The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Altrincham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 17 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 Altrincham 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 1 4 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Windows 6 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Altrincham 66.67% 25.00% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 66.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £280 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.80% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £9.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.20 £16.50 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-7.87% +8.19%
All Operating Systems
Altrincham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
6 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Altrincham 66.67% 37.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Average daily rate £280 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £9.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows
Manchester

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Altrincham 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 Altrincham region.

Altrincham Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Altrincham Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Altrincham 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 4 (57.14%) SQL
1 4 (57.14%) MCSE
1 4 (57.14%) SNMP
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
1 4 (57.14%) CCNA
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) VMware
1 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (57.14%) Network Management
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (28.57%) MS Office
3 2 (28.57%) Windows 2000
3 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
3 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
3 2 (28.57%) ADSL
3 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
3 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 2 (28.57%) VPN
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) HP
3 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Security
3 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
4 1 (14.29%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) .NET

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Altrincham 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 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) Ajax
1 1 (14.29%) WCF
1 1 (14.29%) jQuery
1 1 (14.29%) Ext JS
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (14.29%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Office
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) InfoPath
2 1 (14.29%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) SNMP
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
2 2 (28.57%) ADSL
2 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Systems Administrator
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Administrator
3 2 (28.57%) Helpdesk Technician
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Administrator
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 2000
2 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Network Management
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Security
3 1 (14.29%) MSF
3 1 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) OO
3 1 (14.29%) RUP
3 1 (14.29%) CMMI
3 1 (14.29%) MVC
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) MCSE
1 4 (57.14%) CCNA
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
1 4 (57.14%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) HP