The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell 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 24 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 Bracknell 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 11 16 20
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 33 10 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 13.58% 6.452% 3.593%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.82% 20.00% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
Average daily rate £165 £320 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.43% +21.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £321 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £182.50 - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
All Operating Systems
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
85 50 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 34.98% 32.26% 23.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 8
Average daily rate £300 £300 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £205 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £340 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
Average hourly rate £182.50 £27.50 £25.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+563.63% +8.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2003
Berkshire

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Bracknell region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bracknell Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Histogram

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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 35 (100.00%) Windows
2 29 (82.86%) Security Cleared
3 28 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 27 (77.14%) Active Directory
5 25 (71.43%) SC Cleared
6 21 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 21 (60.00%) Oracle
6 21 (60.00%) VMware
7 19 (54.29%) SQL Server
8 16 (45.71%) SQL
9 15 (42.86%) Migration
10 14 (40.00%) HP
11 12 (34.29%) Windows XP
11 12 (34.29%) IIS
11 12 (34.29%) Tomcat
11 12 (34.29%) Oracle 8/8i
11 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
12 11 (31.43%) VMware ESX
12 11 (31.43%) LAN
12 11 (31.43%) WAN
12 11 (31.43%) LoadRunner
12 11 (31.43%) Windows 7
12 11 (31.43%) HP Quality Center
13 10 (28.57%) Test Scripting
13 10 (28.57%) Regression Testing
14 8 (22.86%) Non-Functional Testing
15 7 (20.00%) Validation
16 6 (17.14%) NetApp
16 6 (17.14%) Business Continuity
17 5 (14.29%) Integration Testing

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 4 (11.43%) Web Services
2 1 (2.857%) .NET
2 1 (2.857%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 12 (34.29%) IIS
1 12 (34.29%) Tomcat
2 4 (11.43%) MS Exchange
3 2 (5.714%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.857%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.857%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (2.857%) WebLogic
4 1 (2.857%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.714%) MS Office
3 1 (2.857%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (31.43%) LAN
1 11 (31.43%) WAN
2 4 (11.43%) Firewall
3 3 (8.571%) SMS
4 2 (5.714%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.857%) DNS
5 1 (2.857%) Intranet
5 1 (2.857%) Internet
5 1 (2.857%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (54.29%) SQL Server
2 12 (34.29%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.857%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 11 (31.43%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (2.857%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Architect
2 7 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Tester
4 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Architect
5 4 (11.43%) Test Manager
5 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (8.571%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (8.571%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (8.571%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (8.571%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (8.571%) Analyst
6 3 (8.571%) Technical Support
6 3 (8.571%) Test Analyst
6 3 (8.571%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.714%) Server Support
7 2 (5.714%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (5.714%) Server Support Engineer
7 2 (5.714%) Systems Test Analyst
7 2 (5.714%) Server Engineer
7 2 (5.714%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.857%) Replication
1 1 (2.857%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (34.29%) Windows XP
4 11 (31.43%) Windows 7
5 5 (14.29%) Windows 2000
6 3 (8.571%) Oracle Linux
6 3 (8.571%) Windows 2000 Server
6 3 (8.571%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (8.571%) Solaris
6 3 (8.571%) Linux
7 1 (2.857%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Migration
2 10 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 10 (28.57%) Regression Testing
3 8 (22.86%) Non-Functional Testing
4 7 (20.00%) Validation
5 6 (17.14%) Business Continuity
6 5 (14.29%) Integration Testing
6 5 (14.29%) Test Automation
7 4 (11.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (11.43%) Software Deployment
8 3 (8.571%) Software Distribution
8 3 (8.571%) Reverse Engineering
8 3 (8.571%) CAE
9 2 (5.714%) Project Management
9 2 (5.714%) Data Migration
10 1 (2.857%) Capacity Planning
10 1 (2.857%) System Testing
10 1 (2.857%) BPEL
Programming Languages
1 16 (45.71%) SQL
2 2 (5.714%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.857%) C#
3 1 (2.857%) Java
3 1 (2.857%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (82.86%) Security Cleared
2 25 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.857%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 27 (77.14%) Active Directory
2 21 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (31.43%) VMware ESX
4 4 (11.43%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (11.43%) vSphere
5 3 (8.571%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (8.571%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (2.857%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.857%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 11 (31.43%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (11.43%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (2.857%) SCCM
3 1 (2.857%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (60.00%) Oracle
1 21 (60.00%) VMware
2 14 (40.00%) HP
3 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
4 6 (17.14%) NetApp
5 4 (11.43%) McAfee
6 3 (8.571%) Red Hat
7 2 (5.714%) Fujitsu