Windows Server 2012 Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2012 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 2012 over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Rank 90 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 7 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.429% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.215% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £168 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £18.46 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.23 - -
All Operating Systems
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 316 424 323
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.37% 18.85% 16.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 177 129
Average daily rate £300 £300 £278
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.08% +8.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £165 £154
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 55 65 60
Average hourly rate £18.00 £14.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.13% +7.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.43 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £27.60 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Midlands Windows Server 2012 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Windows Server 2012 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2012
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 2012 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Birmingham - 4 £210 -
Wolverhampton - 1 £125 -
Shropshire - 1 - -
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows Server 2012 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 2012.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (75.00%) VMware
4 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
4 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (37.50%) NetApp
7 2 (25.00%) SAN
7 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (25.00%) EqualLogic
7 2 (25.00%) Firewall
7 2 (25.00%) VLAN
7 2 (25.00%) HP
7 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
7 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
7 2 (25.00%) Windows 8
8 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
8 1 (12.50%) LAN
8 1 (12.50%) WAN
8 1 (12.50%) Cisco
8 1 (12.50%) Linux
8 1 (12.50%) MCSE
8 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
8 1 (12.50%) C#
8 1 (12.50%) HTML
8 1 (12.50%) Java
8 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
8 1 (12.50%) Perl
8 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
8 1 (12.50%) .NET

Windows Server 2012
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows Server 2012 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 2012. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
1 1 (12.50%) XML
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 1 (12.50%) WCF
1 1 (12.50%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
1 1 (12.50%) S-PLUS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) SAN
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) MPLS
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
1 1 (12.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Architect
1 1 (12.50%) Tester
1 1 (12.50%) Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
1 1 (12.50%) Server Support
1 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Network Support Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (12.50%) Network Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Server Support Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Server Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Network Support
1 1 (12.50%) Server Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Automation Tester
1 1 (12.50%) Lead Tester
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) EqualLogic
2 1 (12.50%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (25.00%) Windows 8
5 1 (12.50%) Linux
5 1 (12.50%) UNIX
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 1 (12.50%) Perl
1 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) MCSE
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) CCNP
1 1 (12.50%) CCNA
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) VMware
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) NetApp
4 2 (25.00%) HP
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) Dell
5 1 (12.50%) EMC
5 1 (12.50%) AppSense
5 1 (12.50%) Veeam
5 1 (12.50%) SonicWALL
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