Manchester Windows Server 2003 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Ashton-under-Lyne Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bognor Regis Bolton Bootle Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hull Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Renfrewshire Rochdale Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Torpoint Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wimbledon Wirral Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	65	44
Rank change on same period last year	-21
Matching contract IT job ads	23	25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.030 %	0.026 %
As % of the category below	6.166 %	10.37 %
Daily rates quoted	3	5
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£290
Average daily rate	£393	£305
% change on same period last year	+28.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£410	£320
UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	£341
% change on same period last year	+1.43 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.43	£11.50
Average hourly rate	£22.43	£15.00
% change on same period last year	+49.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.43	£18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.08	£24.86
% change on same period last year	-11.18 %
Operating Systems Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads	373	241
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.492 %	0.252 %
Daily rates quoted	69	29
Average minimum daily rate	£394	£245
Average daily rate	£412	£255
% change on same period last year	+61.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£430	£265
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	61	63
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.87	£15.93
Average hourly rate	£18.09	£17.32
% change on same period last year	+4.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.30	£18.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.92	£23.72
% change on same period last year	-7.56 %
Windows Server 2003 North West

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 Manchester 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 Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 8 July 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 Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Windows Server 2003
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Windows Server 2003 within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Ashton-under-Lyne	-	2	-	-
Stockport	+2	2	-	-
Bolton	-1	2	-	-
Rochdale	-	1	-	-

Windows Server 2003 North West

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 54 (98.18 %) Windows 2 23 (41.82 %) Active Directory 3 16 (29.09 %) Microsoft Certification 4 15 (27.27 %) MCSE 4 15 (27.27 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 14 (25.45 %) Citrix 6 13 (23.64 %) Windows 2000 6 13 (23.64 %) Windows XP 7 11 (20.00 %) Windows NT 7 11 (20.00 %) SQL 8 10 (18.18 %) LAN 9 9 (16.36 %) WAN 9 9 (16.36 %) IIS 10 8 (14.55 %) Cisco 10 8 (14.55 %) Microsoft

10 8 (14.55 %) Wonderware 11 7 (12.73 %) MS Office 11 7 (12.73 %) SAN 12 6 (10.91 %) Ethernet 12 6 (10.91 %) TCP/IP 12 6 (10.91 %) MS Exchange 12 6 (10.91 %) VMware 13 5 (9.091 %) POP3 13 5 (9.091 %) SMTP 13 5 (9.091 %) COM+ 13 5 (9.091 %) DCOM 14 4 (7.273 %) VERITAS 14 4 (7.273 %) MCP 14 4 (7.273 %) MS Excel 14 4 (7.273 %) Firewall

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 5 (9.091 %) COM+ 1 5 (9.091 %) DCOM 2 1 (1.818 %) LAMP 2 1 (1.818 %) AJAX 2 1 (1.818 %) XHTML 2 1 (1.818 %) CSS 2 1 (1.818 %) WebServices 2 1 (1.818 %) XML 2 1 (1.818 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 15 (27.27 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 9 (16.36 %) IIS 3 6 (10.91 %) MS Exchange 4 2 (3.636 %) Lotus Notes 4 2 (3.636 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 2 (3.636 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 7 (12.73 %) MS Office 2 4 (7.273 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 10 (18.18 %) LAN 2 9 (16.36 %) WAN 3 7 (12.73 %) SAN 4 6 (10.91 %) Ethernet 4 6 (10.91 %) TCP/IP 5 5 (9.091 %) POP3 5 5 (9.091 %) SMTP 6 4 (7.273 %) Firewall 7 2 (3.636 %) Extranet 7 2 (3.636 %) Network Security 8 1 (1.818 %) IP Telephony 8 1 (1.818 %) VPN 8 1 (1.818 %) WINS 8 1 (1.818 %) DNS 8 1 (1.818 %) ADSL 8 1 (1.818 %) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (3.636 %) SQL Server 2 1 (1.818 %) MySQL	General 1 3 (5.455 %) Finance 1 3 (5.455 %) Government 2 2 (3.636 %) Local Government 3 1 (1.818 %) Health 3 1 (1.818 %) Publishing 3 1 (1.818 %) Graphic Design 3 1 (1.818 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 7 (12.73 %) Server Specialist 2 6 (10.91 %) Server Engineer 2 6 (10.91 %) Infrastructure Specialist 2 6 (10.91 %) Analyst 3 5 (9.091 %) Hardware Engineer 3 5 (9.091 %) Support Engineer 3 5 (9.091 %) 3rd Line Support 3 5 (9.091 %) Systems Integrator 3 5 (9.091 %) Exchange Engineer 3 5 (9.091 %) Development Specialist 4 3 (5.455 %) Cisco Engineer 4 3 (5.455 %) Technical Support 4 3 (5.455 %) Server Analyst 5 2 (3.636 %) Junior 5 2 (3.636 %) Software Engineer 5 2 (3.636 %) Junior Cisco Engineer 5 2 (3.636 %) Windows Server Engineer 5 2 (3.636 %) Integration Engineer 5 2 (3.636 %) Support Specialist 5 2 (3.636 %) 2nd Line Support	Miscellaneous 1 3 (5.455 %) Clustering 1 3 (5.455 %) SCADA 2 1 (1.818 %) Data Extraction 2 1 (1.818 %) W3C 2 1 (1.818 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 54 (98.18 %) Windows 2 13 (23.64 %) Windows 2000 2 13 (23.64 %) Windows XP 3 11 (20.00 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (5.455 %) Migration 1 3 (5.455 %) Problem Management 1 3 (5.455 %) ITIL 1 3 (5.455 %) PRINCE2 2 2 (3.636 %) Disaster Recovery 3 1 (1.818 %) Web Development 3 1 (1.818 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 11 (20.00 %) SQL 2 1 (1.818 %) VB 2 1 (1.818 %) JavaScript 2 1 (1.818 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 16 (29.09 %) Microsoft Certification 2 15 (27.27 %) MCSE 3 4 (7.273 %) MCP 4 2 (3.636 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (1.818 %) MCSA 5 1 (1.818 %) CCA 5 1 (1.818 %) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.636 %) SLA 2 1 (1.818 %) QA	System Software 1 23 (41.82 %) Active Directory 2 4 (7.273 %) Backup Exec 3 3 (5.455 %) Terminal Server 3 3 (5.455 %) ISA Server 4 2 (3.636 %) MetaFrame 4 2 (3.636 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 1 (1.818 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 2 (3.636 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 2 (3.636 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 1 (1.818 %) MOM 2 1 (1.818 %) Tivoli 2 1 (1.818 %) Norton AntiVirus	Vendors 1 14 (25.45 %) Citrix 2 8 (14.55 %) Cisco 2 8 (14.55 %) Microsoft 2 8 (14.55 %) Wonderware 3 6 (10.91 %) VMware 4 4 (7.273 %) VERITAS 5 3 (5.455 %) HP 5 3 (5.455 %) Dell 6 2 (3.636 %) Lotus 6 2 (3.636 %) Oracle 7 1 (1.818 %) SurfControl 7 1 (1.818 %) WatchGuard 7 1 (1.818 %) Symantec 7 1 (1.818 %) Remedy 7 1 (1.818 %) McAfee Security