The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Winchester 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 19 June 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 Winchester 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 11 9 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2008 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Winchester 3.390% 8.824% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.50% 21.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £318 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £33.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £18.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year
+13.51% +7.24%
All Operating Systems
Winchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
16 14 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Winchester 27.12% 41.18% 9.302%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 2
Average daily rate £320 £313 £411
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.40% -24.01%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £287 £250 £398
10% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £405 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
Average hourly rate £12.00 £33.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-63.63% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows Server 2008
Hampshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Winchester 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 Winchester region.

Winchester 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 Winchester region.

Winchester Windows Server 2008 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Winchester 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) IIS

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Winchester 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 Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) IIS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware