Basingstoke Windows Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Basingstoke 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.

Microsoft Windows
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Avon Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barking Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bognor Regis Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Carmarthenshire Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clapham Colchester Congleton Conwy Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Grays Greenford Greenwich Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oldham Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochdale Rochester Romford Rotherham Royston Rugby Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Scunthorpe Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Sidcup Sittingbourne Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark Spalding St Albans St Asaph St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Drayton West Kilbride West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	1	1
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	113	163
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.151 %	0.165 %
As % of the category below	80.71 %	69.66 %
Daily rates quoted	4	43
Average minimum daily rate	£281	£346
Average daily rate	£286	£360
% change on same period last year	-20.44 %
Average maximum daily rate	£291	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£312	£313
% change on same period last year	-0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	47	61
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.66	£25.46
Average hourly rate	£19.89	£26.18
% change on same period last year	-24.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.13	£26.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.55	£20.61
% change on same period last year	-5.15 %
Operating Systems Basingstoke
Matching contract IT job ads	140	234
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.187 %	0.237 %
Daily rates quoted	11	77
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£356
Average daily rate	£348	£364
% change on same period last year	-4.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£352	£371
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£337
% change on same period last year	-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	50	67
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.44	£28.96
Average hourly rate	£24.72	£29.78
% change on same period last year	-16.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.00	£30.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.08	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Windows Hampshire

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 Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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 88 (41.12 %) Active Directory 2 79 (36.92 %) MS Office 3 73 (34.11 %) Microsoft 4 39 (18.22 %) MS Excel 5 31 (14.49 %) Windows XP 6 30 (14.02 %) ITIL 7 24 (11.21 %) Linux 8 22 (10.28 %) MS Exchange 9 21 (9.813 %) UNIX 10 20 (9.346 %) Windows 2000 10 20 (9.346 %) Security Cleared 11 19 (8.879 %) Finance 12 17 (7.944 %) ISEB 12 17 (7.944 %) SQL Server 13 16 (7.477 %) Java

13 16 (7.477 %) HP 14 15 (7.009 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 14 15 (7.009 %) Mac OS X 14 15 (7.009 %) Windows Server 2003 14 15 (7.009 %) OO 14 15 (7.009 %) Exchange Server 2003 14 15 (7.009 %) Degree 15 14 (6.542 %) Tivoli 16 13 (6.075 %) CONTROL-M 16 13 (6.075 %) Citrix 16 13 (6.075 %) SC Cleared 17 12 (5.607 %) Clustering 17 12 (5.607 %) Banking 17 12 (5.607 %) Swing 18 11 (5.140 %) Eclipse

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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 12 (5.607 %) Swing 2 11 (5.140 %) WebSphere 3 7 (3.271 %) .NET 4 5 (2.336 %) XML 5 4 (1.869 %) WinForms 5 4 (1.869 %) ISPF 5 4 (1.869 %) HTML 5 4 (1.869 %) ASP.NET 5 4 (1.869 %) WebServices 6 3 (1.402 %) ASP 7 2 (0.935 %) MFC 7 2 (0.935 %) .NET Framework 8 1 (0.467 %) WCF 8 1 (0.467 %) J2EE 8 1 (0.467 %) CSS	Application Platforms 1 22 (10.28 %) MS Exchange 2 15 (7.009 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 11 (5.140 %) WebSphere MQ 4 8 (3.738 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 8 (3.738 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 4 (1.869 %) CICS 6 2 (0.935 %) Rendezvous 6 2 (0.935 %) SAS 6 2 (0.935 %) Apache 6 2 (0.935 %) SharePoint 7 1 (0.467 %) IIS 7 1 (0.467 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 79 (36.92 %) MS Office 2 39 (18.22 %) MS Excel 3 6 (2.804 %) Quicktime 4 4 (1.869 %) MS PowerPoint 5 2 (0.935 %) Pro/ENGINEER 6 1 (0.467 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 4 (1.869 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 10 (4.673 %) DNS 2 6 (2.804 %) SAN 2 6 (2.804 %) LAN 2 6 (2.804 %) WAN 3 3 (1.402 %) Internet 4 2 (0.935 %) Firewall 4 2 (0.935 %) Wireless 4 2 (0.935 %) SSL 4 2 (0.935 %) SSH 4 2 (0.935 %) VLAN 4 2 (0.935 %) HTTP 4 2 (0.935 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (0.935 %) VPN 4 2 (0.935 %) LDAP 5 1 (0.467 %) DECT 5 1 (0.467 %) GSM 5 1 (0.467 %) SMS 5 1 (0.467 %) UMTS 5 1 (0.467 %) TETRA	Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (7.944 %) SQL Server 2 10 (4.673 %) DB2 3 5 (2.336 %) SQL Server 2005 4 2 (0.935 %) RDBMS 4 2 (0.935 %) MySQL 4 2 (0.935 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (0.467 %) Oracle 10g 5 1 (0.467 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 1 (0.467 %) Oracle 9i
Development Applications 1 11 (5.140 %) Ant 1 11 (5.140 %) Eclipse 2 9 (4.206 %) CruiseControl 2 9 (4.206 %) Subversion 3 7 (3.271 %) JUnit 4 3 (1.402 %) Visual Studio 5 2 (0.935 %) TestDirector 5 2 (0.935 %) MSI 5 2 (0.935 %) InstallShield 5 2 (0.935 %) NUnit 6 1 (0.467 %) Flash 6 1 (0.467 %) ClearCase	General 1 19 (8.879 %) Finance 2 12 (5.607 %) Banking 3 11 (5.140 %) Insurance 4 9 (4.206 %) Government 5 6 (2.804 %) Multimedia 6 5 (2.336 %) Video Editing 7 4 (1.869 %) Military 7 4 (1.869 %) Telecoms 8 3 (1.402 %) Manufacturing 9 2 (0.935 %) Investment Banking 9 2 (0.935 %) Pensions 10 1 (0.467 %) Health 10 1 (0.467 %) Back Office 10 1 (0.467 %) Electronics
Job Titles 1 52 (24.30 %) Analyst 2 32 (14.95 %) 2nd Line Support 3 21 (9.813 %) Developer 4 19 (8.879 %) 1st Line Support 5 18 (8.411 %) Support Analyst 5 18 (8.411 %) Tester 6 15 (7.009 %) Support Technician 7 13 (6.075 %) Helpdesk Analyst 8 12 (5.607 %) Administrator 8 12 (5.607 %) Service Analyst 8 12 (5.607 %) Service Desk Analyst 9 10 (4.673 %) Test Engineer 9 10 (4.673 %) Support Engineer 10 8 (3.738 %) Java Developer 11 6 (2.804 %) Desktop Support 11 6 (2.804 %) Java Swing Developer 12 5 (2.336 %) Architect 12 5 (2.336 %) Test Analyst 12 5 (2.336 %) Helpdesk Support 13 4 (1.869 %) Software Tester	Miscellaneous 1 12 (5.607 %) Clustering 2 7 (3.271 %) Mainframe 3 6 (2.804 %) MPEG 4 5 (2.336 %) Computer Science 4 5 (2.336 %) Blackberry 5 4 (1.869 %) PKI 6 3 (1.402 %) Thin Client 6 3 (1.402 %) Fat Client 7 2 (0.935 %) Derivative 8 1 (0.467 %) ASIC 8 1 (0.467 %) NHS 8 1 (0.467 %) Firmware 8 1 (0.467 %) Client/Server 8 1 (0.467 %) N-Tier 8 1 (0.467 %) Device Driver 8 1 (0.467 %) Handset 8 1 (0.467 %) Replication 8 1 (0.467 %) CLARiiON
Operating Systems 1 31 (14.49 %) Windows XP 2 24 (11.21 %) Linux 3 21 (9.813 %) UNIX 4 20 (9.346 %) Windows 2000 5 15 (7.009 %) Mac OS X 5 15 (7.009 %) Windows Server 2003 6 7 (3.271 %) Solaris 6 7 (3.271 %) MVS 7 5 (2.336 %) VMS 8 4 (1.869 %) zOS 9 3 (1.402 %) Windows NT 9 3 (1.402 %) AIX 10 2 (0.935 %) Windows Mobile 10 2 (0.935 %) Windows Vista 11 1 (0.467 %) OS/390	Processes & Methodologies 1 30 (14.02 %) ITIL 2 20 (9.346 %) Security Cleared 3 15 (7.009 %) OO 4 13 (6.075 %) SC Cleared 5 11 (5.140 %) Unit Testing 5 11 (5.140 %) Configuration Management 6 9 (4.206 %) Test-First Development 6 9 (4.206 %) Software Testing 7 8 (3.738 %) Manual Testing 7 8 (3.738 %) Validation 8 6 (2.804 %) Migration 8 6 (2.804 %) Change Management 9 5 (2.336 %) Continuous Integration 10 4 (1.869 %) Quality Management 10 4 (1.869 %) PRINCE2 11 3 (1.402 %) Project Management 11 3 (1.402 %) Service Delivery 11 3 (1.402 %) System Testing 12 2 (0.935 %) OOP 12 2 (0.935 %) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages 1 16 (7.477 %) Java 2 8 (3.738 %) C# 2 8 (3.738 %) SQL 3 6 (2.804 %) Python 4 5 (2.336 %) C 4 5 (2.336 %) Shell Script 4 5 (2.336 %) C++ 5 4 (1.869 %) JCL 6 3 (1.402 %) VB6 6 3 (1.402 %) VB 7 2 (0.935 %) Transact-SQL 7 2 (0.935 %) PHP 7 2 (0.935 %) PHP5 8 1 (0.467 %) Assembly Language 8 1 (0.467 %) PL/SQL 8 1 (0.467 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 17 (7.944 %) ISEB 2 15 (7.009 %) Degree 3 10 (4.673 %) MCSE 3 10 (4.673 %) Microsoft Certification 4 3 (1.402 %) ITIL Certification 5 2 (0.935 %) MCSA 5 2 (0.935 %) MCP 6 1 (0.467 %) CCA 6 1 (0.467 %) Citrix Certification 6 1 (0.467 %) IBM AIX Certification 6 1 (0.467 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 6 1 (0.467 %) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (1.402 %) SLA 2 2 (0.935 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 88 (41.12 %) Active Directory 2 5 (2.336 %) NetBackup 3 4 (1.869 %) VMware ESX 4 3 (1.402 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 3 (1.402 %) Backup Exec 5 2 (0.935 %) NFS 6 1 (0.467 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 1 (0.467 %) VMware Server
Systems Management 1 15 (7.009 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 14 (6.542 %) Tivoli 3 13 (6.075 %) CONTROL-M 4 9 (4.206 %) MOM 5 3 (1.402 %) SCCM 6 2 (0.935 %) AutoSys 7 1 (0.467 %) BMC PATROL 7 1 (0.467 %) OpenView 7 1 (0.467 %) Unicenter	Vendors 1 73 (34.11 %) Microsoft 2 16 (7.477 %) HP 3 13 (6.075 %) Citrix 4 8 (3.738 %) Remedy 4 8 (3.738 %) Oracle 5 7 (3.271 %) VERITAS 5 7 (3.271 %) VMware 6 6 (2.804 %) Ab Initio 7 5 (2.336 %) IBM 7 5 (2.336 %) Dell 7 5 (2.336 %) Sun 8 3 (1.402 %) SAP 8 3 (1.402 %) Red Hat 9 2 (0.935 %) Infovista 9 2 (0.935 %) Sony 9 2 (0.935 %) Cisco 9 2 (0.935 %) TIBCO 10 1 (0.467 %) Fujitsu 10 1 (0.467 %) Unisys 10 1 (0.467 %) EMC