The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London 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 24 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 Docklands, London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 27 18 34
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +16
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 3 13 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 1.754% 6.161% 3.814%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.571% 28.26% 17.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 12
Average daily rate £275 £450 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.88% +36.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £187 £370 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £530 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £321 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
All Operating Systems
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
35 46 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 20.47% 21.80% 21.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 23 52
Average daily rate £413 £473 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.69% +18.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £337 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £600 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
Average hourly rate - £26.75 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +18.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2003
London

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Docklands, London Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Histogram

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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, 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.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) MS Office
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) SAN
3 2 (50.00%) WinRunner
3 2 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (50.00%) LoadRunner
3 2 (50.00%) NetApp
3 2 (50.00%) Tivoli
3 2 (50.00%) MOM
3 2 (50.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (50.00%) ISEB
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) CCA
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (50.00%) MSI
3 2 (50.00%) InstallShield
3 2 (50.00%) Compaq
3 2 (50.00%) Dell
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) IBM
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, 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 Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (50.00%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) WinRunner
1 2 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (50.00%) MSI
1 2 (50.00%) InstallShield
1 2 (50.00%) Bugzilla
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000
2 2 (50.00%) Windows NT
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) CCA
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (50.00%) MCSE
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (50.00%) VMware ESX
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (50.00%) XenApp
1 2 (50.00%) XenServer
1 2 (50.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Tivoli
1 2 (50.00%) MOM
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
1 2 (50.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) NetApp
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Compaq
2 2 (50.00%) Dell
2 2 (50.00%) IBM
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) EMC