Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Wales region.

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank282039
Rank change year-on-year
Down-8Up+19
Matching contract IT job ads173737
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales3.226 %7.400 %3.432 %
As % of the Operating Systems category19.32 %32.46 %15.55 %
Daily rates quoted5123
Average daily rate£225£321£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.96 %-11.98 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£311£305
% change year-on-year
-3.610 %+2.040 %
Hourly rates quoted0511
Average hourly rate-£13.25£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--33.75 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.75£20.80£20.00
% change year-on-year
-29.06 %+3.970 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
88114238
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales16.70 %22.80 %22.08 %
Daily rates quoted222735
Average daily rate£313£295£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.930 %-26.25 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£138£130£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£363£393£490
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted132246
Average hourly rate£11.50£10.50£23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.520 %-55.31 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£6.50£9.50£10.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.90£32.50£42.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
Windows Server 2003 UKWindows Server 2003
UK

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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 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 across the Wales region.

Wales 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 across the Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Wales 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 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 19 March 2010. 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
South WalesDown-415£250-20.00 %
North WalesUp+81£60-
Windows Server 2003 UKWindows Server 2003
UK

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

137 (100.00 %)Windows
222 (59.46 %)Microsoft
320 (54.05 %)Active Directory
320 (54.05 %)MS Exchange
417 (45.95 %)Windows XP
417 (45.95 %)Migration
417 (45.95 %)Exchange Server 2007
512 (32.43 %)Exchange Server 2000
512 (32.43 %)Exchange Server 2003
610 (27.03 %)HP
79 (24.32 %)Citrix
79 (24.32 %)Microsoft Certification
79 (24.32 %)Windows 2000
88 (21.62 %)SQL
88 (21.62 %)SQL Server
88 (21.62 %)NDS
88 (21.62 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
97 (18.92 %)GroupWise
97 (18.92 %)Cisco
97 (18.92 %)Windows Vista
106 (16.22 %)VMware
106 (16.22 %)SQL Server 2005
106 (16.22 %)MCP
115 (13.51 %)MCSE
115 (13.51 %)SharePoint
115 (13.51 %)MCITP
115 (13.51 %)MCTS
124 (10.81 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
124 (10.81 %)VMware Infrastructure
124 (10.81 %)PerformancePoint

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (2.703 %)J2EE
11 (2.703 %)WebSphere
11 (2.703 %)JSF
11 (2.703 %)JRules
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
120 (54.05 %)MS Exchange
217 (45.95 %)Exchange Server 2007
312 (32.43 %)Exchange Server 2000
312 (32.43 %)Exchange Server 2003
47 (18.92 %)GroupWise
55 (13.51 %)SharePoint
61 (2.703 %)WebSphere Application Server
61 (2.703 %)IIS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (10.81 %)MS Office
22 (5.405 %)MS Excel
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (5.405 %)Cisco IPT
12 (5.405 %)VoIP
12 (5.405 %)SAN
21 (2.703 %)Firewall
21 (2.703 %)Wireless
21 (2.703 %)LAN
21 (2.703 %)VPN
21 (2.703 %)Cisco PIX
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (21.62 %)SQL Server
26 (16.22 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (10.81 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
34 (10.81 %)PerformancePoint
34 (10.81 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (8.108 %)dBASE
52 (5.405 %)MySQL
52 (5.405 %)Ingres
61 (2.703 %)SQL Server 7
61 (2.703 %)MS Access
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (5.405 %)Health
12 (5.405 %)Finance
21 (2.703 %)Construction
21 (2.703 %)Government
21 (2.703 %)Insurance
21 (2.703 %)Banking
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
112 (32.43 %)Migration Engineer
26 (16.22 %)Analyst
34 (10.81 %)SQL DBA
34 (10.81 %)Exchange Engineer
34 (10.81 %)DBA
43 (8.108 %)Infrastructure Analyst
43 (8.108 %)SQL Server DBA
52 (5.405 %)Citrix Engineer
52 (5.405 %)Server Engineer
52 (5.405 %)Exchange Specialist
52 (5.405 %)Developer
52 (5.405 %)Service Analyst
52 (5.405 %)Consultant
52 (5.405 %)Field Engineer
61 (2.703 %)Support Analyst
61 (2.703 %)Support Engineer
61 (2.703 %)3rd Line Support
61 (2.703 %)Architect
61 (2.703 %)Desktop Support
61 (2.703 %)IT Technician
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (10.81 %)NHS
22 (5.405 %)Blackberry
31 (2.703 %)Clustering
31 (2.703 %)PDA
31 (2.703 %)PACS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
137 (100.00 %)Windows
217 (45.95 %)Windows XP
39 (24.32 %)Windows 2000
47 (18.92 %)Windows Vista
52 (5.405 %)Windows Server 2008
52 (5.405 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (5.405 %)AIX
52 (5.405 %)Linux
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
117 (45.95 %)Migration
24 (10.81 %)ERP
24 (10.81 %)CRM
24 (10.81 %)Business Intelligence
24 (10.81 %)PRINCE2
31 (2.703 %)RUP
31 (2.703 %)RAD
31 (2.703 %)Data Migration
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18 (21.62 %)SQL
24 (10.81 %)VB
24 (10.81 %)Java
33 (8.108 %)C
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (24.32 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (16.22 %)MCP
35 (13.51 %)MCSE
35 (13.51 %)MCITP
35 (13.51 %)MCTS
44 (10.81 %)MCDBA
53 (8.108 %)Security Cleared
62 (5.405 %)Cisco Certification
71 (2.703 %)CCNA
71 (2.703 %)MCSA
71 (2.703 %)CTC Cleared
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.703 %)SLA
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
120 (54.05 %)Active Directory
28 (21.62 %)NDS
34 (10.81 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (8.108 %)Novell eDirectory
52 (5.405 %)XenApp
61 (2.703 %)MailMarshal
61 (2.703 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (21.62 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (8.108 %)ZENworks
32 (5.405 %)Sysprep
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
122 (59.46 %)Microsoft
210 (27.03 %)HP
39 (24.32 %)Citrix
47 (18.92 %)Cisco
56 (16.22 %)VMware
64 (10.81 %)Novell
72 (5.405 %)IBM
72 (5.405 %)CheckPoint
72 (5.405 %)Hitachi
81 (2.703 %)Dell
81 (2.703 %)Intel
81 (2.703 %)ILOG
81 (2.703 %)FileNet
81 (2.703 %)Kofax