East Midlands Windows Server 2003 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 skills within the East Midlands 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.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Ashton-under-Lyne Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bognor Regis Bolton Bootle Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Daventry Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hull Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar Renfrewshire Rochdale Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Torpoint Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wimbledon Wirral Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	60	63
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching contract IT job ads	31	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.028 %
As % of the category below	8.356 %	7.493 %
Daily rates quoted	5	3
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£277
Average daily rate	£311	£293
% change on same period last year	+6.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£326	£310
UK excluding London average daily rate	£342	£331
% change on same period last year	+3.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£11.99	£21.56
Average hourly rate	£13.55	£22.72
% change on same period last year	-40.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.10	£23.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.99	£24.62
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
Operating Systems East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	371	347
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.489 %	0.368 %
Daily rates quoted	90	50
Average minimum daily rate	£276	£283
Average daily rate	£286	£292
% change on same period last year	-2.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£296	£302
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£334
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	59	80
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.95	£20.28
Average hourly rate	£14.86	£21.28
% change on same period last year	-30.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.76	£22.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.83	£23.75
% change on same period last year	-8.06 %
Windows Server 2003 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 East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Windows Server 2003
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Windows Server 2003 within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
Leicestershire	+2	9	£300	-
Nottinghamshire	-7	9	£340	+36.00 %
Northamptonshire	-4	5	-	-
Lincolnshire	-2	4	-	-
Derbyshire	+13	2	£350	-

Windows Server 2003 England

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 75 (96.15 %) Windows 2 45 (57.69 %) Active Directory 3 23 (29.49 %) Citrix 4 18 (23.08 %) Windows 2000 4 18 (23.08 %) VMware 5 17 (21.79 %) MCSE 5 17 (21.79 %) Microsoft Certification 5 17 (21.79 %) Novell 6 15 (19.23 %) WAN 7 14 (17.95 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 12 (15.38 %) VMware Infrastructure 9 11 (14.10 %) Microsoft 9 11 (14.10 %) MS Exchange 9 11 (14.10 %) LAN 10 10 (12.82 %) SAN

11 9 (11.54 %) NetWare 12 8 (10.26 %) SharePoint 13 7 (8.974 %) Cisco 13 7 (8.974 %) Dell 14 6 (7.692 %) Migration 14 6 (7.692 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 14 6 (7.692 %) EMC 14 6 (7.692 %) DNS 14 6 (7.692 %) BizTalk Server 14 6 (7.692 %) SQL Server 15 5 (6.410 %) SQL 15 5 (6.410 %) Lotus Notes 15 5 (6.410 %) Lotus 15 5 (6.410 %) HP 15 5 (6.410 %) TCP/IP

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 2 (2.564 %) .NET 1 2 (2.564 %) ASP.NET 2 1 (1.282 %) CSS 2 1 (1.282 %) AJAX 2 1 (1.282 %) Fusebox 2 1 (1.282 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 14 (17.95 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 11 (14.10 %) MS Exchange 3 8 (10.26 %) SharePoint 4 6 (7.692 %) BizTalk Server 5 5 (6.410 %) Lotus Notes 6 4 (5.128 %) GroupWise 7 3 (3.846 %) Lotus Domino 7 3 (3.846 %) IIS 7 3 (3.846 %) Exchange Server 2000 8 1 (1.282 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 1 (1.282 %) Exchange Server 5.5 8 1 (1.282 %) ColdFusion
Applications 1 3 (3.846 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 5 (6.410 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 15 (19.23 %) WAN 2 11 (14.10 %) LAN 3 10 (12.82 %) SAN 4 6 (7.692 %) DNS 5 5 (6.410 %) TCP/IP 5 5 (6.410 %) VPN 6 4 (5.128 %) VoIP 7 3 (3.846 %) DHCP 7 3 (3.846 %) Firewall 7 3 (3.846 %) Network Security 8 2 (2.564 %) WINS 9 1 (1.282 %) Wireless 9 1 (1.282 %) IP Telephony	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (7.692 %) SQL Server 2 4 (5.128 %) SQL Server 2000 3 2 (2.564 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (2.564 %) Crystal Reports 4 1 (1.282 %) Oracle Reports 4 1 (1.282 %) BusinessObjects 4 1 (1.282 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 1 (1.282 %) Visual Studio	General 1 3 (3.846 %) Health 2 2 (2.564 %) Back Office 3 1 (1.282 %) Finance 3 1 (1.282 %) Manufacturing 3 1 (1.282 %) Advertising 3 1 (1.282 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 15 (19.23 %) 3rd Line Support 2 10 (12.82 %) Analyst 3 7 (8.974 %) Support Engineer 4 6 (7.692 %) 2nd Line Support 4 6 (7.692 %) Desktop Support 4 6 (7.692 %) Support Analyst 5 5 (6.410 %) Support Technician 5 5 (6.410 %) Infrastructure Manager 6 4 (5.128 %) Network Engineer 6 4 (5.128 %) Systems Engineer 6 4 (5.128 %) Server Support 6 4 (5.128 %) IT Manager 7 3 (3.846 %) Consultant 7 3 (3.846 %) Architect 7 3 (3.846 %) Network Manager 7 3 (3.846 %) Infrastructure Architect 7 3 (3.846 %) Network Support 7 3 (3.846 %) Security Architect 7 3 (3.846 %) Desktop Analyst 7 3 (3.846 %) Network Architect	Miscellaneous 1 3 (3.846 %) Clustering 2 1 (1.282 %) PACS
Operating Systems 1 75 (96.15 %) Windows 2 18 (23.08 %) Windows 2000 3 9 (11.54 %) NetWare 4 4 (5.128 %) Windows XP 5 3 (3.846 %) Unix 6 2 (2.564 %) Windows NT 7 1 (1.282 %) Linux 7 1 (1.282 %) Mac OS X	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (7.692 %) Migration 2 4 (5.128 %) PRINCE2 3 3 (3.846 %) Network Design 3 3 (3.846 %) ITIL 4 2 (2.564 %) Service Delivery 4 2 (2.564 %) Change Management 5 1 (1.282 %) Disaster Recovery 5 1 (1.282 %) ERP 5 1 (1.282 %) Problem Management 5 1 (1.282 %) Performance Management 5 1 (1.282 %) SC Cleared 5 1 (1.282 %) DV Cleared 5 1 (1.282 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (1.282 %) Content Management
Programming Languages 1 5 (6.410 %) SQL 2 2 (2.564 %) JavaScript 3 1 (1.282 %) Perl 3 1 (1.282 %) C# 3 1 (1.282 %) VBScript 3 1 (1.282 %) VB 3 1 (1.282 %) ActionScript	Qualifications 1 17 (21.79 %) MCSE 1 17 (21.79 %) Microsoft Certification 2 3 (3.846 %) MCP 3 2 (2.564 %) MCSA 3 2 (2.564 %) CCNA 3 2 (2.564 %) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.282 %) SLA 1 1 (1.282 %) QA	System Software 1 45 (57.69 %) Active Directory 2 12 (15.38 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 4 (5.128 %) NDS 3 4 (5.128 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 4 (5.128 %) Terminal Services 4 1 (1.282 %) ISA Server 4 1 (1.282 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (1.282 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 6 (7.692 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 5 (6.410 %) MOM 3 3 (3.846 %) DirXML 4 2 (2.564 %) BMC PATROL 4 2 (2.564 %) ARCserve 5 1 (1.282 %) ZENworks 5 1 (1.282 %) Norton AntiVirus 5 1 (1.282 %) WSUS	Vendors 1 23 (29.49 %) Citrix 2 18 (23.08 %) VMware 3 17 (21.79 %) Novell 4 11 (14.10 %) Microsoft 5 7 (8.974 %) Dell 5 7 (8.974 %) Cisco 6 6 (7.692 %) EMC 7 5 (6.410 %) HP 7 5 (6.410 %) Lotus 8 3 (3.846 %) AppSense 8 3 (3.846 %) Altiris 8 3 (3.846 %) Intel 9 2 (2.564 %) BMC 9 2 (2.564 %) CheckPoint 9 2 (2.564 %) Symantec 9 2 (2.564 %) McAfee Security 9 2 (2.564 %) VERITAS 10 1 (1.282 %) Sophos 10 1 (1.282 %) Fortinet 10 1 (1.282 %) CA