Birmingham Windows Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows 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 over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Aldershot Amersham Andover Ascot Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Beverley Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bognor Regis Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Castleford Chalfont St Giles Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clapham Cleethorpes Cobham Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Ayrshire East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenwich Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highland Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverclyde Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kegworth Kent Kilmarnock King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Lothian Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Monmouthshire Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newry Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Pembrokeshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochdale Rochester Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Slough Snodland Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Helens St Neots Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Strathclyde Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tipton Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wymondham York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	3	4
Rank change on same period last year	+1
Matching contract IT job ads	114	112
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.146 %	0.126 %
As % of the category below	78.08 %	47.26 %
Daily rates quoted	18	11
Average minimum daily rate	£256	£290
Average daily rate	£279	£314
% change on same period last year	-11.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£302	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£314
% change on same period last year	+3.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	39	48
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.70	£19.23
Average hourly rate	£15.63	£20.64
% change on same period last year	-24.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.56	£22.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.80	£20.20
% change on same period last year	-1.98 %
Operating Systems Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads	146	237
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.187 %	0.266 %
Daily rates quoted	22	18
Average minimum daily rate	£236	£340
Average daily rate	£257	£361
% change on same period last year	-28.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£277	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£332
% change on same period last year	+3.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	42	58
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.48	£23.14
Average hourly rate	£15.43	£24.41
% change on same period last year	-36.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.38	£25.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.81	£23.07
% change on same period last year	-5.48 %
Windows 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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Birmingham 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 contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Birmingham region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Birmingham region over the past 3 months.

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Birmingham region over the past 3 months.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

1 89 (36.48 %) Active Directory 2 87 (35.66 %) Microsoft 3 68 (27.87 %) Windows XP 4 53 (21.72 %) MS Office 5 48 (19.67 %) MS Exchange 6 43 (17.62 %) SQL Server 7 40 (16.39 %) Windows 2000 8 37 (15.16 %) Windows Server 2003 9 36 (14.75 %) Citrix 10 33 (13.52 %) Exchange Server 2003 11 32 (13.11 %) SQL 12 23 (9.426 %) .NET 12 23 (9.426 %) Microsoft Certification 13 22 (9.016 %) TCP/IP 13 22 (9.016 %) MS Excel

14 20 (8.197 %) Windows NT 15 18 (7.377 %) MCSE 16 17 (6.967 %) Workflow 16 17 (6.967 %) Remedy 17 16 (6.557 %) Unix 17 16 (6.557 %) DNS 17 16 (6.557 %) LAN 17 16 (6.557 %) SQL Server 2005 18 15 (6.148 %) WF 18 15 (6.148 %) HP 18 15 (6.148 %) Cisco 18 15 (6.148 %) C# 19 14 (5.738 %) HTML 19 14 (5.738 %) Internet 20 13 (5.328 %) WAN

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 23 (9.426 %) .NET 2 15 (6.148 %) WF 3 14 (5.738 %) HTML 4 11 (4.508 %) XML 5 10 (4.098 %) ASP.NET 6 8 (3.279 %) Windows SharePoint Services 7 7 (2.869 %) .NET Framework 8 6 (2.459 %) XSLT 9 4 (1.639 %) WebServices 10 3 (1.230 %) Hibernate 10 3 (1.230 %) EJB 10 3 (1.230 %) J2EE 11 2 (0.820 %) JDBC 11 2 (0.820 %) WebSphere 11 2 (0.820 %) JMS 11 2 (0.820 %) XML Schema 11 2 (0.820 %) WCF 12 1 (0.410 %) LINQ 12 1 (0.410 %) XHTML 12 1 (0.410 %) Spring	Application Platforms 1 48 (19.67 %) MS Exchange 2 33 (13.52 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 12 (4.918 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 10 (4.098 %) IIS 4 10 (4.098 %) Lotus Notes 5 9 (3.689 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 9 (3.689 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 8 (3.279 %) SharePoint 6 8 (3.279 %) Office Project Server 7 6 (2.459 %) Apache 7 6 (2.459 %) Tomcat 8 4 (1.639 %) GroupWise 9 2 (0.820 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 2 (0.820 %) WebSphere Application Server 9 2 (0.820 %) BizTalk Server 10 1 (0.410 %) Oracle Workflow 10 1 (0.410 %) Live Communications Server 10 1 (0.410 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 53 (21.72 %) MS Office 2 22 (9.016 %) MS Excel 3 3 (1.230 %) InfoPath 4 2 (0.820 %) MS Project 4 2 (0.820 %) MS PowerPoint 5 1 (0.410 %) MS Visio 5 1 (0.410 %) Acrobat	Business Applications 1 10 (4.098 %) SoftGrid 2 9 (3.689 %) Remedy AR System 3 1 (0.410 %) SAP CO 3 1 (0.410 %) SAP FI 3 1 (0.410 %) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking 1 22 (9.016 %) TCP/IP 2 16 (6.557 %) DNS 2 16 (6.557 %) LAN 3 14 (5.738 %) Internet 4 13 (5.328 %) WAN 5 12 (4.918 %) VPN 5 12 (4.918 %) DHCP 6 11 (4.508 %) Firewall 7 4 (1.639 %) Wireless 7 4 (1.639 %) Broadband 7 4 (1.639 %) Intranet 7 4 (1.639 %) VoIP 8 3 (1.230 %) SMS 8 3 (1.230 %) SAN 8 3 (1.230 %) WINS 8 3 (1.230 %) VLAN 9 2 (0.820 %) IP Telephony 9 2 (0.820 %) Ethernet 10 1 (0.410 %) SNMP 10 1 (0.410 %) ADSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 43 (17.62 %) SQL Server 2 16 (6.557 %) SQL Server 2005 3 10 (4.098 %) SQL Server 2000 4 9 (3.689 %) SQL Server 7 5 5 (2.049 %) MS Access 6 3 (1.230 %) RDBMS 6 3 (1.230 %) Oracle 10g 6 3 (1.230 %) EDRMS 7 2 (0.820 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 2 (0.820 %) MySQL 7 2 (0.820 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 2 (0.820 %) DTS 7 2 (0.820 %) Ingres 8 1 (0.410 %) Oracle Reports 8 1 (0.410 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 1 (0.410 %) Oracle 9i
Development Applications 1 13 (5.328 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (1.230 %) Ant 2 3 (1.230 %) JUnit 3 2 (0.820 %) Eclipse 3 2 (0.820 %) MSI 3 2 (0.820 %) CruiseControl 4 1 (0.410 %) NUnit 4 1 (0.410 %) ClearQuest 4 1 (0.410 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer	General 1 8 (3.279 %) Finance 2 7 (2.869 %) Government 3 6 (2.459 %) Insurance 4 4 (1.639 %) Legal 5 3 (1.230 %) Telecoms 5 3 (1.230 %) Education 6 2 (0.820 %) Construction 6 2 (0.820 %) Back Office 7 1 (0.410 %) Aerospace 7 1 (0.410 %) Manufacturing 7 1 (0.410 %) Police 7 1 (0.410 %) Banking 7 1 (0.410 %) Retail 7 1 (0.410 %) Electric 7 1 (0.410 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 57 (23.36 %) Analyst 2 38 (15.57 %) Developer 3 35 (14.34 %) Support Analyst 4 33 (13.52 %) 2nd Line Support 5 28 (11.48 %) Support Engineer 6 22 (9.016 %) Desktop Support 7 18 (7.377 %) 3rd Line Support 8 12 (4.918 %) Field Engineer 9 10 (4.098 %) Helpdesk Support 10 9 (3.689 %) Administrator 10 9 (3.689 %) Service Desk Analyst 10 9 (3.689 %) Service Analyst 10 9 (3.689 %) Technical Support 11 8 (3.279 %) Helpdesk Analyst 11 8 (3.279 %) Desktop Engineer 11 8 (3.279 %) Remedy Developer 11 8 (3.279 %) SharePoint Developer 12 7 (2.869 %) .NET Developer 12 7 (2.869 %) Server Support 13 6 (2.459 %) Support Technician	Miscellaneous 1 9 (3.689 %) NHS 2 6 (2.459 %) Thin Client 2 6 (2.459 %) Asset Management 2 6 (2.459 %) Fat Client 3 5 (2.049 %) PDA 4 2 (0.820 %) SecurID 4 2 (0.820 %) AS400 4 2 (0.820 %) Clustering 4 2 (0.820 %) Mainframe 5 1 (0.410 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.410 %) Blackberry 5 1 (0.410 %) W3C 5 1 (0.410 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.410 %) N-Tier 5 1 (0.410 %) EPoS 5 1 (0.410 %) PACS 5 1 (0.410 %) Computer Science 5 1 (0.410 %) CMDB
Operating Systems 1 68 (27.87 %) Windows XP 2 40 (16.39 %) Windows 2000 3 37 (15.16 %) Windows Server 2003 4 20 (8.197 %) Windows NT 5 16 (6.557 %) Unix 6 12 (4.918 %) Linux 7 11 (4.508 %) Solaris 8 6 (2.459 %) NetWare 9 2 (0.820 %) AIX 10 1 (0.410 %) Windows Mobile 10 1 (0.410 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (6.967 %) Workflow 2 12 (4.918 %) Migration 2 12 (4.918 %) ITIL 3 9 (3.689 %) Project Management 4 8 (3.279 %) Web Design 5 7 (2.869 %) CRM 6 6 (2.459 %) Service Management 6 6 (2.459 %) Change Management 7 5 (2.049 %) OO 8 4 (1.639 %) PRINCE2 8 4 (1.639 %) Load Balancing 8 4 (1.639 %) System Testing 9 3 (1.230 %) Matrix Management 9 3 (1.230 %) Web Development 9 3 (1.230 %) Supplier Management 9 3 (1.230 %) Service Delivery 10 2 (0.820 %) UML 10 2 (0.820 %) Configuration Management 10 2 (0.820 %) Agile Software Development 10 2 (0.820 %) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages 1 32 (13.11 %) SQL 2 15 (6.148 %) C# 3 8 (3.279 %) Java 4 4 (1.639 %) VB.NET 5 3 (1.230 %) VB 6 2 (0.820 %) VBScript 6 2 (0.820 %) Shell Script 7 1 (0.410 %) C 7 1 (0.410 %) JavaScript 7 1 (0.410 %) PL/SQL 7 1 (0.410 %) C++	Qualifications 1 23 (9.426 %) Microsoft Certification 2 18 (7.377 %) MCSE 3 5 (2.049 %) MCP 3 5 (2.049 %) Cisco Certification 4 4 (1.639 %) CCNP 5 3 (1.230 %) Degree 6 2 (0.820 %) MCSA 6 2 (0.820 %) PMP 6 2 (0.820 %) PMI Certification 7 1 (0.410 %) Dell Certification 7 1 (0.410 %) MOS 7 1 (0.410 %) MCDST 7 1 (0.410 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 1 (0.410 %) A+ Certification 7 1 (0.410 %) ITIL Certification 7 1 (0.410 %) CCNA 7 1 (0.410 %) Citrix Certification 7 1 (0.410 %) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (3.279 %) SLA 2 1 (0.410 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 89 (36.48 %) Active Directory 2 11 (4.508 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 6 (2.459 %) Oracle RAC 4 4 (1.639 %) Terminal Services 5 2 (0.820 %) Backup Exec 6 1 (0.410 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 6 1 (0.410 %) VMware ESX 6 1 (0.410 %) MetaFrame 6 1 (0.410 %) Terminal Server
Systems Management 1 8 (3.279 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (1.230 %) DameWare 3 1 (0.410 %) Norton AntiVirus 3 1 (0.410 %) MIIS	Vendors 1 87 (35.66 %) Microsoft 2 36 (14.75 %) Citrix 3 17 (6.967 %) Remedy 4 15 (6.148 %) HP 4 15 (6.148 %) Cisco 5 13 (5.328 %) Oracle 6 11 (4.508 %) Novell 6 11 (4.508 %) Symantec 7 10 (4.098 %) Lotus 8 8 (3.279 %) Sybase 9 6 (2.459 %) Dell 9 6 (2.459 %) VMware 10 4 (1.639 %) SAP 11 3 (1.230 %) IBM 12 2 (0.820 %) Altiris 12 2 (0.820 %) LANDesk 12 2 (0.820 %) Sun 13 1 (0.410 %) Nortel 13 1 (0.410 %) McAfee Security 13 1 (0.410 %) Wyse