Windows Contracts in Cambridgeshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 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 Cambridgeshire 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
Rank 1 3 2
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 115 121 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 21.02% 17.64% 19.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.09% 62.05% 58.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 51 38
Average daily rate £260 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £121 £160 £117
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £375 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.58% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 38 41
Average hourly rate £17.50 £15.40 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% +23.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.20 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £53.70 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.45 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.36% +6.45%
Search 69 Windows jobs in Cambridgeshire
All Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 174 195 174
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 31.81% 28.43% 32.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 90 72
Average daily rate £310 £325 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% +12.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £149 £174 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £425 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 44 47
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% +76.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £52.50 £28.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows
East of England

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Windows Jobs Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +1 65 £263 -9.48%
Peterborough -1 20 £95 -69.84%
Huntingdon +1 4 - -
Windows
East of England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 97 (39.59%) Microsoft
2 91 (37.14%) Active Directory
3 71 (28.98%) Windows 7
4 63 (25.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 56 (22.86%) Windows XP
6 52 (21.22%) MS Exchange
7 47 (19.18%) Citrix
8 43 (17.55%) Windows Server 2003
9 41 (16.73%) Linux
10 35 (14.29%) Cisco
10 35 (14.29%) VMware
11 34 (13.88%) ITIL
11 34 (13.88%) Exchange Server 2010
12 33 (13.47%) SQL
13 32 (13.06%) DNS
14 31 (12.65%) TCP/IP
14 31 (12.65%) MS Office
14 31 (12.65%) MS Excel
15 30 (12.24%) SQL Server
16 28 (11.43%) Python
16 28 (11.43%) HP
17 27 (11.02%) WAN
18 26 (10.61%) UNIX
19 25 (10.20%) Hyper-V
19 25 (10.20%) Exchange Server 2003
20 23 (9.388%) LAN
21 22 (8.980%) C++
21 22 (8.980%) XenApp
22 21 (8.571%) C
22 21 (8.571%) Microsoft App-V

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (2.857%) .NET
2 6 (2.449%) XML
2 6 (2.449%) LAMP
2 6 (2.449%) WebSphere
3 5 (2.041%) Web Services
4 4 (1.633%) ASP
4 4 (1.633%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.633%) jQuery
4 4 (1.633%) iOS SDK
4 4 (1.633%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (1.224%) KnockoutJS
5 3 (1.224%) HTML5
5 3 (1.224%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.224%) WCF
5 3 (1.224%) Silverlight
5 3 (1.224%) Middleware
5 3 (1.224%) ADO.NET
5 3 (1.224%) HTML
5 3 (1.224%) Flash
6 2 (0.816%) COM
Application Platforms
1 52 (21.22%) MS Exchange
2 34 (13.88%) Exchange Server 2010
3 25 (10.20%) Exchange Server 2003
4 14 (5.714%) IIS
4 14 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (4.490%) Lync
6 7 (2.857%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 5 (2.041%) Apache
7 5 (2.041%) SharePoint
8 4 (1.633%) Tomcat
9 3 (1.224%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (1.224%) Lotus Notes
10 2 (0.816%) Documentum
11 1 (0.408%) Confluence
11 1 (0.408%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.408%) CMS
11 1 (0.408%) GroupWise
Applications
1 31 (12.65%) MS Office
1 31 (12.65%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.224%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.816%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.408%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (0.408%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.408%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.408%) XMetaL
4 1 (0.408%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 2 (0.816%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.408%) Adaptiv
Communications & Networking
1 32 (13.06%) DNS
2 31 (12.65%) TCP/IP
3 27 (11.02%) WAN
4 23 (9.388%) LAN
5 20 (8.163%) Firewall
5 20 (8.163%) Wireless
6 19 (7.755%) DHCP
7 18 (7.347%) VPN
8 14 (5.714%) VoIP
9 13 (5.306%) VLAN
10 10 (4.082%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (3.673%) Internet
12 8 (3.265%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (2.449%) HTTP
13 6 (2.449%) Kerberos
13 6 (2.449%) Intranet
13 6 (2.449%) NetScaler
14 5 (2.041%) Unified Communications
14 5 (2.041%) DMZ
15 4 (1.633%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.24%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.714%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (2.449%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (1.224%) OLAP
4 3 (1.224%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.816%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.816%) DB2
5 2 (0.816%) GIS
5 2 (0.816%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (0.816%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.408%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.408%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.408%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.408%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 18 (7.347%) MSI
2 14 (5.714%) InstallShield
3 8 (3.265%) Subversion
4 6 (2.449%) Git (software)
5 5 (2.041%) AdminStudio
5 5 (2.041%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.224%) JSUnit
7 2 (0.816%) JIRA
8 1 (0.408%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.408%) Wise Package Studio
8 1 (0.408%) GCC
8 1 (0.408%) GDB
8 1 (0.408%) NUnit
8 1 (0.408%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.408%) Xcode
8 1 (0.408%) JMeter
General
1 11 (4.490%) Finance
2 6 (2.449%) Telecoms
3 5 (2.041%) Games
4 3 (1.224%) Advertising
5 2 (0.816%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.816%) Danish Language
5 2 (0.816%) French Language
5 2 (0.816%) German Language
5 2 (0.816%) Hebrew Language
5 2 (0.816%) Swedish Language
6 1 (0.408%) Local Government
6 1 (0.408%) Banking
6 1 (0.408%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.408%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.408%) Front Office
6 1 (0.408%) Publishing
6 1 (0.408%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (19.59%) Analyst
2 30 (12.24%) Support Engineer
3 17 (6.939%) Administrator
3 17 (6.939%) Support Analyst
4 16 (6.531%) Applications Packager
5 15 (6.122%) 2nd Line Support
6 14 (5.714%) Service Desk Analyst
6 14 (5.714%) 3rd Line Support
7 12 (4.898%) Service Analyst
7 12 (4.898%) Desktop Support
8 11 (4.490%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 11 (4.490%) Systems Administrator
8 11 (4.490%) Test Engineer
9 10 (4.082%) Developer
9 10 (4.082%) IT Support
10 7 (2.857%) Desktop Engineer
10 7 (2.857%) Desktop Analyst
10 7 (2.857%) Software Engineer
11 6 (2.449%) Architect
11 6 (2.449%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.122%) Blackberry
2 8 (3.265%) Clustering
2 8 (3.265%) iPad
3 7 (2.857%) Computer Science
4 6 (2.449%) Thin Client
4 6 (2.449%) iPhone
4 6 (2.449%) Fat Client
4 6 (2.449%) PKI
5 4 (1.633%) NHS
6 3 (1.224%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (1.224%) Streaming Media
6 3 (1.224%) Cryptography
7 2 (0.816%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.816%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.816%) Device Driver
7 2 (0.816%) Handset
7 2 (0.816%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.816%) Mobile Computing
8 1 (0.408%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.408%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 71 (28.98%) Windows 7
2 63 (25.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 56 (22.86%) Windows XP
4 43 (17.55%) Windows Server 2003
5 41 (16.73%) Linux
6 26 (10.61%) UNIX
7 14 (5.714%) Mac OS X
8 12 (4.898%) Android
9 11 (4.490%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (2.857%) Windows Vista
10 7 (2.857%) Windows Mobile
11 6 (2.449%) Debian
12 5 (2.041%) Apple iOS
12 5 (2.041%) Windows 2000
13 4 (1.633%) Windows CE
14 3 (1.224%) Mac OS
14 3 (1.224%) VMS
15 2 (0.816%) Windows 8
16 1 (0.408%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.408%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (13.88%) ITIL
2 16 (6.531%) Migration
3 15 (6.122%) Validation
4 11 (4.490%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (4.082%) Project Management
6 9 (3.673%) Service Delivery
7 8 (3.265%) Test Automation
7 8 (3.265%) Software Engineering
8 7 (2.857%) OO
8 7 (2.857%) OOD
9 6 (2.449%) OOA/OOD
9 6 (2.449%) Release Management
9 6 (2.449%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (2.449%) Embedded Software Development
10 5 (2.041%) Regression Testing
10 5 (2.041%) Benchmarking
11 4 (1.633%) MVC
11 4 (1.633%) Scrum
11 4 (1.633%) Software Testing
11 4 (1.633%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.47%) SQL
2 28 (11.43%) Python
3 22 (8.980%) C++
4 21 (8.571%) C
5 18 (7.347%) C#
6 16 (6.531%) VB
7 14 (5.714%) VBScript
7 14 (5.714%) Java
8 13 (5.306%) Shell Script
9 12 (4.898%) Perl
10 11 (4.490%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.857%) Bash shell
12 6 (2.449%) Objective-C
13 5 (2.041%) JavaScript
14 4 (1.633%) VC++
14 4 (1.633%) T-SQL
15 3 (1.224%) PHP
16 2 (0.816%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (8.163%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (7.755%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.122%) MCSE
4 8 (3.265%) Degree
5 7 (2.857%) MCP
6 6 (2.449%) RHCE
6 6 (2.449%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.633%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (1.224%) CCEE
8 3 (1.224%) RHCT
8 3 (1.224%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.224%) CCNA
8 3 (1.224%) MCSA
9 2 (0.816%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.816%) MCTS
10 1 (0.408%) MCITP
10 1 (0.408%) MCDST
10 1 (0.408%) MOS
10 1 (0.408%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.408%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.755%) SLA
2 4 (1.633%) QA
3 2 (0.816%) GAMP
4 1 (0.408%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.408%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.408%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 91 (37.14%) Active Directory
2 25 (10.20%) Hyper-V
3 22 (8.980%) XenApp
4 21 (8.571%) Microsoft App-V
5 20 (8.163%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (4.490%) Terminal Services
7 7 (2.857%) XenDesktop
8 6 (2.449%) Postfix
8 6 (2.449%) Sendmail
8 6 (2.449%) vSphere
9 4 (1.633%) XenServer
10 3 (1.224%) IAG
10 3 (1.224%) VMware ESX
11 2 (0.816%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.816%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.408%) Xen
12 1 (0.408%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.408%) Samba
12 1 (0.408%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.408%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 20 (8.163%) SCCM
2 12 (4.898%) SCOM
3 8 (3.265%) Nagios
4 6 (2.449%) WSUS
4 6 (2.449%) Puppet
4 6 (2.449%) Red Hat Satellite
5 3 (1.224%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.816%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (0.816%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.408%) AppManager
7 1 (0.408%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 97 (39.59%) Microsoft
2 47 (19.18%) Citrix
3 35 (14.29%) Cisco
3 35 (14.29%) VMware
4 28 (11.43%) HP
5 12 (4.898%) Red Hat
5 12 (4.898%) Remedy
5 12 (4.898%) Dell
5 12 (4.898%) Oracle
6 10 (4.082%) AppSense
7 9 (3.673%) Adobe
8 8 (3.265%) Altiris
9 5 (2.041%) Exinda
9 5 (2.041%) Riverbed
9 5 (2.041%) Toshiba
9 5 (2.041%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.633%) JBoss
10 4 (1.633%) McAfee
10 4 (1.633%) NetApp
10 4 (1.633%) BT
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Cambridge, East Anglia
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Rate: £10.00 - £12 per hour
Posted: 23 May 2013
SharePoint Administrator (2007 & 2010)
Cambridgeshire
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Rate: Unspecified Neg
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Cambridgeshire
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Rate: £15 - £18 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
IT Engineer / Systems Administrator
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
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Rate: £12 - 15 per hour
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