Windows Server 2008 Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 22 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 West Midlands 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 36 35 50
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +15
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 69 84 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.114% 3.676% 2.760%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.04% 19.63% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 28 19
Average daily rate £250 £318 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.25% -2.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £164 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £443 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 18 13
Average hourly rate £18.00 £16.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +26.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.80 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £28.95 £23.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+9.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 328 428 314
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.56% 18.73% 16.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 178 125
Average daily rate £300 £300 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.08% +5.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £180 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £422 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 65 58
Average hourly rate £15.35 £14.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.87% +7.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £27.60 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Warwickshire +4 17 £250 -9.09%
Birmingham -15 10 £260 -8.45%
Shropshire +12 9 £380 -7.31%
Coventry +4 8 £104 -79.65%
Herefordshire - 6 £135 -
Staffordshire +10 5 £125 -62.96%
Worcestershire -9 3 £150 -50.00%
Wolverhampton - 2 £125 -
Windows Server 2008
England

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 137 (100.00%) Windows
2 95 (69.34%) Windows Server 2003
3 74 (54.01%) VMware
4 73 (53.28%) Active Directory
5 69 (50.36%) Microsoft
6 53 (38.69%) MS Exchange
7 34 (24.82%) Citrix
8 33 (24.09%) SAN
8 33 (24.09%) Windows 7
9 31 (22.63%) HP
9 31 (22.63%) DNS
9 31 (22.63%) Exchange Server 2010
10 29 (21.17%) DHCP
10 29 (21.17%) Windows XP
10 29 (21.17%) VMware Infrastructure
11 26 (18.98%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (16.79%) TCP/IP
13 21 (15.33%) Cisco
13 21 (15.33%) SCCM
14 20 (14.60%) LAN
14 20 (14.60%) SQL Server
15 18 (13.14%) Firewall
15 18 (13.14%) SQL
16 17 (12.41%) MS Excel
16 17 (12.41%) SharePoint
16 17 (12.41%) WAN
16 17 (12.41%) Clustering
17 16 (11.68%) MS Office
18 15 (10.95%) Linux
18 15 (10.95%) Exchange Server 2003

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (2.920%) .NET
2 3 (2.190%) COM
2 3 (2.190%) Application Packaging
2 3 (2.190%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.730%) soapUI
3 1 (0.730%) HTML
3 1 (0.730%) Web Services
3 1 (0.730%) XML
3 1 (0.730%) WCF
3 1 (0.730%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 53 (38.69%) MS Exchange
2 31 (22.63%) Exchange Server 2010
3 17 (12.41%) SharePoint
4 15 (10.95%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (9.489%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (7.299%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (2.920%) Lync
7 4 (2.920%) WebLogic
8 3 (2.190%) IIS
9 1 (0.730%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.730%) Lotus Notes
9 1 (0.730%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (0.730%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 17 (12.41%) MS Excel
2 16 (11.68%) MS Office
3 4 (2.920%) Office 365
4 2 (1.460%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 8 (5.839%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (0.730%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.730%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 33 (24.09%) SAN
2 31 (22.63%) DNS
3 29 (21.17%) DHCP
4 23 (16.79%) TCP/IP
5 20 (14.60%) LAN
6 18 (13.14%) Firewall
7 17 (12.41%) WAN
8 11 (8.029%) NAS
9 9 (6.569%) xDSL
10 6 (4.380%) MPLS
11 3 (2.190%) Wireless
11 3 (2.190%) HTTP
11 3 (2.190%) VPN
11 3 (2.190%) VLAN
11 3 (2.190%) Network Security
12 2 (1.460%) iSCSI
13 1 (0.730%) NetScaler
13 1 (0.730%) VoIP
13 1 (0.730%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (14.60%) SQL Server
2 15 (10.95%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (4.380%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (3.650%) Oracle 8/8i
4 5 (3.650%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (3.650%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.920%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (2.190%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.730%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (4.380%) MSI
2 1 (0.730%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (4.380%) Finance
2 3 (2.190%) Telecoms
2 3 (2.190%) Corporate Banking
2 3 (2.190%) Banking
2 3 (2.190%) Investment Banking
3 2 (1.460%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.730%) Automotive
4 1 (0.730%) Back Office
4 1 (0.730%) Retail
4 1 (0.730%) Billing
Job Titles
1 24 (17.52%) Analyst
1 24 (17.52%) 3rd Line Support
2 20 (14.60%) Support Engineer
3 17 (12.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (8.759%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 11 (8.029%) Administrator
6 10 (7.299%) 2nd Line Support
7 9 (6.569%) Systems Analyst
8 8 (5.839%) Server Support
8 8 (5.839%) Systems Support
8 8 (5.839%) Support Analyst
8 8 (5.839%) Architect
9 6 (4.380%) Server Engineer
9 6 (4.380%) Desktop Support
9 6 (4.380%) Consultant
10 5 (3.650%) Technical Architect
10 5 (3.650%) Network Support
10 5 (3.650%) Data Analyst
11 4 (2.920%) Wintel Support
11 4 (2.920%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.41%) Clustering
2 3 (2.190%) EqualLogic
3 2 (1.460%) Computer Science
3 2 (1.460%) Blackberry
3 2 (1.460%) Replication
4 1 (0.730%) AS400
4 1 (0.730%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.730%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 137 (100.00%) Windows
2 95 (69.34%) Windows Server 2003
3 33 (24.09%) Windows 7
4 29 (21.17%) Windows XP
5 15 (10.95%) Linux
6 14 (10.22%) Windows 2000
7 10 (7.299%) UNIX
8 7 (5.109%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (3.650%) VMS
10 4 (2.920%) Windows Vista
11 3 (2.190%) AIX
12 2 (1.460%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.730%) Windows CE
13 1 (0.730%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.730%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.730%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (5.839%) Migration
1 8 (5.839%) ITIL
1 8 (5.839%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (3.650%) ETL
2 5 (3.650%) Data Migration
3 3 (2.190%) Business Transformation
3 3 (2.190%) Software Deployment
3 3 (2.190%) Fund Management
3 3 (2.190%) Wealth Management
3 3 (2.190%) Problem Management
4 2 (1.460%) Business Continuity
4 2 (1.460%) Configuration Management
4 2 (1.460%) Project Management
4 2 (1.460%) Service Management
4 2 (1.460%) Change Control
5 1 (0.730%) Software Distribution
5 1 (0.730%) Service Delivery
5 1 (0.730%) Change Management
5 1 (0.730%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (0.730%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.14%) SQL
2 8 (5.839%) T-SQL
3 5 (3.650%) VB
4 4 (2.920%) Java
5 3 (2.190%) C
5 3 (2.190%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.460%) VB6
6 2 (1.460%) VBA
7 1 (0.730%) C#
7 1 (0.730%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.730%) Perl
7 1 (0.730%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (18.98%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (6.569%) MCSE
3 7 (5.109%) Degree
3 7 (5.109%) MCITP
4 5 (3.650%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.190%) MCP
5 3 (2.190%) CCNP
5 3 (2.190%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.460%) CCNA
6 2 (1.460%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.730%) CCEE
7 1 (0.730%) CCIA
7 1 (0.730%) Microsoft Certified Master
7 1 (0.730%) Microsoft Certified Architect
7 1 (0.730%) VCP5
7 1 (0.730%) MCSA
7 1 (0.730%) CCSP
7 1 (0.730%) ISEB
7 1 (0.730%) CCA
7 1 (0.730%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.460%) SLA
2 1 (0.730%) QA
System Software
1 73 (53.28%) Active Directory
2 29 (21.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (9.489%) XenApp
4 11 (8.029%) vSphere
4 11 (8.029%) VMware Server
4 11 (8.029%) Terminal Services
5 6 (4.380%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (4.380%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.460%) VMware ESX
6 2 (1.460%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.460%) XenServer
6 2 (1.460%) DFS Replication
6 2 (1.460%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.730%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 21 (15.33%) SCCM
2 8 (5.839%) SCOM
3 6 (4.380%) Backup Exec
3 6 (4.380%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 5 (3.650%) Norton AntiVirus
5 4 (2.920%) WSUS
5 4 (2.920%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 3 (2.190%) MOM
7 1 (0.730%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.730%) OpenView
7 1 (0.730%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.730%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.730%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 74 (54.01%) VMware
2 69 (50.36%) Microsoft
3 34 (24.82%) Citrix
4 31 (22.63%) HP
5 21 (15.33%) Cisco
6 13 (9.489%) EMC
7 11 (8.029%) NetApp
8 8 (5.839%) Cognos
8 8 (5.839%) Intel
9 5 (3.650%) Symantec
9 5 (3.650%) Oracle
9 5 (3.650%) Panasonic
10 4 (2.920%) Dell
11 3 (2.190%) IBM
11 3 (2.190%) Teradata
12 2 (1.460%) Altiris
12 2 (1.460%) WatchGuard
12 2 (1.460%) SonicWALL
12 2 (1.460%) Veeam
12 2 (1.460%) McAfee
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