The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset 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 18 June 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 Dorset 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 26 29 36
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 8 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 3.463% 0.766% 2.667%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.43% 2.410% 10.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
Average daily rate £240 £260 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -35.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £260 £380
10% offered a daily rate of more than £414 £260 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+16.36% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -4.10%
All Operating Systems
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
70 83 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 30.30% 31.80% 24.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 44 50
Average daily rate £280 £360 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% -1.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £320 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 6
Average hourly rate £14.02 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-64.95% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.14 £14.57
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £46.40 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
Windows Server 2003
South West

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bournemouth +8 8 £240 -7.69% 2
Poole - - - -
Wimborne - - - -
Windows Server 2003
South West

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) DNS
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco
3 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (50.00%) ITIL
3 4 (50.00%) LAN
3 4 (50.00%) Citrix
3 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 3 (37.50%) Network Management
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (37.50%) Information Management
4 3 (37.50%) Handset
4 3 (37.50%) HP
4 3 (37.50%) Avaya
4 3 (37.50%) Internet
4 3 (37.50%) Blackberry
4 3 (37.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
4 3 (37.50%) Wireless
4 3 (37.50%) VoIP
4 3 (37.50%) VPN
4 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) MCSE

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 (37.50%) SharePoint
1 3 (37.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) LAN
1 4 (50.00%) DNS
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (37.50%) VPN
2 3 (37.50%) Internet
2 3 (37.50%) Wireless
2 3 (37.50%) VoIP
3 2 (25.00%) LDAP
4 1 (12.50%) WAN
4 1 (12.50%) DHCP
4 1 (12.50%) VLAN
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Desktop Support
2 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Server Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Blackberry
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
1 3 (37.50%) Handset
2 2 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (12.50%) VMS
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (37.50%) Information Management
2 3 (37.50%) Network Management
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) MCSE
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (25.00%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) VMware ESX
2 2 (25.00%) vSphere
3 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) MOM
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Citrix
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco
3 3 (37.50%) Avaya
3 3 (37.50%) HP
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