The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 20 June 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 Hertfordshire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 31 45 29
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -16
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 25 35 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 3.864% 3.553% 4.609%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.30% 13.46% 18.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 14
Average daily rate £205 £275 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.45% +5.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £193 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £425 £382
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+16.36% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 8
Average hourly rate £23.75 £17.75 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.80% -45.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.25 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £23.25 £39.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £17.50 £17.75
% change year-on-year
+1.42% -1.40%
All Operating Systems
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
188 260 238
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 29.06% 26.40% 25.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 97 74
Average daily rate £308 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £185 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 32 51
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.63 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £35.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Stevenage +5 4 £180 - 1
Watford +7 2 - - 3
Hemel Hempstead +2 2 £350 - 2
Rickmansworth -1 2 £225 -47.05%
St Albans - - - -
Welwyn Garden City - - - - 1
Hertford - - - -
Letchworth - - - -
Bishop's Stortford - - - -
Borehamwood - - - - 1
Windows Server 2003
East of England

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 46 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (58.70%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (45.65%) Microsoft
4 18 (39.13%) Active Directory
5 16 (34.78%) MS Office
6 15 (32.61%) SQL
7 13 (28.26%) MS Exchange
8 11 (23.91%) Telecoms
9 10 (21.74%) HP
10 9 (19.57%) Citrix
10 9 (19.57%) VBScript
10 9 (19.57%) .NET
10 9 (19.57%) VMware
11 8 (17.39%) Migration
11 8 (17.39%) WinForms
11 8 (17.39%) Ajax
11 8 (17.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (17.39%) .NET Framework
11 8 (17.39%) jQuery
11 8 (17.39%) SQL Server
11 8 (17.39%) VB.NET
11 8 (17.39%) ADO.NET
11 8 (17.39%) ASP.NET
11 8 (17.39%) Web Services
11 8 (17.39%) T-SQL
11 8 (17.39%) DHTML
11 8 (17.39%) HTML
11 8 (17.39%) JavaScript
11 8 (17.39%) FTP
11 8 (17.39%) DTS

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 9 (19.57%) .NET
2 8 (17.39%) WinForms
2 8 (17.39%) Ajax
2 8 (17.39%) .NET Framework
2 8 (17.39%) jQuery
2 8 (17.39%) ADO.NET
2 8 (17.39%) ASP.NET
2 8 (17.39%) Web Services
2 8 (17.39%) DHTML
2 8 (17.39%) HTML
3 2 (4.348%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 13 (28.26%) MS Exchange
2 7 (15.22%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (6.522%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (6.522%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (6.522%) Lync
5 1 (2.174%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 16 (34.78%) MS Office
2 3 (6.522%) MS Excel
3 2 (4.348%) MS Visio
3 2 (4.348%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.39%) FTP
2 7 (15.22%) DNS
2 7 (15.22%) DHCP
3 5 (10.87%) Ethernet
4 4 (8.696%) SAN
5 3 (6.522%) Firewall
5 3 (6.522%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.522%) WAN
6 2 (4.348%) NAS
6 2 (4.348%) MPLS
6 2 (4.348%) VLAN
6 2 (4.348%) SSH
6 2 (4.348%) Wireless
7 1 (2.174%) LAN
7 1 (2.174%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 8 (17.39%) SQL Server
1 8 (17.39%) DTS
General
1 11 (23.91%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.522%) Retail
3 1 (2.174%) Finance
3 1 (2.174%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (17.39%) Developer
1 8 (17.39%) Web Developer
2 6 (13.04%) Consultant
2 6 (13.04%) 3rd Line Support
2 6 (13.04%) Analyst
3 5 (10.87%) Support Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Server Engineer
4 3 (6.522%) Service Analyst
4 3 (6.522%) Server Support
4 3 (6.522%) Support Analyst
4 3 (6.522%) Team Leader
4 3 (6.522%) Citrix Consultant
4 3 (6.522%) Server Support Engineer
5 2 (4.348%) Citrix Support Engineer
5 2 (4.348%) Citrix Server Engineer
5 2 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (4.348%) Citrix Engineer
5 2 (4.348%) Services Delivery Analyst
5 2 (4.348%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Blackberry
2 4 (8.696%) iPhone
3 2 (4.348%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 46 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (58.70%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (17.39%) Windows XP
4 6 (13.04%) Windows 7
4 6 (13.04%) Linux
5 4 (8.696%) Windows 2000 Server
5 4 (8.696%) UNIX
6 3 (6.522%) Windows Vista
6 3 (6.522%) Windows 8
7 2 (4.348%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (4.348%) Solaris
7 2 (4.348%) VMS
8 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.39%) Migration
2 5 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (8.696%) ITIL
3 4 (8.696%) Service Management
4 2 (4.348%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (4.348%) Project Management
4 2 (4.348%) Network Load Balancing
4 2 (4.348%) Incident Management
4 2 (4.348%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.174%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.174%) Test Scripting
5 1 (2.174%) Software Deployment
5 1 (2.174%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (32.61%) SQL
2 9 (19.57%) VBScript
3 8 (17.39%) VB.NET
3 8 (17.39%) T-SQL
3 8 (17.39%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.348%) Java
4 2 (4.348%) Shell Script
4 2 (4.348%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.174%) LotusScript
5 1 (2.174%) C#
5 1 (2.174%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (15.22%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 5 (10.87%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.696%) CCNA
5 3 (6.522%) CCSP
5 3 (6.522%) CCA
5 3 (6.522%) Citrix Certification
5 3 (6.522%) CCEA
5 3 (6.522%) CCEE
5 3 (6.522%) CCIA
6 2 (4.348%) MCP
6 2 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.174%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.348%) SLA
2 1 (2.174%) QA
System Software
1 18 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 8 (17.39%) Terminal Services
3 6 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (8.696%) XenServer
5 3 (6.522%) XenDesktop
5 3 (6.522%) Hyper-V
5 3 (6.522%) vSphere
6 2 (4.348%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (4.348%) XenApp
6 2 (4.348%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 3 (6.522%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (6.522%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (4.348%) Tivoli
2 2 (4.348%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (2.174%) SCCM
3 1 (2.174%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (2.174%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 21 (45.65%) Microsoft
2 10 (21.74%) HP
3 9 (19.57%) Citrix
3 9 (19.57%) VMware
4 6 (13.04%) Cisco
4 6 (13.04%) Symantec
4 6 (13.04%) McAfee
5 5 (10.87%) Sophos
5 5 (10.87%) Apple
6 4 (8.696%) Veeam
6 4 (8.696%) IBM
7 3 (6.522%) Remedy
8 2 (4.348%) Aruba
8 2 (4.348%) Riverbed
8 2 (4.348%) Opsware
8 2 (4.348%) Red Hat
8 2 (4.348%) Avaya
8 2 (4.348%) Nortel
8 2 (4.348%) 3Com
9 1 (2.174%) LANDesk
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