The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington 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 24 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 Warrington 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 20 17 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 0.820% 1.064% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.545% 7.143% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £113 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +8.57%
All Operating Systems
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
22 14 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 18.03% 14.89% 8.974%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 1
Average daily rate £283 £355 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.42% +18.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
Cheshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington Windows Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

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 Warrington region.

Warrington Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management