The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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 30 61 20
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -41
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 8 6 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 2.952% 0.932% 6.422%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.696% 3.046% 21.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 12
Average daily rate £150 £400 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-62.50% +42.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £321 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 £31.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.68% +68.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.60 £31.50 £17.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.40 £31.50 £19.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
92 197 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 33.95% 30.59% 29.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 107 54
Average daily rate £450 £500 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +60.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £400 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £406
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 11
Average hourly rate £13.50 £20.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.14% +13.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £12.00 £15.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £31.50 £21.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cheltenham +31 4 - -
Windows Server 2003
South West

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) Windows XP
2 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
3 7 (53.85%) Windows Vista
4 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (46.15%) MS Exchange
5 5 (38.46%) Mac OS X
5 5 (38.46%) Apple
5 5 (38.46%) Mac OS X Server
5 5 (38.46%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
6 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
7 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
7 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
7 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
7 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (23.08%) VMware
8 2 (15.38%) VMware ESX
8 2 (15.38%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (15.38%) Altiris
8 2 (15.38%) Application Packaging
8 2 (15.38%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
8 2 (15.38%) MSI
8 2 (15.38%) VB
8 2 (15.38%) MS Office
8 2 (15.38%) Wise Package Studio
9 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (7.692%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 1 (7.692%) VCP5

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 (15.38%) Application Packaging
2 1 (7.692%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (7.692%) ASP
2 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
2 1 (7.692%) CSS
2 1 (7.692%) SOAP
2 1 (7.692%) Web Services
2 1 (7.692%) XML
2 1 (7.692%) .NET
2 1 (7.692%) HTML
2 1 (7.692%) WCF
2 1 (7.692%) jQuery
2 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) MS Exchange
2 5 (38.46%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (7.692%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (7.692%) IIS
3 1 (7.692%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
2 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Internet
1 1 (7.692%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MSI
1 2 (15.38%) Wise Package Studio
2 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Support Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Desktop Support
2 4 (30.77%) IT Support
3 3 (23.08%) Mac Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (15.38%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Applications Packager
5 1 (7.692%) Developer
5 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (7.692%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Desktop Engineer
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) Windows XP
3 7 (53.85%) Windows Vista
4 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (38.46%) Mac OS X
5 5 (38.46%) Mac OS X Server
6 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.692%) CRM
1 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
1 1 (7.692%) Content Management
1 1 (7.692%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
1 2 (15.38%) VB
2 1 (7.692%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) VCP5
2 1 (7.692%) VCP4
2 1 (7.692%) MCSE
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (7.692%) MCTS
2 1 (7.692%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (15.38%) VMware ESX
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Apple
3 3 (23.08%) VMware
4 2 (15.38%) Altiris