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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.

LinkMicrosoft Windows Server 2003
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3844
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads4435
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.063 %0.035 %
As % of the category below20.47 %16.36 %
Daily rates quoted34
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 quoted86
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 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads215214
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.306 %0.216 %
Daily rates quoted4341
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 quoted2320
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 YorkshireWindows 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.

Leeds Windows Server 2003 Demand Trend

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.

Leeds Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

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.

Leeds Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Histogram

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.

Leeds Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

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.

Leeds Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Histogram

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.

1108 (100.00 %)Windows
268 (62.96 %)Microsoft
364 (59.26 %)Active Directory
448 (44.44 %)MS Exchange
533 (30.56 %)SQL
533 (30.56 %)SQL Server
627 (25.00 %)MS Excel
726 (24.07 %)Windows XP
824 (22.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
923 (21.30 %)WAN
1022 (20.37 %)Windows 2000
1022 (20.37 %)MS Office
1121 (19.44 %)ITIL
1121 (19.44 %)Citrix
1121 (19.44 %)Windows Vista
1220 (18.52 %)VMware
1220 (18.52 %)Microsoft Certification
1220 (18.52 %)MCSE
1319 (17.59 %)Firewall
1418 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
1418 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
1517 (15.74 %)VMware ESX
1616 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2000
1616 (14.81 %)TCP/IP
1715 (13.89 %)SAN
1715 (13.89 %)VMware Infrastructure
1814 (12.96 %)VPN
1913 (12.04 %)SharePoint
2012 (11.11 %)DNS
2111 (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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (6.481 %).NET
26 (5.556 %)ASP.NET
34 (3.704 %)X-Windows
43 (2.778 %)Application Packaging
52 (1.852 %).NET Framework
61 (0.926 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (0.926 %)Windows SharePoint Services
61 (0.926 %)CSS
61 (0.926 %)XML
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
148 (44.44 %)MS Exchange
224 (22.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
313 (12.04 %)SharePoint
48 (7.407 %)SharePoint Server 2007
57 (6.481 %)Lotus Notes
66 (5.556 %)IIS
74 (3.704 %)WebLogic
74 (3.704 %)Lotus Domino
74 (3.704 %)Tomcat
83 (2.778 %)Exchange Server 2000
83 (2.778 %)Apache
92 (1.852 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (25.00 %)MS Excel
222 (20.37 %)MS Office
31 (0.926 %)MS Project
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.926 %)TIBCO iProcess
11 (0.926 %)WebTrends
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (21.30 %)WAN
219 (17.59 %)Firewall
316 (14.81 %)TCP/IP
415 (13.89 %)SAN
514 (12.96 %)VPN
612 (11.11 %)DNS
710 (9.259 %)Internet
710 (9.259 %)MPLS
89 (8.333 %)LAN
98 (7.407 %)DHCP
103 (2.778 %)SSL
112 (1.852 %)IPX
121 (0.926 %)VLAN
121 (0.926 %)PBX
121 (0.926 %)VoIP
121 (0.926 %)ATM
121 (0.926 %)SNMP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (30.56 %)SQL Server
218 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
316 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (5.556 %)MySQL
46 (5.556 %)DTS
55 (4.630 %)MS Access
55 (4.630 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.926 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.926 %)Crystal Reports
61 (0.926 %)SQL Server 7
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (6.481 %)Visual Studio
22 (1.852 %)MSI
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (7.407 %)Finance
26 (5.556 %)Banking
26 (5.556 %)Law
33 (2.778 %)Education
33 (2.778 %)Government
33 (2.778 %)Telecoms
41 (0.926 %)Legal
41 (0.926 %)Manufacturing
41 (0.926 %)Health
41 (0.926 %)Financial Institution
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (15.74 %)Analyst
213 (12.04 %)Systems Engineer
312 (11.11 %)Support Engineer
411 (10.19 %)Support Analyst
411 (10.19 %)Administrator
411 (10.19 %)DBA
510 (9.259 %)3rd Line Support
510 (9.259 %)Technical Support
510 (9.259 %)Systems Administrator
67 (6.481 %)Server Engineer
76 (5.556 %)Technical Support Analyst
76 (5.556 %)Technical Analyst
76 (5.556 %)SQL DBA
85 (4.630 %)Oracle DBA
85 (4.630 %)Project Engineer
85 (4.630 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
85 (4.630 %)Server Support
85 (4.630 %)Senior Systems Engineer
94 (3.704 %)Helpdesk Analyst
94 (3.704 %)Technical Consultant
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (5.556 %)Replication
24 (3.704 %)Blackberry
24 (3.704 %)N-Tier
24 (3.704 %)Client/Server
24 (3.704 %)Clustering
33 (2.778 %)Social Network
42 (1.852 %)NHS
42 (1.852 %)PDA
42 (1.852 %)Management Information System
51 (0.926 %)Video Conferencing
51 (0.926 %)Computer Science
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1108 (100.00 %)Windows
226 (24.07 %)Windows XP
322 (20.37 %)Windows 2000
421 (19.44 %)Windows Vista
518 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
68 (7.407 %)NetWare
68 (7.407 %)Linux
77 (6.481 %)UNIX
85 (4.630 %)HPUX
85 (4.630 %)Mac OS X
94 (3.704 %)Solaris
94 (3.704 %)Windows Mobile
94 (3.704 %)Debian
103 (2.778 %)SUSE
111 (0.926 %)Red Hat Linux
111 (0.926 %)Mac OS X Server
111 (0.926 %)Windows NT
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (19.44 %)ITIL
211 (10.19 %)PRINCE2
37 (6.481 %)Project Management
44 (3.704 %)Network Load Balancing
53 (2.778 %)Penetration Testing
62 (1.852 %)BC Cleared
62 (1.852 %)Security Cleared
62 (1.852 %)Migration
71 (0.926 %)Workflow
71 (0.926 %)Data Management
71 (0.926 %)Performance Testing
71 (0.926 %)Performance Management
71 (0.926 %)Problem Management
71 (0.926 %)Business Desktop Deployment
71 (0.926 %)Change Management
71 (0.926 %)Service Management
71 (0.926 %)PRINCE
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
133 (30.56 %)SQL
26 (5.556 %)Transact-SQL
26 (5.556 %)C
35 (4.630 %)PL/SQL
44 (3.704 %)C#
51 (0.926 %)Java
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (18.52 %)Microsoft Certification
120 (18.52 %)MCSE
24 (3.704 %)PRINCE2 Certification
32 (1.852 %)RHCT
41 (0.926 %)CCNA
41 (0.926 %)Cisco Certification
41 (0.926 %)CNA
41 (0.926 %)CNE
41 (0.926 %)Novell Certification
41 (0.926 %)HNC
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.852 %)ISO17799
12 (1.852 %)ISO27001
21 (0.926 %)QA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
164 (59.26 %)Active Directory
217 (15.74 %)VMware ESX
315 (13.89 %)VMware Infrastructure
47 (6.481 %)Novell eDirectory
55 (4.630 %)Oracle RAC
64 (3.704 %)MetaFrame
73 (2.778 %)Backup Exec
81 (0.926 %)ISA Server
81 (0.926 %)Terminal Services
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (9.259 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
110 (9.259 %)Norton AntiVirus
24 (3.704 %)OpenView
33 (2.778 %)WSUS
33 (2.778 %)MOM
42 (1.852 %)ARCserve
51 (0.926 %)DameWare
51 (0.926 %)HP Data Protector
51 (0.926 %)TIBCO Hawk
51 (0.926 %)ZENworks
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
168 (62.96 %)Microsoft
221 (19.44 %)Citrix
320 (18.52 %)VMware
410 (9.259 %)Symantec
57 (6.481 %)Lotus
66 (5.556 %)Oracle
75 (4.630 %)HP
75 (4.630 %)Novell
83 (2.778 %)Altiris
83 (2.778 %)Mitel
83 (2.778 %)Cisco
83 (2.778 %)Intel
83 (2.778 %)ESRI
83 (2.778 %)VERITAS
83 (2.778 %)CommVault
83 (2.778 %)Juniper
83 (2.778 %)BEA
83 (2.778 %)Apple
83 (2.778 %)CheckPoint
92 (1.852 %)Macromedia