Cambridge Windows Vista Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Vista 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 Vista over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows Vista
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cheltenham City of London East of England England Gloucestershire Hertfordshire High Wycombe London Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes North West Oxfordshire Reading Scotland South East South West Stafford Staffordshire Stevenage Swindon UK Uxbridge West Midlands Westminster Wiltshire Wolverhampton	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£344
% change on same period last year	-4.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.39	£15.25
% change on same period last year	+27.13 %
Operating Systems Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads	183	198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.244 %	0.200 %
Daily rates quoted	21	31
Average minimum daily rate	£212	£301
Average daily rate	£241	£320
% change on same period last year	-24.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£271	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£337
% change on same period last year	-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	54	33
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.73	£20.46
Average hourly rate	£23.85	£22.18
% change on same period last year	+7.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.97	£23.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.08	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Windows Vista 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 Vista
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows Vista
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 1 (100.00 %) Windows 1 1 (100.00 %) Cisco 1 1 (100.00 %) Exchange Server 2003 1 1 (100.00 %) Exchange Server 2007

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 Platforms 1 1 (100.00 %) Exchange Server 2003 1 1 (100.00 %) Exchange Server 2007	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Exchange Engineer
Operating Systems 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows	Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Cisco