Windows Contracts in Cheshire
 
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 Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 22 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 Cheshire 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 2 5 2
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 137 109 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 18.64% 13.46% 20.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 69.90% 51.66% 65.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 45 120
Average daily rate £272 £324 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.20% -2.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £114 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £475 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £314 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.23% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 9
Average hourly rate £15.00 £22.41 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.06% +60.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.25 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.22 £30.00 £23.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-7.57% +6.45%
All Operating Systems
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 196 211 305
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 26.67% 26.05% 31.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 95 185
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £184 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 9
Average hourly rate £15.00 £22.41 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.06% +60.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.25 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.94 £30.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows
North West

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Chester +4 31 £258 +28.75%
Knutsford +8 28 £258 -20.53%
Warrington -2 11 £225 -29.96%
Macclesfield +2 3 - -
Crewe -2 2 £350 +16.66%
Windows
North West

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 84 (30.66%) Windows 7
2 81 (29.56%) Microsoft
3 71 (25.91%) Active Directory
4 65 (23.72%) Citrix
5 60 (21.90%) UNIX
5 60 (21.90%) Windows XP
6 59 (21.53%) Finance
7 55 (20.07%) Migration
7 55 (20.07%) MS Excel
8 54 (19.71%) ITIL
8 54 (19.71%) Windows Server 2008
9 47 (17.15%) Windows Server 2003
10 39 (14.23%) Banking
11 38 (13.87%) SCCM
11 38 (13.87%) Linux
12 37 (13.50%) VMware
13 36 (13.14%) MS Office
14 35 (12.77%) MS Exchange
15 32 (11.68%) SQL
16 31 (11.31%) Blackberry
17 30 (10.95%) Security Cleared
18 29 (10.58%) XenApp
19 27 (9.854%) SC Cleared
19 27 (9.854%) Incident Management
19 27 (9.854%) Microsoft App-V
20 26 (9.489%) HP
21 25 (9.124%) Project Management
21 25 (9.124%) Clustering
22 24 (8.759%) SharePoint
23 23 (8.394%) AIX

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 22 (8.029%) Middleware
2 19 (6.934%) .NET
3 17 (6.204%) Application Packaging
4 14 (5.109%) HTML
4 14 (5.109%) ASP.NET
5 13 (4.745%) CSS
6 10 (3.650%) WCF
7 9 (3.285%) Web Services
7 9 (3.285%) XML
7 9 (3.285%) .NET Framework
8 8 (2.920%) Software Packaging
9 5 (1.825%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 4 (1.460%) LINQ to SQL
10 4 (1.460%) WebSphere
10 4 (1.460%) jQuery
10 4 (1.460%) LINQ
10 4 (1.460%) WinForms
11 3 (1.095%) XSL
11 3 (1.095%) XSLT
11 3 (1.095%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 35 (12.77%) MS Exchange
2 24 (8.759%) SharePoint
3 20 (7.299%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (4.015%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 10 (3.650%) Exchange Server 2007
6 8 (2.920%) WebSphere MQ
6 8 (2.920%) IIS
7 7 (2.555%) Lotus Notes
7 7 (2.555%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (1.825%) CMS
8 5 (1.825%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 4 (1.460%) LiveLink
10 3 (1.095%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (0.730%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.365%) Apache
12 1 (0.365%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 55 (20.07%) MS Excel
2 36 (13.14%) MS Office
3 12 (4.380%) MS Visio
4 11 (4.015%) MS PowerPoint
5 9 (3.285%) MS Project
6 2 (0.730%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (1.095%) Maximo
2 2 (0.730%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.365%) SAP R/3
3 1 (0.365%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.664%) VPN
2 14 (5.109%) DNS
2 14 (5.109%) LAN
3 11 (4.015%) WAN
3 11 (4.015%) SAN
4 10 (3.650%) DHCP
5 9 (3.285%) SMTP
5 9 (3.285%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.920%) Firewall
7 7 (2.555%) LDAP
8 6 (2.190%) SSL
8 6 (2.190%) Wireless
9 5 (1.825%) Intranet
9 5 (1.825%) Internet
10 4 (1.460%) Broadband
10 4 (1.460%) 3G
11 3 (1.095%) HTTP
12 2 (0.730%) NAS
13 1 (0.365%) Kerberos
13 1 (0.365%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.394%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.015%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (3.285%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (1.825%) Oracle 11g
5 4 (1.460%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.460%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.460%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (1.095%) SQLite
7 1 (0.365%) DB2
7 1 (0.365%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.365%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 17 (6.204%) MSI
2 11 (4.015%) InstallShield
3 10 (3.650%) Wise Package Studio
4 8 (2.920%) AdminStudio
5 7 (2.555%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.730%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.365%) LoadRunner
General
1 59 (21.53%) Finance
2 39 (14.23%) Banking
3 12 (4.380%) Local Government
4 6 (2.190%) Investment Banking
5 4 (1.460%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.365%) Games
6 1 (0.365%) Back Office
6 1 (0.365%) Law
6 1 (0.365%) Legal
6 1 (0.365%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.365%) French Language
6 1 (0.365%) German Language
6 1 (0.365%) Italian Language
6 1 (0.365%) Portuguese Language
6 1 (0.365%) Spanish Language
6 1 (0.365%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (18.98%) Analyst
2 26 (9.489%) Project Manager
3 25 (9.124%) Architect
4 16 (5.839%) IT Support
4 16 (5.839%) Help Desk Support
5 15 (5.474%) Consultant
5 15 (5.474%) Support Analyst
6 13 (4.745%) Applications Packager
6 13 (4.745%) Developer
7 12 (4.380%) Wintel Engineer
8 11 (4.015%) 2nd Line Support
8 11 (4.015%) Infrastructure Manager
9 10 (3.650%) Help Desk Analyst
9 10 (3.650%) Technical Architect
9 10 (3.650%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 9 (3.285%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 9 (3.285%) .NET Developer
10 9 (3.285%) Designer
11 8 (2.920%) Build Engineer
11 8 (2.920%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.31%) Blackberry
2 25 (9.124%) Clustering
3 14 (5.109%) Mainframe
4 13 (4.745%) Statistics
5 11 (4.015%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.825%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.460%) PMI
8 3 (1.095%) Handset
8 3 (1.095%) IBM Mainframe
8 3 (1.095%) Tandem
8 3 (1.095%) iPad
8 3 (1.095%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.095%) Mobile Banking
9 2 (0.730%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.730%) FMCG
9 2 (0.730%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.730%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.365%) EPoS
10 1 (0.365%) EMV
10 1 (0.365%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 84 (30.66%) Windows 7
2 60 (21.90%) UNIX
2 60 (21.90%) Windows XP
3 54 (19.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 47 (17.15%) Windows Server 2003
5 38 (13.87%) Linux
6 23 (8.394%) AIX
6 23 (8.394%) Windows 8
7 19 (6.934%) Windows NT
8 14 (5.109%) Windows 2000
9 9 (3.285%) Android
10 8 (2.920%) Apple iOS
11 7 (2.555%) Windows Vista
12 5 (1.825%) zOS
13 4 (1.460%) Tru64
14 3 (1.095%) Solaris
14 3 (1.095%) Windows CE
15 2 (0.730%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.730%) Windows 2000 Server
15 2 (0.730%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (20.07%) Migration
2 54 (19.71%) ITIL
3 27 (9.854%) Incident Management
4 25 (9.124%) Project Management
5 19 (6.934%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (6.569%) PRINCE2
7 14 (5.109%) Service Management
8 12 (4.380%) Data Analysis
8 12 (4.380%) Change Management
9 7 (2.555%) Security Architecture
9 7 (2.555%) Problem Management
10 6 (2.190%) Project Planning
10 6 (2.190%) Agile Software Development
10 6 (2.190%) Information Security
10 6 (2.190%) Service Delivery
11 5 (1.825%) MVC
11 5 (1.825%) Risk Management
11 5 (1.825%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (1.825%) Test Management
11 5 (1.825%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 32 (11.68%) SQL
2 19 (6.934%) PowerShell
3 18 (6.569%) VB
4 16 (5.839%) C
5 13 (4.745%) C#
5 13 (4.745%) JavaScript
6 11 (4.015%) Shell Script
7 10 (3.650%) C++
8 8 (2.920%) Java
9 6 (2.190%) VBScript
10 3 (1.095%) XPath
11 1 (0.365%) Perl
11 1 (0.365%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 30 (10.95%) Security Cleared
2 27 (9.854%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.839%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (4.745%) DV Cleared
4 13 (4.745%) MCITP
5 10 (3.650%) MCSE
6 7 (2.555%) MCP
6 7 (2.555%) MCDST
7 5 (1.825%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.825%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.825%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.825%) Degree
8 4 (1.460%) MCTS
8 4 (1.460%) CCNP
8 4 (1.460%) CCNA
9 3 (1.095%) GIAC
9 3 (1.095%) CISA
9 3 (1.095%) PhD
9 3 (1.095%) ISEB
9 3 (1.095%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.664%) ISO 9000
2 20 (7.299%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.745%) SLA
4 7 (2.555%) BS25999
5 6 (2.190%) QA
System Software
1 71 (25.91%) Active Directory
2 29 (10.58%) XenApp
3 27 (9.854%) Microsoft App-V
4 21 (7.664%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (5.839%) Hyper-V
6 6 (2.190%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 4 (1.460%) XenDesktop
7 4 (1.460%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 2 (0.730%) PowerHA
8 2 (0.730%) Forefront TMG
8 2 (0.730%) UAG
8 2 (0.730%) vSphere
8 2 (0.730%) VMware ESX
9 1 (0.365%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.365%) Postfix
9 1 (0.365%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 38 (13.87%) SCCM
2 15 (5.474%) Tivoli
3 7 (2.555%) OpenView
3 7 (2.555%) SCOM
3 7 (2.555%) ServiceCenter
4 6 (2.190%) NetBackup
5 5 (1.825%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (1.460%) SCVMM
6 4 (1.460%) ZENworks
7 3 (1.095%) Tivoli Identity Manager
7 3 (1.095%) HP Quality Center
7 3 (1.095%) Oracle Identity Manager
8 2 (0.730%) AppDNA
8 2 (0.730%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.365%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.365%) WSUS
9 1 (0.365%) BladeLogic
9 1 (0.365%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 81 (29.56%) Microsoft
2 65 (23.72%) Citrix
3 37 (13.50%) VMware
4 26 (9.489%) HP
5 23 (8.394%) Oracle
6 14 (5.109%) AppSense
7 9 (3.285%) Remedy
7 9 (3.285%) Red Hat
7 9 (3.285%) IBM
8 8 (2.920%) Cisco
9 7 (2.555%) SAP
9 7 (2.555%) Symantec
9 7 (2.555%) Lotus
9 7 (2.555%) Dell
10 6 (2.190%) EMC
11 4 (1.460%) McAfee
11 4 (1.460%) NetApp
11 4 (1.460%) Novell
11 4 (1.460%) BMC
12 3 (1.095%) Kaspersky
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