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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank13
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads7141
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.095 %0.041 %
As % of the category below83.53 %82.00 %
Daily rates quoted58
Average minimum daily rate£160£399
Average daily rate£167£402
% change on same period last year-58.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£174£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£313
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted179
Average minimum hourly rate£17.29£11.39
Average hourly rate£18.59£12.17
% change on same period last year+52.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.88£12.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.55£20.61
% change on same period last year-5.15 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads8550
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.113 %0.051 %
Daily rates quoted69
Average minimum daily rate£157£372
Average daily rate£162£375
% change on same period last year-56.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£167£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted1810
Average minimum hourly rate£18.97£12.53
Average hourly rate£20.50£13.39
% change on same period last year+53.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.03£14.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Windows ScotlandWindows
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Aberdeen Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Aberdeen Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Aberdeen Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Windows 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.

144 (40.74 %)Microsoft
144 (40.74 %)Active Directory
238 (35.19 %)Windows 2000
322 (20.37 %)Windows XP
419 (17.59 %)MS Office
518 (16.67 %)LAN
617 (15.74 %)WAN
617 (15.74 %)MS Excel
716 (14.81 %)MS Exchange
815 (13.89 %)Citrix
914 (12.96 %)DNS
1013 (12.04 %)Cisco
1013 (12.04 %)DHCP
1013 (12.04 %)C#
1013 (12.04 %).NET
1112 (11.11 %)Windows NT
1112 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
1211 (10.19 %)TCP/IP
1211 (10.19 %)Migration
1310 (9.259 %)VMware
149 (8.333 %)SLA
149 (8.333 %)SQL
149 (8.333 %)SAP
158 (7.407 %)WebServices
158 (7.407 %)Microsoft Certification
158 (7.407 %)SAN
158 (7.407 %)WinForms
158 (7.407 %)Exchange Server 2000
167 (6.481 %)Web Development
167 (6.481 %)Windows Server 2003

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Windows 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (12.04 %).NET
28 (7.407 %)WebServices
28 (7.407 %)WinForms
35 (4.630 %)WCF
43 (2.778 %)ASP.NET
52 (1.852 %).NET Framework
61 (0.926 %)HTML
61 (0.926 %)AJAX
61 (0.926 %)CSS
61 (0.926 %)XML
61 (0.926 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (14.81 %)MS Exchange
212 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
38 (7.407 %)Exchange Server 2000
44 (3.704 %)Exchange Server 5.5
52 (1.852 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (0.926 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.926 %)SharePoint
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (17.59 %)MS Office
217 (15.74 %)MS Excel
32 (1.852 %)AutoCAD
41 (0.926 %)Spreadsheet
41 (0.926 %)MS Project
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.852 %)Great Plains
21 (0.926 %)MAXIMO
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (16.67 %)LAN
217 (15.74 %)WAN
314 (12.96 %)DNS
413 (12.04 %)DHCP
511 (10.19 %)TCP/IP
68 (7.407 %)SAN
77 (6.481 %)Ethernet
86 (5.556 %)RIP
86 (5.556 %)BGP
86 (5.556 %)EIGRP
86 (5.556 %)FDDI
86 (5.556 %)Gigabit Ethernet
86 (5.556 %)VLAN
86 (5.556 %)ATM
93 (2.778 %)Intranet
93 (2.778 %)Internet
93 (2.778 %)SMS
102 (1.852 %)IP Telephony
102 (1.852 %)Cisco IPT
111 (0.926 %)Extranet
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (6.481 %)SQL Server
17 (6.481 %)Crystal Reports
23 (2.778 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
23 (2.778 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (1.852 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.926 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (6.481 %)Visual Studio
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (5.556 %)Telecoms
25 (4.630 %)Education
25 (4.630 %)Legal
31 (0.926 %)Auditing
31 (0.926 %)Back Office
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (25.00 %)Analyst
219 (17.59 %)Desktop Support
313 (12.04 %)Support Engineer
313 (12.04 %)2nd Line Support
412 (11.11 %)Developer
511 (10.19 %).NET Developer
511 (10.19 %)Support Analyst
511 (10.19 %)Server Engineer
610 (9.259 %)Server Support
77 (6.481 %)Team Leader
77 (6.481 %).NET Team Leader
86 (5.556 %)Desktop Engineer
86 (5.556 %)Desktop Support Engineer
86 (5.556 %)Administrator
95 (4.630 %)Field Engineer
95 (4.630 %)1st Line Support
95 (4.630 %)Hardware Engineer
95 (4.630 %)IT Administrator
104 (3.704 %)Server Analyst
104 (3.704 %)Infrastructure Analyst
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (5.556 %)Clustering
23 (2.778 %)Client/Server
23 (2.778 %)SCADA
31 (0.926 %)French Language
31 (0.926 %)W3C
31 (0.926 %)Handset
31 (0.926 %)PDA
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
138 (35.19 %)Windows 2000
222 (20.37 %)Windows XP
312 (11.11 %)Windows NT
47 (6.481 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (5.556 %)UNIX
62 (1.852 %)Linux
62 (1.852 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.926 %)pSOS
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (10.19 %)Migration
27 (6.481 %)Web Development
36 (5.556 %)Incident Management
45 (4.630 %)OO
45 (4.630 %)ITIL
45 (4.630 %)Workflow
54 (3.704 %)OOD
63 (2.778 %)Service Delivery
63 (2.778 %)Business Analysis
63 (2.778 %)Unit Testing
63 (2.778 %)Continuous Integration
72 (1.852 %)Data Migration
72 (1.852 %)UML
81 (0.926 %)SOA
81 (0.926 %)Configuration Management
81 (0.926 %)Problem Management
81 (0.926 %)Agile Software Development
81 (0.926 %)Asset Management
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (12.04 %)C#
29 (8.333 %)SQL
31 (0.926 %)Transact-SQL
31 (0.926 %)VB.NET
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (7.407 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (5.556 %)MCP
35 (4.630 %)Cisco Certification
44 (3.704 %)MCSE
44 (3.704 %)CCNA
53 (2.778 %)Degree
53 (2.778 %)HND
62 (1.852 %)MCDBA
62 (1.852 %)CCNP
71 (0.926 %)CCDA
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (8.333 %)SLA
21 (0.926 %)ISO9001
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
144 (40.74 %)Active Directory
26 (5.556 %)MetaFrame
35 (4.630 %)NetBackup
35 (4.630 %)Backup Exec
35 (4.630 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (1.852 %)Terminal Server
51 (0.926 %)ISA Server
51 (0.926 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (3.704 %)ARCserve
22 (1.852 %)MOM
31 (0.926 %)DameWare
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
144 (40.74 %)Microsoft
215 (13.89 %)Citrix
313 (12.04 %)Cisco
410 (9.259 %)VMware
59 (8.333 %)SAP
66 (5.556 %)Remedy
66 (5.556 %)IBM
75 (4.630 %)VERITAS
75 (4.630 %)HP
83 (2.778 %)Dell
83 (2.778 %)Symantec
92 (1.852 %)Oracle
92 (1.852 %)Sybase
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