The first 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 17 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 North West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 55 67 37
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -30
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 66 70 119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.873% 2.210% 3.865%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.41% 9.957% 16.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 19 76
Average daily rate £239 £275 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.00% +7.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £161 £148 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £328 £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 21 11
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -36.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.80 £9.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.50 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £18.00
All Operating Systems
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
532 703 706
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.16% 22.20% 22.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 281 381
Average daily rate £295 £318 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.08% +5.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £167 £175 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £458 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 67 72
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +32.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £10.18 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 17 May 2013.

North West Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Histogram

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 North West region.

North West Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Histogram

This 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 17 May 2013.

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 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Cheshire +7 27 £239 -16.78%
Manchester +6 22 £240 +26.31%
Lancashire +17 8 - -
Merseyside +1 4 £275 +57.14%
Windows Server 2003
England

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 126 (100.00%) Windows
2 103 (81.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 73 (57.94%) Active Directory
4 59 (46.83%) MS Exchange
5 52 (41.27%) VMware
6 46 (36.51%) Microsoft
7 44 (34.92%) Exchange Server 2010
8 39 (30.95%) Citrix
9 37 (29.37%) ITIL
10 33 (26.19%) Windows XP
11 28 (22.22%) Migration
12 25 (19.84%) Windows 7
13 24 (19.05%) Firewall
13 24 (19.05%) HP
14 23 (18.25%) SCCM
15 21 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
15 21 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
15 21 (16.67%) SAN
15 21 (16.67%) SQL
15 21 (16.67%) SQL Server
16 19 (15.08%) Microsoft Certification
16 19 (15.08%) Cisco
16 19 (15.08%) VMware Infrastructure
17 18 (14.29%) SCOM
17 18 (14.29%) DNS
17 18 (14.29%) WAN
17 18 (14.29%) TCP/IP
18 17 (13.49%) LAN
19 16 (12.70%) Hyper-V
20 15 (11.90%) Clustering

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 8 (6.349%) .NET
2 7 (5.556%) Middleware
3 4 (3.175%) Web Services
3 4 (3.175%) WebSphere
4 3 (2.381%) XML
4 3 (2.381%) XSD
4 3 (2.381%) XSL
5 2 (1.587%) WinForms
5 2 (1.587%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.587%) Application Packaging
5 2 (1.587%) CSS
6 1 (0.794%) COM
Application Platforms
1 59 (46.83%) MS Exchange
2 44 (34.92%) Exchange Server 2010
3 21 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
3 21 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
4 11 (8.730%) SharePoint
5 6 (4.762%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (3.175%) CICS
6 4 (3.175%) WebLogic
7 3 (2.381%) IIS
8 2 (1.587%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.794%) Lync
9 1 (0.794%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 13 (10.32%) MS Excel
2 6 (4.762%) MS Office
3 1 (0.794%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 24 (19.05%) Firewall
2 21 (16.67%) SAN
3 18 (14.29%) DNS
3 18 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 18 (14.29%) WAN
4 17 (13.49%) LAN
5 12 (9.524%) DHCP
6 7 (5.556%) SMTP
6 7 (5.556%) WLAN
6 7 (5.556%) NAS
7 4 (3.175%) Internet
8 3 (2.381%) SSL
8 3 (2.381%) VPN
8 3 (2.381%) SNA
8 3 (2.381%) NetScaler
8 3 (2.381%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (1.587%) SNMP
9 2 (1.587%) LDAP
9 2 (1.587%) VoIP
10 1 (0.794%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (3.175%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.381%) DB2
5 2 (1.587%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.794%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.794%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.587%) MSI
General
1 9 (7.143%) Banking
2 6 (4.762%) Finance
3 3 (2.381%) Retail
4 2 (1.587%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.794%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.794%) Legal
5 1 (0.794%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 20 (15.87%) Analyst
2 15 (11.90%) Consultant
3 11 (8.730%) Support Analyst
3 11 (8.730%) Desktop Support
3 11 (8.730%) 3rd Line Support
3 11 (8.730%) Wintel Engineer
4 10 (7.937%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (7.143%) IT Support
6 7 (5.556%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (5.556%) Architect
6 7 (5.556%) Project Engineer
7 6 (4.762%) Server Engineer
7 6 (4.762%) Support Engineer
7 6 (4.762%) Administrator
7 6 (4.762%) Designer
8 5 (3.968%) Support Consultant
8 5 (3.968%) Technical Consultant
8 5 (3.968%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (3.968%) Technical Support
8 5 (3.968%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.90%) Clustering
2 8 (6.349%) Blackberry
3 5 (3.968%) NHS
4 4 (3.175%) Mainframe
4 4 (3.175%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.175%) VSAM
4 4 (3.175%) PKI
5 3 (2.381%) Online Banking
5 3 (2.381%) Fat Client
5 3 (2.381%) IBM Mainframe
5 3 (2.381%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (2.381%) Thin Client
6 2 (1.587%) W3C
6 2 (1.587%) FMCG
7 1 (0.794%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.794%) Replication
7 1 (0.794%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 126 (100.00%) Windows
2 103 (81.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 33 (26.19%) Windows XP
4 25 (19.84%) Windows 7
5 12 (9.524%) Windows 2000
6 11 (8.730%) Linux
7 9 (7.143%) AIX
8 8 (6.349%) Windows NT
9 6 (4.762%) UNIX
9 6 (4.762%) Windows 2000 Server
10 5 (3.968%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (3.968%) HPUX
10 5 (3.968%) Solaris
11 1 (0.794%) zOS
11 1 (0.794%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.794%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.794%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (29.37%) ITIL
2 28 (22.22%) Migration
3 9 (7.143%) PRINCE2
4 8 (6.349%) Project Management
4 8 (6.349%) Change Management
5 7 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (3.968%) Incident Management
7 4 (3.175%) ETL
7 4 (3.175%) Capacity Management
7 4 (3.175%) Data Analysis
8 3 (2.381%) Network Management
8 3 (2.381%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (2.381%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (2.381%) Load Balancing
8 3 (2.381%) Performance Management
9 2 (1.587%) Service Management
9 2 (1.587%) Content Management
9 2 (1.587%) Information Management
9 2 (1.587%) Stakeholder Management
10 1 (0.794%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.67%) SQL
2 14 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.968%) VB
4 4 (3.175%) Perl
4 4 (3.175%) C#
5 3 (2.381%) C++
5 3 (2.381%) JCL
5 3 (2.381%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.587%) VBScript
7 1 (0.794%) COBOL
7 1 (0.794%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (15.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (9.524%) MCITP
2 12 (9.524%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (8.730%) MCSE
3 11 (8.730%) MCSA
4 9 (7.143%) CCNP
4 9 (7.143%) CCNA
5 8 (6.349%) MCP
5 8 (6.349%) Security Cleared
6 7 (5.556%) MCTS
6 7 (5.556%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.381%) Dell Certification
7 3 (2.381%) CCA
7 3 (2.381%) Citrix Certification
7 3 (2.381%) CCEA
8 2 (1.587%) CCSP
8 2 (1.587%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.587%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.794%) MCDST
9 1 (0.794%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.175%) SLA
2 1 (0.794%) BS7799
2 1 (0.794%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 73 (57.94%) Active Directory
2 19 (15.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (12.70%) Hyper-V
4 14 (11.11%) vSphere
5 7 (5.556%) XenApp
6 4 (3.175%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (3.175%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 4 (3.175%) VMware ESX
7 3 (2.381%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 3 (2.381%) Postfix
7 3 (2.381%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.794%) XenServer
8 1 (0.794%) vCloud
8 1 (0.794%) UAG
8 1 (0.794%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.794%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.794%) Samba
8 1 (0.794%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 23 (18.25%) SCCM
2 18 (14.29%) SCOM
3 9 (7.143%) Tivoli
4 5 (3.968%) Unicenter
5 4 (3.175%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (2.381%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (2.381%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 2 (1.587%) Backup Exec
7 2 (1.587%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.794%) HP SIM
8 1 (0.794%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.794%) WSUS
Vendors
1 52 (41.27%) VMware
2 46 (36.51%) Microsoft
3 39 (30.95%) Citrix
4 24 (19.05%) HP
5 19 (15.08%) Cisco
6 13 (10.32%) Oracle
7 9 (7.143%) CA
7 9 (7.143%) NetApp
8 6 (4.762%) AppSense
9 5 (3.968%) Brocade
9 5 (3.968%) Red Hat
9 5 (3.968%) Dell
10 4 (3.175%) IBM
10 4 (3.175%) CheckPoint
11 3 (2.381%) Symantec
11 3 (2.381%) EMC
11 3 (2.381%) IronPort
11 3 (2.381%) BMC
12 2 (1.587%) Twitter
12 2 (1.587%) SAP
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