The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 22 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 Bournemouth 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 3 2 14
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +12
Contract jobs citing Windows 28 35 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 23.53% 23.03% 9.877%
As % of the Operating Systems category 68.29% 64.81% 31.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 10
Average daily rate £205 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.05% -3.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £225 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £453 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £314 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.23% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 £13.00 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+150.00% +14.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-7.57% +6.45%
All Operating Systems
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
41 54 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 34.45% 35.53% 31.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 34 36
Average daily rate £215 £375 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.66% -3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £225 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 £13.00 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+150.00% +14.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows
Dorset

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bournemouth Windows Jobs Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bournemouth Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Bournemouth region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bournemouth Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bournemouth Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Bournemouth region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bournemouth Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 15 (45.45%) Windows 7
2 14 (42.42%) Windows XP
3 12 (36.36%) Active Directory
4 10 (30.30%) LAN
5 9 (27.27%) ITIL
5 9 (27.27%) TCP/IP
6 8 (24.24%) VoIP
7 7 (21.21%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (21.21%) Linux
7 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
8 6 (18.18%) HP
8 6 (18.18%) Citrix
8 6 (18.18%) Internet
8 6 (18.18%) Cisco
8 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (18.18%) MCSE
8 6 (18.18%) UNIX
8 6 (18.18%) Wireless
8 6 (18.18%) VMware
9 5 (15.15%) Finance
9 5 (15.15%) C
9 5 (15.15%) C++
9 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (15.15%) Network Management
10 4 (12.12%) Blackberry
10 4 (12.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 4 (12.12%) VPN
10 4 (12.12%) UML
10 4 (12.12%) Firewall

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 2 (6.061%) Middleware
1 2 (6.061%) JDBC
1 2 (6.061%) ODBC
2 1 (3.030%) ATL
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (9.091%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.061%) WebLogic
4 1 (3.030%) ESB
4 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (3.030%) Apache
4 1 (3.030%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (9.091%) MS Office
2 1 (3.030%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 10 (30.30%) LAN
2 9 (27.27%) TCP/IP
3 8 (24.24%) VoIP
4 6 (18.18%) Internet
4 6 (18.18%) Wireless
5 4 (12.12%) VPN
5 4 (12.12%) Firewall
6 3 (9.091%) NAS
7 2 (6.061%) SAN
7 2 (6.061%) DNS
7 2 (6.061%) HTTPS
7 2 (6.061%) HTTP
7 2 (6.061%) SNMP
7 2 (6.061%) DHCP
7 2 (6.061%) Ethernet
7 2 (6.061%) WAN
8 1 (3.030%) VLAN
8 1 (3.030%) LDAP
8 1 (3.030%) FTP
8 1 (3.030%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.091%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.061%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (6.061%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (6.061%) LoadRunner
1 2 (6.061%) Visual Studio
1 2 (6.061%) Introscope
1 2 (6.061%) Subversion
2 1 (3.030%) JProbe
2 1 (3.030%) JProfiler
General
1 5 (15.15%) Finance
2 4 (12.12%) Banking
3 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.030%) Legal
3 1 (3.030%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Desktop Support
1 8 (24.24%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Support Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (12.12%) Service Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) Field Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) Field Service Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) Help Desk Analyst
4 3 (9.091%) Software Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Developer
5 2 (6.061%) Architect
5 2 (6.061%) Consultant
5 2 (6.061%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (3.030%) Wintel Support
6 1 (3.030%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Blackberry
2 3 (9.091%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.091%) Handset
3 2 (6.061%) SWIFT
3 2 (6.061%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.030%) Clustering
4 1 (3.030%) Replication
4 1 (3.030%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 15 (45.45%) Windows 7
2 14 (42.42%) Windows XP
3 7 (21.21%) Linux
4 6 (18.18%) UNIX
5 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (6.061%) Solaris
6 2 (6.061%) Windows XP Embedded
7 1 (3.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) ITIL
2 7 (21.21%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (15.15%) Network Management
4 4 (12.12%) UML
5 3 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (9.091%) Information Management
5 3 (9.091%) Time Management
6 2 (6.061%) Test Management
6 2 (6.061%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (6.061%) OOD
6 2 (6.061%) OO
6 2 (6.061%) Software Testing
7 1 (3.030%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (3.030%) Business Continuity
7 1 (3.030%) Migration
7 1 (3.030%) Configuration Management
7 1 (3.030%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) C
1 5 (15.15%) C++
2 2 (6.061%) Java
2 2 (6.061%) SQL
3 1 (3.030%) VB
3 1 (3.030%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (18.18%) MCSE
2 3 (9.091%) MCP
2 3 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (6.061%) ISTQB
3 2 (6.061%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.061%) ISEB
3 2 (6.061%) CCNA
3 2 (6.061%) MCDST
4 1 (3.030%) Degree
4 1 (3.030%) MCSA
4 1 (3.030%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (9.091%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.030%) QA
System Software
1 12 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.091%) VMware Server
2 3 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.061%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (6.061%) HP SiteScope
1 2 (6.061%) NetBackup
2 1 (3.030%) WSUS
2 1 (3.030%) Backup Exec
2 1 (3.030%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) HP
2 6 (18.18%) Citrix
2 6 (18.18%) Cisco
2 6 (18.18%) VMware
3 3 (9.091%) Symantec
3 3 (9.091%) Oracle
3 3 (9.091%) Avaya
3 3 (9.091%) FalconStor
4 2 (6.061%) Juniper
4 2 (6.061%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.030%) Blue Coat
5 1 (3.030%) JBoss
5 1 (3.030%) EMC
5 1 (3.030%) TIBCO
5 1 (3.030%) NetApp
5 1 (3.030%) Nokia
5 1 (3.030%) ProCurve
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