The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Eastleigh 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 Eastleigh 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 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Eastleigh 7.895% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
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
Eastleigh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
11 9 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Eastleigh 28.95% 23.68% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 2
Average daily rate £250 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £275 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £525 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £17.50 £13.73 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2003
Hampshire

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Eastleigh 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 Eastleigh region.

Eastleigh Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

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 Eastleigh region.

Eastleigh Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Eastleigh 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
1 6 (100.00%) Websense
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (100.00%) XenApp
1 6 (100.00%) XenServer
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (66.67%) Backup Exec

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Eastleigh 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 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) Server Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) XenApp
1 6 (100.00%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
1 6 (100.00%) Websense