The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex 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 June 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 West Sussex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 31 46 22
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -24
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 11 9 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 2.981% 1.429% 6.291%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.58% 9.677% 25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 0
Average daily rate £338 £245 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.75% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £321 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+16.72% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 18
Average hourly rate - £24.63 £24.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +0.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £17.50 £17.75
% change year-on-year
+1.42% -1.40%
All Operating Systems
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
95 93 115
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 25.75% 14.76% 24.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 49 34
Average daily rate £425 £325 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.76% -12.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £165 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £488 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 23
Average hourly rate £17.50 £14.13 £24.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.89% -42.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows Server 2003
South East

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Crawley - 8 £310 - 2
Gatwick +9 2 £341 -
Horsham - - - -
Shoreham-by-Sea - - - -
Burgess Hill - - - - 4
Chichester - - - -
Windows Server 2003
South East

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (80.00%) VMware
4 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
5 12 (60.00%) DNS
6 9 (45.00%) DHCP
6 9 (45.00%) Linux
7 8 (40.00%) Cisco
8 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
9 6 (30.00%) Oracle
9 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
9 6 (30.00%) VPN
9 6 (30.00%) Firewall
9 6 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
9 6 (30.00%) vSphere
10 5 (25.00%) Hyper-V
10 5 (25.00%) MS Exchange
10 5 (25.00%) SQL Server
10 5 (25.00%) IIS
11 4 (20.00%) MS Office
11 4 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
11 4 (20.00%) ISDN
11 4 (20.00%) LAN
11 4 (20.00%) Windows XP
11 4 (20.00%) WAN
11 4 (20.00%) Citrix
11 4 (20.00%) Juniper
11 4 (20.00%) SAN
11 4 (20.00%) CheckPoint
11 4 (20.00%) BGP

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 5 (25.00%) IIS
2 4 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (15.00%) Apache
3 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (15.00%) WebLogic
4 2 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (5.000%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) MS Office
2 2 (10.00%) MS Project
2 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.000%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 12 (60.00%) DNS
2 9 (45.00%) DHCP
3 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (30.00%) VPN
3 6 (30.00%) Firewall
4 4 (20.00%) ISDN
4 4 (20.00%) LAN
4 4 (20.00%) WAN
4 4 (20.00%) SAN
4 4 (20.00%) BGP
4 4 (20.00%) VLAN
4 4 (20.00%) IPsec
4 4 (20.00%) Junos
4 4 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (10.00%) WLAN
5 2 (10.00%) SMTP
5 2 (10.00%) HTTP
5 2 (10.00%) SSL
5 2 (10.00%) EIGRP
5 2 (10.00%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle 10g
General
1 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Server Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Network Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Team Leader
4 2 (10.00%) Support Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
5 1 (5.000%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (5.000%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) IVR
2 2 (10.00%) Clustering
2 2 (10.00%) SecurID
2 2 (10.00%) CCTV
3 1 (5.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (45.00%) Linux
4 4 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 3 (15.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (15.00%) Solaris
6 2 (10.00%) UNIX
6 2 (10.00%) AIX
6 2 (10.00%) Debian
6 2 (10.00%) Windows Vista
6 2 (10.00%) Ubuntu
7 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (5.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Project Management
1 4 (20.00%) Migration
2 3 (15.00%) ITIL
3 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (10.00%) Data Security
3 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (10.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (10.00%) Budget Control
3 2 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (5.000%) Release Management
4 1 (5.000%) Load Balancing
4 1 (5.000%) Scrum
4 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.000%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) CCNP
1 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (30.00%) vSphere
3 5 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 4 (20.00%) XenApp
5 3 (15.00%) VMware ESX
6 2 (10.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (5.000%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Cisco IPCC
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
2 1 (5.000%) HP SIM
2 1 (5.000%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) VMware
2 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (40.00%) Cisco
4 6 (30.00%) Oracle
5 4 (20.00%) Citrix
5 4 (20.00%) Juniper
5 4 (20.00%) CheckPoint
6 3 (15.00%) Red Hat
6 3 (15.00%) NetApp
6 3 (15.00%) EMC
7 2 (10.00%) Nortel
7 2 (10.00%) CA
7 2 (10.00%) Dell
7 2 (10.00%) Avaya
7 2 (10.00%) PlateSpin
7 2 (10.00%) Riverbed
7 2 (10.00%) Verint
8 1 (5.000%) Veeam
8 1 (5.000%) Remedy
8 1 (5.000%) Lotus