The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 35 36 42
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +6
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 13 21 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 2.832% 3.349% 1.657%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.68% 17.07% 9.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 6
Average daily rate £450 £314 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+43.42% -26.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £314 £212 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £499 £409 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 £32.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-57.81% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+9.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
95 123 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 20.70% 19.62% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 53 45
Average daily rate £350 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £145 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 27 17
Average hourly rate £15.50 £22.50 £21.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.11% +6.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £41.50 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2008
South West

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon +8 10 £450 +97.80%
Windows Server 2008
South West

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (45.95%) VMware
3 16 (43.24%) Active Directory
4 15 (40.54%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (40.54%) SC Cleared
4 15 (40.54%) Security Cleared
5 13 (35.14%) PowerShell
5 13 (35.14%) Windows 7
6 12 (32.43%) SAN
7 11 (29.73%) ITIL
8 10 (27.03%) HP
8 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
8 10 (27.03%) MS Exchange
9 8 (21.62%) VBScript
9 8 (21.62%) Exchange Server 2010
9 8 (21.62%) DV Cleared
9 8 (21.62%) SCOM
10 7 (18.92%) Finance
10 7 (18.92%) VB
10 7 (18.92%) Cisco
10 7 (18.92%) MOM
11 6 (16.22%) Citrix
11 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (16.22%) SQL
11 6 (16.22%) Windows XP
11 6 (16.22%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (16.22%) Exchange Server 2003
11 6 (16.22%) SCCM
11 6 (16.22%) XenApp
12 5 (13.51%) vSphere

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 (13.51%) JSP
2 1 (2.703%) .NET
2 1 (2.703%) XML
Application Platforms
1 10 (27.03%) MS Exchange
2 8 (21.62%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (16.22%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (5.405%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (5.405%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (2.703%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2000
5 1 (2.703%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.108%) MS Excel
1 3 (8.108%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.703%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 12 (32.43%) SAN
2 5 (13.51%) DHCP
2 5 (13.51%) DNS
3 3 (8.108%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.405%) WAN
4 2 (5.405%) LAN
4 2 (5.405%) Network Security
5 1 (2.703%) NetScaler
5 1 (2.703%) TETRA
5 1 (2.703%) VLAN
5 1 (2.703%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) MSI
General
1 7 (18.92%) Finance
2 5 (13.51%) Telecoms
2 5 (13.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (16.22%) Support Engineer
2 5 (13.51%) Applications Packager
3 4 (10.81%) Consultant
4 3 (8.108%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.108%) Analyst
4 3 (8.108%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (8.108%) Architect
5 2 (5.405%) Support Analyst
5 2 (5.405%) Server Analyst
5 2 (5.405%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (2.703%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.703%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (2.703%) Wintel Analyst
6 1 (2.703%) Wintel Server Analyst
6 1 (2.703%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.703%) Citrix Server Engineer
6 1 (2.703%) 3rd Line Server Support
6 1 (2.703%) C++/C# Developer
6 1 (2.703%) Data Migration Engineer
6 1 (2.703%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.703%) Visualisation
1 1 (2.703%) Fat Client
1 1 (2.703%) RMADS
1 1 (2.703%) Clustering
1 1 (2.703%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (40.54%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (35.14%) Windows 7
4 6 (16.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) ITIL
2 5 (13.51%) Compatibility Testing
2 5 (13.51%) Software Distribution
3 3 (8.108%) Service Delivery
3 3 (8.108%) Project Management
3 3 (8.108%) PRINCE
4 2 (5.405%) Security Architecture
5 1 (2.703%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (2.703%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.703%) Data Protection
5 1 (2.703%) Migration
5 1 (2.703%) Network Design
5 1 (2.703%) Change Management
5 1 (2.703%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) PowerShell
2 8 (21.62%) VBScript
3 7 (18.92%) VB
4 6 (16.22%) SQL
5 2 (5.405%) C
6 1 (2.703%) C#
6 1 (2.703%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (40.54%) SC Cleared
1 15 (40.54%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.62%) DV Cleared
3 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (10.81%) MCSE
5 3 (8.108%) CCNA
5 3 (8.108%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.405%) MCP
7 1 (2.703%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (2.703%) MCITP
System Software
1 16 (43.24%) Active Directory
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft App-V
2 6 (16.22%) XenApp
3 5 (13.51%) vSphere
4 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (5.405%) VMware ESX
5 2 (5.405%) Xen
5 2 (5.405%) XenDesktop
5 2 (5.405%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.703%) XenServer
6 1 (2.703%) NFS
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) SCOM
2 7 (18.92%) MOM
3 6 (16.22%) SCCM
4 2 (5.405%) Netcool
4 2 (5.405%) Tivoli
4 2 (5.405%) HP Data Protector
5 1 (2.703%) HP SIM
5 1 (2.703%) WSUS
5 1 (2.703%) NetBackup
5 1 (2.703%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 17 (45.95%) VMware
2 10 (27.03%) HP
2 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
3 7 (18.92%) Cisco
4 6 (16.22%) Citrix
5 3 (8.108%) Sophos
6 2 (5.405%) McAfee
6 2 (5.405%) IBM
6 2 (5.405%) Compuware
6 2 (5.405%) Dell
6 2 (5.405%) EMC
7 1 (2.703%) ProCurve
7 1 (2.703%) Wyse
7 1 (2.703%) NetApp
7 1 (2.703%) Novell
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