Cambridge Windows Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows 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 over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Aldershot Amersham Andover Ascot Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Beverley Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bognor Regis Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Castleford Chalfont St Giles Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clapham Cleethorpes Cobham Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Ayrshire East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenwich Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highland Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverclyde Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kegworth Kent Kilmarnock King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Lothian Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Monmouthshire Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newry Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Pembrokeshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochdale Rochester Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Slough Snodland Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Helens St Neots Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Strathclyde Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tipton Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wymondham York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	2	4
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	160	103
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.205 %	0.116 %
As % of the category below	77.67 %	48.36 %
Daily rates quoted	10	15
Average minimum daily rate	£244	£250
Average daily rate	£245	£263
% change on same period last year	-6.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£247	£276
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£314
% change on same period last year	+3.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	40	28
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.85	£19.50
Average hourly rate	£22.86	£20.98
% change on same period last year	+8.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.88	£22.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.80	£20.20
% change on same period last year	-1.98 %
Operating Systems Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads	206	213
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.264 %	0.239 %
Daily rates quoted	13	33
Average minimum daily rate	£253	£260
Average daily rate	£259	£268
% change on same period last year	-3.28 %
Average maximum daily rate	£265	£275
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£332
% change on same period last year	+3.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	62	34
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.05	£23.34
Average hourly rate	£24.90	£24.72
% change on same period last year	+0.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.76	£26.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.81	£23.07
% change on same period last year	-5.48 %
Windows 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
Demand Trend

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

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 Cambridge region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Cambridge region over the past 3 months.

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 Cambridge region.

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Cambridge region over the past 3 months.

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 97 (35.14 %) Microsoft 2 74 (26.81 %) SQL Server 3 68 (24.64 %) Active Directory 4 62 (22.46 %) .NET 5 58 (21.01 %) C# 6 50 (18.12 %) Linux 7 46 (16.67 %) C++ 7 46 (16.67 %) Windows XP 8 43 (15.58 %) MS Office 9 39 (14.13 %) Windows 2000 10 38 (13.77 %) MS Exchange 11 33 (11.96 %) Windows Server 2003 12 32 (11.59 %) Exchange Server 2003 13 31 (11.23 %) SQL 14 30 (10.87 %) XML

14 30 (10.87 %) LAN 15 29 (10.51 %) Cisco 16 28 (10.14 %) Unix 17 27 (9.783 %) ASP.NET 18 26 (9.420 %) Java 19 25 (9.058 %) VoIP 19 25 (9.058 %) WAN 20 24 (8.696 %) Microsoft Certification 20 24 (8.696 %) SQL Server 2005 21 22 (7.971 %) Exchange Server 2007 21 22 (7.971 %) TCP/IP 21 22 (7.971 %) IIS 21 22 (7.971 %) Firewall 22 21 (7.609 %) C 22 21 (7.609 %) MCSE

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 1 62 (22.46 %) .NET 2 30 (10.87 %) XML 3 27 (9.783 %) ASP.NET 4 19 (6.884 %) ADO.NET 5 14 (5.072 %) WinForms 6 12 (4.348 %) WebServices 7 10 (3.623 %) WPF 8 7 (2.536 %) HTML 9 6 (2.174 %) J2EE 9 6 (2.174 %) MFC 10 4 (1.449 %) .NET Remoting 11 3 (1.087 %) WF 11 3 (1.087 %) WCF 11 3 (1.087 %) COM 11 3 (1.087 %) COM+ 11 3 (1.087 %) XSD 12 2 (0.725 %) OpenGL 12 2 (0.725 %) ASP 12 2 (0.725 %) ATL 13 1 (0.362 %) EJB	Application Platforms 1 38 (13.77 %) MS Exchange 2 32 (11.59 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 22 (7.971 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 22 (7.971 %) IIS 4 17 (6.159 %) BizTalk Server 5 16 (5.797 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 15 (5.435 %) SharePoint 7 11 (3.986 %) Tomcat 8 5 (1.812 %) JBoss 9 4 (1.449 %) Apache 10 3 (1.087 %) MQSeries 11 2 (0.725 %) Oracle Application Server 11 2 (0.725 %) GroupWise 12 1 (0.362 %) Smallworld 12 1 (0.362 %) CMS 12 1 (0.362 %) WebLogic Portal 12 1 (0.362 %) WebLogic 12 1 (0.362 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 43 (15.58 %) MS Office 2 14 (5.072 %) MS Excel 3 3 (1.087 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (0.725 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 30 (10.87 %) LAN 2 25 (9.058 %) VoIP 2 25 (9.058 %) WAN 3 22 (7.971 %) TCP/IP 3 22 (7.971 %) Firewall 4 20 (7.246 %) DNS 5 11 (3.986 %) ADSL 5 11 (3.986 %) ISDN 5 11 (3.986 %) Intrusion Detection 6 8 (2.899 %) MPLS 7 6 (2.174 %) Internet 8 3 (1.087 %) Wireless 9 2 (0.725 %) IP Telephony 9 2 (0.725 %) OSPF 9 2 (0.725 %) EIGRP 9 2 (0.725 %) Intranet 9 2 (0.725 %) GSM 9 2 (0.725 %) DHCP 9 2 (0.725 %) SMS 10 1 (0.362 %) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence 1 74 (26.81 %) SQL Server 2 24 (8.696 %) SQL Server 2005 3 18 (6.522 %) SQL Server 2000 4 12 (4.348 %) MySQL 5 6 (2.174 %) Oracle Reports 6 5 (1.812 %) MS Access 6 5 (1.812 %) Oracle 10g 7 3 (1.087 %) SQL Server 7 7 3 (1.087 %) Crystal Reports 8 2 (0.725 %) ETL 8 2 (0.725 %) Oracle Discoverer 9 1 (0.362 %) GIS	Development Applications 1 12 (4.348 %) Subversion 2 10 (3.623 %) MSI 3 6 (2.174 %) JUnit 4 4 (1.449 %) Flash 4 4 (1.449 %) InstallShield 4 4 (1.449 %) Bugzilla 5 3 (1.087 %) TestPartner 6 2 (0.725 %) FrontPage 6 2 (0.725 %) PVCS 7 1 (0.362 %) Oracle Forms 7 1 (0.362 %) Rational Robot 7 1 (0.362 %) Ant
General 1 14 (5.072 %) Telecoms 2 10 (3.623 %) Electronics 3 7 (2.536 %) Multimedia 4 5 (1.812 %) Manufacturing 4 5 (1.812 %) Law 5 4 (1.449 %) Legal 6 3 (1.087 %) Publishing 7 2 (0.725 %) Marketing 8 1 (0.362 %) Auditing 8 1 (0.362 %) Retail 8 1 (0.362 %) Music 8 1 (0.362 %) Construction 8 1 (0.362 %) Government	Job Titles 1 73 (26.45 %) Developer 2 37 (13.41 %) Support Engineer 3 33 (11.96 %) Analyst 4 26 (9.420 %) C# Developer 5 22 (7.971 %) Test Engineer 6 18 (6.522 %) Support Analyst 7 15 (5.435 %) IT Support Engineer 8 13 (4.710 %) 2nd Line Support 8 13 (4.710 %) 3rd Line Support 8 13 (4.710 %) Network Engineer 9 12 (4.348 %) C++ Developer 10 11 (3.986 %) Network Support Engineer 10 11 (3.986 %) Network Support 10 11 (3.986 %) Tester 10 11 (3.986 %) Desktop Support 11 10 (3.623 %) Software Engineer 11 10 (3.623 %) DBA 11 10 (3.623 %) Helpdesk Support 11 10 (3.623 %) .NET Developer 12 8 (2.899 %) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous 1 9 (3.261 %) Client/Server 2 5 (1.812 %) MPEG 2 5 (1.812 %) PKI 3 4 (1.449 %) Cryptography 3 4 (1.449 %) PDA 4 2 (0.725 %) Multithreading 4 2 (0.725 %) Smartphone 4 2 (0.725 %) Smartcard 4 2 (0.725 %) Device Driver 5 1 (0.362 %) Clustering 5 1 (0.362 %) E-Learning 5 1 (0.362 %) STB 5 1 (0.362 %) Blackberry 5 1 (0.362 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.362 %) iDTV 5 1 (0.362 %) Speech Recognition 5 1 (0.362 %) Data Integration 5 1 (0.362 %) Computer Science 5 1 (0.362 %) Blog	Operating Systems 1 50 (18.12 %) Linux 2 46 (16.67 %) Windows XP 3 39 (14.13 %) Windows 2000 4 33 (11.96 %) Windows Server 2003 5 28 (10.14 %) Unix 6 19 (6.884 %) Windows NT 7 9 (3.261 %) Solaris 8 7 (2.536 %) Windows CE 9 3 (1.087 %) SUSE 10 2 (0.725 %) Windows Mobile 10 2 (0.725 %) Symbian OS 11 1 (0.362 %) AIX 11 1 (0.362 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (6.522 %) Agile Software Development 2 16 (5.797 %) Software Testing 3 12 (4.348 %) Test Scripting 4 10 (3.623 %) OOA/OOD 5 8 (2.899 %) OO 5 8 (2.899 %) UML 6 7 (2.536 %) Project Management 7 6 (2.174 %) ITIL 7 6 (2.174 %) Manual Testing 8 5 (1.812 %) OOD 9 4 (1.449 %) Disaster Recovery 9 4 (1.449 %) Workflow 10 3 (1.087 %) E-Commerce 10 3 (1.087 %) Automated Testing 10 3 (1.087 %) Stress Testing 11 2 (0.725 %) Data Protection 11 2 (0.725 %) Software Engineering 11 2 (0.725 %) Project Planning 11 2 (0.725 %) Migration 11 2 (0.725 %) Resource Management	Programming Languages 1 58 (21.01 %) C# 2 46 (16.67 %) C++ 3 31 (11.23 %) SQL 4 26 (9.420 %) Java 5 21 (7.609 %) C 6 15 (5.435 %) Python 7 6 (2.174 %) VC++ 7 6 (2.174 %) JavaScript 8 4 (1.449 %) Perl 8 4 (1.449 %) Delphi 8 4 (1.449 %) VB.NET 9 3 (1.087 %) VB 9 3 (1.087 %) PHP 10 2 (0.725 %) VB6 10 2 (0.725 %) Shell Script 11 1 (0.362 %) Magik 11 1 (0.362 %) XAML 11 1 (0.362 %) Embedded C 11 1 (0.362 %) Embedded C++ 11 1 (0.362 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 24 (8.696 %) Microsoft Certification 2 21 (7.609 %) MCSE 3 14 (5.072 %) Degree 4 3 (1.087 %) MCP 5 2 (0.725 %) MCDBA 5 2 (0.725 %) CCNA 5 2 (0.725 %) ISEB 5 2 (0.725 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (0.362 %) PhD	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (1.087 %) SLA 2 1 (0.362 %) QA 2 1 (0.362 %) ISO9001
System Software 1 68 (24.64 %) Active Directory 2 4 (1.449 %) MSMQ 3 2 (0.725 %) Oracle RMAN 4 1 (0.362 %) NDS 4 1 (0.362 %) Terminal Server 4 1 (0.362 %) ISA Server	Systems Management 1 11 (3.986 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 97 (35.14 %) Microsoft 2 29 (10.51 %) Cisco 3 18 (6.522 %) Oracle 4 16 (5.797 %) HP 4 16 (5.797 %) Citrix 5 15 (5.435 %) Dell 6 11 (3.986 %) McAfee Security 6 11 (3.986 %) 3Com 7 4 (1.449 %) IBM 8 3 (1.087 %) Compuware 8 3 (1.087 %) Juniper 8 3 (1.087 %) Red Hat 9 2 (0.725 %) Apple 9 2 (0.725 %) Novell 9 2 (0.725 %) MKS 9 2 (0.725 %) Symbian 9 2 (0.725 %) VMware 10 1 (0.362 %) Hummingbird 10 1 (0.362 %) OpenTV 10 1 (0.362 %) Lotus