The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire 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 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 Lancashire 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 24 39 13
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -26
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 8 5 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 3.980% 1.160% 8.559%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.94% 6.579% 28.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 7
Average daily rate - £315 £205
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +53.65%
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
Average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -17.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.00 £29.65 £28.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.69 £18.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+3.81% +2.85%
All Operating Systems
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
67 76 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 33.33% 17.63% 30.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 30 28
Average daily rate £275 £383 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.10% +42.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £290 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £501 £371
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 14
Average hourly rate £19.04 £25.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.33% -21.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.75 £18.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows Server 2003
North 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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Lytham St Annes +8 5 - -
Preston +16 2 - -
Ormskirk - 1 - -
Windows Server 2003
North West

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (94.12%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
4 8 (47.06%) Migration
5 7 (41.18%) VMware
5 7 (41.18%) HP
6 5 (29.41%) Tivoli
6 5 (29.41%) CA
6 5 (29.41%) Unicenter
6 5 (29.41%) Red Hat
6 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
6 5 (29.41%) MS Exchange
6 5 (29.41%) AIX
6 5 (29.41%) HPUX
6 5 (29.41%) Solaris
6 5 (29.41%) Linux
6 5 (29.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
7 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
7 4 (23.53%) ITIL
7 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
7 4 (23.53%) DNS
7 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (17.65%) Cisco
8 3 (17.65%) NHS
8 3 (17.65%) DHCP
8 3 (17.65%) SQL
9 2 (11.76%) Windows NT
9 2 (11.76%) SharePoint

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 5 (29.41%) MS Exchange
1 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
4 1 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (5.882%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
1 4 (23.53%) DNS
2 3 (17.65%) DHCP
3 2 (11.76%) SSL
3 2 (11.76%) SAN
3 2 (11.76%) Firewall
3 2 (11.76%) NAS
3 2 (11.76%) VPN
3 2 (11.76%) LAN
3 2 (11.76%) WLAN
3 2 (11.76%) WAN
4 1 (5.882%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Consultant
2 5 (29.41%) Technical Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Exchange Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) IT Operations Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Citrix Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.882%) Field Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Systems Support
5 1 (5.882%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (94.12%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (29.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (29.41%) AIX
3 5 (29.41%) HPUX
3 5 (29.41%) Solaris
3 5 (29.41%) Linux
4 2 (11.76%) Windows NT
4 2 (11.76%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.882%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Migration
2 4 (23.53%) ITIL
3 2 (11.76%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) VB
2 1 (5.882%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.882%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) MCSE
2 2 (11.76%) CCNP
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.882%) MCDST
3 1 (5.882%) MCITP
3 1 (5.882%) CCA
3 1 (5.882%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (5.882%) CCEA
3 1 (5.882%) MCSA
3 1 (5.882%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (5.882%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.882%) MCP
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.882%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Unicenter
1 5 (29.41%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) HP
1 7 (41.18%) VMware
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) CA
2 5 (29.41%) Red Hat
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco
4 2 (11.76%) Juniper
5 1 (5.882%) Oracle
5 1 (5.882%) Citrix