Slough Windows Server 2003 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 skills within the Slough region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Argyll and Bute Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Belper Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Buxton Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chorley Cirencester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Deeside Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Enfield England Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Flintshire Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grangemouth Great Yarmouth Grimsby Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Hove Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kegworth Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Matlock Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Rochester Romford Rotherham Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Scottish Borders Scunthorpe Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Skipton Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Templecombe Thames Valley Thirsk Tonbridge Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	16	21
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	14	16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.020 %	0.016 %
As % of the category below	30.43 %	25.00 %
Daily rates quoted	6	8
Average minimum daily rate	£260	£338
Average daily rate	£277	£353
% change on same period last year	-21.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£293	£369
UK excluding London average daily rate	£313	£317
% change on same period last year	-1.27 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.00	£40.00
Average hourly rate	£21.00	£41.67
% change on same period last year	-49.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.00	£43.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.98	£21.07
% change on same period last year	+4.32 %
Operating Systems Slough
Matching contract IT job ads	46	64
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.065 %	0.065 %
Daily rates quoted	9	22
Average minimum daily rate	£284	£333
Average daily rate	£293	£354
% change on same period last year	-17.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£302	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£327	£331
% change on same period last year	-1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.22	£36.14
Average hourly rate	£28.81	£37.21
% change on same period last year	-22.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.41	£38.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.98	£22.27
% change on same period last year	+3.17 %
Windows Server 2003 Berkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

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 Slough region.

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 Slough region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 Slough region.

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Slough region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 15 (34.88 %) Windows XP 3 13 (30.23 %) Perl 4 12 (27.91 %) SQL 4 12 (27.91 %) HP 5 10 (23.26 %) IBM 5 10 (23.26 %) UNIX 6 9 (20.93 %) IIS 6 9 (20.93 %) VMware 6 9 (20.93 %) AWK 7 8 (18.60 %) Project Management 7 8 (18.60 %) Internet 7 8 (18.60 %) Oracle 7 8 (18.60 %) Windows 2000 7 8 (18.60 %) Windows 2000 Server

8 7 (16.28 %) DB2 UDB 8 7 (16.28 %) ASP 8 7 (16.28 %) CSS 8 7 (16.28 %) SQL Server 8 7 (16.28 %) DB2 8 7 (16.28 %) Business Objects 8 7 (16.28 %) HTML 8 7 (16.28 %) Java 8 7 (16.28 %) JavaScript 8 7 (16.28 %) ActionScript 8 7 (16.28 %) BusinessObjects 8 7 (16.28 %) Flash 8 7 (16.28 %) TCP/IP 8 7 (16.28 %) Cisco 9 6 (13.95 %) SQL Server 2000

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 7 (16.28 %) HTML 1 7 (16.28 %) ASP 1 7 (16.28 %) CSS 2 5 (11.63 %) JSP 2 5 (11.63 %) ASP.NET 2 5 (11.63 %) .NET 3 1 (2.326 %) XHTML 3 1 (2.326 %) Application Packaging	Application Platforms 1 9 (20.93 %) IIS 2 5 (11.63 %) Lotus Notes 2 5 (11.63 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (11.63 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 2 (4.651 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 2 (4.651 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 1 (2.326 %) WebLogic 4 1 (2.326 %) Tuxedo 4 1 (2.326 %) ColdFusion 4 1 (2.326 %) Content Management Server 4 1 (2.326 %) CMS
Applications 1 5 (11.63 %) Photoshop 2 3 (6.977 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 1 (2.326 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 8 (18.60 %) Internet 2 7 (16.28 %) TCP/IP 3 5 (11.63 %) Extranet 4 4 (9.302 %) LAN 5 3 (6.977 %) Intranet 6 2 (4.651 %) Broadband 6 2 (4.651 %) DHCP 6 2 (4.651 %) VPN 6 2 (4.651 %) DNS 7 1 (2.326 %) SAN 7 1 (2.326 %) WAN 7 1 (2.326 %) Firewall 7 1 (2.326 %) Network Security	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (16.28 %) SQL Server 1 7 (16.28 %) DB2 1 7 (16.28 %) BusinessObjects 1 7 (16.28 %) DB2 UDB 2 6 (13.95 %) SQL Server 2000 2 6 (13.95 %) Informix 3 2 (4.651 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (2.326 %) MySQL 4 1 (2.326 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (2.326 %) Oracle 9i 4 1 (2.326 %) Oracle 10g
Development Applications 1 7 (16.28 %) Flash 2 5 (11.63 %) Dreamweaver 2 5 (11.63 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 1 (2.326 %) TestDirector 3 1 (2.326 %) MSI 3 1 (2.326 %) InstallShield	General 1 4 (9.302 %) Multimedia 1 4 (9.302 %) Marketing 2 3 (6.977 %) Government 3 2 (4.651 %) Retail 3 2 (4.651 %) Animation 4 1 (2.326 %) FMCG 4 1 (2.326 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 12 (27.91 %) Analyst 2 9 (20.93 %) Technical Analyst 3 7 (16.28 %) Administrator 3 7 (16.28 %) Developer 4 6 (13.95 %) Web Developer 5 5 (11.63 %) Systems Administrator 5 5 (11.63 %) 3rd Line Support 6 4 (9.302 %) 2nd Line Support 7 3 (6.977 %) Infrastructure Specialist 7 3 (6.977 %) Technical Support 7 3 (6.977 %) Server Support 8 2 (4.651 %) Support Analyst 8 2 (4.651 %) Consultant 8 2 (4.651 %) Desktop Support 8 2 (4.651 %) Software Engineer 8 2 (4.651 %) Technical Support Analyst 8 2 (4.651 %) Support Engineer 8 2 (4.651 %) 2nd Line Support Engineer 9 1 (2.326 %) Support Consultant 9 1 (2.326 %) Security Architect	Miscellaneous 1 3 (6.977 %) Client/Server 1 3 (6.977 %) Video Conferencing 2 1 (2.326 %) CESG 2 1 (2.326 %) CESG CLAS 2 1 (2.326 %) Statistics
Operating Systems 1 43 (100.00 %) Windows 2 15 (34.88 %) Windows XP 3 10 (23.26 %) UNIX 4 8 (18.60 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 8 (18.60 %) Windows 2000 5 6 (13.95 %) Solaris 6 4 (9.302 %) Linux 7 3 (6.977 %) HPUX 7 3 (6.977 %) Red Hat Linux 7 3 (6.977 %) SUSE 8 1 (2.326 %) Windows NT 8 1 (2.326 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (18.60 %) Project Management 2 4 (9.302 %) Release Management 2 4 (9.302 %) Security Cleared 3 3 (6.977 %) SC Cleared 4 2 (4.651 %) Problem Management 4 2 (4.651 %) Test Scripting 4 2 (4.651 %) Change Management 4 2 (4.651 %) Incident Management 5 1 (2.326 %) Requirements Analysis 5 1 (2.326 %) ITIL 5 1 (2.326 %) UML 5 1 (2.326 %) Validation 5 1 (2.326 %) Migration 5 1 (2.326 %) Business Analysis
Programming Languages 1 13 (30.23 %) Perl 2 12 (27.91 %) SQL 3 9 (20.93 %) AWK 4 7 (16.28 %) Java 4 7 (16.28 %) JavaScript 4 7 (16.28 %) ActionScript 5 4 (9.302 %) Shell Script 6 1 (2.326 %) VBScript 6 1 (2.326 %) VB 6 1 (2.326 %) VB.NET 6 1 (2.326 %) PowerShell	Qualifications 1 3 (6.977 %) CCNA 1 3 (6.977 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (2.326 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (2.326 %) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.326 %) SLA	System Software 1 3 (6.977 %) Active Directory 1 3 (6.977 %) Snort 2 1 (2.326 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 1 (2.326 %) VMware Workstation
Systems Management 1 4 (9.302 %) Tivoli 1 4 (9.302 %) ZENworks 1 4 (9.302 %) HP Data Protector 2 3 (6.977 %) OpenView 2 3 (6.977 %) BMC PATROL 2 3 (6.977 %) Tivoli Monitoring 3 1 (2.326 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (2.326 %) OpenView Configuration Management 3 1 (2.326 %) SCCM	Vendors 1 12 (27.91 %) HP 2 10 (23.26 %) IBM 3 9 (20.93 %) VMware 4 8 (18.60 %) Oracle 5 7 (16.28 %) Business Objects 5 7 (16.28 %) Cisco 6 5 (11.63 %) Microsoft 6 5 (11.63 %) Citrix 6 5 (11.63 %) Lotus 7 4 (9.302 %) Dell 7 4 (9.302 %) Novell 8 3 (6.977 %) Red Hat 8 3 (6.977 %) BMC 9 2 (4.651 %) CheckPoint 9 2 (4.651 %) Symantec 9 2 (4.651 %) Polycom 10 1 (2.326 %) VERITAS 10 1 (2.326 %) CA 10 1 (2.326 %) BEA 10 1 (2.326 %) Sybase