finance
27174 (11.17 %)SAN

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1130 (8.344 %).NET
263 (4.044 %)ASP.NET
355 (3.530 %)Web Services
445 (2.888 %)HTML
535 (2.246 %)XML
632 (2.054 %)Application Packaging
731 (1.990 %).NET Framework
825 (1.605 %)Middleware
825 (1.605 %)AJAX
825 (1.605 %)WebSphere
924 (1.540 %)ASP
1022 (1.412 %)WCF
1120 (1.284 %)Flash
1120 (1.284 %)CSS
1214 (0.899 %)WMI
1312 (0.770 %)jQuery
1410 (0.642 %)J2EE
159 (0.578 %)COM
168 (0.513 %)Forefront TMG
168 (0.513 %)Adobe Flex
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1441 (28.31 %)MS Exchange
2251 (16.11 %)Exchange Server 2007
3214 (13.74 %)IIS
4200 (12.84 %)Exchange Server 2003
5134 (8.601 %)SharePoint
654 (3.466 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
732 (2.054 %)SharePoint Server 2007
831 (1.990 %)Apache
831 (1.990 %)Exchange Server 2000
924 (1.540 %)SharePoint 2010
1022 (1.412 %)Lotus Notes
1022 (1.412 %)Lotus Domino
1121 (1.348 %)WebSphere Application Server
1216 (1.027 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1216 (1.027 %)WebLogic
1315 (0.963 %)Office Communications Server
1414 (0.899 %)BizTalk Server
1414 (0.899 %)GroupWise
1513 (0.834 %)Tomcat
1612 (0.770 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1225 (14.44 %)MS Excel
2178 (11.42 %)MS Office
316 (1.027 %)MS PowerPoint
316 (1.027 %)MS Project
412 (0.770 %)MS Visio
58 (0.513 %)InfoPath
58 (0.513 %)Acrobat
65 (0.321 %)Photoshop
71 (0.064 %)Fireworks
71 (0.064 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.064 %)DOC1
71 (0.064 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (0.578 %)Dynamics CRM
27 (0.449 %)WebTrends
27 (0.449 %)SoftGrid
27 (0.449 %)Dynamics AX
34 (0.257 %)Cerner Millennium
43 (0.193 %)Microsoft CRM
52 (0.128 %)Navision
61 (0.064 %)Axapta
61 (0.064 %)Line 100
61 (0.064 %)SunGard GMI
61 (0.064 %)ION MarketView
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1279 (17.91 %)DNS
2203 (13.03 %)TCP/IP
3183 (11.75 %)DHCP
4174 (11.17 %)SAN
5151 (9.692 %)Firewall
680 (5.135 %)Internet
779 (5.071 %)LAN
779 (5.071 %)WAN
877 (4.942 %)VPN
953 (3.402 %)Wireless
1051 (3.273 %)NAS
1141 (2.632 %)HTTP
1235 (2.246 %)VLAN
1323 (1.476 %)Intranet
1422 (1.412 %)VoIP
1521 (1.348 %)iSCSI
1620 (1.284 %)SMTP
1719 (1.220 %)SSL
1818 (1.155 %)Network Security
1916 (1.027 %)SMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1307 (19.70 %)SQL Server
2116 (7.445 %)SQL Server 2008
3112 (7.189 %)SQL Server 2005
445 (2.888 %)SQL Server 2000
540 (2.567 %)Oracle 8/8i
627 (1.733 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
726 (1.669 %)SQL Server Integration Services
825 (1.605 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
920 (1.284 %)BusinessObjects
1017 (1.091 %)SQL Server 7
1116 (1.027 %)Oracle 10g
1214 (0.899 %)RDBMS
1311 (0.706 %)MySQL
1311 (0.706 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1410 (0.642 %)ETL
158 (0.513 %)QlikView
158 (0.513 %)DB2
158 (0.513 %)OLAP
167 (0.449 %)Sybase ASE
167 (0.449 %)Oracle 11g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
135 (2.246 %)Team Foundation Server
232 (2.054 %)Visual Studio
315 (0.963 %)Subversion
48 (0.513 %)Eclipse
57 (0.449 %)JIRA
66 (0.385 %)InstallShield
66 (0.385 %)TestDirector
75 (0.321 %)Ant
84 (0.257 %)AdminStudio
84 (0.257 %)VSS/SourceSafe
93 (0.193 %)LoadRunner
93 (0.193 %)Bugzilla
93 (0.193 %)StarTeam
93 (0.193 %)Talend Open Studio
102 (0.128 %)TeamCity
102 (0.128 %)NUnit
102 (0.128 %)PVCS
111 (0.064 %)Dreamweaver
111 (0.064 %)ClearCase
111 (0.064 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1175 (11.23 %)Finance
2136 (8.729 %)Banking
372 (4.621 %)Investment Banking
445 (2.888 %)Government
543 (2.760 %)Education
634 (2.182 %)Law
726 (1.669 %)Publishing
825 (1.605 %)Telecoms
924 (1.540 %)Insurance
1019 (1.220 %)Retail
1118 (1.155 %)Legal
1215 (0.963 %)Health
1314 (0.899 %)Advertising
1411 (0.706 %)Back Office
1411 (0.706 %)Aerospace
157 (0.449 %)Automotive
166 (0.385 %)Financial Institution
175 (0.321 %)Front Office
175 (0.321 %)Auditing
184 (0.257 %)Manufacturing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1227 (14.57 %)Analyst
2108 (6.932 %)Support Analyst
3107 (6.868 %)Architect
4104 (6.675 %)Support Engineer
5101 (6.483 %)Consultant
5101 (6.483 %)Administrator
689 (5.712 %)3rd Line Support
785 (5.456 %)Server Engineer
873 (4.685 %)Infrastructure Engineer
965 (4.172 %)Developer
1057 (3.659 %)Systems Engineer
1153 (3.402 %)DBA
1245 (2.888 %)SQL DBA
1344 (2.824 %)Server Support
1443 (2.760 %)Systems Administrator
1540 (2.567 %)2nd Line Support
1636 (2.311 %)Applications Support
1735 (2.246 %)IT Support
1834 (2.182 %)Network Engineer
1834 (2.182 %)Desktop Support
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1161 (10.33 %)Clustering
293 (5.969 %)Blackberry
357 (3.659 %)Replication
449 (3.145 %)Thin Client
449 (3.145 %)Fat Client
542 (2.696 %)PKI
640 (2.567 %)Management Information System
724 (1.540 %)CCTV
823 (1.476 %)Streaming Media
917 (1.091 %)Client/Server
1014 (0.899 %)Hedge funds
1112 (0.770 %)Symmetrix DMX
1112 (0.770 %)CLARiiON
1211 (0.706 %)NHS
1211 (0.706 %)Computer Science
139 (0.578 %)Visualisation
148 (0.513 %)iSeries
148 (0.513 %)CMDB
148 (0.513 %)Smartcard
157 (0.449 %)Fixed Income
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11558 (100.00 %)Windows
21131 (72.59 %)Windows Server 2003
3249 (15.98 %)Windows XP
4188 (12.07 %)Linux
5183 (11.75 %)Windows 2000
6159 (10.21 %)Windows 7
7129 (8.280 %)Windows 2000 Server
8126 (8.087 %)Windows Vista
9110 (7.060 %)UNIX
1097 (6.226 %)Red Hat Linux
1171 (4.557 %)Solaris
1240 (2.567 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1334 (2.182 %)Windows NT
1418 (1.155 %)AIX
1514 (0.899 %)NetWare
1612 (0.770 %)HPUX
178 (0.513 %)Windows Mobile
186 (0.385 %)SUSE
186 (0.385 %)Mac OS X
195 (0.321 %)Debian
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1208 (13.35 %)Migration
2186 (11.94 %)ITIL
369 (4.429 %)Project Management
458 (3.723 %)Configuration Management
557 (3.659 %)Disaster Recovery
655 (3.530 %)Change Management
745 (2.888 %)Service Management
842 (2.696 %)PRINCE2
937 (2.375 %)Load Balancing
1035 (2.246 %)Capacity Planning
1134 (2.182 %)CRM
1233 (2.118 %)E-Commerce
1328 (1.797 %)Content Management
1425 (1.605 %)Agile Software Development
1524 (1.540 %)Problem Management
1622 (1.412 %)Service Delivery
1721 (1.348 %)Quality Management
1820 (1.284 %)Data Migration
1919 (1.220 %)Scrum
1919 (1.220 %)Technical Architecture
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1319 (20.47 %)SQL
2103 (6.611 %)C
388 (5.648 %)PowerShell
482 (5.263 %)C#
580 (5.135 %)VBScript
655 (3.530 %)Java
655 (3.530 %)Perl
753 (3.402 %)VB
850 (3.209 %)T-SQL
931 (1.990 %)JavaScript
1025 (1.605 %)C++
1121 (1.348 %)Python
1219 (1.220 %)Korn
1318 (1.155 %)VB.NET
1414 (0.899 %)Bash shell
1513 (0.834 %)Shell Script
169 (0.578 %)PHP
169 (0.578 %)Jython
178 (0.513 %)ActionScript 3.0
178 (0.513 %)Ruby
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1304 (19.51 %)Microsoft Certification
2274 (17.59 %)MCSE
3225 (14.44 %)Security Cleared
4138 (8.858 %)SC Cleared
576 (4.878 %)DV Cleared
576 (4.878 %)MCITP
659 (3.787 %)MCP
754 (3.466 %)Degree
843 (2.760 %)Cisco Certification
940 (2.567 %)MCSA
1033 (2.118 %)CCNA
1033 (2.118 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1130 (1.926 %)Citrix Certification
1223 (1.476 %)CCA
1223 (1.476 %)MCTS
1321 (1.348 %)RHCE
1415 (0.963 %)CCNP
1513 (0.834 %)ITIL Certification
1612 (0.770 %)CCEA
1711 (0.706 %)RHCA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
135 (2.246 %)SLA
210 (0.642 %)QA
35 (0.321 %)ISO 9001
44 (0.257 %)ISO/IEC 27001
52 (0.128 %)JSP 440
52 (0.128 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.064 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1761 (48.84 %)Active Directory
2299 (19.19 %)VMware Infrastructure
3183 (11.75 %)VMware ESX
491 (5.841 %)Hyper-V
590 (5.777 %)vSphere
679 (5.071 %)XenApp
776 (4.878 %)Terminal Services
855 (3.530 %)ISA Server
951 (3.273 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1028 (1.797 %)XenDesktop
1127 (1.733 %)XenServer
1222 (1.412 %)SRDF
1320 (1.284 %)Veritas Cluster Server
1413 (0.834 %)Novell eDirectory
1512 (0.770 %)Xen
1512 (0.770 %)MetaFrame
1610 (0.642 %)VMware Server
1610 (0.642 %)UAG
1610 (0.642 %)Terminal Server
179 (0.578 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1162 (10.40 %)SCCM
287 (5.584 %)SCOM
360 (3.851 %)Backup Exec
456 (3.594 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
554 (3.466 %)MOM
650 (3.209 %)MSI
743 (2.760 %)NetBackup
837 (2.375 %)WSUS
925 (1.605 %)Norton AntiVirus
1022 (1.412 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1120 (1.284 %)Business Desktop Deployment
1215 (0.963 %)Tivoli
1215 (0.963 %)HP SIM
1313 (0.834 %)Legato
1412 (0.770 %)EMC NetWorker
159 (0.578 %)HP Quality Center
168 (0.513 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
177 (0.449 %)CA SiteMinder
177 (0.449 %)HP Data Protector
186 (0.385 %)Unicenter
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1667 (42.81 %)Microsoft
2579 (37.16 %)VMware
3349 (22.40 %)Citrix
4239 (15.34 %)HP
5170 (10.91 %)Cisco
6106 (6.804 %)Oracle
7102 (6.547 %)Symantec
878 (5.006 %)Red Hat
970 (4.493 %)IBM
1068 (4.365 %)Dell
1162 (3.979 %)EMC
1162 (3.979 %)Altiris
1237 (2.375 %)Novell
1331 (1.990 %)Lotus
1430 (1.926 %)Sun
1529 (1.861 %)Remedy
1529 (1.861 %)McAfee
1628 (1.797 %)Veritas
1725 (1.605 %)NetApp
1820 (1.284 %)Business Objects