The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon 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 Swindon 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 32 38 25
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -13
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 6 3 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 2.182% 0.829% 3.797%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.24% 5.660% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 7
Average daily rate £450 £228 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+97.80% -46.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £210 £158
10% offered a daily rate of more than £462 £376 £450
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 - - £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £18.00
All Operating Systems
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
49 53 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 17.82% 14.64% 17.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 35 29
Average daily rate £370 £348 £414
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.47% -16.01%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £196 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 4
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -52.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.42 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £22.00 £34.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Server 2003
Wiltshire

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
4 5 (55.56%) MS Exchange
4 5 (55.56%) VMware
4 5 (55.56%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
6 3 (33.33%) vSphere
6 3 (33.33%) SQL
6 3 (33.33%) SAN
7 2 (22.22%) Sophos
7 2 (22.22%) VBScript
7 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
7 2 (22.22%) MS Office
7 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
7 2 (22.22%) DHCP
7 2 (22.22%) DNS
7 2 (22.22%) HP
7 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
7 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
7 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (22.22%) SCOM
7 2 (22.22%) VMware ESX
7 2 (22.22%) Citrix
7 2 (22.22%) Finance
7 2 (22.22%) NetBackup
7 2 (22.22%) XenApp

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) MS Exchange
1 5 (55.56%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) SAN
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) DHCP
3 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Server Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Server Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Wintel Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Server Support
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Server Support
2 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Thin Client
1 1 (11.11%) Clustering
1 1 (11.11%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000
3 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (11.11%) Migration
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
1 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) VBScript
2 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) MCP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) vSphere
3 2 (22.22%) XenApp
3 2 (22.22%) VMware ESX
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (11.11%) Xen
4 1 (11.11%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) NetBackup
1 2 (22.22%) SCOM
2 1 (11.11%) HP Data Protector
2 1 (11.11%) HP SIM
2 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Legato
2 1 (11.11%) MOM
2 1 (11.11%) ARCserve
2 1 (11.11%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) VMware
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) HP
3 2 (22.22%) Citrix
3 2 (22.22%) Sophos
4 1 (11.11%) Wyse
4 1 (11.11%) Novell
4 1 (11.11%) McAfee
4 1 (11.11%) Dell
4 1 (11.11%) EMC
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco
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