Hampshire Windows Server 2003 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 skills within the Hampshire 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Ashton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Ayrshire Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Chorley Cirencester City of London Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Goole Grangemouth Grays Grimsby Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Hove Hull Huntingdon Inverness Kegworth Kendal Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Matlock Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rochester Rotherham Salford Salisbury Scotland Scunthorpe Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thurrock Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	34	28
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	84	157
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.112 %	0.157 %
As % of the category below	14.69 %	19.12 %
Daily rates quoted	10	38
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£331
Average daily rate	£390	£348
% change on same period last year	+11.93 %
Average maximum daily rate	£412	£365
UK excluding London average daily rate	£314	£318
% change on same period last year	-1.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	28	33
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.15	£22.79
Average hourly rate	£24.04	£23.80
% change on same period last year	+1.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.93	£24.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.79	£22.40
% change on same period last year	-2.75 %
Operating Systems Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	572	821
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.762 %	0.819 %
Daily rates quoted	103	160
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£326
Average daily rate	£367	£339
% change on same period last year	+8.49 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£335
% change on same period last year	-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	158	215
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.98	£25.48
Average hourly rate	£25.79	£26.91
% change on same period last year	-4.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.59	£28.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.51	£22.79
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
Windows Server 2003 South East

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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Windows Server 2003
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
Portsmouth	+4	17	£438	+45.83 %
Southampton	+11	10	-	-
Basingstoke	-9	9	£325	-21.19 %
Havant	-	6	-	-
Fareham	-	2	-	-
Winchester	-	2	-	-
Eastleigh	-	2	-	-
Farnborough	-7	1	-	-

Windows Server 2003 South East

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1 179 (100.00 %) Windows 2 90 (50.28 %) Active Directory 3 58 (32.40 %) Microsoft 4 46 (25.70 %) Citrix 4 46 (25.70 %) MS Exchange 5 44 (24.58 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 43 (24.02 %) Windows XP 7 41 (22.91 %) Security Cleared 8 39 (21.79 %) Windows 2000 9 33 (18.44 %) MS Excel 10 31 (17.32 %) Microsoft Certification 11 30 (16.76 %) MCSE 11 30 (16.76 %) VMware 12 28 (15.64 %) Linux 13 27 (15.08 %) Exchange Server 2003

13 27 (15.08 %) SC Cleared 14 25 (13.97 %) Cisco 15 23 (12.85 %) HP 15 23 (12.85 %) SAN 16 22 (12.29 %) UNIX 17 19 (10.61 %) SQL Server 17 19 (10.61 %) SQL 17 19 (10.61 %) Government 18 18 (10.06 %) MS Office 19 17 (9.497 %) Solaris 19 17 (9.497 %) Client/Server 19 17 (9.497 %) Firewall 20 16 (8.939 %) DNS 20 16 (8.939 %) Citrix Certification 21 15 (8.380 %) VPN

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 (2.793 %) .NET 2 2 (1.117 %) XML 3 1 (0.559 %) WCF 3 1 (0.559 %) HTML 3 1 (0.559 %) MFC 3 1 (0.559 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (0.559 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 46 (25.70 %) MS Exchange 2 27 (15.08 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 13 (7.263 %) IIS 4 7 (3.911 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 5 (2.793 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 4 (2.235 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 3 (1.676 %) Apache 8 1 (0.559 %) SharePoint 8 1 (0.559 %) Oracle 9iAS 8 1 (0.559 %) Oracle Application Server 8 1 (0.559 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 33 (18.44 %) MS Excel 2 18 (10.06 %) MS Office 3 3 (1.676 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.559 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 6 (3.352 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 23 (12.85 %) SAN 2 17 (9.497 %) Firewall 3 16 (8.939 %) DNS 4 15 (8.380 %) VPN 4 15 (8.380 %) LAN 5 12 (6.704 %) WAN 5 12 (6.704 %) Cisco PIX 6 10 (5.587 %) DHCP 6 10 (5.587 %) TCP/IP 7 6 (3.352 %) Network Security 7 6 (3.352 %) Intrusion Detection 8 4 (2.235 %) CTI 8 4 (2.235 %) Intranet 8 4 (2.235 %) Internet 9 3 (1.676 %) LDAP 9 3 (1.676 %) Wireless 10 2 (1.117 %) ISDN 11 1 (0.559 %) SMTP 11 1 (0.559 %) SMS 11 1 (0.559 %) VoIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (10.61 %) SQL Server 2 5 (2.793 %) SQL Server 2000 3 4 (2.235 %) RDBMS 4 3 (1.676 %) Oracle 10g 4 3 (1.676 %) SQLPlus 4 3 (1.676 %) Oracle Reports 5 2 (1.117 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 2 (1.117 %) Oracle 9i 5 2 (1.117 %) MySQL 6 1 (0.559 %) DB2 6 1 (0.559 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 2 (1.117 %) TestDirector 1 2 (1.117 %) InstallShield 2 1 (0.559 %) ClearCase 2 1 (0.559 %) ARTiSAN 2 1 (0.559 %) MSI	General 1 19 (10.61 %) Government 2 6 (3.352 %) Back Office 3 3 (1.676 %) Legal 3 3 (1.676 %) Finance 4 2 (1.117 %) Manufacturing 4 2 (1.117 %) Telecoms 4 2 (1.117 %) Health 5 1 (0.559 %) Military 5 1 (0.559 %) Banking 5 1 (0.559 %) Investment Banking 5 1 (0.559 %) Pensions 5 1 (0.559 %) Auditing
Job Titles 1 25 (13.97 %) Administrator 2 24 (13.41 %) Analyst 3 18 (10.06 %) Support Engineer 3 18 (10.06 %) 2nd Line Support 4 15 (8.380 %) Support Analyst 5 14 (7.821 %) Server Support 6 13 (7.263 %) 3rd Line Support 6 13 (7.263 %) Technical Engineer 7 12 (6.704 %) Systems Administrator 8 9 (5.028 %) Server Engineer 9 8 (4.469 %) Architect 10 7 (3.911 %) Desktop Support 10 7 (3.911 %) Technical Architect 10 7 (3.911 %) Consultant 10 7 (3.911 %) Citrix Support 11 6 (3.352 %) DBA 11 6 (3.352 %) Technical Support 11 6 (3.352 %) IT Administrator 11 6 (3.352 %) Network Analyst 11 6 (3.352 %) Oracle DBA	Miscellaneous 1 17 (9.497 %) Client/Server 2 9 (5.028 %) Thin Client 2 9 (5.028 %) Fat Client 3 6 (3.352 %) Clustering 4 3 (1.676 %) PKI 4 3 (1.676 %) Blackberry 5 2 (1.117 %) Replication 6 1 (0.559 %) AS400 6 1 (0.559 %) Computer Science 6 1 (0.559 %) Cryptography
Operating Systems 1 179 (100.00 %) Windows 2 44 (24.58 %) Windows 2000 Server 3 43 (24.02 %) Windows XP 4 39 (21.79 %) Windows 2000 5 28 (15.64 %) Linux 6 22 (12.29 %) UNIX 7 17 (9.497 %) Solaris 8 7 (3.911 %) Windows NT 8 7 (3.911 %) SUSE 9 6 (3.352 %) Windows Server 2008 9 6 (3.352 %) Tru64 10 5 (2.793 %) AIX 10 5 (2.793 %) Windows Vista 11 4 (2.235 %) Red Hat Linux 12 2 (1.117 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 41 (22.91 %) Security Cleared 2 27 (15.08 %) SC Cleared 3 6 (3.352 %) Migration 4 4 (2.235 %) CRM 5 3 (1.676 %) UML 5 3 (1.676 %) Web Development 5 3 (1.676 %) Configuration Management 5 3 (1.676 %) Load Balancing 6 2 (1.117 %) Test Scripting 6 2 (1.117 %) BC Cleared 6 2 (1.117 %) Project Management 6 2 (1.117 %) ITIL 6 2 (1.117 %) OO 6 2 (1.117 %) E-Commerce 7 1 (0.559 %) OOD 7 1 (0.559 %) Business Intelligence 7 1 (0.559 %) OOA/OOD 7 1 (0.559 %) Service Management 7 1 (0.559 %) Service Delivery 7 1 (0.559 %) Change Management
Programming Languages 1 19 (10.61 %) SQL 2 7 (3.911 %) C 2 7 (3.911 %) Shell Script 3 4 (2.235 %) C++ 3 4 (2.235 %) Java 4 3 (1.676 %) PHP 4 3 (1.676 %) C# 4 3 (1.676 %) VBScript 5 1 (0.559 %) VB 5 1 (0.559 %) VB.NET 5 1 (0.559 %) VBA 5 1 (0.559 %) Transact-SQL 5 1 (0.559 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 31 (17.32 %) Microsoft Certification 2 30 (16.76 %) MCSE 3 16 (8.939 %) Citrix Certification 4 9 (5.028 %) MCP 5 8 (4.469 %) CCA 6 7 (3.911 %) CCEA 7 6 (3.352 %) Degree 8 5 (2.793 %) Cisco Certification 8 5 (2.793 %) CCNA 9 4 (2.235 %) MCSA 10 2 (1.117 %) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.117 %) JSP 440 2 1 (0.559 %) SLA	System Software 1 90 (50.28 %) Active Directory 2 15 (8.380 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 14 (7.821 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 14 (7.821 %) Terminal Server 4 10 (5.587 %) Backup Exec 5 8 (4.469 %) NetBackup 6 7 (3.911 %) VMware ESX 7 5 (2.793 %) ISA Server 8 3 (1.676 %) MetaFrame 8 3 (1.676 %) MailMarshal 9 2 (1.117 %) Xen 10 1 (0.559 %) Oracle RAC 10 1 (0.559 %) VMware Server 10 1 (0.559 %) Terminal Services 10 1 (0.559 %) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management 1 7 (3.911 %) Tivoli 2 6 (3.352 %) EMC NetWorker 3 4 (2.235 %) SCCM 4 3 (1.676 %) Oracle Statspack 4 3 (1.676 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 4 3 (1.676 %) MOM 4 3 (1.676 %) AutoSys 5 2 (1.117 %) Legato 5 2 (1.117 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 6 1 (0.559 %) Unicenter 6 1 (0.559 %) CA SiteMinder 6 1 (0.559 %) Norton AntiVirus 6 1 (0.559 %) RepliStor 6 1 (0.559 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 6 1 (0.559 %) OpenView Configuration Management	Vendors 1 58 (32.40 %) Microsoft 2 46 (25.70 %) Citrix 3 30 (16.76 %) VMware 4 25 (13.97 %) Cisco 5 23 (12.85 %) HP 6 13 (7.263 %) Oracle 6 13 (7.263 %) CheckPoint 7 12 (6.704 %) Dell 8 11 (6.145 %) Sun 9 10 (5.587 %) VERITAS 10 8 (4.469 %) Novell 11 7 (3.911 %) EMC 12 6 (3.352 %) Altiris 13 5 (2.793 %) AppSense 13 5 (2.793 %) Symantec 14 4 (2.235 %) Red Hat 14 4 (2.235 %) Lagan 15 3 (1.676 %) Infovista 15 3 (1.676 %) IBM 16 2 (1.117 %) SAP