The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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 - 18 43
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 0 11 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland - 5.851% 1.344%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 23.40% 6.849%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £18.00
All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
35 47 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 13.89% 25.00% 19.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 12 22
Average daily rate £295 £260 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.46% -25.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £100 £193
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £12.42
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +193.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Server 2003
UK

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy