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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Cambridgeshire 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.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank22
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads251162
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.322 %0.182 %
As % of the category below70.70 %50.63 %
Daily rates quoted2323
Average minimum daily rate£256£246
Average daily rate£260£256
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£265£266
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£314
% change on same period last year+3.09 %
Hourly rates quoted6940
Average minimum hourly rate£19.69£20.33
Average hourly rate£21.65£22.06
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.61£23.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.80£20.20
% change on same period last year-1.98 %
Operating Systems CambridgeshireOperating Systems
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads355320
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.455 %0.359 %
Daily rates quoted5149
Average minimum daily rate£347£260
Average daily rate£364£268
% change on same period last year+36.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£276
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£332
% change on same period last year+3.64 %
Hourly rates quoted9754
Average minimum hourly rate£21.58£23.63
Average hourly rate£23.42£25.47
% change on same period last year-8.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.26£27.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.81£23.07
% change on same period last year-5.48 %
Windows East of EnglandWindows
East of England

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

Cambridgeshire Windows Demand Trend

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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Cambridgeshire Windows Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Cambridgeshire Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Cambridgeshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1CambridgeUp+2160£245-6.86 %
2PeterboroughDown-733£250-13.04 %
3HuntingdonDown-25£281-
4St NeotsNew entry-2£90-
4ElyNew entry-2--
Windows East of EnglandWindows
East of England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1132 (30.14 %)Microsoft
2120 (27.40 %)Active Directory
3108 (24.66 %)SQL Server
492 (21.00 %)Windows 2000
585 (19.41 %).NET
681 (18.49 %)C#
771 (16.21 %)MS Office
867 (15.30 %)Exchange Server 2003
962 (14.16 %)MS Exchange
1060 (13.70 %)Linux
1158 (13.24 %)Windows XP
1257 (13.01 %)C++
1348 (10.96 %)Cisco
1446 (10.50 %)Windows Server 2003
1542 (9.589 %)ASP.NET
1542 (9.589 %)XML
1640 (9.132 %)LAN
1737 (8.447 %)Microsoft Certification
1835 (7.991 %)Unix
1835 (7.991 %)SQL
1932 (7.306 %)HP
2030 (6.849 %)Exchange Server 2000
2030 (6.849 %)MCSE
2030 (6.849 %)SQL Server 2000
2129 (6.621 %)Firewall
2129 (6.621 %)TCP/IP
2129 (6.621 %)DNS
2129 (6.621 %)WAN
2129 (6.621 %)MS Excel
2129 (6.621 %)Windows NT

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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
185 (19.41 %).NET
242 (9.589 %)ASP.NET
242 (9.589 %)XML
328 (6.393 %)ADO.NET
416 (3.653 %)WinForms
514 (3.196 %)WebServices
611 (2.511 %)WPF
79 (2.055 %)WCF
79 (2.055 %)HTML
87 (1.598 %)MFC
96 (1.370 %)J2EE
96 (1.370 %)ASP
105 (1.142 %)COM+
105 (1.142 %).NET Remoting
114 (0.913 %)Middleware
114 (0.913 %)ATL
114 (0.913 %)ASP.NET 2.0
123 (0.685 %)WF
123 (0.685 %)COM
123 (0.685 %)JSP
Application Platforms
167 (15.30 %)Exchange Server 2003
262 (14.16 %)MS Exchange
330 (6.849 %)Exchange Server 2000
428 (6.393 %)IIS
527 (6.164 %)BizTalk Server
625 (5.708 %)Exchange Server 2007
724 (5.479 %)SharePoint
813 (2.968 %)Tomcat
97 (1.598 %)Exchange Server 5.5
106 (1.370 %)Lotus Notes
115 (1.142 %)Apache
115 (1.142 %)JBoss
123 (0.685 %)MQSeries
123 (0.685 %)CMS
132 (0.457 %)Oracle Application Server
132 (0.457 %)GroupWise
141 (0.228 %)Smallworld
141 (0.228 %)WebLogic Portal
141 (0.228 %)WebLogic
Applications
171 (16.21 %)MS Office
229 (6.621 %)MS Excel
311 (2.511 %)Photoshop
311 (2.511 %)MS PowerPoint
45 (1.142 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
11 (0.228 %)Axapta
11 (0.228 %)Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
140 (9.132 %)LAN
229 (6.621 %)WAN
229 (6.621 %)TCP/IP
229 (6.621 %)DNS
229 (6.621 %)Firewall
328 (6.393 %)VoIP
413 (2.968 %)ADSL
413 (2.968 %)ISDN
512 (2.740 %)Internet
611 (2.511 %)Intrusion Detection
611 (2.511 %)VPN
710 (2.283 %)Wireless
89 (2.055 %)MPLS
97 (1.598 %)SMS
105 (1.142 %)DHCP
114 (0.913 %)Intranet
123 (0.685 %)SAN
123 (0.685 %)OSPF
123 (0.685 %)EIGRP
123 (0.685 %)NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1108 (24.66 %)SQL Server
230 (6.849 %)SQL Server 2000
328 (6.393 %)SQL Server 2005
413 (2.968 %)MySQL
56 (1.370 %)Oracle Reports
65 (1.142 %)MS Access
65 (1.142 %)Oracle 10g
65 (1.142 %)SQL Server 7
73 (0.685 %)Crystal Reports
82 (0.457 %)ETL
82 (0.457 %)Oracle Discoverer
91 (0.228 %)DB2
91 (0.228 %)GIS
91 (0.228 %)Siebel EIM
91 (0.228 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
112 (2.740 %)Subversion
211 (2.511 %)MSI
36 (1.370 %)JUnit
45 (1.142 %)InstallShield
54 (0.913 %)Bugzilla
54 (0.913 %)Flash
63 (0.685 %)TestPartner
72 (0.457 %)FrontPage
72 (0.457 %)PVCS
81 (0.228 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (0.228 %)Oracle Forms
81 (0.228 %)Visual Studio
81 (0.228 %)ClearCase
81 (0.228 %)WinRunner
81 (0.228 %)TestDirector
81 (0.228 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.228 %)Rational Robot
81 (0.228 %)Ant
General
117 (3.881 %)Electronics
215 (3.425 %)Telecoms
310 (2.283 %)Manufacturing
47 (1.598 %)Multimedia
56 (1.370 %)Finance
65 (1.142 %)Law
65 (1.142 %)Legal
74 (0.913 %)Government
74 (0.913 %)Retail
83 (0.685 %)Publishing
83 (0.685 %)Marketing
92 (0.457 %)Front Office
101 (0.228 %)Back Office
101 (0.228 %)Construction
101 (0.228 %)Education
101 (0.228 %)Auditing
101 (0.228 %)Music
101 (0.228 %)Banking
Job Titles
1101 (23.06 %)Developer
260 (13.70 %)Analyst
356 (12.79 %)Support Engineer
431 (7.078 %)C# Developer
529 (6.621 %)Support Analyst
626 (5.936 %)Test Engineer
719 (4.338 %)3rd Line Support
719 (4.338 %)Desktop Support
818 (4.110 %).NET Developer
818 (4.110 %)2nd Line Support
917 (3.881 %)Helpdesk Support
917 (3.881 %)Network Engineer
917 (3.881 %)Support Technician
917 (3.881 %)IT Support Engineer
1016 (3.653 %)Software Engineer
1115 (3.425 %)Network Support Engineer
1115 (3.425 %)C++ Developer
1115 (3.425 %)Network Support
1212 (2.740 %)PC Support
1311 (2.511 %)Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
110 (2.283 %)Client/Server
28 (1.826 %)Blackberry
37 (1.598 %)Multithreading
46 (1.370 %)PDA
46 (1.370 %)N-Tier
46 (1.370 %)MPEG
55 (1.142 %)PKI
55 (1.142 %)German Language
64 (0.913 %)Cryptography
73 (0.685 %)AS400
82 (0.457 %)Device Driver
82 (0.457 %)Clustering
82 (0.457 %)Smartphone
82 (0.457 %)Firmware
82 (0.457 %)Smartcard
82 (0.457 %)ASIC
91 (0.228 %)Management Information System
91 (0.228 %)iDTV
91 (0.228 %)Speech Recognition
91 (0.228 %)E-Learning
Operating Systems
192 (21.00 %)Windows 2000
260 (13.70 %)Linux
358 (13.24 %)Windows XP
446 (10.50 %)Windows Server 2003
535 (7.991 %)Unix
629 (6.621 %)Windows NT
79 (2.055 %)Solaris
88 (1.826 %)Windows CE
96 (1.370 %)Mac OS X
104 (0.913 %)SUSE
112 (0.457 %)Windows Mobile
112 (0.457 %)Symbian OS
121 (0.228 %)Embedded Linux
121 (0.228 %)Windows Vista
121 (0.228 %)AIX
Processes & Methodologies
128 (6.393 %)Agile Software Development
223 (5.251 %)ITIL
318 (4.110 %)Software Testing
414 (3.196 %)Test Scripting
510 (2.283 %)OOA/OOD
510 (2.283 %)Migration
69 (2.055 %)UML
69 (2.055 %)OO
77 (1.598 %)Project Management
86 (1.370 %)CRM
86 (1.370 %)Manual Testing
95 (1.142 %)OOD
95 (1.142 %)Disaster Recovery
104 (0.913 %)Workflow
113 (0.685 %)Change Management
113 (0.685 %)Configuration Management
113 (0.685 %)E-Commerce
113 (0.685 %)Web Development
113 (0.685 %)Automated Testing
113 (0.685 %)Stress Testing
Programming Languages
181 (18.49 %)C#
257 (13.01 %)C++
335 (7.991 %)SQL
427 (6.164 %)Java
524 (5.479 %)C
616 (3.653 %)Python
78 (1.826 %)VB
78 (1.826 %)JavaScript
87 (1.598 %)VB.NET
87 (1.598 %)VC++
95 (1.142 %)Perl
104 (0.913 %)Delphi
113 (0.685 %)PHP
113 (0.685 %)VB6
122 (0.457 %)Shell Script
122 (0.457 %)Transact-SQL
131 (0.228 %)PL/SQL
131 (0.228 %)Magik
131 (0.228 %)XAML
131 (0.228 %)Embedded C
Qualifications
137 (8.447 %)Microsoft Certification
230 (6.849 %)MCSE
314 (3.196 %)Degree
410 (2.283 %)Cisco Certification
58 (1.826 %)MCP
67 (1.598 %)CCNA
72 (0.457 %)ISEB
72 (0.457 %)MCDBA
81 (0.228 %)PhD
81 (0.228 %)CCNP
81 (0.228 %)CCA
81 (0.228 %)Citrix Certification
81 (0.228 %)CCEA
81 (0.228 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.228 %)RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
110 (2.283 %)SLA
21 (0.228 %)QA
21 (0.228 %)ISO9001
System Software
1120 (27.40 %)Active Directory
27 (1.598 %)NDS
34 (0.913 %)MSMQ
34 (0.913 %)Terminal Server
42 (0.457 %)VMware ESX
42 (0.457 %)Backup Exec
42 (0.457 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (0.228 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (0.228 %)NetBackup
51 (0.228 %)ISA Server
51 (0.228 %)Samba
Systems Management
111 (2.511 %)OpenView
26 (1.370 %)MOM
35 (1.142 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
42 (0.457 %)DameWare
51 (0.228 %)WSUS
51 (0.228 %)SCOM
51 (0.228 %)ARCserve
51 (0.228 %)Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1132 (30.14 %)Microsoft
248 (10.96 %)Cisco
332 (7.306 %)HP
422 (5.023 %)Citrix
521 (4.795 %)Dell
620 (4.566 %)Oracle
712 (2.740 %)Novell
811 (2.511 %)3Com
811 (2.511 %)McAfee Security
910 (2.283 %)VMware
107 (1.598 %)Juniper
116 (1.370 %)IBM
116 (1.370 %)Lotus
124 (0.913 %)Red Hat
124 (0.913 %)Remedy
133 (0.685 %)Compuware
142 (0.457 %)Symbian
142 (0.457 %)Compaq
142 (0.457 %)Apple
142 (0.457 %)VERITAS
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