Cambridgeshire Windows Server 2003 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 skills within the Cambridgeshire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Ashton-under-Lyne Avon Aylesbury Ayrshire Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Bexley Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Chorley Cirencester City of London Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Goole Grays Grimsby Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Hove Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Kegworth Kendal Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield 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 Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rochester Rotherham Salford Salisbury Scotland Scunthorpe Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thurrock Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	18	40
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	48	34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.063 %	0.034 %
As % of the category below	20.87 %	12.14 %
Daily rates quoted	5	5
Average minimum daily rate	£221	£262
Average daily rate	£241	£262
% change on same period last year	-8.20 %
Average maximum daily rate	£260	£262
UK excluding London average daily rate	£310	£321
% change on same period last year	-3.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.83	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£19.50	£26.50
% change on same period last year	-26.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.17	£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.87	£22.90
% change on same period last year	-4.51 %
Operating Systems Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	230	280
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.304 %	0.279 %
Daily rates quoted	39	39
Average minimum daily rate	£238	£297
Average daily rate	£256	£314
% change on same period last year	-18.53 %
Average maximum daily rate	£273	£330
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£336
% change on same period last year	-2.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	62	53
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.36	£23.50
Average hourly rate	£21.07	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-17.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.77	£27.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.12	£22.83
% change on same period last year	-3.10 %
Windows Server 2003 East of England

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 Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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 Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Windows Server 2003
Contract Locations

This section 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 20 August 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
Cambridge	+30	31	£194	-25.81 %
Peterborough	-2	5	-	-
Huntingdon	-	2	-	-
Ely	-	1	-	-

Windows Server 2003 East of England

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

1 117 (100.00 %) Windows 2 63 (53.85 %) Active Directory 3 54 (46.15 %) MS Exchange 4 40 (34.19 %) Microsoft 5 38 (32.48 %) SQL Server 6 31 (26.50 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 29 (24.79 %) LAN 8 28 (23.93 %) Microsoft Certification 9 27 (23.08 %) Windows 2000 10 26 (22.22 %) WAN 10 26 (22.22 %) DNS 11 24 (20.51 %) MCSE 12 22 (18.80 %) Firewall 12 22 (18.80 %) Exchange Server 2007 13 21 (17.95 %) Cisco

14 20 (17.09 %) VoIP 14 20 (17.09 %) MS Office 15 19 (16.24 %) VMware 16 18 (15.38 %) Linux 17 17 (14.53 %) SharePoint 17 17 (14.53 %) SQL 17 17 (14.53 %) Windows XP 18 16 (13.68 %) Telecoms 19 13 (11.11 %) HP 19 13 (11.11 %) Agile Software Development 20 12 (10.26 %) TCP/IP 20 12 (10.26 %) C# 20 12 (10.26 %) .NET 20 12 (10.26 %) ASP.NET 20 12 (10.26 %) XML

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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 12 (10.26 %) .NET 1 12 (10.26 %) ASP.NET 1 12 (10.26 %) XML 2 11 (9.402 %) ADO.NET 3 5 (4.274 %) ASP 3 5 (4.274 %) HTML 4 3 (2.564 %) JSP 5 1 (0.855 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 54 (46.15 %) MS Exchange 2 31 (26.50 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 22 (18.80 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 17 (14.53 %) SharePoint 5 11 (9.402 %) BizTalk Server 6 8 (6.838 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 7 (5.983 %) IIS 8 5 (4.274 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 2 (1.709 %) Apache
Applications 1 20 (17.09 %) MS Office 2 8 (6.838 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.855 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 4 (3.419 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 29 (24.79 %) LAN 2 26 (22.22 %) WAN 2 26 (22.22 %) DNS 3 22 (18.80 %) Firewall 4 20 (17.09 %) VoIP 5 12 (10.26 %) TCP/IP 6 11 (9.402 %) MPLS 7 10 (8.547 %) ISDN 7 10 (8.547 %) ADSL 8 7 (5.983 %) Intrusion Detection 8 7 (5.983 %) DHCP 9 5 (4.274 %) SMS 10 2 (1.709 %) SAN 10 2 (1.709 %) VPN 10 2 (1.709 %) IP Telephony 11 1 (0.855 %) Cisco PIX 11 1 (0.855 %) WLAN 11 1 (0.855 %) Broadband 11 1 (0.855 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 38 (32.48 %) SQL Server 2 9 (7.692 %) SQL Server 2005 3 8 (6.838 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 7 (5.983 %) SQL Server 2000 5 2 (1.709 %) MS Access 5 2 (1.709 %) Crystal Reports 5 2 (1.709 %) MySQL 5 2 (1.709 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 1 (0.855 %) OLAP 6 1 (0.855 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (0.855 %) EDRMS
Development Applications 1 2 (1.709 %) Bugzilla 1 2 (1.709 %) Subversion	General 1 16 (13.68 %) Telecoms 2 10 (8.547 %) Finance 3 5 (4.274 %) Manufacturing 4 3 (2.564 %) Front Office 5 2 (1.709 %) Electronics 5 2 (1.709 %) Insurance 6 1 (0.855 %) Music 6 1 (0.855 %) Investment Banking 6 1 (0.855 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 21 (17.95 %) Analyst 2 20 (17.09 %) Support Engineer 3 18 (15.38 %) 3rd Line Support 4 16 (13.68 %) 2nd Line Support 5 15 (12.82 %) Support Analyst 6 14 (11.97 %) DBA 7 13 (11.11 %) Developer 7 13 (11.11 %) Administrator 8 12 (10.26 %) Network Engineer 9 11 (9.402 %) SQL DBA 10 10 (8.547 %) Network Support 10 10 (8.547 %) SQL Server DBA 10 10 (8.547 %) Network Support Engineer 11 9 (7.692 %) 2nd Line Support Analyst 11 9 (7.692 %) Systems Administrator 12 7 (5.983 %) Server Engineer 13 5 (4.274 %) Server Administrator 13 5 (4.274 %) Desktop Support 14 4 (3.419 %) Support Technician 14 4 (3.419 %) Server Support	Miscellaneous 1 2 (1.709 %) Blackberry 1 2 (1.709 %) Clustering 1 2 (1.709 %) Replication 2 1 (0.855 %) Dutch Language 2 1 (0.855 %) PDA
Operating Systems 1 117 (100.00 %) Windows 2 27 (23.08 %) Windows 2000 3 18 (15.38 %) Linux 4 17 (14.53 %) Windows XP 5 12 (10.26 %) Windows NT 6 11 (9.402 %) UNIX 7 10 (8.547 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 6 (5.128 %) Windows Vista 9 3 (2.564 %) Red Hat Linux 9 3 (2.564 %) Mac OS X 10 2 (1.709 %) CentOS	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (11.11 %) Agile Software Development 2 9 (7.692 %) ITIL 3 4 (3.419 %) SC Cleared 3 4 (3.419 %) BC Cleared 3 4 (3.419 %) Security Cleared 4 3 (2.564 %) Business Analysis 4 3 (2.564 %) CRM 5 2 (1.709 %) Project Management 5 2 (1.709 %) E-Commerce 5 2 (1.709 %) ERP 5 2 (1.709 %) Time Management 6 1 (0.855 %) Load Balancing 6 1 (0.855 %) System Testing 6 1 (0.855 %) Logistics 6 1 (0.855 %) Systems Analysis 6 1 (0.855 %) Business Intelligence 6 1 (0.855 %) Change Management
Programming Languages 1 17 (14.53 %) SQL 2 12 (10.26 %) C# 3 6 (5.128 %) VB 4 4 (3.419 %) JavaScript 5 2 (1.709 %) Transact-SQL 5 2 (1.709 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 28 (23.93 %) Microsoft Certification 2 24 (20.51 %) MCSE 3 9 (7.692 %) MCP 4 4 (3.419 %) Citrix Certification 4 4 (3.419 %) Cisco Certification 4 4 (3.419 %) CCNA 4 4 (3.419 %) Degree 5 3 (2.564 %) MCDBA 6 1 (0.855 %) MCSA 6 1 (0.855 %) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.564 %) SLA	System Software 1 63 (53.85 %) Active Directory 2 10 (8.547 %) VMware ESX 3 8 (6.838 %) Terminal Server 4 5 (4.274 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 4 (3.419 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 2 (1.709 %) Backup Exec 6 2 (1.709 %) NFS 7 1 (0.855 %) NetBackup 7 1 (0.855 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 7 (5.983 %) OpenView 2 3 (2.564 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 2 (1.709 %) WSUS	Vendors 1 40 (34.19 %) Microsoft 2 21 (17.95 %) Cisco 3 19 (16.24 %) VMware 4 13 (11.11 %) HP 5 11 (9.402 %) Citrix 6 10 (8.547 %) Dell 7 7 (5.983 %) McAfee Security 7 7 (5.983 %) 3Com 8 4 (3.419 %) AppSense 9 3 (2.564 %) Northgate 9 3 (2.564 %) Red Hat 10 2 (1.709 %) NetApp 10 2 (1.709 %) Compaq 10 2 (1.709 %) IBM 11 1 (0.855 %) Altiris 11 1 (0.855 %) Oracle 11 1 (0.855 %) VERITAS 11 1 (0.855 %) Apple 11 1 (0.855 %) Sage