The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex 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 23 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 Essex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 22 36 40
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 24 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 6.045% 2.941% 2.481%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.08% 10.17% 8.850%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 3
Average daily rate £350 £265 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.07% +6.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
Average hourly rate - £29.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +141.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £17.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
+1.42% -5.40%
All Operating Systems
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
104 118 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 26.20% 28.92% 28.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 52 51
Average daily rate £305 £265 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.09% +17.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £181 £135 £164
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 24 31
Average hourly rate £22.66 £20.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.30% +8.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.80 £30.00 £31.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2003
East of England

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Colchester - 12 £393 -
Basildon -4 1 - -
Windows Server 2003
East of England

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (47.22%) Active Directory
4 15 (41.67%) MS Exchange
5 13 (36.11%) Citrix
6 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 11 (30.56%) VMware
7 11 (30.56%) PowerShell
7 11 (30.56%) Windows 7
8 9 (25.00%) TCP/IP
8 9 (25.00%) VBScript
8 9 (25.00%) Finance
8 9 (25.00%) Migration
8 9 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
8 9 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
9 8 (22.22%) SQL Server
9 8 (22.22%) IIS
9 8 (22.22%) XenApp
10 7 (19.44%) XenServer
10 7 (19.44%) XenDesktop
10 7 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
10 7 (19.44%) Exchange Server 2010
10 7 (19.44%) SharePoint
10 7 (19.44%) Blackberry
10 7 (19.44%) CCA
10 7 (19.44%) Citrix Certification
10 7 (19.44%) SQL Server 2005
10 7 (19.44%) Wyse
10 7 (19.44%) AppSense
11 6 (16.67%) Windows XP

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 5 (13.89%) .NET
1 5 (13.89%) WCF
2 4 (11.11%) ASP.NET
3 2 (5.556%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 15 (41.67%) MS Exchange
2 9 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 9 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 8 (22.22%) IIS
4 7 (19.44%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (19.44%) SharePoint
5 2 (5.556%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (5.556%) Lync
6 1 (2.778%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) MS Office
2 3 (8.333%) MS Excel
3 2 (5.556%) MS Visio
3 2 (5.556%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (13.89%) HTTP
2 5 (13.89%) SAN
3 3 (8.333%) VPN
3 3 (8.333%) CTI
4 2 (5.556%) Firewall
4 2 (5.556%) Internet
4 2 (5.556%) DNS
4 2 (5.556%) DHCP
4 2 (5.556%) Unified Communications
5 1 (2.778%) ISDN
5 1 (2.778%) SMTP
5 1 (2.778%) EIGRP
5 1 (2.778%) MGCP
5 1 (2.778%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 7 (19.44%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (13.89%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (2.778%) MySQL
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 9 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (5.556%) Law
3 1 (2.778%) Automotive
3 1 (2.778%) Back Office
3 1 (2.778%) German Language
Job Titles
1 10 (27.78%) Analyst
2 9 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 4 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 3 (8.333%) Applications Support
4 3 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (8.333%) Server Engineer
4 3 (8.333%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (8.333%) Server Support
4 3 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (8.333%) Administrator
4 3 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (8.333%) Web Engineer
4 3 (8.333%) Web Support Engineer
4 3 (8.333%) Web Analyst
5 2 (5.556%) Server Analyst
5 2 (5.556%) Citrix Specialist
5 2 (5.556%) Communications Engineer
5 2 (5.556%) Citrix Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Blackberry
2 4 (11.11%) iPhone
3 3 (8.333%) NHS
4 2 (5.556%) Clustering
4 2 (5.556%) iPad
5 1 (2.778%) Replication
5 1 (2.778%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.778%) PKI
5 1 (2.778%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (30.56%) Windows 7
4 6 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 3 (8.333%) Windows 8
5 3 (8.333%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (8.333%) Windows Vista
6 1 (2.778%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) Migration
2 5 (13.89%) Service Delivery
2 5 (13.89%) Network Load Balancing
3 4 (11.11%) ITIL
4 3 (8.333%) High Availability
4 3 (8.333%) Capacity Management
4 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2
4 3 (8.333%) Configuration Management
4 3 (8.333%) Project Management
4 3 (8.333%) Change Management
5 2 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (2.778%) Test Strategy
6 1 (2.778%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.778%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 11 (30.56%) PowerShell
2 9 (25.00%) VBScript
3 6 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (2.778%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) CCA
1 7 (19.44%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.778%) MCP
3 1 (2.778%) MCSE
3 1 (2.778%) MCDBA
3 1 (2.778%) Degree
3 1 (2.778%) MCITP
3 1 (2.778%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (2.778%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.778%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (47.22%) Active Directory
2 8 (22.22%) XenApp
3 7 (19.44%) XenServer
3 7 (19.44%) XenDesktop
3 7 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (8.333%) Hyper-V
4 3 (8.333%) vSphere
5 2 (5.556%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 3 (8.333%) SCCM
2 2 (5.556%) WSUS
2 2 (5.556%) Backup Exec
2 2 (5.556%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (5.556%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (2.778%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 13 (36.11%) Citrix
2 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 11 (30.56%) VMware
4 7 (19.44%) Wyse
4 7 (19.44%) AppSense
5 4 (11.11%) Symantec
6 3 (8.333%) Hyperion
6 3 (8.333%) Siemens
6 3 (8.333%) HP
6 3 (8.333%) Cisco
6 3 (8.333%) Genesys
7 1 (2.778%) Oracle
7 1 (2.778%) Clearswift
7 1 (2.778%) McAfee
7 1 (2.778%) NetApp
7 1 (2.778%) BMC
7 1 (2.778%) Juniper
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