The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 20 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 Berkshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 105 116 106
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -10
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 14 21 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.575% 0.685% 0.753%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.750% 4.062% 3.554%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
Average daily rate £335 - £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 - £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £203 £263
% change year-on-year
+38.27% -22.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 4
Average hourly rate £14.00 £14.75 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.08% +5.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £12.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -
All Operating Systems
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
509 517 619
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 20.92% 16.87% 21.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 199 207
Average daily rate £325 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £435 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 50 38
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.58 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.99% -8.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.10 £9.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £45.00 £42.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows Vista
South East

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Windows Vista Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Vista across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Berkshire Windows Vista Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Windows Vista Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Vista within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Reading +7 6 £355 -
Newbury 0 4 - -
Bracknell -14 3 £245 -
Windows Vista
South East

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista.

1 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 13 (61.90%) Active Directory
4 8 (38.10%) Windows XP
4 8 (38.10%) Windows 7
5 7 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (28.57%) Remedy
6 6 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (23.81%) Windows 2000 Server
7 5 (23.81%) IIS
7 5 (23.81%) Citrix
8 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (19.05%) LAN
8 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
8 4 (19.05%) MCP
8 4 (19.05%) C
8 4 (19.05%) C++
8 4 (19.05%) Perl
8 4 (19.05%) MCSE
8 4 (19.05%) MIIS
8 4 (19.05%) Electronics
8 4 (19.05%) VMware
8 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
8 4 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (19.05%) PKI
8 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
8 4 (19.05%) Device Driver
9 3 (14.29%) Identity Management
9 3 (14.29%) OpenView Configuration Management
9 3 (14.29%) Symantec

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) IIS
2 3 (14.29%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (14.29%) Documentum
3 2 (9.524%) MS Exchange
4 1 (4.762%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (4.762%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (4.762%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) MS Office
2 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) LAN
1 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
2 3 (14.29%) DNS
3 2 (9.524%) Wireshark
3 2 (9.524%) VPN
3 2 (9.524%) WLAN
3 2 (9.524%) WAN
3 2 (9.524%) LDAP
4 1 (4.762%) DHCP
4 1 (4.762%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (19.05%) Electronics
2 2 (9.524%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.762%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Desktop Support
1 4 (19.05%) Analyst
1 4 (19.05%) Support Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (9.524%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (9.524%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Server Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (4.762%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Web Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) 3rd Line Server Support
4 1 (4.762%) Team Leader
4 1 (4.762%) Server Support Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Server Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Desktop Support Team Leader
4 1 (4.762%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Device Driver
1 4 (19.05%) PKI
2 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (38.10%) Windows XP
2 8 (38.10%) Windows 7
3 7 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (23.81%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (14.29%) ITIL
1 3 (14.29%) Identity Management
2 1 (4.762%) Workflow
2 1 (4.762%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) C
1 4 (19.05%) C++
1 4 (19.05%) Perl
2 1 (4.762%) SQL
2 1 (4.762%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) MCP
1 4 (19.05%) MCSE
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.762%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 13 (61.90%) Active Directory
2 4 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.762%) DFS Replication
3 1 (4.762%) Shibboleth
3 1 (4.762%) VMware ESX
3 1 (4.762%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (4.762%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (4.762%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) MIIS
2 3 (14.29%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (4.762%) SCCM
3 1 (4.762%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Remedy
3 5 (23.81%) Citrix
4 4 (19.05%) VMware
5 3 (14.29%) Lotus
5 3 (14.29%) Symantec
5 3 (14.29%) HP
6 2 (9.524%) Compaq
6 2 (9.524%) Dell
6 2 (9.524%) McAfee
7 1 (4.762%) Lumension
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