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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows NT skills within the Birmingham 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 NT over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows NT
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4041
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads220
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.025 %
As % of the category below2.532 %9.804 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£231£291
% change on same period last year-20.72 %
Hourly rates quoted015
Average minimum hourly rate-£16.93
Average hourly rate-£18.05
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£19.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.35£19.78
% change on same period last year-7.19 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads79204
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.158 %0.255 %
Daily rates quoted2023
Average minimum daily rate£300£296
Average daily rate£344£327
% change on same period last year+5.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£322
% change on same period last year-3.84 %
Hourly rates quoted1684
Average minimum hourly rate£12.62£21.83
Average hourly rate£13.87£23.06
% change on same period last year-39.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.11£24.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.59£21.59
% change on same period last year-
Windows NT West MidlandsWindows NT
West Midlands

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 NT
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Windows NT Demand Trend

Windows NT
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Windows NT Daily Rate Trend

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Windows NT Hourly Rate Trend

Windows NT
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Windows NT 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 NT.

110 (100.00 %)Windows
29 (90.00 %)Active Directory
38 (80.00 %)Windows XP
47 (70.00 %)Windows 2000
47 (70.00 %)NetWare
47 (70.00 %)Migration
56 (60.00 %)Microsoft
56 (60.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
64 (40.00 %)MS Excel
64 (40.00 %)Client/Server
73 (30.00 %)System Testing
82 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
82 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
82 (20.00 %)LAN
82 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
82 (20.00 %)MS Office
82 (20.00 %)WAN
91 (10.00 %)Citrix
91 (10.00 %)Novell
91 (10.00 %)NHS
91 (10.00 %)SMS
91 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
91 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
91 (10.00 %)GroupWise
91 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

Windows NT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Windows NT 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 NT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (10.00 %)GroupWise
21 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
21 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (40.00 %)MS Excel
22 (20.00 %)MS Office
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)LAN
12 (20.00 %)WAN
12 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (10.00 %)SMS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (70.00 %)Applications Packager
21 (10.00 %)3rd Line Support
21 (10.00 %)Field Engineer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)Client/Server
21 (10.00 %)NHS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (100.00 %)Windows
28 (80.00 %)Windows XP
37 (70.00 %)NetWare
37 (70.00 %)Windows 2000
42 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
51 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (70.00 %)Migration
23 (30.00 %)System Testing
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (90.00 %)Active Directory
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (60.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (60.00 %)Microsoft
21 (10.00 %)Citrix
21 (10.00 %)Novell