The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Server 2003 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 Bedfordshire 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 2003
Rank 24 31 37
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +6
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 5 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.618% 1.792% 2.055%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.63% 10.20% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
Average daily rate - £188 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -29.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.40%
All Operating Systems
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
43 49 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 22.51% 17.56% 17.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 21 15
Average daily rate £325 £330 £258
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% +28.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £145 £175 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £425 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 11
Average hourly rate £25.13 £20.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.62% -57.89%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2003
East of England

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Bedfordshire Windows Server 2003 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
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 2003 within the Bedfordshire 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
Luton -4 3 - -
Windows Server 2003
East of England

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Windows Server 2003 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 2003.

1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (90.91%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (81.82%) MS Exchange
4 8 (72.73%) Citrix
5 7 (63.64%) DHCP
5 7 (63.64%) DNS
5 7 (63.64%) SQL
5 7 (63.64%) VMware
6 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
7 5 (45.45%) SAN
7 5 (45.45%) DMZ
7 5 (45.45%) IIS
7 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
7 5 (45.45%) Back Office
8 4 (36.36%) NetBackup
8 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
8 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
8 4 (36.36%) Symantec
8 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (27.27%) Forefront TMG
9 3 (27.27%) WhatsUp Gold
9 3 (27.27%) HP
9 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (27.27%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (27.27%) Project Management
9 3 (27.27%) LAN
9 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
9 3 (27.27%) MS Office

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Windows Server 2003 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 2003. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (9.091%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 9 (81.82%) MS Exchange
2 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (45.45%) IIS
4 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (9.091%) Lync
6 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
6 1 (9.091%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Office
2 2 (18.18%) Photoshop
2 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
3 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
3 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) DHCP
1 7 (63.64%) DNS
2 5 (45.45%) SAN
2 5 (45.45%) DMZ
3 3 (27.27%) LAN
3 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
3 3 (27.27%) Firewall
4 1 (9.091%) WAN
4 1 (9.091%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 5 (45.45%) Back Office
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Legal
2 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
2 6 (54.55%) Technical Analyst
3 5 (45.45%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 5 (45.45%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (27.27%) Support Technician
5 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 2 (18.18%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (18.18%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 1 (9.091%) Desktop Support
6 1 (9.091%) Support Analyst
6 1 (9.091%) Technical Support
6 1 (9.091%) Support Engineer
6 1 (9.091%) Desktop Technician
6 1 (9.091%) Server Analyst
6 1 (9.091%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (9.091%) Desktop Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (90.91%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
3 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
4 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000
4 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Project Management
1 3 (27.27%) Change Management
2 1 (9.091%) Software Deployment
2 1 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.091%) MCSE
2 1 (9.091%) MCITP
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (27.27%) Forefront TMG
4 2 (18.18%) Terminal Server
5 1 (9.091%) XenApp
5 1 (9.091%) vSphere
5 1 (9.091%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) NetBackup
2 3 (27.27%) WhatsUp Gold
2 3 (27.27%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (9.091%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (9.091%) ZENworks
3 1 (9.091%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Citrix
2 7 (63.64%) VMware
3 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
4 4 (36.36%) Symantec
5 3 (27.27%) HP
6 2 (18.18%) Adobe
7 1 (9.091%) Novell
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