The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire 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 23 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 Yorkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 21 25 15
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -10
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 5 2 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 3.268% 1.156% 7.368%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.86% 5.263% 28.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
Average daily rate - - £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £17.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
+1.42% -5.40%
All Operating Systems
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
28 38 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 18.30% 21.97% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 22
Average daily rate £363 £270 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.25% -28.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £169 £95 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £386 £366 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 3
Average hourly rate £18.00 £14.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £19.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2003
Yorkshire

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
York - 3 - -
Harrogate - 2 - -
Windows Server 2003
Yorkshire

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) VMware
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
5 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (22.22%) vSphere
6 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (22.22%) Cisco
6 2 (22.22%) Citrix
6 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
6 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
7 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000
7 1 (11.11%) SQL
7 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
7 1 (11.11%) MS Office
7 1 (11.11%) ITIL
7 1 (11.11%) Dell
7 1 (11.11%) IBM
7 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
7 1 (11.11%) Windows Vista
7 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
7 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (11.11%) Legal
7 1 (11.11%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Server Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Vista
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
1 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
1 1 (11.11%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) vSphere
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (11.11%) XenApp
3 1 (11.11%) XenServer
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) VMware
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco
3 2 (22.22%) Citrix
4 1 (11.11%) Dell
4 1 (11.11%) IBM
4 1 (11.11%) Twitter
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