The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 17 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 Cambridgeshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 28 52 32
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -20
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 23 10 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 4.189% 1.447% 3.626%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.92% 5.181% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 12
Average daily rate £224 £213 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.29% -30.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £171 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £263 £371
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 4
Average hourly rate £22.50 £10.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+125.00% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £10.00 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £22.00 £23.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £18.00
All Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
178 193 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 32.42% 27.93% 31.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 87 69
Average daily rate £315 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £161 £166 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £425 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 41 44
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% +83.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £54.90 £31.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cambridge +15 14 £225 +5.88%
Peterborough - 6 £223 -
Windows Server 2003
East of England

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 40 (100.00%) Windows
2 37 (92.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 31 (77.50%) Active Directory
4 27 (67.50%) MS Exchange
5 24 (60.00%) Windows 7
5 24 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 18 (45.00%) Exchange Server 2003
6 18 (45.00%) Microsoft
7 15 (37.50%) HP
8 14 (35.00%) ITIL
9 13 (32.50%) SQL
9 13 (32.50%) Citrix
10 12 (30.00%) SQL Server
11 11 (27.50%) Cisco
11 11 (27.50%) Windows XP
11 11 (27.50%) SQL Server 2008
12 10 (25.00%) Hyper-V
12 10 (25.00%) Firewall
13 9 (22.50%) Wireless
13 9 (22.50%) Migration
13 9 (22.50%) XenApp
13 9 (22.50%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (20.00%) Altiris
14 8 (20.00%) Clustering
15 7 (17.50%) Disaster Recovery
15 7 (17.50%) MS Excel
15 7 (17.50%) Lync
16 6 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2007
16 6 (15.00%) SCOM
16 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (2.500%) HTML
1 1 (2.500%) CSS
1 1 (2.500%) Web Services
1 1 (2.500%) XML
1 1 (2.500%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 27 (67.50%) MS Exchange
2 24 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (45.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (17.50%) Lync
5 6 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (12.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (5.000%) IIS
8 1 (2.500%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 7 (17.50%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.00%) Firewall
2 9 (22.50%) Wireless
2 9 (22.50%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (15.00%) Internet
3 6 (15.00%) DNS
4 5 (12.50%) Unified Communications
4 5 (12.50%) NetScaler
4 5 (12.50%) Intranet
5 3 (7.500%) WAN
6 2 (5.000%) DHCP
6 2 (5.000%) TCP/IP
6 2 (5.000%) LAN
7 1 (2.500%) NAS
7 1 (2.500%) SAN
7 1 (2.500%) VLAN
7 1 (2.500%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (27.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (7.500%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.500%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.500%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.500%) MSI
1 1 (2.500%) InstallShield
General
1 1 (2.500%) Front Office
1 1 (2.500%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Analyst
2 9 (22.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 6 (15.00%) Technical Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) Administrator
4 5 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (7.500%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (5.000%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.000%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.000%) Wintel Engineer
6 2 (5.000%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Wintel Support Engineer
7 1 (2.500%) Senior Technical Engineer
7 1 (2.500%) Migration Engineer
7 1 (2.500%) Network Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Technical Engineer
7 1 (2.500%) Applications Support Engineer
7 1 (2.500%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 1 (2.500%) Rollout Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Clustering
2 5 (12.50%) PKI
2 5 (12.50%) Blackberry
3 2 (5.000%) Thin Client
3 2 (5.000%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 40 (100.00%) Windows
2 37 (92.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 24 (60.00%) Windows 7
4 11 (27.50%) Windows XP
5 5 (12.50%) Linux
5 5 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.500%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (2.500%) Windows CE
6 1 (2.500%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.00%) ITIL
2 9 (22.50%) Migration
3 7 (17.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (2.500%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (32.50%) SQL
2 1 (2.500%) T-SQL
2 1 (2.500%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.000%) MCTS
3 1 (2.500%) MCITP
3 1 (2.500%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.500%) CCA
3 1 (2.500%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 31 (77.50%) Active Directory
2 10 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 9 (22.50%) XenApp
4 5 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (7.500%) Terminal Services
6 2 (5.000%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (2.500%) ISA Server
7 1 (2.500%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (2.500%) XenDesktop
7 1 (2.500%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) SCOM
2 5 (12.50%) SCCM
3 3 (7.500%) WSUS
4 1 (2.500%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 18 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (37.50%) HP
3 13 (32.50%) Citrix
4 11 (27.50%) Cisco
5 8 (20.00%) Altiris
6 6 (15.00%) VMware
7 5 (12.50%) Riverbed
7 5 (12.50%) Exinda
7 5 (12.50%) Oracle
7 5 (12.50%) Red Hat
8 2 (5.000%) AppSense
9 1 (2.500%) Twitter
9 1 (2.500%) Symantec
9 1 (2.500%) Lotus
9 1 (2.500%) Dell
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