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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 skills within the East of England 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows Server 2003
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3045
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads156180
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.211 %0.178 %
As % of the category below17.85 %14.47 %
Daily rates quoted3847
Average minimum daily rate£242£305
Average daily rate£255£316
% change on same period last year-19.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£268£326
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£319
% change on same period last year-1.59 %
Hourly rates quoted2540
Average minimum hourly rate£16.94£24.75
Average hourly rate£18.02£25.73
% change on same period last year-29.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.10£26.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.19£22.12
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads8741244
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.181 %1.227 %
Daily rates quoted253278
Average minimum daily rate£286£312
Average daily rate£302£325
% change on same period last year-7.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£318£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£336
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
Hourly rates quoted151270
Average minimum hourly rate£20.37£24.65
Average hourly rate£21.69£25.81
% change on same period last year-15.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.00£26.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.70£22.66
% change on same period last year+0.18 %
Windows Server 2003 EnglandWindows 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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

East of England Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank 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
EssexUp+2449£222-18.93 %
CambridgeshireUp+1438£238+9.21 %
NorfolkUp+730£243-33.21 %
HertfordshireDown-1724£328-9.73 %
East AngliaUp+68£313-
SuffolkDown-117--
BedfordshireUp+203--
Windows Server 2003 EnglandWindows Server 2003
England

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1378 (100.00 %)Windows
2162 (42.86 %)Active Directory
3127 (33.60 %)Windows XP
4119 (31.48 %)MS Exchange
5118 (31.22 %)Microsoft
690 (23.81 %)Windows 2000 Server
788 (23.28 %)Microsoft Certification
879 (20.90 %)Windows 2000
977 (20.37 %)Cisco
1072 (19.05 %)MS Office
1169 (18.25 %)SQL Server
1264 (16.93 %)MCSE
1363 (16.67 %)DNS
1461 (16.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
1559 (15.61 %)Firewall
1655 (14.55 %)TCP/IP
1751 (13.49 %)DHCP
1751 (13.49 %)Citrix
1847 (12.43 %)VMware
1944 (11.64 %)SQL
2036 (9.524 %)LAN
2135 (9.259 %)HP
2135 (9.259 %)Windows NT
2233 (8.730 %)WAN
2331 (8.201 %)MS Excel
2429 (7.672 %)Exchange Server 2007
2429 (7.672 %)Linux
2429 (7.672 %)ITIL
2429 (7.672 %).NET
2429 (7.672 %)SAN

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (7.672 %).NET
228 (7.407 %)ASP.NET
322 (5.820 %)XML
416 (4.233 %)HTML
512 (3.175 %)ADO.NET
512 (3.175 %)ASP
68 (2.116 %)WebServices
77 (1.852 %)WMI
77 (1.852 %)ADSI
84 (1.058 %)XSL
84 (1.058 %)ADO
84 (1.058 %)CSS
84 (1.058 %)Application Packaging
93 (0.794 %).NET Framework
93 (0.794 %)Middleware
102 (0.529 %)WinForms
102 (0.529 %)ASP.NET 2.0
111 (0.265 %)Windows SharePoint Services
111 (0.265 %)WebSphere
111 (0.265 %)AJAX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1119 (31.48 %)MS Exchange
261 (16.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
329 (7.672 %)Exchange Server 2007
426 (6.878 %)SharePoint
516 (4.233 %)IIS
612 (3.175 %)BizTalk Server
79 (2.381 %)Lotus Domino
79 (2.381 %)Exchange Server 2000
86 (1.587 %)Office Project Server
95 (1.323 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
103 (0.794 %)CMS
103 (0.794 %)SharePoint Portal Server
103 (0.794 %)Lotus Notes
103 (0.794 %)TeamSite
112 (0.529 %)Content Management Server
112 (0.529 %)Apache
112 (0.529 %)SharePoint Server 2007
112 (0.529 %)Exchange Server 5.5
121 (0.265 %)QuickPlace
121 (0.265 %)Office Communications Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
172 (19.05 %)MS Office
231 (8.201 %)MS Excel
37 (1.852 %)MS Project
43 (0.794 %)MS Visio
43 (0.794 %)MS PowerPoint
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (1.058 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.265 %)assyst
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
163 (16.67 %)DNS
259 (15.61 %)Firewall
355 (14.55 %)TCP/IP
451 (13.49 %)DHCP
536 (9.524 %)LAN
633 (8.730 %)WAN
729 (7.672 %)SAN
824 (6.349 %)VoIP
917 (4.497 %)Cisco PIX
1016 (4.233 %)Internet
1114 (3.704 %)VPN
1211 (2.910 %)MPLS
139 (2.381 %)Cisco IOS
147 (1.852 %)ISDN
147 (1.852 %)SMS
156 (1.587 %)ADSL
165 (1.323 %)Intranet
165 (1.323 %)Intrusion Detection
165 (1.323 %)Wireless
174 (1.058 %)OSPF
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
169 (18.25 %)SQL Server
221 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
313 (3.439 %)SQL Server 2000
410 (2.646 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
56 (1.587 %)Crystal Reports
64 (1.058 %)MS Access
64 (1.058 %)MySQL
73 (0.794 %)OLAP
73 (0.794 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
82 (0.529 %)Oracle 9i
82 (0.529 %)Oracle 10g
82 (0.529 %)SQL Server 7
91 (0.265 %)EDRMS
91 (0.265 %)PostgreSQL
91 (0.265 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (0.265 %)DB2
91 (0.265 %)Datawarehouse
91 (0.265 %)DTS
91 (0.265 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (0.265 %)SQL Server 2008
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.529 %)MSI
12 (0.529 %)Bugzilla
12 (0.529 %)Subversion
12 (0.529 %)Eclipse
21 (0.265 %)OpenDeploy
21 (0.265 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (0.265 %)FrontPage
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (6.614 %)Finance
219 (5.026 %)Telecoms
314 (3.704 %)Government
48 (2.116 %)Back Office
56 (1.587 %)Manufacturing
65 (1.323 %)Insurance
65 (1.323 %)Pharmaceutical
74 (1.058 %)Automotive
74 (1.058 %)Retail
74 (1.058 %)Health
74 (1.058 %)Legal
83 (0.794 %)Chemicals
83 (0.794 %)Electronics
83 (0.794 %)Pensions
92 (0.529 %)Education
101 (0.265 %)Front Office
101 (0.265 %)Banking
101 (0.265 %)Investment Banking
101 (0.265 %)Local Government
101 (0.265 %)Music
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
166 (17.46 %)Support Engineer
257 (15.08 %)Analyst
352 (13.76 %)Server Engineer
440 (10.58 %)Server Support
537 (9.788 %)Support Analyst
631 (8.201 %)2nd Line Support
631 (8.201 %)Administrator
730 (7.937 %)Network Engineer
730 (7.937 %)Server Support Engineer
829 (7.672 %)3rd Line Support
924 (6.349 %)Network Support
1023 (6.085 %)Developer
1121 (5.556 %)Desktop Support
1219 (5.026 %)Systems Administrator
1316 (4.233 %)DBA
1316 (4.233 %)Network Support Engineer
1412 (3.175 %)SQL DBA
1412 (3.175 %)Support Technician
1412 (3.175 %)Consultant
1412 (3.175 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (2.381 %)Video Conferencing
28 (2.116 %)Clustering
28 (2.116 %)NHS
28 (2.116 %)Blackberry
37 (1.852 %)Replication
45 (1.323 %)Fat Client
45 (1.323 %)Thin Client
45 (1.323 %)AS400
53 (0.794 %)Celerra
53 (0.794 %)CLARiiON
62 (0.529 %)Dutch Language
62 (0.529 %)Firmware
71 (0.265 %)Client/Server
71 (0.265 %)PMI
71 (0.265 %)Management Information System
71 (0.265 %)CCTV
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1378 (100.00 %)Windows
2127 (33.60 %)Windows XP
390 (23.81 %)Windows 2000 Server
479 (20.90 %)Windows 2000
535 (9.259 %)Windows NT
629 (7.672 %)Linux
724 (6.349 %)UNIX
817 (4.497 %)Windows Vista
910 (2.646 %)Windows Server 2008
105 (1.323 %)Mac OS X
114 (1.058 %)Solaris
123 (0.794 %)AIX
123 (0.794 %)HPUX
123 (0.794 %)Red Hat Linux
132 (0.529 %)CentOS
132 (0.529 %)NetWare
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
129 (7.672 %)ITIL
222 (5.820 %)Security Cleared
314 (3.704 %)Service Delivery
314 (3.704 %)Migration
413 (3.439 %)SC Cleared
512 (3.175 %)Agile Software Development
611 (2.910 %)Network Design
78 (2.116 %)Project Management
87 (1.852 %)UML
87 (1.852 %)Configuration Management
96 (1.587 %)Change Management
105 (1.323 %)BC Cleared
114 (1.058 %)CTC Cleared
114 (1.058 %)Time Management
114 (1.058 %)PRINCE2
114 (1.058 %)Programme Management
123 (0.794 %)Content Management
123 (0.794 %)Performance Management
123 (0.794 %)System Testing
123 (0.794 %)Data Migration
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
144 (11.64 %)SQL
219 (5.026 %)VB
219 (5.026 %)C#
314 (3.704 %)VBScript
413 (3.439 %)JavaScript
58 (2.116 %)C
66 (1.587 %)Transact-SQL
74 (1.058 %)VB.NET
83 (0.794 %)VB6
83 (0.794 %)Perl
83 (0.794 %)DHTML
92 (0.529 %)Java
92 (0.529 %)PL/SQL
101 (0.265 %)PHP
101 (0.265 %)C++
101 (0.265 %)Ruby
101 (0.265 %)Python
101 (0.265 %)Assembly Language
101 (0.265 %)Tcl
101 (0.265 %)LotusScript
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
188 (23.28 %)Microsoft Certification
264 (16.93 %)MCSE
327 (7.143 %)MCP
421 (5.556 %)Cisco Certification
514 (3.704 %)CCNA
611 (2.910 %)MCSA
78 (2.116 %)Degree
85 (1.323 %)Citrix Certification
85 (1.323 %)CCNP
93 (0.794 %)MCDBA
102 (0.529 %)MCAD
102 (0.529 %)MCSD
102 (0.529 %)CNE
102 (0.529 %)Novell Certification
102 (0.529 %)ITIL Certification
102 (0.529 %)MCDST
111 (0.265 %)MCITP
111 (0.265 %)HP APS
111 (0.265 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
111 (0.265 %)A+ Certification
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.852 %)SLA
21 (0.265 %)ISO27001
21 (0.265 %)GxP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1162 (42.86 %)Active Directory
219 (5.026 %)VMware ESX
318 (4.762 %)VMware Infrastructure
414 (3.704 %)Terminal Server
58 (2.116 %)Citrix Presentation Server
66 (1.587 %)NetBackup
66 (1.587 %)Backup Exec
75 (1.323 %)MetaFrame
83 (0.794 %)Terminal Services
83 (0.794 %)VMware Workstation
92 (0.529 %)ISA Server
92 (0.529 %)Samba
92 (0.529 %)NFS
101 (0.265 %)NDS
101 (0.265 %)Oracle RMAN
101 (0.265 %)Xen
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (2.381 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
28 (2.116 %)OpenView
37 (1.852 %)OpenView Configuration Management
46 (1.587 %)ZENworks
55 (1.323 %)WSUS
63 (0.794 %)Unicenter
71 (0.265 %)MOM
71 (0.265 %)ARCserve
71 (0.265 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
71 (0.265 %)Norton AntiVirus
71 (0.265 %)EMC Navisphere
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1118 (31.22 %)Microsoft
277 (20.37 %)Cisco
351 (13.49 %)Citrix
447 (12.43 %)VMware
535 (9.259 %)HP
628 (7.407 %)Dell
725 (6.614 %)IBM
822 (5.820 %)Novell
910 (2.646 %)Lotus
108 (2.116 %)McAfee Security
108 (2.116 %)VERITAS
108 (2.116 %)Intel
108 (2.116 %)Oracle
117 (1.852 %)Compaq
117 (1.852 %)AppSense
117 (1.852 %)Altiris
126 (1.587 %)Brocade
135 (1.323 %)3Com
144 (1.058 %)Symantec
144 (1.058 %)Red Hat