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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows Server 2003
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank104102
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads125106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.165 %0.112 %
As % of the category below6.118 %5.780 %
Daily rates quoted5625
Average minimum daily rate£369£330
Average daily rate£393£355
% change on same period last year+10.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£418£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£331
% change on same period last year+3.25 %
Hourly rates quoted1716
Average minimum hourly rate£23.21£20.63
Average hourly rate£25.82£21.97
% change on same period last year+17.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.44£23.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.99£24.62
% change on same period last year-10.69 %
Operating Systems City of LondonOperating Systems
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads20431834
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.694 %1.945 %
Daily rates quoted1007720
Average minimum daily rate£408£422
Average daily rate£437£447
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£465£473
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£334
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted147128
Average minimum hourly rate£22.29£20.90
Average hourly rate£24.22£22.13
% change on same period last year+9.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.16£23.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.83£23.75
% change on same period last year-8.06 %
Windows Server 2003 LondonWindows Server 2003
London

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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

City of London Windows Server 2003 Demand Trend

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 City of London region.

City of London Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

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 City of London region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

City of London Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

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 City of London region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

City of London Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1238 (99.17 %)Windows
2108 (45.00 %)Active Directory
369 (28.75 %)Finance
465 (27.08 %)Exchange Server 2003
561 (25.42 %)Microsoft
561 (25.42 %)SQL Server
656 (23.33 %)Citrix
750 (20.83 %)SAN
750 (20.83 %)SQL
847 (19.58 %)Microsoft Certification
944 (18.33 %)VMware
1043 (17.92 %)MS Exchange
1043 (17.92 %)MCSE
1139 (16.25 %)DNS
1238 (15.83 %)IIS
1336 (15.00 %)ITIL
1434 (14.17 %)HP
1532 (13.33 %).NET
1628 (11.67 %)Windows 2000
1727 (11.25 %)Windows XP
1727 (11.25 %)SQL Server 2005
1826 (10.83 %)MS Office
1925 (10.42 %)Cisco
1925 (10.42 %)Banking
2023 (9.583 %)Exchange Server 2007
2023 (9.583 %)LAN
2023 (9.583 %)SQL Server 2000
2122 (9.167 %)Firewall
2122 (9.167 %)Clustering
2122 (9.167 %)SharePoint

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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
132 (13.33 %).NET
218 (7.500 %)ASP.NET
35 (2.083 %)COM+
44 (1.667 %)XML
53 (1.250 %)WebServices
53 (1.250 %)WebSphere
53 (1.250 %)DCOM
53 (1.250 %)ASP
62 (0.833 %)HTML
62 (0.833 %)J2EE
62 (0.833 %)JSP
62 (0.833 %)Application Packaging
71 (0.417 %).NET Framework
71 (0.417 %)ADSI
71 (0.417 %)WSH
71 (0.417 %)SAP XI
71 (0.417 %)WinForms
71 (0.417 %)SAP Basis
71 (0.417 %)ADO.NET
71 (0.417 %)CSS
Application Platforms
165 (27.08 %)Exchange Server 2003
243 (17.92 %)MS Exchange
338 (15.83 %)IIS
423 (9.583 %)Exchange Server 2007
522 (9.167 %)SharePoint
618 (7.500 %)Exchange Server 2000
710 (4.167 %)SharePoint Server 2007
88 (3.333 %)Lotus Notes
94 (1.667 %)CMS
94 (1.667 %)Office Communications Server
103 (1.250 %)Exchange Server 5.5
103 (1.250 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
103 (1.250 %)Lotus Domino
103 (1.250 %)Tomcat
103 (1.250 %)WebLogic
112 (0.833 %)WebSphere Application Server
112 (0.833 %)Apache
112 (0.833 %)WebLogic Portal
121 (0.417 %)NetWeaver
121 (0.417 %)Tuxedo
Applications
126 (10.83 %)MS Office
210 (4.167 %)MS Excel
32 (0.833 %)MS Project
41 (0.417 %)Photoshop
41 (0.417 %)Acrobat
41 (0.417 %)PageMaker
Business Applications
14 (1.667 %)Summit
23 (1.250 %)SoftGrid
32 (0.833 %)assyst
41 (0.417 %)SAP HR
41 (0.417 %)RMDS
Communications & Networking
150 (20.83 %)SAN
239 (16.25 %)DNS
323 (9.583 %)LAN
422 (9.167 %)Firewall
520 (8.333 %)TCP/IP
520 (8.333 %)WINS
617 (7.083 %)DHCP
715 (6.250 %)WAN
813 (5.417 %)SMTP
910 (4.167 %)Internet
106 (2.500 %)Network Security
106 (2.500 %)Intranet
115 (2.083 %)VLAN
124 (1.667 %)Wireless
124 (1.667 %)VPN
124 (1.667 %)SSL
133 (1.250 %)POP3
133 (1.250 %)VoIP
142 (0.833 %)FTP
142 (0.833 %)Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
161 (25.42 %)SQL Server
227 (11.25 %)SQL Server 2005
323 (9.583 %)SQL Server 2000
410 (4.167 %)Oracle 10g
59 (3.750 %)SQL Server 7
66 (2.500 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
66 (2.500 %)Oracle 8/8i
75 (2.083 %)Oracle 9i
84 (1.667 %)DTS
93 (1.250 %)MySQL
93 (1.250 %)GIS
102 (0.833 %)RDBMS
102 (0.833 %)Crystal Reports
102 (0.833 %)Data Mining
111 (0.417 %)Oracle Discoverer
111 (0.417 %)Datawarehouse
111 (0.417 %)DB2
111 (0.417 %)Siebel EIM
Development Applications
18 (3.333 %)Visual Studio
22 (0.833 %)LoadRunner
General
169 (28.75 %)Finance
225 (10.42 %)Banking
317 (7.083 %)Legal
410 (4.167 %)Law
59 (3.750 %)Government
67 (2.917 %)Financial Institution
75 (2.083 %)Investment Banking
84 (1.667 %)Telecoms
84 (1.667 %)Publishing
92 (0.833 %)Back Office
92 (0.833 %)Health
92 (0.833 %)Insurance
92 (0.833 %)Retail
92 (0.833 %)Marketing
101 (0.417 %)Retail Banking
Job Titles
142 (17.50 %)Analyst
229 (12.08 %)Administrator
323 (9.583 %)Support Analyst
420 (8.333 %)Server Engineer
516 (6.667 %)Support Engineer
615 (6.250 %)Systems Administrator
713 (5.417 %)Systems Engineer
713 (5.417 %)DBA
713 (5.417 %)Windows Administrator
812 (5.000 %)3rd Line Support
812 (5.000 %)Consultant
812 (5.000 %)Desktop Support
911 (4.583 %)Oracle DBA
1010 (4.167 %)Server Support
119 (3.750 %)Senior Analyst
119 (3.750 %)Windows Systems Administrator
128 (3.333 %)Trainer
137 (2.917 %)Architect
137 (2.917 %)Developer
137 (2.917 %)Systems Support
Miscellaneous
122 (9.167 %)Clustering
211 (4.583 %)Thin Client
211 (4.583 %)Fat Client
39 (3.750 %)Blackberry
39 (3.750 %)Asset Management
44 (1.667 %)Mainframe
44 (1.667 %)Web 2.0
52 (0.833 %)Replication
52 (0.833 %)PKI
52 (0.833 %)Client/Server
52 (0.833 %)N-Tier
61 (0.417 %)CLARiiON
61 (0.417 %)Fund Management
Operating Systems
1238 (99.17 %)Windows
228 (11.67 %)Windows 2000
327 (11.25 %)Windows XP
417 (7.083 %)Linux
515 (6.250 %)Unix
613 (5.417 %)Windows NT
710 (4.167 %)Solaris
88 (3.333 %)HPUX
94 (1.667 %)AIX
103 (1.250 %)Windows Mobile
112 (0.833 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.417 %)zOS
121 (0.417 %)Debian
121 (0.417 %)NetWare
121 (0.417 %)Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
136 (15.00 %)ITIL
212 (5.000 %)PRINCE2
311 (4.583 %)Security Cleared
410 (4.167 %)Load Balancing
59 (3.750 %)SC Cleared
68 (3.333 %)Migration
77 (2.917 %)Business Intelligence
77 (2.917 %)CRM
86 (2.500 %)Business Continuity
86 (2.500 %)Content Management
86 (2.500 %)Performance Testing
95 (2.083 %)ITSM
95 (2.083 %)Data Migration
104 (1.667 %)Electronic Trading
104 (1.667 %)Disaster Recovery
104 (1.667 %)Service Delivery
104 (1.667 %)Supplier Management
104 (1.667 %)Incident Management
104 (1.667 %)Web Development
104 (1.667 %)Data Management
Programming Languages
150 (20.83 %)SQL
216 (6.667 %)C#
312 (5.000 %)Java
47 (2.917 %)VBScript
54 (1.667 %)Perl
63 (1.250 %)Shell Script
72 (0.833 %)VB.NET
81 (0.417 %)VBA
81 (0.417 %)PHP
81 (0.417 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.417 %)JavaScript
81 (0.417 %)VB
81 (0.417 %)Transact-SQL
Qualifications
147 (19.58 %)Microsoft Certification
243 (17.92 %)MCSE
312 (5.000 %)MCP
410 (4.167 %)CCA
410 (4.167 %)Citrix Certification
58 (3.333 %)CCNA
58 (3.333 %)Cisco Certification
67 (2.917 %)MCDBA
67 (2.917 %)MCT
67 (2.917 %)MCSD
73 (1.250 %)MCSA
73 (1.250 %)CCEA
73 (1.250 %)CNE
73 (1.250 %)Novell Certification
73 (1.250 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
73 (1.250 %)Degree
82 (0.833 %)CNA
82 (0.833 %)A+ Certification
91 (0.417 %)IBM Certification
91 (0.417 %)Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
18 (3.333 %)SLA
27 (2.917 %)ISO9001
System Software
1108 (45.00 %)Active Directory
221 (8.750 %)VMware Infrastructure
320 (8.333 %)ISA Server
410 (4.167 %)NetBackup
410 (4.167 %)Citrix Presentation Server
58 (3.333 %)VMware ESX
64 (1.667 %)VMware Server
73 (1.250 %)Backup Exec
82 (0.833 %)Terminal Services
91 (0.417 %)Oracle RMAN
91 (0.417 %)Oracle RAC
91 (0.417 %)MetaFrame
Systems Management
17 (2.917 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
26 (2.500 %)MAILsweeper
34 (1.667 %)ARCserve
34 (1.667 %)MOM
34 (1.667 %)Tivoli
43 (1.250 %)Norton AntiVirus
52 (0.833 %)CA SiteMinder
52 (0.833 %)OpenView
61 (0.417 %)CiscoWorks
61 (0.417 %)Legato
61 (0.417 %)Tivoli Configuration Manager
61 (0.417 %)Tivoli Monitoring
61 (0.417 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
61 (0.417 %)AutoSys
61 (0.417 %)ZENworks
61 (0.417 %)RepliStor
61 (0.417 %)WSUS
61 (0.417 %)ServiceCenter
61 (0.417 %)SCCM
61 (0.417 %)SCOM
Vendors
161 (25.42 %)Microsoft
256 (23.33 %)Citrix
344 (18.33 %)VMware
434 (14.17 %)HP
525 (10.42 %)Cisco
620 (8.333 %)Oracle
716 (6.667 %)IBM
815 (6.250 %)Dell
914 (5.833 %)Bloomberg
1011 (4.583 %)CheckPoint
1011 (4.583 %)Reuters
119 (3.750 %)Lotus
128 (3.333 %)Nokia
128 (3.333 %)VERITAS
137 (2.917 %)Red Hat
137 (2.917 %)Sun
146 (2.500 %)EMC
146 (2.500 %)Sybase
146 (2.500 %)Altiris
146 (2.500 %)Blue Coat
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