The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 39 27 39
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +12
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2003 11 29 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 2.161% 5.000% 2.443%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.22% 22.48% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 7
Average daily rate £299 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.00% -23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £204 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £456 £404 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £321 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+16.72% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
Average hourly rate - £22.75 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £17.50 £17.75
% change year-on-year
+1.42% -1.40%
All Operating Systems
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
90 129 118
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 17.68% 22.24% 19.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 57 40
Average daily rate £350 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £143 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £435 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 21
Average hourly rate £16.75 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.55% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.35 £14.50 £15.41
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.75 £41.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows Server 2003
South West

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon -1 7 £313 +37.36% 1
Salisbury -2 1 £299 -8.00%
Chippenham - - - - 1
Windows Server 2003
South West

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 19 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (73.68%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (63.16%) Active Directory
4 8 (42.11%) MS Exchange
5 7 (36.84%) VMware
6 6 (31.58%) SQL
6 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
6 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
7 5 (26.32%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (26.32%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (26.32%) DNS
7 5 (26.32%) Cisco
7 5 (26.32%) DHCP
7 5 (26.32%) MCSE
8 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
8 4 (21.05%) SAN
8 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
9 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
9 3 (15.79%) Migration
9 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
9 3 (15.79%) SCCM
9 3 (15.79%) SCOM
9 3 (15.79%) XenApp
9 3 (15.79%) Windows 7
9 3 (15.79%) vSphere
9 3 (15.79%) Citrix
9 3 (15.79%) HP
9 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
9 3 (15.79%) VBScript

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 8 (42.11%) MS Exchange
2 5 (26.32%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (26.32%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
4 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (5.263%) WorkSite
5 1 (5.263%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
1 3 (15.79%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) DNS
1 5 (26.32%) DHCP
2 4 (21.05%) SAN
3 1 (5.263%) Internet
3 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.263%) LAN
3 1 (5.263%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (15.79%) Military
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (15.79%) Consultant
1 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
1 3 (15.79%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (10.53%) Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Server Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Wintel Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Wintel Administrator
3 1 (5.263%) Wintel Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Wintel Server Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Server Support
3 1 (5.263%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) Server Support Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Administrator
3 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Fat Client
1 1 (5.263%) Thin Client
1 1 (5.263%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (73.68%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (15.79%) Windows 7
3 3 (15.79%) Linux
4 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
5 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (5.263%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) Migration
2 1 (5.263%) Data Protection
2 1 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) SQL
2 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.79%) VBScript
3 2 (10.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) MCSE
3 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
4 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
5 2 (10.53%) MCITP
6 1 (5.263%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.263%) CCNA
6 1 (5.263%) MCP
6 1 (5.263%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 12 (63.16%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.79%) XenApp
2 3 (15.79%) vSphere
3 2 (10.53%) VMware ESX
3 2 (10.53%) Xen
4 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.263%) XenServer
4 1 (5.263%) XenDesktop
4 1 (5.263%) Terminal Services
4 1 (5.263%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) SCCM
1 3 (15.79%) SCOM
2 2 (10.53%) NetBackup
2 2 (10.53%) MOM
2 2 (10.53%) HP Data Protector
3 1 (5.263%) HP SIM
3 1 (5.263%) ARCserve
3 1 (5.263%) ZENworks
3 1 (5.263%) Legato
3 1 (5.263%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) VMware
2 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
3 5 (26.32%) Cisco
4 3 (15.79%) Citrix
4 3 (15.79%) HP
4 3 (15.79%) Sophos
5 2 (10.53%) McAfee
6 1 (5.263%) LANDesk
6 1 (5.263%) Novell
6 1 (5.263%) Dell
6 1 (5.263%) EMC
6 1 (5.263%) Compuware
6 1 (5.263%) Wyse