Windows Contracts in Aberdeen
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 24 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 Aberdeen 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 3 1
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 21 39 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 15.00% 20.00% 20.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 95.45% 97.50% 97.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 13
Average daily rate £315 £240 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.25% +12.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £115 £106
10% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £328 £333
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.58% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 8
Average hourly rate £12.99 £17.00 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.58% +28.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £16.83 £9.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £17.00 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.45 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.36% +6.45%
Search 15 Windows jobs in Aberdeen
All Operating Systems
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 22 40 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 15.71% 20.51% 21.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 13
Average daily rate £350 £150 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+133.33% -29.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £115 £105
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £328 £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 8
Average hourly rate £12.99 £17.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.58% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows
Scotland

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Windows Jobs Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Aberdeen Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Aberdeen Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 29 (40.85%) Microsoft
2 23 (32.39%) Windows 7
3 22 (30.99%) Linux
4 21 (29.58%) Oracle
5 18 (25.35%) Windows XP
6 15 (21.13%) MS Office
7 14 (19.72%) SQL Server
7 14 (19.72%) ITIL
7 14 (19.72%) DNS
8 13 (18.31%) Cisco
8 13 (18.31%) Active Directory
9 12 (16.90%) HP
9 12 (16.90%) Windows Server 2003
10 11 (15.49%) Citrix
10 11 (15.49%) VMware
10 11 (15.49%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (14.08%) Degree
11 10 (14.08%) UNIX
12 9 (12.68%) TCP/IP
12 9 (12.68%) Finance
12 9 (12.68%) Computer Science
12 9 (12.68%) Incident Management
13 8 (11.27%) MS PowerPoint
13 8 (11.27%) SQL Server 2005
13 8 (11.27%) Problem Management
13 8 (11.27%) DHCP
13 8 (11.27%) FTP
13 8 (11.27%) Oracle 10g
13 8 (11.27%) Project Management
13 8 (11.27%) MS Excel

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 5 (7.042%) HTML
2 4 (5.634%) CSS
2 4 (5.634%) XML
2 4 (5.634%) Software Packaging
3 2 (2.817%) WinForms
3 2 (2.817%) ASP.NET
3 2 (2.817%) .NET
3 2 (2.817%) X-Windows
3 2 (2.817%) jQuery
3 2 (2.817%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.408%) HTML5
4 1 (1.408%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 7 (9.859%) MS Exchange
2 5 (7.042%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.634%) LiveLink
3 4 (5.634%) IIS
3 4 (5.634%) Apache
3 4 (5.634%) Tomcat
3 4 (5.634%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (5.634%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (4.225%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (2.817%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.408%) GroupWise
6 1 (1.408%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 15 (21.13%) MS Office
2 8 (11.27%) MS PowerPoint
2 8 (11.27%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.408%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (1.408%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.408%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (19.72%) DNS
2 9 (12.68%) TCP/IP
3 8 (11.27%) DHCP
3 8 (11.27%) FTP
4 7 (9.859%) Cisco IPT
5 5 (7.042%) Firewall
6 4 (5.634%) Intranet
6 4 (5.634%) Internet
7 3 (4.225%) VLAN
7 3 (4.225%) SMS
7 3 (4.225%) WAN
8 2 (2.817%) LAN
9 1 (1.408%) VSAT
9 1 (1.408%) SAN
9 1 (1.408%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (19.72%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.27%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (11.27%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (7.042%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (4.225%) MS Access
5 1 (1.408%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (1.408%) Xcelsius
5 1 (1.408%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.408%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.408%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (2.817%) MSI
2 1 (1.408%) InstallShield
General
1 9 (12.68%) Finance
2 5 (7.042%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.817%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 21 (29.58%) Analyst
2 7 (9.859%) Support Engineer
2 7 (9.859%) Desktop Support
3 6 (8.451%) Technical Leader
3 6 (8.451%) Support Analyst
4 4 (5.634%) Administrator
4 4 (5.634%) Developer
4 4 (5.634%) Systems Support
4 4 (5.634%) Business Analyst
4 4 (5.634%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (5.634%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (5.634%) Team Leader
4 4 (5.634%) Support Team Leader
5 3 (4.225%) Desktop Analyst
5 3 (4.225%) Project Analyst
5 3 (4.225%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (4.225%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 3 (4.225%) Oracle DBA
5 3 (4.225%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (4.225%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Computer Science
2 7 (9.859%) Thin Client
2 7 (9.859%) Fat Client
3 6 (8.451%) Blackberry
4 2 (2.817%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.817%) Replication
5 1 (1.408%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.408%) PDA
5 1 (1.408%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 23 (32.39%) Windows 7
2 22 (30.99%) Linux
3 18 (25.35%) Windows XP
4 12 (16.90%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (15.49%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (14.08%) UNIX
7 4 (5.634%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.408%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.408%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.408%) Android
8 1 (1.408%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (19.72%) ITIL
2 9 (12.68%) Incident Management
3 8 (11.27%) Problem Management
3 8 (11.27%) Project Management
4 6 (8.451%) Data Management
4 6 (8.451%) Document Management
5 4 (5.634%) Workflow
5 4 (5.634%) Content Management
5 4 (5.634%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (2.817%) MVC
6 2 (2.817%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (2.817%) Change Management
6 2 (2.817%) Security Testing
7 1 (1.408%) Unit Testing
7 1 (1.408%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (1.408%) Logistics
7 1 (1.408%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (1.408%) Migration
7 1 (1.408%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.042%) JavaScript
1 5 (7.042%) SQL
2 4 (5.634%) Java
3 3 (4.225%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.817%) C#
4 2 (2.817%) VBA
5 1 (1.408%) VBScript
5 1 (1.408%) VB
5 1 (1.408%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (14.08%) Degree
2 5 (7.042%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (5.634%) MCSE
4 3 (4.225%) MCITP
4 3 (4.225%) MCTS
5 2 (2.817%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.408%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.408%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.225%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 3 (4.225%) SLA
2 1 (1.408%) QA
System Software
1 13 (18.31%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.634%) vSphere
3 3 (4.225%) XenApp
3 3 (4.225%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.408%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 7 (9.859%) SCCM
2 1 (1.408%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (1.408%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 29 (40.85%) Microsoft
2 21 (29.58%) Oracle
3 13 (18.31%) Cisco
4 12 (16.90%) HP
5 11 (15.49%) Citrix
5 11 (15.49%) VMware
6 6 (8.451%) NetApp
7 4 (5.634%) Kofax
7 4 (5.634%) Open Text
7 4 (5.634%) Altiris
8 3 (4.225%) Dell
8 3 (4.225%) CommVault
8 3 (4.225%) Business Objects
9 2 (2.817%) Novell
9 2 (2.817%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.408%) Compaq
10 1 (1.408%) Symantec
10 1 (1.408%) Sun
10 1 (1.408%) SAP
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