The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales 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 23 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 Wales 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 26 39 30
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -9
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 17 17 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 3.981% 2.972% 4.669%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.89% 12.23% 18.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 19
Average daily rate £350 £200 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -40.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £200 £96
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £287 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
Average hourly rate £15.00 £9.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.66% -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £17.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
+1.42% -5.40%
All Operating Systems
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
95 139 167
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 22.25% 24.30% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 58 61
Average daily rate £325 £210 £349
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+54.76% -39.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £122 £105 £117
10% offered a daily rate of more than £396 £425 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 15
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +20.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.55 £9.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.50 £25.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Server 2003
UK

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
South Wales +1 16 £350 +75.00%
Windows Server 2003
UK

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (76.19%) Active Directory
2 16 (76.19%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (71.43%) Microsoft
4 9 (42.86%) Windows 7
5 7 (33.33%) SCCM
6 6 (28.57%) LAN
6 6 (28.57%) WAN
6 6 (28.57%) TCP/IP
6 6 (28.57%) MS Excel
7 5 (23.81%) DNS
7 5 (23.81%) Cisco
7 5 (23.81%) SharePoint
7 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (23.81%) Firewall
7 5 (23.81%) Migration
7 5 (23.81%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (23.81%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (19.05%) Degree
8 4 (19.05%) Load Balancing
8 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
8 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
8 4 (19.05%) Network Design
8 4 (19.05%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
8 4 (19.05%) Riverbed
8 4 (19.05%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
8 4 (19.05%) MS Exchange
8 4 (19.05%) MCP

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 3 (14.29%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) SharePoint
1 5 (23.81%) SharePoint 2010
1 5 (23.81%) SharePoint Server
2 4 (19.05%) MS Exchange
3 2 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (9.524%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 3 (14.29%) MS Office
3 1 (4.762%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) LAN
1 6 (28.57%) WAN
1 6 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 5 (23.81%) DNS
2 5 (23.81%) Firewall
3 4 (19.05%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.762%) DHCP
4 1 (4.762%) VPN
4 1 (4.762%) SAN
4 1 (4.762%) Internet
4 1 (4.762%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.524%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (9.524%) Informix
3 1 (4.762%) Cognos Impromptu
3 1 (4.762%) Crystal Reports
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Administrator
2 4 (19.05%) LAN Administrator
3 3 (14.29%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) IT Support
4 2 (9.524%) Junior Systems Administrator
4 2 (9.524%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (9.524%) Support Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Junior
4 2 (9.524%) Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Integration Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Technical Support
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Applications Packager
5 1 (4.762%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.524%) Blackberry
3 1 (4.762%) Thin Client
3 1 (4.762%) Handset
3 1 (4.762%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (76.19%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (42.86%) Windows 7
4 3 (14.29%) Windows XP
5 2 (9.524%) UNIX
5 2 (9.524%) Linux
6 1 (4.762%) Windows 8
6 1 (4.762%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Migration
2 4 (19.05%) Load Balancing
2 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
2 4 (19.05%) Network Design
2 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
2 4 (19.05%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (9.524%) Data Management
4 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.762%) Information Security
4 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.762%) Network Management
4 1 (4.762%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) MCP
3 1 (4.762%) MCSE
3 1 (4.762%) MCSA
3 1 (4.762%) MCTS
System Software
1 16 (76.19%) Active Directory
2 3 (14.29%) Novell eDirectory
3 2 (9.524%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.762%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) SCCM
2 3 (14.29%) ZENworks
3 1 (4.762%) ARCserve
3 1 (4.762%) NetBackup
3 1 (4.762%) Backup Exec
3 1 (4.762%) HP SIM
3 1 (4.762%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Cisco
3 4 (19.05%) Riverbed
4 3 (14.29%) SAP
5 2 (9.524%) VMware
5 2 (9.524%) Oracle
6 1 (4.762%) Cognos
6 1 (4.762%) Veritas
6 1 (4.762%) HP
6 1 (4.762%) Intel
6 1 (4.762%) Citrix