The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 18 26 32
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +6
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 8 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 4.762% 1.095% 0.590%
As % of the Operating Systems category 40.00% 8.824% 5.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.69 £18.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+3.81% +2.85%
All Operating Systems
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
20 34 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 11.90% 12.41% 11.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 7
Average daily rate £325 £300 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £210 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 10
Average hourly rate - £37.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +78.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows Server 2003
England

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (100.00%) SCCM
1 10 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (80.00%) MSI
3 6 (60.00%) HP
3 6 (60.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 6 (60.00%) QA
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 6 (60.00%) Windows 7
4 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
4 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (20.00%) SQL
5 2 (20.00%) VB
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (20.00%) Client/Server
5 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
5 2 (20.00%) DHCP
5 2 (20.00%) DNS
5 2 (20.00%) EMC
5 2 (20.00%) Citrix
5 2 (20.00%) SAN
5 2 (20.00%) Veritas
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (20.00%) ISA Server
5 2 (20.00%) Clustering
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (20.00%) XenApp

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (20.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (80.00%) MSI
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Applications Packager
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Client/Server
1 2 (20.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (20.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) QA
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (20.00%) ISA Server
3 2 (20.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (100.00%) SCCM
2 6 (60.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (20.00%) EMC NetWorker
3 2 (20.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) HP
3 2 (20.00%) EMC
3 2 (20.00%) Citrix
3 2 (20.00%) Veritas
3 2 (20.00%) Altiris