The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 17 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 Leeds 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 52 44 21
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -23
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 24 24 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 3.221% 2.697% 5.911%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.88% 12.77% 29.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 8
Average daily rate £308 £135 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+127.77% -50.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £135 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £167 £344
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 8
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -31.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £18.00
All Operating Systems
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
202 188 127
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 27.11% 21.12% 20.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 90 42
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £139 £155 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £375 £381
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 30 25
Average hourly rate £19.00 £12.00 £17.11
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+58.33% -29.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.16 £10.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £17.00 £24.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Server 2003
West Yorkshire

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 47 (100.00%) Windows
2 37 (78.72%) Microsoft
2 37 (78.72%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (63.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (51.06%) MS Exchange
4 24 (51.06%) Exchange Server 2003
5 21 (44.68%) Windows XP
6 19 (40.43%) Cisco
6 19 (40.43%) SQL Server
6 19 (40.43%) SAN
7 18 (38.30%) MCSE
8 17 (36.17%) Windows 7
9 13 (27.66%) F5
9 13 (27.66%) NAS
9 13 (27.66%) LAN
9 13 (27.66%) WAN
9 13 (27.66%) Active Directory
9 13 (27.66%) VMware
10 11 (23.40%) MS Excel
11 9 (19.15%) ITIL
11 9 (19.15%) MCP
12 8 (17.02%) VMware Infrastructure
12 8 (17.02%) Linux
12 8 (17.02%) Windows 2000
12 8 (17.02%) GPRS
12 8 (17.02%) Blackberry
13 7 (14.89%) Internet
13 7 (14.89%) MS Office
14 5 (10.64%) Windows Vista
14 5 (10.64%) SLA

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 3 (6.383%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.128%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 24 (51.06%) MS Exchange
1 24 (51.06%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (8.511%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (4.255%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (4.255%) IIS
4 1 (2.128%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (2.128%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (23.40%) MS Excel
2 7 (14.89%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.383%) Line 500
Communications & Networking
1 19 (40.43%) SAN
2 13 (27.66%) LAN
2 13 (27.66%) WAN
2 13 (27.66%) NAS
3 8 (17.02%) GPRS
4 7 (14.89%) Internet
5 4 (8.511%) Firewall
5 4 (8.511%) DNS
6 3 (6.383%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (4.255%) iSCSI
7 2 (4.255%) TCP/IP
7 2 (4.255%) DHCP
8 1 (2.128%) FTP
8 1 (2.128%) HTTP
8 1 (2.128%) SMTP
8 1 (2.128%) VPN
8 1 (2.128%) MPLS
8 1 (2.128%) SSH
8 1 (2.128%) BIG-IP
8 1 (2.128%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (40.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.511%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (6.383%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.128%) Data Mining
4 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 4 (8.511%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.383%) Legal
2 3 (6.383%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.128%) Publishing
3 1 (2.128%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (40.43%) Analyst
2 9 (19.15%) Technical Support
3 8 (17.02%) 3rd Line Support
3 8 (17.02%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (17.02%) Messaging Analyst
4 7 (14.89%) Support Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Messaging Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Blackberry Support
5 5 (10.64%) Technical Advisor
5 5 (10.64%) Support Engineer
6 4 (8.511%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 3 (6.383%) Microsoft Specialist
7 3 (6.383%) Consultant
7 3 (6.383%) Messaging Specialist
7 3 (6.383%) Design Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 2 (4.255%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (4.255%) Desktop Analyst
8 2 (4.255%) Desktop Support
8 2 (4.255%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Blackberry
2 2 (4.255%) Clustering
3 1 (2.128%) Celerra
3 1 (2.128%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.128%) EqualLogic
3 1 (2.128%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 47 (100.00%) Windows
2 37 (78.72%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (44.68%) Windows XP
4 17 (36.17%) Windows 7
5 8 (17.02%) Linux
5 8 (17.02%) Windows 2000
6 5 (10.64%) Windows Vista
7 3 (6.383%) UNIX
7 3 (6.383%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (2.128%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.128%) CentOS
8 1 (2.128%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) ITIL
2 5 (10.64%) Network Architecture
3 3 (6.383%) Problem Management
3 3 (6.383%) Release Management
3 3 (6.383%) Time Management
3 3 (6.383%) ERP
3 3 (6.383%) Configuration Management
4 2 (4.255%) Project Management
4 2 (4.255%) Change Management
4 2 (4.255%) Migration
4 2 (4.255%) ITIL V2
4 2 (4.255%) Software Testing
4 2 (4.255%) Software Deployment
5 1 (2.128%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (2.128%) ITIL V3
5 1 (2.128%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.128%) Document Management
5 1 (2.128%) Data Modelling
5 1 (2.128%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.511%) SQL
2 2 (4.255%) VB
2 2 (4.255%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.128%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (63.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (38.30%) MCSE
3 9 (19.15%) MCP
4 2 (4.255%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.128%) MCSA
5 1 (2.128%) CCNP
5 1 (2.128%) CCNA
5 1 (2.128%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.128%) PMP
5 1 (2.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (2.128%) Degree
5 1 (2.128%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.128%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) SLA
2 1 (2.128%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (27.66%) Active Directory
2 8 (17.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (10.64%) vSphere
4 2 (4.255%) XenServer
5 1 (2.128%) XenApp
5 1 (2.128%) VMware ESX
5 1 (2.128%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 4 (8.511%) ZENworks
2 3 (6.383%) Business Desktop Deployment
3 1 (2.128%) PureDisk
3 1 (2.128%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.128%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 37 (78.72%) Microsoft
2 19 (40.43%) Cisco
3 13 (27.66%) VMware
3 13 (27.66%) F5
4 5 (10.64%) HP
5 4 (8.511%) NetApp
6 3 (6.383%) Novell
6 3 (6.383%) Sage
7 2 (4.255%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.255%) Red Hat
7 2 (4.255%) IBM
7 2 (4.255%) EMC
7 2 (4.255%) Citrix
7 2 (4.255%) Brocade
8 1 (2.128%) SonicWALL
8 1 (2.128%) Syncsort
8 1 (2.128%) Veeam
8 1 (2.128%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.128%) Juniper
8 1 (2.128%) Intel
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