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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 skills within the North West 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows Server 2003
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4331
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads100172
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.141 %0.174 %
As % of the category below16.23 %18.45 %
Daily rates quoted615
Average minimum daily rate£311£237
Average daily rate£326£248
% change on same period last year+31.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£259
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£318
% change on same period last year-2.11 %
Hourly rates quoted4350
Average minimum hourly rate£21.90£18.55
Average hourly rate£24.37£19.75
% change on same period last year+23.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.85£20.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.86£21.02
% change on same period last year+4.02 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
North West
Matching contract IT job ads616932
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.871 %0.943 %
Daily rates quoted122140
Average minimum daily rate£340£305
Average daily rate£352£318
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£331
% change on same period last year-1.66 %
Hourly rates quoted147175
Average minimum hourly rate£19.94£18.13
Average hourly rate£21.71£19.31
% change on same period last year+12.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.48£20.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.97£22.20
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Windows Server 2003 EnglandWindows Server 2003
England

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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

North West Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 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.

LocationRank 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
ManchesterDown-1728£225-9.81 %
CheshireDown-127£346+43.46 %
LancashireUp+113--
MerseysideDown-1912--
CumbriaUp+510--
Windows Server 2003 EnglandWindows Server 2003
England

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1235 (100.00 %)Windows
2114 (48.51 %)Active Directory
371 (30.21 %)Citrix
371 (30.21 %)Microsoft
470 (29.79 %)Windows 2000
553 (22.55 %)Windows XP
553 (22.55 %)Microsoft Certification
650 (21.28 %)SAN
748 (20.43 %)MS Exchange
847 (20.00 %)MCSE
942 (17.87 %)Windows 2000 Server
1040 (17.02 %)SQL
1139 (16.60 %)Windows NT
1238 (16.17 %)LAN
1337 (15.74 %)MS Office
1430 (12.77 %)VMware
1430 (12.77 %)WAN
1527 (11.49 %)HP
1626 (11.06 %)IIS
1626 (11.06 %)Exchange Server 2003
1722 (9.362 %)ITIL
1821 (8.936 %)Clustering
1821 (8.936 %)Finance
1920 (8.511 %)Migration
1920 (8.511 %)SQL Server
1920 (8.511 %)Dell
1920 (8.511 %)Citrix Presentation Server
2019 (8.085 %)TCP/IP
2118 (7.660 %)MS Excel
2214 (5.957 %)Firewall

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (4.681 %)COM+
111 (4.681 %)DCOM
24 (1.702 %).NET
32 (0.851 %)HTML
32 (0.851 %)ASP.NET
32 (0.851 %)WMI
32 (0.851 %)Windows SharePoint Services
32 (0.851 %)Application Packaging
32 (0.851 %)CSS
41 (0.426 %)SOAP
41 (0.426 %)WebServices
41 (0.426 %)XML
41 (0.426 %)ODBC
41 (0.426 %)ADSI
41 (0.426 %)OLE
41 (0.426 %)WinForms
41 (0.426 %)Flex 2
41 (0.426 %)Adobe Flex
41 (0.426 %)ASP.NET 2.0
41 (0.426 %)J2EE
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
148 (20.43 %)MS Exchange
226 (11.06 %)IIS
226 (11.06 %)Exchange Server 2003
37 (2.979 %)Lotus Notes
37 (2.979 %)SharePoint
45 (2.128 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
54 (1.702 %)Exchange Server 2007
63 (1.277 %)Exchange Server 2000
63 (1.277 %)SharePoint Portal Server
71 (0.426 %)Office Project Server
71 (0.426 %)SharePoint Server 2007
71 (0.426 %)CMS
71 (0.426 %)Oracle Application Server
71 (0.426 %)Exchange Server 5.5
71 (0.426 %)Content Management Server
71 (0.426 %)GroupWise
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
137 (15.74 %)MS Office
218 (7.660 %)MS Excel
31 (0.426 %)MS Visio
31 (0.426 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.426 %)InfoPath
31 (0.426 %)MS Project
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.851 %)SoftGrid
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
150 (21.28 %)SAN
238 (16.17 %)LAN
330 (12.77 %)WAN
419 (8.085 %)TCP/IP
514 (5.957 %)VPN
514 (5.957 %)Firewall
613 (5.532 %)DNS
711 (4.681 %)POP3
711 (4.681 %)SMTP
711 (4.681 %)DHCP
711 (4.681 %)SMS
85 (2.128 %)VoIP
85 (2.128 %)Ethernet
85 (2.128 %)IP Telephony
94 (1.702 %)Wireless
94 (1.702 %)Extranet
103 (1.277 %)Network Security
112 (0.851 %)MPLS
112 (0.851 %)Broadband
112 (0.851 %)Internet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (8.511 %)SQL Server
29 (3.830 %)SQL Server 2005
38 (3.404 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (2.553 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
46 (2.553 %)DTS
55 (2.128 %)Oracle 10g
55 (2.128 %)SQL Server Integration Services
62 (0.851 %)TOAD
62 (0.851 %)Oracle 9i
62 (0.851 %)Datawarehouse
71 (0.426 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.426 %)Crystal Enterprise
71 (0.426 %)OLTP
71 (0.426 %)BusinessObjects
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.851 %)Visual Studio
12 (0.851 %)MSI
21 (0.426 %)InstallShield
21 (0.426 %)NUnit
21 (0.426 %)Flash
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (8.936 %)Finance
28 (3.404 %)Government
35 (2.128 %)Education
35 (2.128 %)Telecoms
35 (2.128 %)Banking
44 (1.702 %)Manufacturing
53 (1.277 %)Financial Institution
62 (0.851 %)Health
62 (0.851 %)Local Government
71 (0.426 %)Retail
71 (0.426 %)Construction
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
138 (16.17 %)Analyst
235 (14.89 %)Support Engineer
326 (11.06 %)Infrastructure Specialist
423 (9.787 %)Support Analyst
522 (9.362 %)Server Engineer
616 (6.809 %)3rd Line Support
714 (5.957 %)Desktop Support
812 (5.106 %)Consultant
911 (4.681 %)Server Specialist
911 (4.681 %)Exchange Engineer
1010 (4.255 %)2nd Line Support
119 (3.830 %)Helpdesk Support
119 (3.830 %)Development Specialist
119 (3.830 %)Systems Engineer
119 (3.830 %)Applications Specialist
119 (3.830 %)Server Support
119 (3.830 %)Citrix Specialist
128 (3.404 %)Technical Support
128 (3.404 %)Helpdesk Analyst
128 (3.404 %)DBA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (8.936 %)Clustering
28 (3.404 %)Replication
28 (3.404 %)PDA
37 (2.979 %)Blackberry
43 (1.277 %)VAX
43 (1.277 %)Video Conferencing
52 (0.851 %)NHS
52 (0.851 %)AS400
61 (0.426 %)Management Information System
61 (0.426 %)CLARiiON
61 (0.426 %)Statistics
61 (0.426 %)Danish Language
61 (0.426 %)Dutch Language
61 (0.426 %)Finnish Language
61 (0.426 %)French Language
61 (0.426 %)German Language
61 (0.426 %)Italian Language
61 (0.426 %)Norwegian Language
61 (0.426 %)Portuguese Language
61 (0.426 %)Spanish Language
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1235 (100.00 %)Windows
270 (29.79 %)Windows 2000
353 (22.55 %)Windows XP
442 (17.87 %)Windows 2000 Server
539 (16.60 %)Windows NT
611 (4.681 %)Windows Vista
74 (1.702 %)UNIX
74 (1.702 %)VMS
74 (1.702 %)NetWare
83 (1.277 %)Solaris
92 (0.851 %)Linux
92 (0.851 %)AIX
92 (0.851 %)Windows Mobile
92 (0.851 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (0.851 %)Windows Server 2008
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (9.362 %)ITIL
220 (8.511 %)Migration
313 (5.532 %)Security Cleared
410 (4.255 %)SC Cleared
59 (3.830 %)PRINCE2
66 (2.553 %)Disaster Recovery
75 (2.128 %)Project Management
84 (1.702 %)Service Management
84 (1.702 %)CAD
84 (1.702 %)ERP
84 (1.702 %)Test Scripting
93 (1.277 %)Change Management
93 (1.277 %)Technical Architecture
93 (1.277 %)Unit Testing
93 (1.277 %)E-Commerce
102 (0.851 %)PRINCE
102 (0.851 %)Document Management
102 (0.851 %)Network Load Balancing
102 (0.851 %)Problem Management
102 (0.851 %)Data Migration
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
140 (17.02 %)SQL
24 (1.702 %)VBScript
33 (1.277 %)VB
33 (1.277 %)Pascal
33 (1.277 %)Uniface
33 (1.277 %)C#
33 (1.277 %)DCL
42 (0.851 %)PowerShell
42 (0.851 %)Transact-SQL
42 (0.851 %)C
51 (0.426 %)C++
51 (0.426 %)DHTML
51 (0.426 %)JavaScript
51 (0.426 %)PL/SQL
51 (0.426 %)Shell Script
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
153 (22.55 %)Microsoft Certification
247 (20.00 %)MCSE
313 (5.532 %)MCP
46 (2.553 %)Citrix Certification
54 (1.702 %)MCITP
54 (1.702 %)Degree
54 (1.702 %)MCDBA
54 (1.702 %)ISEB
63 (1.277 %)CCA
63 (1.277 %)CCEA
72 (0.851 %)MCSA
72 (0.851 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
81 (0.426 %)HNC
81 (0.426 %)HND
81 (0.426 %)CCNA
81 (0.426 %)Cisco Certification
81 (0.426 %)CNA
81 (0.426 %)CNE
81 (0.426 %)Novell Certification
81 (0.426 %)PRINCE2 Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.702 %)SLA
22 (0.851 %)QA
31 (0.426 %)ISO9001
31 (0.426 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1114 (48.51 %)Active Directory
220 (8.511 %)Citrix Presentation Server
311 (4.681 %)MetaFrame
311 (4.681 %)Backup Exec
410 (4.255 %)VMware Infrastructure
56 (2.553 %)VMware ESX
56 (2.553 %)Terminal Services
63 (1.277 %)ISA Server
63 (1.277 %)VMware Workstation
72 (0.851 %)Oracle RMAN
72 (0.851 %)Terminal Server
72 (0.851 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
72 (0.851 %)Novell eDirectory
81 (0.426 %)VMware Server
81 (0.426 %)MailMarshal
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (4.255 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
27 (2.979 %)MOM
33 (1.277 %)SCCM
33 (1.277 %)OpenView Configuration Management
33 (1.277 %)Tivoli
42 (0.851 %)Norton AntiVirus
42 (0.851 %)SCOM
51 (0.426 %)ServiceCenter
51 (0.426 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
51 (0.426 %)ARCserve
51 (0.426 %)ZENworks
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
171 (30.21 %)Microsoft
171 (30.21 %)Citrix
230 (12.77 %)VMware
327 (11.49 %)HP
420 (8.511 %)Dell
514 (5.957 %)Cisco
613 (5.532 %)EMC
77 (2.979 %)Oracle
77 (2.979 %)VERITAS
77 (2.979 %)Lotus
86 (2.553 %)IBM
94 (1.702 %)Compaq
94 (1.702 %)Intel
103 (1.277 %)NetApp
103 (1.277 %)Novell
112 (0.851 %)Red Hat
112 (0.851 %)Symantec
112 (0.851 %)Altiris
121 (0.426 %)Fujitsu Siemens
121 (0.426 %)Remedy