Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

LinkMicrosoft Windows Server 2003
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank4133
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads11222843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK3.266 %3.693 %
As % of the Operating Systems category18.24 %18.36 %
Daily rates quoted364704
Average daily rate£295£325
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-9.230 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£174£170
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£435£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£289£300
% change on same period last year-3.750 %
Hourly rates quoted203532
Average hourly rate£17.50£19.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.25 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.10£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.00£18.00
% change on same period last year-5.550 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
615115487
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.91 %20.12 %
Daily rates quoted20924219
Average daily rate£329£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-12.26 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£195
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£350
% change on same period last year-18.14 %
Hourly rates quoted8092394
Average hourly rate£17.50£17.50
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£16.50
% change on same period last year+6.060 %

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.

Windows Server 2003
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows Server 2003 Demand Trend

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 within the UK.

Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Histogram

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 within the UK.

Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Server 2003
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Windows Server 2003 Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-81027£300-7.69 %
South EastUp+9361£345-1.42 %
LondonDown-30319£300-14.28 %
BerkshireUp+9170£350-6.66 %
ReadingUp+6118£350-9.67 %
City of LondonDown-26101£300-20.00 %
South WestUp+16100£263-25.00 %
ScotlandUp+1260£300+30.43 %
HampshireUp+354£340+13.33 %
North WestUp+353£200-50.00 %
East of EnglandDown-2647£245+12.64 %
West MidlandsUp+1745£203-19.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1944£329-20.62 %
OxfordshireUp+343£164-57.74 %
YorkshireDown-1041£328+19.09 %
Milton KeynesUp+1035£343-17.09 %
East MidlandsUp+835£230+3.37 %
SurreyUp+934£298+2.58 %
ManchesterUp+1829£170-56.82 %
West YorkshireDown-727£335+20.72 %
GlasgowUp+2425£233+1.08 %
BristolUp+1725£243-54.73 %
GloucestershireUp+2623£360+8.27 %
WiltshireUp+1121£258-23.70 %
EssexDown-721£248+76.78 %
LeedsDown-220£338+22.72 %
KentUp+816£283-8.13 %
WalesDown-216£250-54.54 %
DerbyUp+1114£208-56.31 %
DerbyshireUp+614£208-16.16 %

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

12690 (100.00 %)Windows
21185 (44.05 %)Active Directory
3962 (35.76 %)Microsoft
4674 (25.06 %)MS Exchange
5617 (22.94 %)Windows XP
6609 (22.64 %)Security Cleared
7539 (20.04 %)VMware
8514 (19.11 %)Windows 2000
9493 (18.33 %)SQL Server
10455 (16.91 %)Exchange Server 2003
11451 (16.77 %)Microsoft Certification
12439 (16.32 %)Citrix
13410 (15.24 %)SC Cleared
14392 (14.57 %)SQL
15356 (13.23 %)MCSE
15356 (13.23 %)Windows Server 2008
16337 (12.53 %)Windows 2000 Server
17328 (12.19 %)MS Office
17328 (12.19 %)HP
18321 (11.93 %)TCP/IP
19306 (11.38 %)SAN
20297 (11.04 %)MS Excel
21288 (10.71 %)IIS
22284 (10.56 %)Cisco
23275 (10.22 %)DNS
24270 (10.04 %)Finance
25257 (9.554 %)ITIL
26249 (9.257 %)Government
27242 (8.996 %)Firewall
28231 (8.587 %)Windows Vista

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1177 (6.580 %).NET
296 (3.569 %)XML
377 (2.862 %)WebSphere
467 (2.491 %)ASP.NET
563 (2.342 %)J2EE
650 (1.859 %)WebServices
740 (1.487 %)HTML
837 (1.375 %)Application Packaging
933 (1.227 %).NET Framework
1031 (1.152 %)Middleware
1128 (1.041 %)JSP
1227 (1.004 %)ASP
1227 (1.004 %)WSH
1326 (0.967 %)Software Packaging
1326 (0.967 %)JSR 168
1424 (0.892 %)XSLT
1522 (0.818 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1620 (0.743 %)CSS
1716 (0.595 %)Java EE
1810 (0.372 %)WMI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1674 (25.06 %)MS Exchange
2455 (16.91 %)Exchange Server 2003
3288 (10.71 %)IIS
4218 (8.104 %)SharePoint
5217 (8.067 %)Exchange Server 2007
6104 (3.866 %)SharePoint Server 2007
774 (2.751 %)Exchange Server 2000
855 (2.045 %)WebSphere Portal
951 (1.896 %)BizTalk Server
1043 (1.599 %)Lotus Notes
1142 (1.561 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1240 (1.487 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1339 (1.450 %)Apache
1437 (1.375 %)Lotus Domino
1533 (1.227 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1620 (0.743 %)Oracle Application Server
1719 (0.706 %)Site Server
1816 (0.595 %)CMS
1915 (0.558 %)WebSphere MQ
1915 (0.558 %)WebLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1328 (12.19 %)MS Office
2297 (11.04 %)MS Excel
321 (0.781 %)MS Visio
415 (0.558 %)InfoPath
510 (0.372 %)Spreadsheet
67 (0.260 %)MS Project
67 (0.260 %)Acrobat
76 (0.223 %)Photoshop
83 (0.112 %)Paint Shop Pro
92 (0.074 %)MS PowerPoint
101 (0.037 %)AutoCAD
101 (0.037 %)ImageReady
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
133 (1.227 %)SoftGrid
212 (0.446 %)Microsoft CRM
310 (0.372 %)assyst
46 (0.223 %)Oracle EBS
55 (0.186 %)SAP ERP
64 (0.149 %)SAP SRM
64 (0.149 %)TIBCO iProcess
64 (0.149 %)BusinessWorks
73 (0.112 %)Dynamics CRM
73 (0.112 %)Cerner Millennium
82 (0.074 %)Sophis VALUE
82 (0.074 %)Dynamics AX
82 (0.074 %)Capstone
82 (0.074 %)Tesseract
82 (0.074 %)Minerva
82 (0.074 %)Sentinel
82 (0.074 %)Hyperion Enterprise
82 (0.074 %)Great Plains
82 (0.074 %)Global One
91 (0.037 %)MAXIMO
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1321 (11.93 %)TCP/IP
2306 (11.38 %)SAN
3275 (10.22 %)DNS
4242 (8.996 %)Firewall
5201 (7.472 %)DHCP
6182 (6.766 %)LAN
7180 (6.691 %)WAN
8147 (5.465 %)Internet
984 (3.123 %)VPN
1061 (2.268 %)HTTP
1159 (2.193 %)LDAP
1256 (2.082 %)NAS
1346 (1.710 %)SMTP
1445 (1.673 %)Wireless
1544 (1.636 %)VoIP
1643 (1.599 %)SMS
1737 (1.375 %)Network Security
1835 (1.301 %)Intranet
1932 (1.190 %)SSL
1932 (1.190 %)VLAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1493 (18.33 %)SQL Server
2213 (7.918 %)SQL Server 2005
3153 (5.688 %)SQL Server 2000
456 (2.082 %)Oracle 10g
538 (1.413 %)SQL Server 2008
632 (1.190 %)IDOL
731 (1.152 %)Oracle 8/8i
830 (1.115 %)BusinessObjects
923 (0.855 %)Oracle Reports
1022 (0.818 %)MS Access
1022 (0.818 %)Datawarehouse
1121 (0.781 %)RDBMS
1220 (0.743 %)Oracle Discoverer
1318 (0.669 %)Oracle 9i
1416 (0.595 %)MySQL
1416 (0.595 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1515 (0.558 %)ETL
1613 (0.483 %)DTS
1710 (0.372 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
188 (0.297 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
153 (1.970 %)MSI
248 (1.784 %)TestDirector
337 (1.375 %)StarTeam
420 (0.743 %)VSS/SourceSafe
420 (0.743 %)Oracle Forms
420 (0.743 %)Visual Studio
518 (0.669 %)ClearCase
616 (0.595 %)Subversion
715 (0.558 %)Ant
812 (0.446 %)ClearQuest
812 (0.446 %)LoadRunner
812 (0.446 %)RequisitePro
99 (0.335 %)WinRunner
99 (0.335 %)InstallShield
106 (0.223 %)PVCS
106 (0.223 %)Eclipse
106 (0.223 %)Team Foundation Server
115 (0.186 %)PeopleTools
115 (0.186 %)QuickTest Pro
124 (0.149 %)WebLOAD
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1270 (10.04 %)Finance
2249 (9.257 %)Government
3117 (4.349 %)Banking
446 (1.710 %)Insurance
544 (1.636 %)Health
642 (1.561 %)Investment Banking
741 (1.524 %)Financial Institution
836 (1.338 %)Education
927 (1.004 %)Telecoms
927 (1.004 %)Local Government
1025 (0.929 %)Retail
1124 (0.892 %)Legal
1221 (0.781 %)Front Office
1319 (0.706 %)Back Office
1417 (0.632 %)Military
1515 (0.558 %)Law
1613 (0.483 %)Auditing
1712 (0.446 %)Construction
189 (0.335 %)Manufacturing
189 (0.335 %)Publishing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1456 (16.95 %)Analyst
2278 (10.33 %)Support Engineer
3250 (9.294 %)Administrator
4245 (9.108 %)Support Analyst
5231 (8.587 %)Consultant
6179 (6.654 %)3rd Line Support
7142 (5.279 %)Server Engineer
8124 (4.610 %)Architect
9123 (4.572 %)Server Support
10118 (4.387 %)Desktop Support
11112 (4.164 %)Developer
12107 (3.978 %)2nd Line Support
1388 (3.271 %)Systems Administrator
1483 (3.086 %)Systems Engineer
1581 (3.011 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
1670 (2.602 %)Technical Support
1766 (2.454 %)DBA
1861 (2.268 %)Desktop Engineer
1958 (2.156 %)Network Engineer
1958 (2.156 %)Server Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1198 (7.361 %)Clustering
2113 (4.201 %)Blackberry
365 (2.416 %)NHS
437 (1.375 %)Replication
527 (1.004 %)CLARiiON
626 (0.967 %)PDA
720 (0.743 %)Thin Client
720 (0.743 %)Fat Client
819 (0.706 %)Client/Server
918 (0.669 %)PKI
1016 (0.595 %)Management Information System
1115 (0.558 %)Symmetrix
1115 (0.558 %)Symmetrix DMX
1213 (0.483 %)CESG
1311 (0.409 %)Derivative
1410 (0.372 %)Equities
158 (0.297 %)N-Tier
167 (0.260 %)HACMP
167 (0.260 %)Firmware
176 (0.223 %)EMC Centera
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12690 (100.00 %)Windows
2617 (22.94 %)Windows XP
3514 (19.11 %)Windows 2000
4356 (13.23 %)Windows Server 2008
5337 (12.53 %)Windows 2000 Server
6231 (8.587 %)Windows Vista
7199 (7.398 %)Linux
8177 (6.580 %)Solaris
9166 (6.171 %)UNIX
10106 (3.941 %)Windows NT
1152 (1.933 %)Red Hat Linux
1238 (1.413 %)NetWare
1329 (1.078 %)HPUX
1424 (0.892 %)AIX
1512 (0.446 %)SUSE
1610 (0.372 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
176 (0.223 %)Mac OS X
184 (0.149 %)Windows Mobile
192 (0.074 %)Mac OS X Server
192 (0.074 %)zOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1257 (9.554 %)ITIL
2196 (7.286 %)Migration
394 (3.494 %)Configuration Management
471 (2.639 %)Disaster Recovery
566 (2.454 %)Load Balancing
654 (2.007 %)Test Scripting
739 (1.450 %)Service Delivery
739 (1.450 %)Project Management
739 (1.450 %)PRINCE2
835 (1.301 %)Service Management
930 (1.115 %)Change Management
1028 (1.041 %)CRM
1028 (1.041 %)Network Design
1127 (1.004 %)Data Management
1127 (1.004 %)Time Management
1226 (0.967 %)Workflow
1226 (0.967 %)SOA
1325 (0.929 %)Content Management
1422 (0.818 %)Performance Management
1521 (0.781 %)Data Migration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1392 (14.57 %)SQL
2147 (5.465 %)VB
3107 (3.978 %)Java
491 (3.383 %)C#
589 (3.309 %)VBScript
665 (2.416 %)Perl
755 (2.045 %)C
842 (1.561 %)JavaScript
940 (1.487 %)Jython
1033 (1.227 %)Shell Script
1129 (1.078 %)PowerShell
1227 (1.004 %)C++
1227 (1.004 %)T-SQL
1326 (0.967 %)Tcl
1424 (0.892 %)VBA
1424 (0.892 %)VB.NET
1521 (0.781 %)PL/SQL
1521 (0.781 %)Lua
1620 (0.743 %)Python
1718 (0.669 %)REXX
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1609 (22.64 %)Security Cleared
2451 (16.77 %)Microsoft Certification
3410 (15.24 %)SC Cleared
4356 (13.23 %)MCSE
5108 (4.015 %)MCP
690 (3.346 %)Cisco Certification
789 (3.309 %)DV Cleared
875 (2.788 %)CCNA
960 (2.230 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1052 (1.933 %)Degree
1144 (1.636 %)MCSA
1228 (1.041 %)CCNP
1228 (1.041 %)Citrix Certification
1326 (0.967 %)MCTS
1418 (0.669 %)Novell Certification
1517 (0.632 %)A+ Certification
1517 (0.632 %)CCEA
1616 (0.595 %)CCA
1616 (0.595 %)CNE
1616 (0.595 %)MCITP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
188 (3.271 %)SLA
227 (1.004 %)QA
38 (0.297 %)PCI DSS
45 (0.186 %)BS15000
54 (0.149 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
63 (0.112 %)ISO27001
71 (0.037 %)ISO17799
71 (0.037 %)BS7799
71 (0.037 %)TickIT
71 (0.037 %)HL7
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11185 (44.05 %)Active Directory
2231 (8.587 %)VMware Infrastructure
3196 (7.286 %)VMware ESX
483 (3.086 %)Citrix Presentation Server
581 (3.011 %)ISA Server
674 (2.751 %)NetBackup
674 (2.751 %)Backup Exec
742 (1.561 %)Terminal Services
835 (1.301 %)XenApp
932 (1.190 %)Terminal Server
1020 (0.743 %)MetaFrame
1118 (0.669 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1217 (0.632 %)Oracle RAC
1217 (0.632 %)Hyper-V
1316 (0.595 %)NFS
1415 (0.558 %)VMware Workstation
1512 (0.446 %)VMware Server
1611 (0.409 %)Veritas Cluster Server
1710 (0.372 %)Novell eDirectory
187 (0.260 %)NDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1129 (4.796 %)OpenView Configuration Management
290 (3.346 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
377 (2.862 %)MOM
460 (2.230 %)SCCM
548 (1.784 %)SCOM
627 (1.004 %)Tivoli
721 (0.781 %)Norton AntiVirus
721 (0.781 %)WSUS
820 (0.743 %)Netcool
820 (0.743 %)CA SiteMinder
918 (0.669 %)ZENworks
1015 (0.558 %)OpenView
1113 (0.483 %)ARCserve
1212 (0.446 %)MIIS
1311 (0.409 %)HP Data Protector
1410 (0.372 %)EMC Navisphere
158 (0.297 %)MIMEsweeper
158 (0.297 %)DameWare
158 (0.297 %)Legato
167 (0.260 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1962 (35.76 %)Microsoft
2539 (20.04 %)VMware
3439 (16.32 %)Citrix
4328 (12.19 %)HP
5284 (10.56 %)Cisco
6209 (7.770 %)Oracle
787 (3.234 %)EMC
886 (3.197 %)Altiris
981 (3.011 %)Symantec
1080 (2.974 %)Dell
1176 (2.825 %)IBM
1265 (2.416 %)Veritas
1355 (2.045 %)CheckPoint
1454 (2.007 %)Lotus
1552 (1.933 %)Red Hat
1552 (1.933 %)McAfee Security
1646 (1.710 %)Novell
1733 (1.227 %)Borland
1733 (1.227 %)NetApp
1831 (1.152 %)CA