Buckinghamshire Windows Server 2003 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Argyll and Bute Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Belper Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chorley Cirencester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Deeside Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Enfield England Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Flintshire Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grangemouth Great Yarmouth Grimsby Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Hove Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kegworth Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Matlock Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Rochester Romford Rotherham Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Skipton Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Templecombe Thames Valley Thirsk Tonbridge Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	18	17
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	83	111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.116 %	0.114 %
As % of the category below	22.25 %	19.34 %
Daily rates quoted	26	38
Average minimum daily rate	£334	£339
Average daily rate	£350	£352
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£365
UK excluding London average daily rate	£312	£317
% change on same period last year	-1.44 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.12	£20.52
Average hourly rate	£21.22	£21.29
% change on same period last year	-0.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.32	£22.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.98	£21.09
% change on same period last year	+4.25 %
Operating Systems Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	373	574
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.522 %	0.589 %
Daily rates quoted	113	135
Average minimum daily rate	£319	£292
Average daily rate	£333	£308
% change on same period last year	+7.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£346	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£327	£331
% change on same period last year	-1.08 %
Hourly rates quoted	68	134
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.80	£23.37
Average hourly rate	£20.24	£24.26
% change on same period last year	-16.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.68	£25.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.92	£22.28
% change on same period last year	+2.86 %
Windows Server 2003 South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Windows Server 2003
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Trend

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

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Milton Keynes	-6	49	£334	-11.51 %
High Wycombe	+2	16	-	-
Aylesbury	-	2	-	-
Marlow	-	1	-	-

Windows Server 2003 South East

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1 156 (100.00 %) Windows 2 96 (61.54 %) Active Directory 3 73 (46.79 %) Security Cleared 4 62 (39.74 %) Windows 2000 5 58 (37.18 %) SC Cleared 6 56 (35.90 %) HP 7 46 (29.49 %) Windows Vista 8 45 (28.85 %) Microsoft Certification 8 45 (28.85 %) MCSE 9 39 (25.00 %) MS Exchange 10 35 (22.44 %) ITIL 10 35 (22.44 %) Government 11 32 (20.51 %) Microsoft 12 29 (18.59 %) Cisco 12 29 (18.59 %) SQL

12 29 (18.59 %) Windows XP 13 27 (17.31 %) Citrix 14 24 (15.38 %) Finance 15 23 (14.74 %) OpenView 15 23 (14.74 %) Windows Server 2008 16 22 (14.10 %) Windows 2000 Server 17 20 (12.82 %) CNE 17 20 (12.82 %) Novell Certification 18 19 (12.18 %) DNS 19 18 (11.54 %) WAN 19 18 (11.54 %) OVOW 20 17 (10.90 %) Telecoms 21 16 (10.26 %) Migration 21 16 (10.26 %) LAN 21 16 (10.26 %) SAN

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 7 (4.487 %) .NET 2 6 (3.846 %) .NET Framework 3 2 (1.282 %) XML 4 1 (0.641 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 39 (25.00 %) MS Exchange 2 13 (8.333 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 12 (7.692 %) IIS 4 11 (7.051 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 9 (5.769 %) BizTalk Server 6 6 (3.846 %) SharePoint 7 4 (2.564 %) Apache 8 2 (1.282 %) Lotus Notes 8 2 (1.282 %) Exchange Server 2000 9 1 (0.641 %) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications 1 2 (1.282 %) MS Office 2 1 (0.641 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (0.641 %) Microsoft CRM 1 1 (0.641 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 19 (12.18 %) DNS 2 18 (11.54 %) WAN 3 16 (10.26 %) SAN 3 16 (10.26 %) LAN 4 15 (9.615 %) DHCP 5 14 (8.974 %) Intranet 6 12 (7.692 %) Firewall 7 11 (7.051 %) Internet 8 8 (5.128 %) Ethernet 9 5 (3.205 %) Network Security 10 4 (2.564 %) 3G 10 4 (2.564 %) 2G 11 3 (1.923 %) HTTP 11 3 (1.923 %) Extranet 12 1 (0.641 %) TCP/IP 12 1 (0.641 %) Cisco PIX 12 1 (0.641 %) Broadband	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (9.615 %) SQL Server 2 8 (5.128 %) SQL Server 2005 3 5 (3.205 %) SQL Server 2000 4 4 (2.564 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 2 (1.282 %) SQL Server 7 5 2 (1.282 %) Crystal Reports 6 1 (0.641 %) Oracle Reports 6 1 (0.641 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (0.641 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 1 (0.641 %) Oracle 10g 6 1 (0.641 %) Oracle BI EE 6 1 (0.641 %) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications 1 4 (2.564 %) TestDirector	General 1 35 (22.44 %) Government 2 24 (15.38 %) Finance 3 17 (10.90 %) Telecoms 4 13 (8.333 %) Legal 5 10 (6.410 %) Auditing 6 5 (3.205 %) Pharmaceutical 7 3 (1.923 %) Back Office 8 2 (1.282 %) Health 9 1 (0.641 %) Military 9 1 (0.641 %) Automotive
Job Titles 1 31 (19.87 %) Consultant 2 19 (12.18 %) Analyst 3 16 (10.26 %) Technical Consultant 4 15 (9.615 %) Support Analyst 5 14 (8.974 %) Server Specialist 6 12 (7.692 %) Support Engineer 7 11 (7.051 %) Administrator 8 10 (6.410 %) 2nd Line Support 9 7 (4.487 %) 3rd Line Support 9 7 (4.487 %) Systems Support 9 7 (4.487 %) Architect 10 6 (3.846 %) Security Architect 10 6 (3.846 %) Network Architect 10 6 (3.846 %) Infrastructure Architect 11 5 (3.205 %) Infrastructure Consultant 11 5 (3.205 %) Desktop Support 11 5 (3.205 %) Active Directory Specialist 11 5 (3.205 %) OpenView Specialist 11 5 (3.205 %) 2nd Line Support Analyst 12 4 (2.564 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 8 (5.128 %) Clustering 2 5 (3.205 %) CESG 3 4 (2.564 %) Thin Client 3 4 (2.564 %) Fat Client 4 2 (1.282 %) CMDB 5 1 (0.641 %) CESG CLAS 5 1 (0.641 %) Computer Science
Operating Systems 1 156 (100.00 %) Windows 2 62 (39.74 %) Windows 2000 3 46 (29.49 %) Windows Vista 4 29 (18.59 %) Windows XP 5 23 (14.74 %) Windows Server 2008 6 22 (14.10 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 14 (8.974 %) Windows NT 8 8 (5.128 %) Linux 9 3 (1.923 %) Solaris 10 1 (0.641 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 73 (46.79 %) Security Cleared 2 58 (37.18 %) SC Cleared 3 35 (22.44 %) ITIL 4 16 (10.26 %) Migration 5 14 (8.974 %) ITSM 6 10 (6.410 %) Incident Management 7 7 (4.487 %) DV Cleared 7 7 (4.487 %) System Testing 8 6 (3.846 %) Network Design 9 4 (2.564 %) Project Management 10 3 (1.923 %) Release Management 11 2 (1.282 %) Disaster Recovery 11 2 (1.282 %) Service Delivery 11 2 (1.282 %) CRM 11 2 (1.282 %) Test Scripting 12 1 (0.641 %) Data Migration 12 1 (0.641 %) Business Intelligence 12 1 (0.641 %) Configuration Management 12 1 (0.641 %) Change Management 12 1 (0.641 %) Service Management
Programming Languages 1 29 (18.59 %) SQL 2 3 (1.923 %) C# 3 2 (1.282 %) C 4 1 (0.641 %) VBScript 4 1 (0.641 %) VB	Qualifications 1 45 (28.85 %) Microsoft Certification 1 45 (28.85 %) MCSE 2 20 (12.82 %) CNE 2 20 (12.82 %) Novell Certification 3 5 (3.205 %) ITIL Certification 4 4 (2.564 %) ISEB 4 4 (2.564 %) MCP 5 3 (1.923 %) Degree 6 2 (1.282 %) MCSA 7 1 (0.641 %) CCNA 7 1 (0.641 %) CCA 7 1 (0.641 %) Citrix Certification 7 1 (0.641 %) CISSP 7 1 (0.641 %) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (7.692 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 8 (5.128 %) SLA 3 3 (1.923 %) QA	System Software 1 96 (61.54 %) Active Directory 2 3 (1.923 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 2 (1.282 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 2 (1.282 %) ISA Server 4 1 (0.641 %) Xen 4 1 (0.641 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 4 1 (0.641 %) Oracle RAC 4 1 (0.641 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 23 (14.74 %) OpenView 2 18 (11.54 %) OVOW 3 14 (8.974 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 7 (4.487 %) CiscoWorks 4 7 (4.487 %) OVPA 4 7 (4.487 %) OVPI 5 3 (1.923 %) HP Data Protector 5 3 (1.923 %) OVIS 5 3 (1.923 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 6 1 (0.641 %) DameWare 6 1 (0.641 %) OVSD	Vendors 1 56 (35.90 %) HP 2 32 (20.51 %) Microsoft 3 29 (18.59 %) Cisco 4 27 (17.31 %) Citrix 5 13 (8.333 %) Compaq 6 9 (5.769 %) Sun 7 8 (5.128 %) Oracle 8 7 (4.487 %) VMware 9 3 (1.923 %) StorageTek 10 2 (1.282 %) Finjan 10 2 (1.282 %) SurfControl 10 2 (1.282 %) Lotus 10 2 (1.282 %) CheckPoint 11 1 (0.641 %) Symantec 11 1 (0.641 %) Remedy 11 1 (0.641 %) VERITAS