Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the North West region.

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank435634
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Down-22
Matching contract IT job ads7845135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West3.439 %1.975 %3.413 %
As % of the Operating Systems category17.73 %13.93 %19.88 %
Daily rates quoted16920
Average daily rate£243£150£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+61.66 %-50.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£179£125£215
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£380£283£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£311£305
% change year-on-year
-3.610 %+2.040 %
Hourly rates quoted211624
Average hourly rate£14.00£17.50£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00 %-16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.75£10.08
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£22.25£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.75£20.80£20.00
% change year-on-year
-29.06 %+3.970 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
440323679
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West19.40 %14.18 %17.16 %
Daily rates quoted19788120
Average daily rate£285£324£330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.03 %-1.810 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£213£125£219
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£413£450£446
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted7160117
Average hourly rate£14.00£16.78£12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.54 %+39.79 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£10.42£10.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.85£32.50£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
Windows Server 2003 EnglandWindows Server 2003
England

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.

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 19 March 2010.

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
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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+1133£225+80.00 %
CheshireDown-319£261-17.06 %
LancashireUp+1312£243-
MerseysideUp+97£310+90.76 %
CumbriaNew entry-3--
Windows Server 2003 EnglandWindows Server 2003
England

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1161 (100.00 %)Windows
275 (46.58 %)Active Directory
356 (34.78 %)Microsoft
356 (34.78 %)Windows Server 2008
445 (27.95 %)MS Exchange
540 (24.84 %)Citrix
639 (24.22 %)Microsoft Certification
738 (23.60 %)Windows XP
832 (19.88 %)MCSE
832 (19.88 %)SQL Server
928 (17.39 %)Clustering
1025 (15.53 %)VMware
1025 (15.53 %)HP
1124 (14.91 %)Exchange Server 2003
1220 (12.42 %)SQL
1220 (12.42 %)ITIL
1220 (12.42 %)Cisco
1319 (11.80 %)MS Office
1319 (11.80 %)C
1319 (11.80 %)Finance
1319 (11.80 %)Exchange Server 2007
1319 (11.80 %)XenApp
1418 (11.18 %)Windows 2000
1517 (10.56 %)MS Excel
1616 (9.938 %)SAN
1616 (9.938 %)Migration
1715 (9.317 %)SQL Server 2005
1814 (8.696 %)DNS
1814 (8.696 %)Windows 2000 Server
1913 (8.075 %)Government

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (6.211 %).NET
23 (1.863 %)POSIX
23 (1.863 %)jQuery
23 (1.863 %)WCF
32 (1.242 %)ASP
32 (1.242 %)CSS
32 (1.242 %)Hibernate
41 (0.621 %)NHibernate
41 (0.621 %)WMI
41 (0.621 %)ASP.NET
41 (0.621 %)HTML
41 (0.621 %)Middleware
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
145 (27.95 %)MS Exchange
224 (14.91 %)Exchange Server 2003
319 (11.80 %)Exchange Server 2007
412 (7.453 %)SharePoint
510 (6.211 %)IIS
69 (5.590 %)Lotus Notes
78 (4.969 %)Exchange Server 2000
84 (2.484 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
84 (2.484 %)Exchange Server 5.5
91 (0.621 %)WebLogic
91 (0.621 %)GroupWise
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
119 (11.80 %)MS Office
217 (10.56 %)MS Excel
31 (0.621 %)MS Visio
31 (0.621 %)MS Project
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (1.863 %)Microsoft CRM
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (9.938 %)SAN
214 (8.696 %)DNS
312 (7.453 %)LAN
411 (6.832 %)DHCP
59 (5.590 %)WAN
59 (5.590 %)TCP/IP
64 (2.484 %)Internet
64 (2.484 %)VPN
64 (2.484 %)Firewall
72 (1.242 %)RFID
72 (1.242 %)VoIP
72 (1.242 %)Wi-Fi
72 (1.242 %)Wireless
81 (0.621 %)FTP
81 (0.621 %)SNMP
81 (0.621 %)SMS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (19.88 %)SQL Server
215 (9.317 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (5.590 %)SQL Server 2008
45 (3.106 %)SQL Server 2000
54 (2.484 %)Oracle 8/8i
62 (1.242 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (0.621 %)MS Access
71 (0.621 %)SQL Server 7
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (2.484 %)Visual Studio
North West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
119 (11.80 %)Finance
213 (8.075 %)Government
310 (6.211 %)Banking
43 (1.863 %)Pensions
43 (1.863 %)Health
43 (1.863 %)Telecoms
43 (1.863 %)Education
52 (1.242 %)Home Office
52 (1.242 %)Retail
61 (0.621 %)Retail Banking
61 (0.621 %)Local Government
61 (0.621 %)Insurance
61 (0.621 %)Back Office
61 (0.621 %)Legal
61 (0.621 %)Manufacturing
61 (0.621 %)Pharmaceutical
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
128 (17.39 %)Analyst
215 (9.317 %)Support Engineer
215 (9.317 %)Architect
314 (8.696 %)3rd Line Support
411 (6.832 %)Technical Architect
411 (6.832 %)Systems Engineer
510 (6.211 %)Support Analyst
68 (4.969 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
68 (4.969 %)IT Support
77 (4.348 %)Server Engineer
77 (4.348 %)2nd Line Support
77 (4.348 %)Desktop Support
86 (3.727 %)Consultant
86 (3.727 %)Support Technician
86 (3.727 %)Helpdesk Analyst
86 (3.727 %)Helpdesk Support
86 (3.727 %)Lead Architect
86 (3.727 %)Lead Technical Architect
95 (3.106 %)IT Support Engineer
95 (3.106 %)Senior Systems Engineer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
128 (17.39 %)Clustering
210 (6.211 %)Blackberry
33 (1.863 %)CLARiiON
42 (1.242 %)FMCG
42 (1.242 %)French Language
42 (1.242 %)Italian Language
42 (1.242 %)Spanish Language
42 (1.242 %)Fat Client
42 (1.242 %)Thin Client
42 (1.242 %)AS400
42 (1.242 %)PDA
51 (0.621 %)Danish Language
51 (0.621 %)Cryptography
51 (0.621 %)EPoS
51 (0.621 %)NHS
51 (0.621 %)Swedish Language
51 (0.621 %)Norwegian Language
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1161 (100.00 %)Windows
256 (34.78 %)Windows Server 2008
338 (23.60 %)Windows XP
418 (11.18 %)Windows 2000
514 (8.696 %)Windows 2000 Server
613 (8.075 %)Windows Vista
76 (3.727 %)UNIX
85 (3.106 %)HPUX
93 (1.863 %)Windows 7
102 (1.242 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.621 %)Windows XP Embedded
111 (0.621 %)NetWare
111 (0.621 %)Windows NT
111 (0.621 %)Solaris
111 (0.621 %)OS/2
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
120 (12.42 %)ITIL
216 (9.938 %)Migration
310 (6.211 %)Service Delivery
47 (4.348 %)Change Management
56 (3.727 %)CRM
64 (2.484 %)Configuration Management
73 (1.863 %)MVC
73 (1.863 %)Workflow
82 (1.242 %)Performance Testing
82 (1.242 %)Project Management
82 (1.242 %)Quality Management
91 (0.621 %)Penetration Testing
91 (0.621 %)Disaster Recovery
91 (0.621 %)Validation
91 (0.621 %)Service Management
91 (0.621 %)Risk Assessment
91 (0.621 %)ERP
91 (0.621 %)UML
91 (0.621 %)OO
91 (0.621 %)Performance Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
120 (12.42 %)SQL
219 (11.80 %)C
34 (2.484 %)C#
43 (1.863 %)Perl
43 (1.863 %)PL/SQL
43 (1.863 %)VB
43 (1.863 %)Shell Script
52 (1.242 %)Java
52 (1.242 %)C++
52 (1.242 %)VBA
61 (0.621 %)VB6
61 (0.621 %)VC++
61 (0.621 %)JavaScript
61 (0.621 %)VB.NET
61 (0.621 %)VBScript
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
139 (24.22 %)Microsoft Certification
232 (19.88 %)MCSE
312 (7.453 %)Security Cleared
411 (6.832 %)MCSA
510 (6.211 %)MCP
68 (4.969 %)Cisco Certification
68 (4.969 %)CCNA
76 (3.727 %)SC Cleared
76 (3.727 %)MCDST
76 (3.727 %)MCITP
85 (3.106 %)Citrix Certification
94 (2.484 %)ITIL Certification
103 (1.863 %)CNA
103 (1.863 %)Novell Certification
112 (1.242 %)BC Cleared
112 (1.242 %)Degree
112 (1.242 %)Oracle Certification
112 (1.242 %)CISSP
112 (1.242 %)Network+ Certification
121 (0.621 %)MCTS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.242 %)ISO9001
12 (1.242 %)SLA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
175 (46.58 %)Active Directory
219 (11.80 %)XenApp
311 (6.832 %)Terminal Services
49 (5.590 %)VMware Infrastructure
56 (3.727 %)Hyper-V
65 (3.106 %)VMware ESX
65 (3.106 %)Veritas Cluster Server
65 (3.106 %)Citrix Presentation Server
73 (1.863 %)Oracle RAC
82 (1.242 %)XenServer
82 (1.242 %)MetaFrame
91 (0.621 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
91 (0.621 %)NDS
91 (0.621 %)ISA Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
112 (7.453 %)SCCM
211 (6.832 %)SCOM
37 (4.348 %)EMC NetWorker
45 (3.106 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
54 (2.484 %)OpenView
63 (1.863 %)OVOU
63 (1.863 %)BMC PATROL
63 (1.863 %)BMC Performance Manager
63 (1.863 %)OVPI
63 (1.863 %)OVPM
72 (1.242 %)McAfee ePO
72 (1.242 %)Norton AntiVirus
72 (1.242 %)Foglight
81 (0.621 %)WSUS
81 (0.621 %)HP NNM
81 (0.621 %)Backup Exec
81 (0.621 %)MIMEsweeper
81 (0.621 %)MSI
81 (0.621 %)ARCserve
81 (0.621 %)CiscoWorks
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
156 (34.78 %)Microsoft
240 (24.84 %)Citrix
325 (15.53 %)VMware
325 (15.53 %)HP
420 (12.42 %)Cisco
59 (5.590 %)Oracle
59 (5.590 %)Lotus
59 (5.590 %)EMC
65 (3.106 %)Dell
65 (3.106 %)Veritas
73 (1.863 %)FileNet
73 (1.863 %)Siebel
73 (1.863 %)Remedy
73 (1.863 %)McAfee
73 (1.863 %)Symantec
73 (1.863 %)Novell
73 (1.863 %)BMC
73 (1.863 %)Informatica
73 (1.863 %)IronPort
82 (1.242 %)SAP