The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 33 49 25
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -24
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 18 9 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 4.167% 1.406% 6.757%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.37% 8.108% 19.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 12
Average daily rate £305 £331 £190
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.92% +74.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £294 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £334 £338 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 9
Average hourly rate £13.50 £16.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £18.00
All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
98 111 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 22.69% 17.34% 34.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 35 62
Average daily rate £305 £325 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £225 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 26 34
Average hourly rate £14.81 £16.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.22% +17.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.75 £11.50 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.25 £23.00 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Server 2003
South East

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
Bicester - 8 £320 -
Oxford -1 2 £238 -28.30%
Abingdon 0 1 £145 -
Kidlington - 1 - -
Windows Server 2003
South East

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 43 (100.00%) Windows
2 29 (67.44%) Windows Server 2008
3 26 (60.47%) VMware
4 23 (53.49%) Active Directory
5 18 (41.86%) SQL
6 16 (37.21%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (27.91%) VMware Infrastructure
8 10 (23.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 10 (23.26%) Oracle Application Server
8 10 (23.26%) Java EE
8 10 (23.26%) Oracle 10g
8 10 (23.26%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 10 (23.26%) Internet
8 10 (23.26%) Oracle
8 10 (23.26%) Solaris
8 10 (23.26%) Java
8 10 (23.26%) SOA
8 10 (23.26%) HTTP
9 9 (20.93%) TCP/IP
9 9 (20.93%) OC4J
10 8 (18.60%) SC Cleared
10 8 (18.60%) Security Cleared
10 8 (18.60%) Cisco
10 8 (18.60%) DNS
10 8 (18.60%) Apache
11 7 (16.28%) MS Exchange
11 7 (16.28%) SCCM
11 7 (16.28%) Windows 7
12 6 (13.95%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (13.95%) Altiris

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 10 (23.26%) Java EE
2 9 (20.93%) OC4J
3 3 (6.977%) WSH
4 2 (4.651%) Web Services
5 1 (2.326%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 10 (23.26%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 10 (23.26%) Oracle Application Server
1 10 (23.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (18.60%) Apache
3 7 (16.28%) MS Exchange
4 5 (11.63%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (9.302%) IIS
5 4 (9.302%) SharePoint
6 3 (6.977%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (2.326%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (9.302%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.977%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.26%) HTTP
1 10 (23.26%) Internet
2 9 (20.93%) TCP/IP
3 8 (18.60%) DNS
4 6 (13.95%) LDAP
4 6 (13.95%) DHCP
5 3 (6.977%) Firewall
5 3 (6.977%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (4.651%) Network Security
6 2 (4.651%) WAN
6 2 (4.651%) LAN
6 2 (4.651%) SAN
7 1 (2.326%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (23.26%) Oracle 10g
2 6 (13.95%) InterSystems Cache
2 6 (13.95%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (13.95%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (4.651%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.326%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (4.651%) Finance
2 1 (2.326%) Military
2 1 (2.326%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (41.86%) Administrator
2 9 (20.93%) Support Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) Server Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) Windows Administrator
4 6 (13.95%) Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Support Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (11.63%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (9.302%) Server Support
7 3 (6.977%) Technical Support
7 3 (6.977%) Technical Support Analyst
7 3 (6.977%) Technical Analyst
8 2 (4.651%) Network Administrator
8 2 (4.651%) Senior Support Engineer
8 2 (4.651%) Server Support Engineer
8 2 (4.651%) Senior Server Engineer
8 2 (4.651%) Server Support Analyst
8 2 (4.651%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
8 2 (4.651%) Server Analyst
8 2 (4.651%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.977%) Replication
2 1 (2.326%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 43 (100.00%) Windows
2 29 (67.44%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (23.26%) Solaris
4 7 (16.28%) Windows 7
5 6 (13.95%) Windows XP
5 6 (13.95%) NetWare
6 4 (9.302%) UNIX
7 2 (4.651%) Linux
8 1 (2.326%) Windows 2000
8 1 (2.326%) Windows Vista
8 1 (2.326%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) Disaster Recovery
2 10 (23.26%) SOA
3 5 (11.63%) Migration
3 5 (11.63%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (4.651%) ITIL
5 1 (2.326%) Project Management
5 1 (2.326%) Logistics
5 1 (2.326%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.326%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.326%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (2.326%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (2.326%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 18 (41.86%) SQL
2 10 (23.26%) Java
3 3 (6.977%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) SC Cleared
1 8 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.977%) Degree
3 1 (2.326%) MCSE
3 1 (2.326%) CCIE
3 1 (2.326%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.326%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 23 (53.49%) Active Directory
2 12 (27.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (13.95%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (9.302%) vSphere
4 4 (9.302%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (4.651%) VMware ESX
5 2 (4.651%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (2.326%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (2.326%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (16.28%) SCCM
2 6 (13.95%) Tivoli
2 6 (13.95%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 6 (13.95%) Nagios
3 3 (6.977%) SCOM
4 1 (2.326%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (2.326%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (2.326%) Foglight
4 1 (2.326%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 26 (60.47%) VMware
2 10 (23.26%) Oracle
3 8 (18.60%) Cisco
4 6 (13.95%) Altiris
4 6 (13.95%) Citrix
5 3 (6.977%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.326%) HP
6 1 (2.326%) NetApp
Abingdon, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £170 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £170 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013