The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire 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 22 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 Warwickshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 18 17 21
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 13 10 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 6.103% 4.000% 2.358%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.08% 20.83% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £275 £155
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +77.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 3
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -48.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.40%
All Operating Systems
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
48 48 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 22.54% 19.20% 21.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 18
Average daily rate £250 £263 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £96 £188 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £494 £350 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 11
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.75 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -5.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £17.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Server 2003
West Midlands

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Windows Server 2003 Daily Rate Trend

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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Warwick -1 4 - -
Windows Server 2003
West Midlands

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (93.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 12 (75.00%) Active Directory
4 10 (62.50%) Windows XP
5 9 (56.25%) DNS
5 9 (56.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (50.00%) DHCP
7 6 (37.50%) Cisco
7 6 (37.50%) VMware
8 5 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (31.25%) SCCM
8 5 (31.25%) MS Exchange
8 5 (31.25%) HP
8 5 (31.25%) EMC
8 5 (31.25%) Panasonic
9 4 (25.00%) Office 365
9 4 (25.00%) SAN
9 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
9 4 (25.00%) Windows 7
10 3 (18.75%) Citrix
10 3 (18.75%) Firewall
10 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
11 2 (12.50%) LAN
11 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
11 2 (12.50%) IIS
11 2 (12.50%) MS Office
11 2 (12.50%) Windows 2000
11 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
11 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 1 (6.250%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2003
1 5 (31.25%) MS Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) IIS
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Office 365
2 2 (12.50%) MS Office
2 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) DNS
2 8 (50.00%) DHCP
3 4 (25.00%) SAN
4 3 (18.75%) Firewall
4 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
5 2 (12.50%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (6.250%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Helpdesk Technician
1 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support
2 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Network Support
2 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Technician
3 1 (6.250%) Wintel Server Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Wintel Support Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (6.250%) Wintel Support
3 1 (6.250%) Team Leader
3 1 (6.250%) Server Support Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Desktop Team Leader
3 1 (6.250%) Wintel Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Server Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support Team Leader
3 1 (6.250%) Server Support
3 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (93.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (62.50%) Windows XP
4 4 (25.00%) Windows 7
5 2 (12.50%) Windows 2000
6 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
1 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.250%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) MCITP
2 1 (6.250%) MCSE
System Software
1 12 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (12.50%) vSphere
3 2 (12.50%) XenApp
3 2 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (6.250%) VMware ESX
4 1 (6.250%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (6.250%) VMware Server
4 1 (6.250%) Hyper-V
4 1 (6.250%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) SCCM
2 1 (6.250%) NetBackup
2 1 (6.250%) WSUS
2 1 (6.250%) SCOM
2 1 (6.250%) MOM
2 1 (6.250%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) Cisco
2 6 (37.50%) VMware
3 5 (31.25%) HP
3 5 (31.25%) EMC
3 5 (31.25%) Panasonic
4 3 (18.75%) Citrix
5 1 (6.250%) Symantec
5 1 (6.250%) Remedy
5 1 (6.250%) Intel
5 1 (6.250%) Cognos
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