The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales 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 18 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 Wales 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 17 31 40
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +9
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 33 25 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 7.051% 4.125% 3.077%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.78% 19.38% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 8 7
Average daily rate £325 £225 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+44.44% -30.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £187 £319
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £291 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 4
Average hourly rate £15.00 £12.25 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.44% -36.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.10 £9.65 £9.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.30 £14.85 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+15.06% +4.28%
All Operating Systems
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
128 129 187
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 27.35% 21.29% 26.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 49 73
Average daily rate £313 £225 £349
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.11% -35.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £184 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £426 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 13
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +20.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £9.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.76 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
Windows Server 2008
UK

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
South Wales +9 29 £356 +46.90% 6
North Wales 0 1 - -
West Wales - 1 £200 -
Windows Server 2008
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Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 43 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (60.47%) Windows Server 2003
3 24 (55.81%) Microsoft
3 24 (55.81%) Active Directory
4 14 (32.56%) SQL Server
5 11 (25.58%) SQL
5 11 (25.58%) SharePoint
5 11 (25.58%) MS Exchange
5 11 (25.58%) Migration
5 11 (25.58%) Windows 7
5 11 (25.58%) SharePoint 2010
6 10 (23.26%) Firewall
6 10 (23.26%) MS Excel
7 9 (20.93%) LAN
7 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (20.93%) Degree
8 8 (18.60%) SCCM
8 8 (18.60%) SAN
8 8 (18.60%) TCP/IP
8 8 (18.60%) Cisco
8 8 (18.60%) WAN
8 8 (18.60%) Clustering
9 7 (16.28%) VMware
9 7 (16.28%) DNS
10 6 (13.95%) HP
10 6 (13.95%) Management Information System
10 6 (13.95%) Exchange Server 2007
10 6 (13.95%) SharePoint Server
10 6 (13.95%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (11.63%) Team Foundation Server

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 (11.63%) .NET
1 5 (11.63%) .NET Framework
1 5 (11.63%) WCF
2 4 (9.302%) WF
2 4 (9.302%) XSLT
2 4 (9.302%) SOAP
3 1 (2.326%) XML
3 1 (2.326%) CSS
3 1 (2.326%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 11 (25.58%) SharePoint
1 11 (25.58%) MS Exchange
1 11 (25.58%) SharePoint 2010
2 6 (13.95%) SharePoint Server
2 6 (13.95%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (9.302%) BizTalk Server
3 4 (9.302%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (6.977%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (4.651%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (2.326%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (23.26%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.977%) MS Office
3 1 (2.326%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.26%) Firewall
2 9 (20.93%) LAN
3 8 (18.60%) WAN
3 8 (18.60%) TCP/IP
3 8 (18.60%) SAN
4 7 (16.28%) DNS
5 5 (11.63%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (4.651%) DHCP
7 1 (2.326%) Internet
7 1 (2.326%) VPN
7 1 (2.326%) SMTP
7 1 (2.326%) Network Security
7 1 (2.326%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (32.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.977%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (6.977%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.326%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (2.326%) Informix
3 1 (2.326%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.326%) Cognos Impromptu
3 1 (2.326%) DTS
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Visual Studio
1 5 (11.63%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (9.302%) Banking
2 1 (2.326%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (23.26%) Administrator
2 7 (16.28%) Developer
2 7 (16.28%) Integration Engineer
3 5 (11.63%) LAN Administrator
3 5 (11.63%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (9.302%) DBA
4 4 (9.302%) Support Engineer
4 4 (9.302%) Software Developer
4 4 (9.302%) SQL DBA
4 4 (9.302%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) Server Administrator
5 3 (6.977%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) Analyst
5 3 (6.977%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (6.977%) Senior Developer
5 3 (6.977%) SQL Server DBA
5 3 (6.977%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (4.651%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (4.651%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) Clustering
2 6 (13.95%) Management Information System
3 5 (11.63%) Computer Science
4 4 (9.302%) Replication
5 3 (6.977%) NHS
6 2 (4.651%) Blackberry
7 1 (2.326%) Fat Client
7 1 (2.326%) Thin Client
7 1 (2.326%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 43 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (60.47%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (25.58%) Windows 7
4 6 (13.95%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (9.302%) Windows XP
6 2 (4.651%) Linux
6 2 (4.651%) UNIX
7 1 (2.326%) Windows 2000
7 1 (2.326%) VMS
7 1 (2.326%) Windows 8
7 1 (2.326%) Ubuntu
7 1 (2.326%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.58%) Migration
2 5 (11.63%) Asset Management
2 5 (11.63%) MVC
2 5 (11.63%) Load Balancing
2 5 (11.63%) Network Design
2 5 (11.63%) Data Protection
2 5 (11.63%) Capacity Planning
3 4 (9.302%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (9.302%) Workflow
4 2 (4.651%) Network Management
4 2 (4.651%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.326%) Web Development
5 1 (2.326%) Time Management
5 1 (2.326%) Data Migration
5 1 (2.326%) ITIL
5 1 (2.326%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.326%) Data Management
5 1 (2.326%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.58%) SQL
2 5 (11.63%) C#
3 4 (9.302%) T-SQL
3 4 (9.302%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) Degree
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.63%) MCP
3 2 (4.651%) CCNA
3 2 (4.651%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.651%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.326%) BC Cleared
4 1 (2.326%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.326%) MCSE
4 1 (2.326%) MCSA
4 1 (2.326%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.302%) HL7
System Software
1 24 (55.81%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.302%) Hyper-V
3 4 (9.302%) Forefront TMG
4 2 (4.651%) XenApp
5 1 (2.326%) vSphere
5 1 (2.326%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.326%) Terminal Services
5 1 (2.326%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 8 (18.60%) SCCM
2 5 (11.63%) SCOM
2 5 (11.63%) Backup Exec
3 3 (6.977%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (4.651%) NetBackup
5 1 (2.326%) MOM
5 1 (2.326%) ARCserve
5 1 (2.326%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 24 (55.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (18.60%) Cisco
3 7 (16.28%) VMware
4 6 (13.95%) HP
5 5 (11.63%) Riverbed
5 5 (11.63%) Citrix
6 4 (9.302%) Symantec
6 4 (9.302%) McAfee
7 3 (6.977%) Open Text
7 3 (6.977%) RightFax
8 2 (4.651%) NetApp
8 2 (4.651%) SAP
9 1 (2.326%) Cognos
9 1 (2.326%) Oracle
9 1 (2.326%) Veritas
9 1 (2.326%) Red Hat
9 1 (2.326%) Brocade
9 1 (2.326%) Intel
South Wales
The right candidate will be responsible for managing the support function for all Desktop and LAN services in the expansion of the new environment, running in parallel with...
Intapeople
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Newport, Wales, Gwent
Microsoft System Integration Engineer (Microsoft Infrastructure) with current active SC security clearance required for a 3 - 6 month contract in Newport-Working as a member of the System...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP350-400 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Log shipping / Mirroring / Replication / Clustering/DB Backup/ DB Restoring. - Good understanding of Windows Server operating system (2003 / 2008) and related storage / network infrastructures... - T-SQL including stored procedures...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £285 to £300 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Log shipping / Mirroring / Replication / Clustering/DB Backup/ DB Restoring. Good understanding of Windows Server operating system (2003 / 2008) and related storage / network infrastructures... T-SQL including stored procedures...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £275 to £300 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Newport, Gwent
Location: Newport Rate: £280 -£310 per day Start date: ASAP Main Skills: General SharePoint administration skills, including site creation, data migration and rights management... General suite of web...
LA International
Rate: £280 - £310 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
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