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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows NT skills within the Cambridge 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows NT
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3753
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.273 %2.463 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£160-
Average daily rate£160-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£160-
UK excluding London average daily rate£234£306
% change on same period last year-23.52 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£18.00
Average hourly rate£37.50£18.00
% change on same period last year+108.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.05£20.65
% change on same period last year+11.58 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads132203
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.186 %0.205 %
Daily rates quoted2038
Average minimum daily rate£238£307
Average daily rate£247£331
% change on same period last year-25.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£257£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£331
% change on same period last year-1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted4537
Average minimum hourly rate£24.61£32.23
Average hourly rate£26.35£34.86
% change on same period last year-24.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.10£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.98£22.27
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
Windows NT CambridgeshireWindows NT
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Windows NT Daily Rate Trend

Windows NT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cambridge Windows NT Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Windows NT Hourly Rate Trend

Windows NT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

17 (100.00 %)Windows
26 (85.71 %)Windows 2000
26 (85.71 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (71.43 %)TCP/IP
35 (71.43 %)UNIX
44 (57.14 %)Windows XP
44 (57.14 %)MS Exchange
44 (57.14 %)Active Directory
53 (42.86 %)LAN
53 (42.86 %)WAN
62 (28.57 %)MS Excel
62 (28.57 %)VoIP
62 (28.57 %)ADSL
62 (28.57 %)ISDN
62 (28.57 %)MS Office
62 (28.57 %)OpenView
62 (28.57 %)HP
62 (28.57 %)Dell
62 (28.57 %)Cisco
62 (28.57 %)Microsoft
62 (28.57 %)Firewall
62 (28.57 %)3Com
62 (28.57 %)IP Telephony
62 (28.57 %)Intrusion Detection
62 (28.57 %)Exchange Server 2000
62 (28.57 %)Exchange Server 2003
62 (28.57 %)Degree
62 (28.57 %)Windows Vista
62 (28.57 %)Intranet
62 (28.57 %)Internet

Windows NT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (57.14 %)MS Exchange
22 (28.57 %)Exchange Server 2000
22 (28.57 %)Exchange Server 2003
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (28.57 %)MS Office
12 (28.57 %)MS Excel
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (71.43 %)TCP/IP
23 (42.86 %)LAN
23 (42.86 %)WAN
32 (28.57 %)VoIP
32 (28.57 %)ADSL
32 (28.57 %)ISDN
32 (28.57 %)Intranet
32 (28.57 %)Internet
32 (28.57 %)Firewall
32 (28.57 %)IP Telephony
32 (28.57 %)Intrusion Detection
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)Oracle Reports
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)Oracle Forms
11 (14.29 %)ProC
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (85.71 %)Support Engineer
22 (28.57 %)Network Support Engineer
22 (28.57 %)Network Support
22 (28.57 %)Network Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Systems Engineer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (100.00 %)Windows
26 (85.71 %)Windows 2000
26 (85.71 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (71.43 %)UNIX
44 (57.14 %)Windows XP
52 (28.57 %)Windows Vista
61 (14.29 %)Solaris
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)C
11 (14.29 %)Shell Script
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (28.57 %)Degree
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (57.14 %)Active Directory
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (28.57 %)OpenView
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)HP
12 (28.57 %)Dell
12 (28.57 %)McAfee Security
12 (28.57 %)3Com
12 (28.57 %)Cisco
12 (28.57 %)Microsoft
21 (14.29 %)Sun
21 (14.29 %)Oracle