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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 skills within the Croydon 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows Server 2003
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2025
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below15.79 %6.061 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£318
% change on same period last year-2.11 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£13.00-
Average hourly rate£13.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£13.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.86£21.02
% change on same period last year+4.02 %
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Croydon
Matching contract IT job ads1933
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.033 %
Daily rates quoted47
Average minimum daily rate£332£321
Average daily rate£349£327
% change on same period last year+6.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£331
% change on same period last year-1.66 %
Hourly rates quoted46
Average minimum hourly rate£11.63£29.40
Average hourly rate£12.94£31.53
% change on same period last year-58.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.25£33.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.97£22.20
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
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 Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

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 Croydon region.

Croydon Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

14 (100.00 %)Windows
14 (100.00 %)Active Directory
23 (75.00 %)HP
32 (50.00 %)Cisco
32 (50.00 %)Telecoms
32 (50.00 %)Finance
32 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (50.00 %)SQL
32 (50.00 %).NET
32 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
32 (50.00 %)VoIP
41 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
41 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
41 (25.00 %)Windows XP
41 (25.00 %)French Language
41 (25.00 %)IBM
41 (25.00 %)Lotus

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %).NET
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
12 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)VoIP
21 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Telecoms
12 (50.00 %)Finance
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Analyst
12 (50.00 %)Infrastructure Analyst
21 (25.00 %)1st Line Support
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)French Language
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (25.00 %)Windows XP
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)SQL
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (100.00 %)Active Directory
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)HP
22 (50.00 %)Cisco
31 (25.00 %)IBM
31 (25.00 %)Lotus