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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.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank34
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads114112
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.146 %0.126 %
As % of the category below78.08 %47.26 %
Daily rates quoted1811
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 quoted3948
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 BirminghamOperating Systems
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads146237
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.187 %0.266 %
Daily rates quoted2218
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 quoted4258
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 MidlandsWindows
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.

Birmingham Windows Demand Trend

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.

Birmingham Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
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.

Birmingham Windows Daily Rate Histogram

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.

Birmingham Windows Hourly Rate Trend

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.

Birmingham Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
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.

189 (36.48 %)Active Directory
287 (35.66 %)Microsoft
368 (27.87 %)Windows XP
453 (21.72 %)MS Office
548 (19.67 %)MS Exchange
643 (17.62 %)SQL Server
740 (16.39 %)Windows 2000
837 (15.16 %)Windows Server 2003
936 (14.75 %)Citrix
1033 (13.52 %)Exchange Server 2003
1132 (13.11 %)SQL
1223 (9.426 %).NET
1223 (9.426 %)Microsoft Certification
1322 (9.016 %)TCP/IP
1322 (9.016 %)MS Excel
1420 (8.197 %)Windows NT
1518 (7.377 %)MCSE
1617 (6.967 %)Workflow
1617 (6.967 %)Remedy
1716 (6.557 %)Unix
1716 (6.557 %)DNS
1716 (6.557 %)LAN
1716 (6.557 %)SQL Server 2005
1815 (6.148 %)WF
1815 (6.148 %)HP
1815 (6.148 %)Cisco
1815 (6.148 %)C#
1914 (5.738 %)HTML
1914 (5.738 %)Internet
2013 (5.328 %)WAN

Windows
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
123 (9.426 %).NET
215 (6.148 %)WF
314 (5.738 %)HTML
411 (4.508 %)XML
510 (4.098 %)ASP.NET
68 (3.279 %)Windows SharePoint Services
77 (2.869 %).NET Framework
86 (2.459 %)XSLT
94 (1.639 %)WebServices
103 (1.230 %)Hibernate
103 (1.230 %)EJB
103 (1.230 %)J2EE
112 (0.820 %)JDBC
112 (0.820 %)WebSphere
112 (0.820 %)JMS
112 (0.820 %)XML Schema
112 (0.820 %)WCF
121 (0.410 %)LINQ
121 (0.410 %)XHTML
121 (0.410 %)Spring
Application Platforms
148 (19.67 %)MS Exchange
233 (13.52 %)Exchange Server 2003
312 (4.918 %)Exchange Server 2000
410 (4.098 %)IIS
410 (4.098 %)Lotus Notes
59 (3.689 %)SharePoint Server 2007
59 (3.689 %)Exchange Server 2007
68 (3.279 %)SharePoint
68 (3.279 %)Office Project Server
76 (2.459 %)Apache
76 (2.459 %)Tomcat
84 (1.639 %)GroupWise
92 (0.820 %)Exchange Server 5.5
92 (0.820 %)WebSphere Application Server
92 (0.820 %)BizTalk Server
101 (0.410 %)Oracle Workflow
101 (0.410 %)Live Communications Server
101 (0.410 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
153 (21.72 %)MS Office
222 (9.016 %)MS Excel
33 (1.230 %)InfoPath
42 (0.820 %)MS Project
42 (0.820 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.410 %)MS Visio
51 (0.410 %)Acrobat
Business Applications
110 (4.098 %)SoftGrid
29 (3.689 %)Remedy AR System
31 (0.410 %)SAP CO
31 (0.410 %)SAP FI
31 (0.410 %)SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
122 (9.016 %)TCP/IP
216 (6.557 %)DNS
216 (6.557 %)LAN
314 (5.738 %)Internet
413 (5.328 %)WAN
512 (4.918 %)VPN
512 (4.918 %)DHCP
611 (4.508 %)Firewall
74 (1.639 %)Wireless
74 (1.639 %)Broadband
74 (1.639 %)Intranet
74 (1.639 %)VoIP
83 (1.230 %)SMS
83 (1.230 %)SAN
83 (1.230 %)WINS
83 (1.230 %)VLAN
92 (0.820 %)IP Telephony
92 (0.820 %)Ethernet
101 (0.410 %)SNMP
101 (0.410 %)ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
143 (17.62 %)SQL Server
216 (6.557 %)SQL Server 2005
310 (4.098 %)SQL Server 2000
49 (3.689 %)SQL Server 7
55 (2.049 %)MS Access
63 (1.230 %)RDBMS
63 (1.230 %)Oracle 10g
63 (1.230 %)EDRMS
72 (0.820 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
72 (0.820 %)MySQL
72 (0.820 %)SQL Server Integration Services
72 (0.820 %)DTS
72 (0.820 %)Ingres
81 (0.410 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.410 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.410 %)Oracle 9i
Development Applications
113 (5.328 %)Visual Studio
23 (1.230 %)Ant
23 (1.230 %)JUnit
32 (0.820 %)Eclipse
32 (0.820 %)MSI
32 (0.820 %)CruiseControl
41 (0.410 %)NUnit
41 (0.410 %)ClearQuest
41 (0.410 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General
18 (3.279 %)Finance
27 (2.869 %)Government
36 (2.459 %)Insurance
44 (1.639 %)Legal
53 (1.230 %)Telecoms
53 (1.230 %)Education
62 (0.820 %)Construction
62 (0.820 %)Back Office
71 (0.410 %)Aerospace
71 (0.410 %)Manufacturing
71 (0.410 %)Police
71 (0.410 %)Banking
71 (0.410 %)Retail
71 (0.410 %)Electric
71 (0.410 %)Marketing
Job Titles
157 (23.36 %)Analyst
238 (15.57 %)Developer
335 (14.34 %)Support Analyst
433 (13.52 %)2nd Line Support
528 (11.48 %)Support Engineer
622 (9.016 %)Desktop Support
718 (7.377 %)3rd Line Support
812 (4.918 %)Field Engineer
910 (4.098 %)Helpdesk Support
109 (3.689 %)Administrator
109 (3.689 %)Service Desk Analyst
109 (3.689 %)Service Analyst
109 (3.689 %)Technical Support
118 (3.279 %)Helpdesk Analyst
118 (3.279 %)Desktop Engineer
118 (3.279 %)Remedy Developer
118 (3.279 %)SharePoint Developer
127 (2.869 %).NET Developer
127 (2.869 %)Server Support
136 (2.459 %)Support Technician
Miscellaneous
19 (3.689 %)NHS
26 (2.459 %)Thin Client
26 (2.459 %)Asset Management
26 (2.459 %)Fat Client
35 (2.049 %)PDA
42 (0.820 %)SecurID
42 (0.820 %)AS400
42 (0.820 %)Clustering
42 (0.820 %)Mainframe
51 (0.410 %)Management Information System
51 (0.410 %)Blackberry
51 (0.410 %)W3C
51 (0.410 %)Client/Server
51 (0.410 %)N-Tier
51 (0.410 %)EPoS
51 (0.410 %)PACS
51 (0.410 %)Computer Science
51 (0.410 %)CMDB
Operating Systems
168 (27.87 %)Windows XP
240 (16.39 %)Windows 2000
337 (15.16 %)Windows Server 2003
420 (8.197 %)Windows NT
516 (6.557 %)Unix
612 (4.918 %)Linux
711 (4.508 %)Solaris
86 (2.459 %)NetWare
92 (0.820 %)AIX
101 (0.410 %)Windows Mobile
101 (0.410 %)Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
117 (6.967 %)Workflow
212 (4.918 %)Migration
212 (4.918 %)ITIL
39 (3.689 %)Project Management
48 (3.279 %)Web Design
57 (2.869 %)CRM
66 (2.459 %)Service Management
66 (2.459 %)Change Management
75 (2.049 %)OO
84 (1.639 %)PRINCE2
84 (1.639 %)Load Balancing
84 (1.639 %)System Testing
93 (1.230 %)Matrix Management
93 (1.230 %)Web Development
93 (1.230 %)Supplier Management
93 (1.230 %)Service Delivery
102 (0.820 %)UML
102 (0.820 %)Configuration Management
102 (0.820 %)Agile Software Development
102 (0.820 %)SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
132 (13.11 %)SQL
215 (6.148 %)C#
38 (3.279 %)Java
44 (1.639 %)VB.NET
53 (1.230 %)VB
62 (0.820 %)VBScript
62 (0.820 %)Shell Script
71 (0.410 %)C
71 (0.410 %)JavaScript
71 (0.410 %)PL/SQL
71 (0.410 %)C++
Qualifications
123 (9.426 %)Microsoft Certification
218 (7.377 %)MCSE
35 (2.049 %)MCP
35 (2.049 %)Cisco Certification
44 (1.639 %)CCNP
53 (1.230 %)Degree
62 (0.820 %)MCSA
62 (0.820 %)PMP
62 (0.820 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.410 %)Dell Certification
71 (0.410 %)MOS
71 (0.410 %)MCDST
71 (0.410 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.410 %)A+ Certification
71 (0.410 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.410 %)CCNA
71 (0.410 %)Citrix Certification
71 (0.410 %)CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
18 (3.279 %)SLA
21 (0.410 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
189 (36.48 %)Active Directory
211 (4.508 %)Citrix Presentation Server
36 (2.459 %)Oracle RAC
44 (1.639 %)Terminal Services
52 (0.820 %)Backup Exec
61 (0.410 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
61 (0.410 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.410 %)MetaFrame
61 (0.410 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
18 (3.279 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (1.230 %)DameWare
31 (0.410 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.410 %)MIIS
Vendors
187 (35.66 %)Microsoft
236 (14.75 %)Citrix
317 (6.967 %)Remedy
415 (6.148 %)HP
415 (6.148 %)Cisco
513 (5.328 %)Oracle
611 (4.508 %)Novell
611 (4.508 %)Symantec
710 (4.098 %)Lotus
88 (3.279 %)Sybase
96 (2.459 %)Dell
96 (2.459 %)VMware
104 (1.639 %)SAP
113 (1.230 %)IBM
122 (0.820 %)Altiris
122 (0.820 %)LANDesk
122 (0.820 %)Sun
131 (0.410 %)Nortel
131 (0.410 %)McAfee Security
131 (0.410 %)Wyse
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