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Windows Contracts in Cardiff
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cardiff 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 3 4 5
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 54 47 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 25.96% 22.93% 19.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 90.00% 78.33% 83.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 19 29
Average daily rate £305 £285 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.01% -15.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £208 £96
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £425 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £311 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.66% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
Average hourly rate £14.85 £14.25 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.21% +18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.77 £14.00 £8.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.93 £15.00 £19.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.38 £16.72 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-8.04% +11.46%
All Operating Systems
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 60 60 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 28.85% 29.27% 23.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 22 34
Average daily rate £310 £280 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% -23.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £200 £98
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% +16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows
South Wales

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 38 (45.78%) Microsoft
1 38 (45.78%) Active Directory
2 25 (30.12%) Windows 7
3 23 (27.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 21 (25.30%) Windows Server 2003
4 21 (25.30%) SQL
5 18 (21.69%) SQL Server
5 18 (21.69%) VMware
6 15 (18.07%) MS Office
6 15 (18.07%) User Acceptance Testing
7 14 (16.87%) SharePoint
8 13 (15.66%) MS Excel
9 12 (14.46%) UNIX
9 12 (14.46%) Banking
10 11 (13.25%) DNS
11 10 (12.05%) Citrix
11 10 (12.05%) IIS
11 10 (12.05%) SCCM
12 9 (10.84%) SharePoint 2010
12 9 (10.84%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (10.84%) Degree
12 9 (10.84%) MS Exchange
12 9 (10.84%) Migration
13 8 (9.639%) Finance
13 8 (9.639%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (9.639%) Novell
13 8 (9.639%) Visual Studio
14 7 (8.434%) Linux
14 7 (8.434%) NHS
14 7 (8.434%) Web Development

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 5 (6.024%) .NET
2 4 (4.819%) WebSphere
2 4 (4.819%) Application Packaging
2 4 (4.819%) WCF
3 3 (3.614%) XML
3 3 (3.614%) XSLT
3 3 (3.614%) SOAP
3 3 (3.614%) WF
3 3 (3.614%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.410%) CSS
4 2 (2.410%) HTML
5 1 (1.205%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.205%) Web Services
5 1 (1.205%) XML Messaging
5 1 (1.205%) Middleware
5 1 (1.205%) WPF
5 1 (1.205%) jQuery
5 1 (1.205%) soapUI
5 1 (1.205%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 14 (16.87%) SharePoint
2 10 (12.05%) IIS
3 9 (10.84%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (10.84%) MS Exchange
4 6 (7.229%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (6.024%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (3.614%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (3.614%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (2.410%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (1.205%) WebLogic
8 1 (1.205%) Apache
8 1 (1.205%) CMS
8 1 (1.205%) GroupWise
8 1 (1.205%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 15 (18.07%) MS Office
2 13 (15.66%) MS Excel
3 6 (7.229%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.25%) DNS
2 6 (7.229%) DHCP
3 5 (6.024%) TCP/IP
3 5 (6.024%) LAN
3 5 (6.024%) Firewall
3 5 (6.024%) Intranet
4 4 (4.819%) WAN
5 3 (3.614%) SAN
6 2 (2.410%) VoIP
7 1 (1.205%) VPN
7 1 (1.205%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (21.69%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.819%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (3.614%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.410%) DB2
5 1 (1.205%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.205%) Informix
5 1 (1.205%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.205%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.205%) Cognos Impromptu
5 1 (1.205%) DTS
5 1 (1.205%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (1.205%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (10.84%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (9.639%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.205%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.205%) TestDirector
3 1 (1.205%) MSI
3 1 (1.205%) Wise Package Studio
3 1 (1.205%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 12 (14.46%) Banking
2 8 (9.639%) Finance
3 5 (6.024%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 23 (27.71%) Analyst
2 13 (15.66%) Support Analyst
3 11 (13.25%) Developer
4 10 (12.05%) Applications Support
5 9 (10.84%) Applications Support Analyst
6 8 (9.639%) Coordinator
7 7 (8.434%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (7.229%) SharePoint Developer
8 6 (7.229%) Support Engineer
9 5 (6.024%) Administrator
9 5 (6.024%) Technical Analyst
10 4 (4.819%) Test Analyst
10 4 (4.819%) 2nd Line Support
10 4 (4.819%) Technical Support
11 3 (3.614%) DBA
11 3 (3.614%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (3.614%) Desktop Support
11 3 (3.614%) Server Administrator
11 3 (3.614%) Integration Engineer
11 3 (3.614%) Senior Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.434%) NHS
1 7 (8.434%) iSeries
2 5 (6.024%) AS400
2 5 (6.024%) Blackberry
3 3 (3.614%) Clustering
3 3 (3.614%) Replication
4 1 (1.205%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.205%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.205%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 25 (30.12%) Windows 7
2 23 (27.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (25.30%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (14.46%) UNIX
5 7 (8.434%) Linux
6 6 (7.229%) Windows XP
7 3 (3.614%) AIX
7 3 (3.614%) OS/400
7 3 (3.614%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (2.410%) Windows 2000
9 1 (1.205%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.205%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.205%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.07%) User Acceptance Testing
2 9 (10.84%) Migration
3 7 (8.434%) Web Development
4 6 (7.229%) PRINCE2
5 5 (6.024%) RUP
5 5 (6.024%) Regression Testing
5 5 (6.024%) Project Management
5 5 (6.024%) Software Testing
5 5 (6.024%) System Testing
6 4 (4.819%) Integration Testing
6 4 (4.819%) MVC
7 3 (3.614%) Workflow
7 3 (3.614%) Test Strategy
7 3 (3.614%) Compatibility Testing
8 2 (2.410%) Information Security
8 2 (2.410%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (2.410%) Service Delivery
8 2 (2.410%) SOA
9 1 (1.205%) UML
9 1 (1.205%) OO
Programming Languages
1 21 (25.30%) SQL
2 4 (4.819%) Shell Script
2 4 (4.819%) C#
2 4 (4.819%) COBOL
3 3 (3.614%) C
3 3 (3.614%) Java
3 3 (3.614%) T-SQL
3 3 (3.614%) FoxPro (VFP)
4 2 (2.410%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.410%) RPG
5 1 (1.205%) Perl
5 1 (1.205%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.205%) XAML
5 1 (1.205%) LINC
Qualifications
1 9 (10.84%) Degree
2 8 (9.639%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (7.229%) MCSE
4 5 (6.024%) ISEB
4 5 (6.024%) MCSA
5 4 (4.819%) MCTS
6 2 (2.410%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.410%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.410%) MCITP
6 2 (2.410%) CISSP
6 2 (2.410%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.410%) CCNA
6 2 (2.410%) MCP
7 1 (1.205%) HNC
7 1 (1.205%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.024%) SLA
2 3 (3.614%) HL7
System Software
1 38 (45.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.434%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.614%) Novell eDirectory
4 2 (2.410%) vSphere
4 2 (2.410%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.410%) XenApp
5 1 (1.205%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (12.05%) SCCM
2 3 (3.614%) ZENworks
3 1 (1.205%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.205%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.205%) ARCserve
3 1 (1.205%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (1.205%) HP SIM
3 1 (1.205%) SCOM
Vendors
1 38 (45.78%) Microsoft
2 18 (21.69%) VMware
3 10 (12.05%) Citrix
4 8 (9.639%) Novell
5 6 (7.229%) IBM
6 5 (6.024%) Altiris
7 3 (3.614%) NetApp
8 2 (2.410%) Rackspace
8 2 (2.410%) SAP
8 2 (2.410%) Oracle
9 1 (1.205%) Cognos
9 1 (1.205%) HP
9 1 (1.205%) Intel
9 1 (1.205%) Adobe
9 1 (1.205%) Cisco
9 1 (1.205%) Veritas
9 1 (1.205%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.205%) Sophos
2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Support / Server / Cardiff / ASAP!!
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Active Directory Administration. Network Infrastructure configuration including; TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP... Must be certified to MCSE/MCSA/MCITP Level... VMware. NetApp Storage. MS Exchange. Certified in any of...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £32000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Embedded Software Engineer/ Team Leader
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The key requirements are as below: Essential: - An experienced C++ Developer with SQL skills (preferably SQL Server or Oracle) - Experience of relational databases and N-Tier applications - Exposure...
X4 Group
Rate: £AboveMarketRates
Posted: 12 June 2013
SQL Server Database Administrator / SQL DBA - Banking
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Log shipping / Mirroring / Replication / Clustering/DB Backup/ DB Restoring. - Good understanding of Windows Server operating system (2003 / 2008) and related storage / network infrastructures... - T-SQL including stored procedures...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £285 to £300 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
SQL Server Database Administrator / SQL DBA - Banking
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Log shipping / Mirroring / Replication / Clustering/DB Backup/ DB Restoring. Good understanding of Windows Server operating system (2003 / 2008) and related storage / network infrastructures... T-SQL including stored procedures...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £275 to £300 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
1st/2nd/3rd Line/Desktop/Infrastructure/Server Support/£33,000
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Active Directory Administration. Network Infrastructure configuration including; TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP... Must be certified to MCSE/MCSA/MCITP Level... VMware. NetApp Storage. MS Exchange. Certified in any of...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £32000 - £3303300000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
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