Leeds Windows Server 2003 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 skills within the Leeds 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Argyll and Bute Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Belper Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chorley Cirencester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Deeside Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Enfield England Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Flintshire Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grangemouth Great Yarmouth Grimsby Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Hove Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kegworth Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester 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 Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Rochester Romford Rotherham Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Skipton Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Templecombe Thames Valley Thirsk Tonbridge Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	38	44
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	44	35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.063 %	0.035 %
As % of the category below	20.47 %	16.36 %
Daily rates quoted	3	4
Average minimum daily rate	£330	£370
Average daily rate	£358	£389
% change on same period last year	-7.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£408
UK excluding London average daily rate	£315	£319
% change on same period last year	-1.29 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.63	£19.58
Average hourly rate	£16.69	£20.08
% change on same period last year	-16.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.75	£20.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.03	£21.17
% change on same period last year	+4.03 %
Operating Systems Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads	215	214
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.306 %	0.216 %
Daily rates quoted	43	41
Average minimum daily rate	£311	£300
Average daily rate	£334	£313
% change on same period last year	+6.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£357	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£328	£332
% change on same period last year	-1.28 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	20
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.77	£19.23
Average hourly rate	£19.03	£20.26
% change on same period last year	-6.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.28	£21.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.94	£22.31
% change on same period last year	+2.84 %
Windows Server 2003 West Yorkshire

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 Leeds 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 Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 7 October 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 Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

1 108 (100.00 %) Windows 2 68 (62.96 %) Microsoft 3 64 (59.26 %) Active Directory 4 48 (44.44 %) MS Exchange 5 33 (30.56 %) SQL 5 33 (30.56 %) SQL Server 6 27 (25.00 %) MS Excel 7 26 (24.07 %) Windows XP 8 24 (22.22 %) Exchange Server 2003 9 23 (21.30 %) WAN 10 22 (20.37 %) Windows 2000 10 22 (20.37 %) MS Office 11 21 (19.44 %) ITIL 11 21 (19.44 %) Citrix 11 21 (19.44 %) Windows Vista

12 20 (18.52 %) VMware 12 20 (18.52 %) Microsoft Certification 12 20 (18.52 %) MCSE 13 19 (17.59 %) Firewall 14 18 (16.67 %) SQL Server 2005 14 18 (16.67 %) Windows 2000 Server 15 17 (15.74 %) VMware ESX 16 16 (14.81 %) SQL Server 2000 16 16 (14.81 %) TCP/IP 17 15 (13.89 %) SAN 17 15 (13.89 %) VMware Infrastructure 18 14 (12.96 %) VPN 19 13 (12.04 %) SharePoint 20 12 (11.11 %) DNS 21 11 (10.19 %) PRINCE2

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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 7 (6.481 %) .NET 2 6 (5.556 %) ASP.NET 3 4 (3.704 %) X-Windows 4 3 (2.778 %) Application Packaging 5 2 (1.852 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (0.926 %) ASP.NET 2.0 6 1 (0.926 %) Windows SharePoint Services 6 1 (0.926 %) CSS 6 1 (0.926 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 48 (44.44 %) MS Exchange 2 24 (22.22 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 13 (12.04 %) SharePoint 4 8 (7.407 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 7 (6.481 %) Lotus Notes 6 6 (5.556 %) IIS 7 4 (3.704 %) WebLogic 7 4 (3.704 %) Lotus Domino 7 4 (3.704 %) Tomcat 8 3 (2.778 %) Exchange Server 2000 8 3 (2.778 %) Apache 9 2 (1.852 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications 1 27 (25.00 %) MS Excel 2 22 (20.37 %) MS Office 3 1 (0.926 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 1 (0.926 %) TIBCO iProcess 1 1 (0.926 %) WebTrends
Communications & Networking 1 23 (21.30 %) WAN 2 19 (17.59 %) Firewall 3 16 (14.81 %) TCP/IP 4 15 (13.89 %) SAN 5 14 (12.96 %) VPN 6 12 (11.11 %) DNS 7 10 (9.259 %) Internet 7 10 (9.259 %) MPLS 8 9 (8.333 %) LAN 9 8 (7.407 %) DHCP 10 3 (2.778 %) SSL 11 2 (1.852 %) IPX 12 1 (0.926 %) VLAN 12 1 (0.926 %) PBX 12 1 (0.926 %) VoIP 12 1 (0.926 %) ATM 12 1 (0.926 %) SNMP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 33 (30.56 %) SQL Server 2 18 (16.67 %) SQL Server 2005 3 16 (14.81 %) SQL Server 2000 4 6 (5.556 %) MySQL 4 6 (5.556 %) DTS 5 5 (4.630 %) MS Access 5 5 (4.630 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 1 (0.926 %) Oracle 10g 6 1 (0.926 %) Crystal Reports 6 1 (0.926 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 7 (6.481 %) Visual Studio 2 2 (1.852 %) MSI	General 1 8 (7.407 %) Finance 2 6 (5.556 %) Banking 2 6 (5.556 %) Law 3 3 (2.778 %) Education 3 3 (2.778 %) Government 3 3 (2.778 %) Telecoms 4 1 (0.926 %) Legal 4 1 (0.926 %) Manufacturing 4 1 (0.926 %) Health 4 1 (0.926 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 17 (15.74 %) Analyst 2 13 (12.04 %) Systems Engineer 3 12 (11.11 %) Support Engineer 4 11 (10.19 %) Support Analyst 4 11 (10.19 %) Administrator 4 11 (10.19 %) DBA 5 10 (9.259 %) 3rd Line Support 5 10 (9.259 %) Technical Support 5 10 (9.259 %) Systems Administrator 6 7 (6.481 %) Server Engineer 7 6 (5.556 %) Technical Support Analyst 7 6 (5.556 %) Technical Analyst 7 6 (5.556 %) SQL DBA 8 5 (4.630 %) Oracle DBA 8 5 (4.630 %) Project Engineer 8 5 (4.630 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 8 5 (4.630 %) Server Support 8 5 (4.630 %) Senior Systems Engineer 9 4 (3.704 %) Helpdesk Analyst 9 4 (3.704 %) Technical Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 6 (5.556 %) Replication 2 4 (3.704 %) Blackberry 2 4 (3.704 %) N-Tier 2 4 (3.704 %) Client/Server 2 4 (3.704 %) Clustering 3 3 (2.778 %) Social Network 4 2 (1.852 %) NHS 4 2 (1.852 %) PDA 4 2 (1.852 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.926 %) Video Conferencing 5 1 (0.926 %) Computer Science
Operating Systems 1 108 (100.00 %) Windows 2 26 (24.07 %) Windows XP 3 22 (20.37 %) Windows 2000 4 21 (19.44 %) Windows Vista 5 18 (16.67 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 8 (7.407 %) NetWare 6 8 (7.407 %) Linux 7 7 (6.481 %) UNIX 8 5 (4.630 %) HPUX 8 5 (4.630 %) Mac OS X 9 4 (3.704 %) Solaris 9 4 (3.704 %) Windows Mobile 9 4 (3.704 %) Debian 10 3 (2.778 %) SUSE 11 1 (0.926 %) Red Hat Linux 11 1 (0.926 %) Mac OS X Server 11 1 (0.926 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (19.44 %) ITIL 2 11 (10.19 %) PRINCE2 3 7 (6.481 %) Project Management 4 4 (3.704 %) Network Load Balancing 5 3 (2.778 %) Penetration Testing 6 2 (1.852 %) BC Cleared 6 2 (1.852 %) Security Cleared 6 2 (1.852 %) Migration 7 1 (0.926 %) Workflow 7 1 (0.926 %) Data Management 7 1 (0.926 %) Performance Testing 7 1 (0.926 %) Performance Management 7 1 (0.926 %) Problem Management 7 1 (0.926 %) Business Desktop Deployment 7 1 (0.926 %) Change Management 7 1 (0.926 %) Service Management 7 1 (0.926 %) PRINCE
Programming Languages 1 33 (30.56 %) SQL 2 6 (5.556 %) Transact-SQL 2 6 (5.556 %) C 3 5 (4.630 %) PL/SQL 4 4 (3.704 %) C# 5 1 (0.926 %) Java	Qualifications 1 20 (18.52 %) Microsoft Certification 1 20 (18.52 %) MCSE 2 4 (3.704 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 2 (1.852 %) RHCT 4 1 (0.926 %) CCNA 4 1 (0.926 %) Cisco Certification 4 1 (0.926 %) CNA 4 1 (0.926 %) CNE 4 1 (0.926 %) Novell Certification 4 1 (0.926 %) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.852 %) ISO17799 1 2 (1.852 %) ISO27001 2 1 (0.926 %) QA	System Software 1 64 (59.26 %) Active Directory 2 17 (15.74 %) VMware ESX 3 15 (13.89 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 7 (6.481 %) Novell eDirectory 5 5 (4.630 %) Oracle RAC 6 4 (3.704 %) MetaFrame 7 3 (2.778 %) Backup Exec 8 1 (0.926 %) ISA Server 8 1 (0.926 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 10 (9.259 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 10 (9.259 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 4 (3.704 %) OpenView 3 3 (2.778 %) WSUS 3 3 (2.778 %) MOM 4 2 (1.852 %) ARCserve 5 1 (0.926 %) DameWare 5 1 (0.926 %) HP Data Protector 5 1 (0.926 %) TIBCO Hawk 5 1 (0.926 %) ZENworks	Vendors 1 68 (62.96 %) Microsoft 2 21 (19.44 %) Citrix 3 20 (18.52 %) VMware 4 10 (9.259 %) Symantec 5 7 (6.481 %) Lotus 6 6 (5.556 %) Oracle 7 5 (4.630 %) HP 7 5 (4.630 %) Novell 8 3 (2.778 %) Altiris 8 3 (2.778 %) Mitel 8 3 (2.778 %) Cisco 8 3 (2.778 %) Intel 8 3 (2.778 %) ESRI 8 3 (2.778 %) VERITAS 8 3 (2.778 %) CommVault 8 3 (2.778 %) Juniper 8 3 (2.778 %) BEA 8 3 (2.778 %) Apple 8 3 (2.778 %) CheckPoint 9 2 (1.852 %) Macromedia