Windows Server 2008 Contracts in West Yorkshire
 
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 Yorkshire 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 17 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 Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 39 67 39
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -28
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 53 27 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 4.177% 1.669% 3.301%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.92% 9.310% 18.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 11
Average daily rate £275 £238 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.78% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £135 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £348 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 6
Average hourly rate £15.25 £25.00 £21.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.00% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £11.28 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.90 £32.50 £90.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+12.00% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 333 290 198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 26.24% 17.92% 17.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 126 65
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £155 £193
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 37 39
Average hourly rate £12.75 £12.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £8.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £30.00 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Server 2008
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leeds +8 32 £275 +57.14%
Bradford +6 7 £250 -
Wakefield +2 6 - -
Halifax - 2 £138 -
Huddersfield - 1 - -
Cleckheaton - 1 £250 -
Wetherby - 1 - -
Windows Server 2008
Yorkshire

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 85 (100.00%) Windows
2 68 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 48 (56.47%) Microsoft
4 37 (43.53%) Active Directory
4 37 (43.53%) MS Exchange
5 34 (40.00%) Cisco
6 32 (37.65%) SQL Server
7 31 (36.47%) Windows XP
8 30 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2003
9 29 (34.12%) SAN
10 28 (32.94%) Microsoft Certification
11 25 (29.41%) VMware
12 23 (27.06%) MCSE
13 20 (23.53%) F5
14 19 (22.35%) VMware Infrastructure
14 19 (22.35%) LAN
14 19 (22.35%) WAN
15 18 (21.18%) NAS
16 17 (20.00%) ITIL
16 17 (20.00%) MS Office
17 16 (18.82%) Linux
17 16 (18.82%) Windows 7
18 15 (17.65%) SQL
18 15 (17.65%) Firewall
19 14 (16.47%) Citrix
20 13 (15.29%) MS Excel
21 10 (11.76%) vSphere
22 9 (10.59%) Exchange Server 2010
22 9 (10.59%) Cisco ASA
22 9 (10.59%) Red Hat

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 3 (3.529%) .NET
1 3 (3.529%) J2EE
1 3 (3.529%) JSP
1 3 (3.529%) Servlets
1 3 (3.529%) Web Services
1 3 (3.529%) XML
1 3 (3.529%) SGML
1 3 (3.529%) Grails
2 2 (2.353%) Application Packaging
2 2 (2.353%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.176%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.176%) WinForms
3 1 (1.176%) SOAP
3 1 (1.176%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 37 (43.53%) MS Exchange
2 30 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 9 (10.59%) SharePoint
3 9 (10.59%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (9.412%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (5.882%) IIS
6 4 (4.706%) Lotus Notes
7 3 (3.529%) Lotus Domino
7 3 (3.529%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (1.176%) Apache
8 1 (1.176%) WorkSite
8 1 (1.176%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (20.00%) MS Office
2 13 (15.29%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.176%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.529%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (3.529%) Line 500
2 2 (2.353%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 29 (34.12%) SAN
2 19 (22.35%) LAN
2 19 (22.35%) WAN
3 18 (21.18%) NAS
4 15 (17.65%) Firewall
5 9 (10.59%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (8.235%) BIG-IP
7 6 (7.059%) DNS
7 6 (7.059%) TCP/IP
8 4 (4.706%) iSCSI
9 3 (3.529%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (3.529%) DHCP
9 3 (3.529%) VoIP
9 3 (3.529%) Wireless
10 2 (2.353%) VLAN
10 2 (2.353%) HTTP
11 1 (1.176%) Unified Communications
11 1 (1.176%) FCoE
11 1 (1.176%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (1.176%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (37.65%) SQL Server
2 8 (9.412%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.529%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (3.529%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (2.353%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (2.353%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.353%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (2.353%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.176%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.176%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (1.176%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (4.706%) Manufacturing
2 3 (3.529%) Legal
3 2 (2.353%) Back Office
3 2 (2.353%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.353%) Finance
4 1 (1.176%) Law
4 1 (1.176%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 31 (36.47%) Analyst
2 14 (16.47%) 3rd Line Support
3 13 (15.29%) Support Analyst
4 12 (14.12%) Support Engineer
5 9 (10.59%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (9.412%) Messaging Analyst
7 6 (7.059%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 6 (7.059%) Consultant
8 5 (5.882%) Service Analyst
8 5 (5.882%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (5.882%) Messaging Engineer
9 4 (4.706%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (4.706%) Server Engineer
9 4 (4.706%) Administrator
9 4 (4.706%) Developer
9 4 (4.706%) Architect
10 3 (3.529%) Desktop Support
10 3 (3.529%) Systems Administrator
10 3 (3.529%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (3.529%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.529%) Replication
1 3 (3.529%) Clustering
2 2 (2.353%) NHS
2 2 (2.353%) EqualLogic
2 2 (2.353%) AS400
3 1 (1.176%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.176%) Firmware
3 1 (1.176%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.176%) CLARiiON
3 1 (1.176%) E-Learning
3 1 (1.176%) CMDB
3 1 (1.176%) Celerra
3 1 (1.176%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.176%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 85 (100.00%) Windows
2 68 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 31 (36.47%) Windows XP
4 16 (18.82%) Linux
4 16 (18.82%) Windows 7
5 8 (9.412%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (9.412%) UNIX
6 7 (8.235%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (8.235%) CentOS
7 6 (7.059%) Windows Vista
8 2 (2.353%) Windows 8
8 2 (2.353%) Windows Mobile
8 2 (2.353%) Windows 2000
8 2 (2.353%) Windows CE
9 1 (1.176%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.00%) ITIL
2 9 (10.59%) Configuration Management
3 8 (9.412%) Migration
4 5 (5.882%) Time Management
5 4 (4.706%) Problem Management
6 3 (3.529%) Release Management
6 3 (3.529%) Project Management
6 3 (3.529%) Service Management
6 3 (3.529%) Change Management
6 3 (3.529%) Regression Testing
6 3 (3.529%) CRM
6 3 (3.529%) ERP
6 3 (3.529%) ITIL V3
7 2 (2.353%) ITIL V2
7 2 (2.353%) Software Testing
7 2 (2.353%) Incident Management
7 2 (2.353%) Customer Engagement
7 2 (2.353%) Network Architecture
7 2 (2.353%) Software Deployment
7 2 (2.353%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 15 (17.65%) SQL
2 8 (9.412%) PowerShell
3 6 (7.059%) VB
4 4 (4.706%) VBScript
4 4 (4.706%) Perl
5 3 (3.529%) Groovy
5 3 (3.529%) Java
6 1 (1.176%) PHP
6 1 (1.176%) C
6 1 (1.176%) C#
Qualifications
1 28 (32.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (27.06%) MCSE
3 5 (5.882%) MCP
3 5 (5.882%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (4.706%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.706%) MCSA
4 4 (4.706%) CCNA
5 3 (3.529%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.353%) MCITP
6 2 (2.353%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.353%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.176%) MCTS
7 1 (1.176%) CCA
7 1 (1.176%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.176%) CCNP
7 1 (1.176%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.176%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.059%) SLA
2 1 (1.176%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 37 (43.53%) Active Directory
2 19 (22.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (11.76%) vSphere
4 5 (5.882%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (4.706%) XenApp
6 3 (3.529%) XenServer
6 3 (3.529%) XenDesktop
6 3 (3.529%) VMware ESX
7 2 (2.353%) Xen
7 2 (2.353%) NFS
8 1 (1.176%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (1.176%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (5.882%) SCCM
2 4 (4.706%) NetBackup
3 3 (3.529%) ZENworks
3 3 (3.529%) Business Desktop Deployment
4 2 (2.353%) ARCserve
4 2 (2.353%) Backup Exec
5 1 (1.176%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (1.176%) SCOM
5 1 (1.176%) SCVMM
5 1 (1.176%) PureDisk
5 1 (1.176%) HP SiteScope
5 1 (1.176%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.176%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 48 (56.47%) Microsoft
2 34 (40.00%) Cisco
3 25 (29.41%) VMware
4 20 (23.53%) F5
5 14 (16.47%) Citrix
6 9 (10.59%) Red Hat
6 9 (10.59%) HP
7 8 (9.412%) NetApp
8 6 (7.059%) IBM
8 6 (7.059%) Perforce
9 5 (5.882%) CheckPoint
9 5 (5.882%) Oracle
10 4 (4.706%) Dell
10 4 (4.706%) EMC
10 4 (4.706%) Lotus
11 3 (3.529%) Novell
11 3 (3.529%) Sage
11 3 (3.529%) Symantec
11 3 (3.529%) LANDesk
12 2 (2.353%) SolarWinds
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