The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridge 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank - 44 33
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 0 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - 0.943% 0.391%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 2.985% 1.235%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £216 £210
% change year-on-year
+27.61% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £12.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -
All Operating Systems
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
101 134 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 30.70% 31.60% 31.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 62 32
Average daily rate £303 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.92% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £160 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 30 21
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +168.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.75 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Vista
Cambridgeshire

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Windows Vista Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Windows Vista Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (100.00%) MSI
1 2 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Wise Package Studio
2 1 (50.00%) VBScript
2 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MSI
1 2 (100.00%) InstallShield
2 1 (50.00%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) VBScript
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix