The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 50 55 34
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -21
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 30 41 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 2.602% 2.545% 4.028%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.36% 10.07% 16.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 33
Average daily rate £213 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.28% +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £154 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £426 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £321 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 6
Average hourly rate £16.25 £14.50 £19.83
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% -26.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.80 £12.50 £14.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £17.50 £33.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
All Operating Systems
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
264 407 462
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 22.90% 25.26% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 171 184
Average daily rate £338 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £135 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 80 42
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +1.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £43.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2003
South 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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Staines +7 11 £438 +6.06%
Addlestone +2 4 £133 -59.38%
Reigate +7 2 - -
Redhill +3 2 - -
Dorking - 2 - -
Horley - 2 - -
Weybridge - 2 £133 -
Woking +5 1 £190 -
Guildford -10 1 - -
Godalming - 1 £275 -
Tadworth - 1 - -
Windows Server 2003
South East

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 59 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (64.41%) Windows Server 2008
3 32 (54.24%) Microsoft
4 25 (42.37%) Active Directory
5 19 (32.20%) ITIL
5 19 (32.20%) MS Exchange
6 18 (30.51%) Windows 7
7 16 (27.12%) VB
7 16 (27.12%) Cisco
8 15 (25.42%) SQL
8 15 (25.42%) SQL Server
8 15 (25.42%) Windows XP
8 15 (25.42%) DHCP
8 15 (25.42%) VPN
8 15 (25.42%) Finance
8 15 (25.42%) Exchange Server 2003
9 14 (23.73%) VMware
10 13 (22.03%) HP
10 13 (22.03%) Exchange Server 2007
11 12 (20.34%) Exchange Server 2010
11 12 (20.34%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (20.34%) Citrix
12 11 (18.64%) DNS
13 10 (16.95%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 10 (16.95%) Firewall
14 9 (15.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (15.25%) TCP/IP
14 9 (15.25%) C#
14 9 (15.25%) MS Office
15 8 (13.56%) VB6

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 6 (10.17%) WinForms
2 4 (6.780%) XML
3 1 (1.695%) COM
3 1 (1.695%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 19 (32.20%) MS Exchange
2 15 (25.42%) Exchange Server 2003
3 13 (22.03%) Exchange Server 2007
4 12 (20.34%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (16.95%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (6.780%) SharePoint
6 4 (6.780%) IIS
7 3 (5.085%) Documentum
8 1 (1.695%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 9 (15.25%) MS Office
2 7 (11.86%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.695%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (25.42%) DHCP
1 15 (25.42%) VPN
2 11 (18.64%) DNS
3 10 (16.95%) Firewall
4 9 (15.25%) TCP/IP
5 6 (10.17%) SAN
6 3 (5.085%) FTP
6 3 (5.085%) WAN
6 3 (5.085%) IPsec
7 2 (3.390%) VLAN
8 1 (1.695%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (1.695%) NAS
8 1 (1.695%) NetScaler
8 1 (1.695%) HTTP
8 1 (1.695%) HTTPS
8 1 (1.695%) SMS
8 1 (1.695%) MPLS
8 1 (1.695%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (25.42%) SQL Server
2 9 (15.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (13.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (8.475%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (3.390%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (3.390%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.695%) DB2
General
1 15 (25.42%) Finance
2 6 (10.17%) Banking
3 5 (8.475%) Investment Banking
4 4 (6.780%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.085%) Advertising
5 3 (5.085%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (20.34%) Analyst
2 8 (13.56%) Applications Support
2 8 (13.56%) 3rd Line Support
2 8 (13.56%) Support Engineer
3 7 (11.86%) Support Analyst
3 7 (11.86%) Server Engineer
4 6 (10.17%) Server Support
5 5 (8.475%) Applications Support Analyst
5 5 (8.475%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (5.085%) Desktop Support
6 3 (5.085%) Applications Specialist
6 3 (5.085%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (5.085%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.085%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (5.085%) Performance Analyst
6 3 (5.085%) Server Support Engineer
7 2 (3.390%) Security Specialist
7 2 (3.390%) Support Manager
7 2 (3.390%) Support Team Leader
7 2 (3.390%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Blackberry
2 3 (5.085%) Clustering
2 3 (5.085%) PKI
3 1 (1.695%) iPhone
3 1 (1.695%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 59 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (64.41%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (30.51%) Windows 7
4 15 (25.42%) Windows XP
5 12 (20.34%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (13.56%) Windows Vista
7 6 (10.17%) Windows 8
8 5 (8.475%) Windows 2000 Server
9 3 (5.085%) Mac OS
9 3 (5.085%) Linux
9 3 (5.085%) Mac OS X
10 2 (3.390%) UNIX
10 2 (3.390%) AIX
11 1 (1.695%) Android
11 1 (1.695%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.20%) ITIL
2 7 (11.86%) Incident Management
2 7 (11.86%) Migration
3 4 (6.780%) Service Management
3 4 (6.780%) Project Management
4 3 (5.085%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (5.085%) Document Management
5 2 (3.390%) Change Control
5 2 (3.390%) Performance Management
5 2 (3.390%) Problem Management
6 1 (1.695%) Load Balancing
6 1 (1.695%) Wealth Management
6 1 (1.695%) Data Migration
6 1 (1.695%) Budget Control
6 1 (1.695%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (1.695%) PRINCE2
6 1 (1.695%) Risk Management
6 1 (1.695%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.695%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (1.695%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.12%) VB
2 15 (25.42%) SQL
3 9 (15.25%) C#
4 8 (13.56%) VB6
5 7 (11.86%) VBScript
6 5 (8.475%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (6.780%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (6.780%) MCSE
2 3 (5.085%) MCITP
3 2 (3.390%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.390%) MCP
4 1 (1.695%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.695%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.695%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.695%) MCSA
4 1 (1.695%) CCNA
4 1 (1.695%) MCDST
4 1 (1.695%) MCTS
4 1 (1.695%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.390%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.695%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (42.37%) Active Directory
2 8 (13.56%) XenApp
3 5 (8.475%) XenDesktop
4 4 (6.780%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (6.780%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (5.085%) Hyper-V
5 3 (5.085%) vSphere
6 1 (1.695%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (1.695%) XenServer
6 1 (1.695%) UAG
6 1 (1.695%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.695%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 8 (13.56%) SCCM
2 7 (11.86%) Backup Exec
3 6 (10.17%) WSUS
3 6 (10.17%) HP SIM
4 3 (5.085%) Sysprep
5 2 (3.390%) SCOM
6 1 (1.695%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (1.695%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (1.695%) Tivoli
6 1 (1.695%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (1.695%) MOM
6 1 (1.695%) NetBackup
6 1 (1.695%) Opalis
Vendors
1 32 (54.24%) Microsoft
2 16 (27.12%) Cisco
3 14 (23.73%) VMware
4 13 (22.03%) HP
5 12 (20.34%) Citrix
6 6 (10.17%) Symantec
6 6 (10.17%) Nortel
6 6 (10.17%) NETGEAR
7 4 (6.780%) AppSense
7 4 (6.780%) Dell
7 4 (6.780%) Apple
7 4 (6.780%) McAfee
8 3 (5.085%) Adobe
8 3 (5.085%) NetApp
9 2 (3.390%) CheckPoint
9 2 (3.390%) Oracle
10 1 (1.695%) Twitter
10 1 (1.695%) Remedy
10 1 (1.695%) Novell
10 1 (1.695%) Lotus
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