The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 24 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 Somerset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 19 33 18
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -15
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 10 2 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 5.882% 1.176% 9.249%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.24% 6.061% 29.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 10
Average daily rate £233 - £341
90% offered a daily rate of more than £187 - £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £279 - £356
UK excluding London average daily rate £321 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £21.38 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
All Operating Systems
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
58 33 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 34.12% 19.41% 31.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 23
Average daily rate £232 £280 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £155 £245 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £350 £361
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 14
Average hourly rate £16.20 £12.25 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.24% -18.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £17.60 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2003
South West

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Yeovil - 4 £290 -
Bath - 1 - -
Clevedon - 1 - -
Taunton - 1 - -
Weston-super-Mare - 1 - -
Windows Server 2003
South West

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 15 (100.00%) Windows
1 15 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 12 (80.00%) Active Directory
3 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 9 (60.00%) MS Exchange
5 7 (46.67%) VMware
5 7 (46.67%) MS Office
5 7 (46.67%) Windows XP
5 7 (46.67%) Cisco
5 7 (46.67%) Citrix
6 6 (40.00%) VPN
6 6 (40.00%) Windows 7
6 6 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (26.67%) Oracle
8 4 (26.67%) VoIP
8 4 (26.67%) XenApp
8 4 (26.67%) Windows Vista
9 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
9 3 (20.00%) SQL
9 3 (20.00%) ITIL
9 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
9 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
10 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
10 2 (13.33%) DNS
10 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (13.33%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (13.33%) Blackberry
10 2 (13.33%) DHCP

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 1 (6.667%) XML
1 1 (6.667%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (6.667%) IIS
4 1 (6.667%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) MS Office
2 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) VPN
2 4 (26.67%) VoIP
3 2 (13.33%) DNS
3 2 (13.33%) DHCP
3 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.667%) Internet
4 1 (6.667%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (6.667%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (33.33%) Desktop Support
4 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (26.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (26.67%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 3 (20.00%) IT Support
6 2 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 1 (6.667%) Analyst
7 1 (6.667%) Support Analyst
7 1 (6.667%) Technical Support
7 1 (6.667%) Deployment Engineer
7 1 (6.667%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (6.667%) Technical Support Analyst
7 1 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (6.667%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
1 15 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (46.67%) Windows XP
3 6 (40.00%) Windows 7
4 4 (26.67%) Windows Vista
5 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (6.667%) Windows 8
6 1 (6.667%) Linux
6 1 (6.667%) Windows 2000
6 1 (6.667%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (6.667%) ITIL V2
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (6.667%) VB
2 1 (6.667%) LINC
2 1 (6.667%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (13.33%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (13.33%) MCSE
2 1 (6.667%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (26.67%) XenApp
3 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (6.667%) Terminal Services
4 1 (6.667%) VMware ESX
4 1 (6.667%) VMware Server
4 1 (6.667%) vSphere
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) VMware
2 7 (46.67%) Cisco
2 7 (46.67%) Citrix
3 4 (26.67%) Oracle
4 1 (6.667%) Veeam
4 1 (6.667%) HP
4 1 (6.667%) Adobe
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