City of London Windows Vista Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Vista skills within the City of London 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 Vista over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows Vista
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Doncaster Dover East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Gateshead Glasgow Gloucestershire Grays Greenwich Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hove Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire London Loughborough Lutterworth Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northern Ireland Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Portsmouth Preston Reading Salford Scotland Skipton Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Woking Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	157	167
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	49	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.069 %	0.026 %
As % of the category below	2.910 %	1.416 %
Daily rates quoted	21	4
Average minimum daily rate	£272	£325
Average daily rate	£291	£335
% change on same period last year	-13.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£310	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£312	£367
% change on same period last year	-14.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.93	£19.60
Average hourly rate	£16.64	£20.85
% change on same period last year	-20.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.36	£22.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.81	£24.52
% change on same period last year	-31.44 %
Operating Systems City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	1684	1836
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.371 %	1.855 %
Daily rates quoted	879	747
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£417
Average daily rate	£377	£441
% change on same period last year	-14.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£402	£466
UK excluding London average daily rate	£327	£331
% change on same period last year	-1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	126	125
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.18	£20.24
Average hourly rate	£20.68	£21.29
% change on same period last year	-2.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.18	£22.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.98	£22.27
% change on same period last year	+3.17 %
Windows Vista London

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 Vista
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Vista across the City of London region.

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Vista across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the City of London region.

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Vista across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista.

1 88 (100.00 %) Windows 2 43 (48.86 %) Windows XP 3 39 (44.32 %) Windows Server 2003 4 24 (27.27 %) Microsoft 4 24 (27.27 %) Active Directory 5 23 (26.14 %) Banking 6 17 (19.32 %) MS Office 7 15 (17.05 %) Citrix 7 15 (17.05 %) DNS 7 15 (17.05 %) Finance 8 13 (14.77 %) Service Delivery 8 13 (14.77 %) Change Management 8 13 (14.77 %) MS Exchange 9 12 (13.64 %) VMware 9 12 (13.64 %) VMware Infrastructure

10 11 (12.50 %) .NET 10 11 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 11 10 (11.36 %) MS Excel 11 10 (11.36 %) HP 12 9 (10.23 %) Blackberry 12 9 (10.23 %) IBM 12 9 (10.23 %) SQL 12 9 (10.23 %) ITIL 12 9 (10.23 %) Incident Management 12 9 (10.23 %) Exchange Server 2003 13 8 (9.091 %) VB.NET 13 8 (9.091 %) Microsoft Certification 13 8 (9.091 %) DHCP 14 7 (7.955 %) TCP/IP 14 7 (7.955 %) VBScript

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 11 (12.50 %) .NET 2 3 (3.409 %) Application Packaging 3 1 (1.136 %) ASP 3 1 (1.136 %) WMI 3 1 (1.136 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 13 (14.77 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (10.23 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 4 (4.545 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 4 (4.545 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 2 (2.273 %) SharePoint 4 2 (2.273 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 2 (2.273 %) IIS 4 2 (2.273 %) Lotus Notes 5 1 (1.136 %) Tomcat 5 1 (1.136 %) SAS 5 1 (1.136 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications 1 17 (19.32 %) MS Office 2 10 (11.36 %) MS Excel 3 3 (3.409 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (2.273 %) MS Project 4 2 (2.273 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 2 (2.273 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 15 (17.05 %) DNS 2 8 (9.091 %) DHCP 3 7 (7.955 %) TCP/IP 4 6 (6.818 %) LAN 5 4 (4.545 %) SMS 5 4 (4.545 %) WAN 6 2 (2.273 %) Kerberos 6 2 (2.273 %) SAN 6 2 (2.273 %) Internet 6 2 (2.273 %) LDAP 7 1 (1.136 %) Firewall 7 1 (1.136 %) IP Telephony 7 1 (1.136 %) iSCSI	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (2.273 %) SQL Server 1 2 (2.273 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 2 1 (1.136 %) DB2 2 1 (1.136 %) Datawarehouse 2 1 (1.136 %) RDBMS 2 1 (1.136 %) Oracle 10g
Development Applications 1 3 (3.409 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (1.136 %) MSI 2 1 (1.136 %) FrontPage	General 1 23 (26.14 %) Banking 2 15 (17.05 %) Finance 3 6 (6.818 %) Insurance 4 5 (5.682 %) Investment Banking 4 5 (5.682 %) Telecoms 5 4 (4.545 %) Education 5 4 (4.545 %) Law 5 4 (4.545 %) Legal 6 2 (2.273 %) Government 6 2 (2.273 %) Music 7 1 (1.136 %) Auditing
Job Titles 1 12 (13.64 %) Trainer 2 10 (11.36 %) Analyst 3 7 (7.955 %) Desktop Support 3 7 (7.955 %) Support Analyst 4 6 (6.818 %) Applications Packager 4 6 (6.818 %) IT Trainer 5 5 (5.682 %) Server Engineer 6 4 (4.545 %) Support Engineer 6 4 (4.545 %) 2nd Line Support 6 4 (4.545 %) Coordinator 7 3 (3.409 %) Architect 7 3 (3.409 %) Tester 7 3 (3.409 %) Test Analyst 7 3 (3.409 %) Technical Support 7 3 (3.409 %) Infrastructure Specialist 8 2 (2.273 %) Desktop Analyst 8 2 (2.273 %) Windows Server Engineer 8 2 (2.273 %) Applications Tester 8 2 (2.273 %) Wintel Engineer 8 2 (2.273 %) 3rd Line Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 9 (10.23 %) Blackberry 2 6 (6.818 %) Clustering 3 2 (2.273 %) Thin Client 3 2 (2.273 %) Fat Client 4 1 (1.136 %) Credit Risk 4 1 (1.136 %) Handset 4 1 (1.136 %) Client/Server 4 1 (1.136 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 88 (100.00 %) Windows 2 43 (48.86 %) Windows XP 3 39 (44.32 %) Windows Server 2003 4 11 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 5 7 (7.955 %) Windows Server 2008 6 6 (6.818 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 4 (4.545 %) Linux 7 4 (4.545 %) UNIX 8 3 (3.409 %) Solaris 8 3 (3.409 %) Windows Mobile 9 2 (2.273 %) Mac OS X 10 1 (1.136 %) Windows NT 10 1 (1.136 %) AIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (14.77 %) Service Delivery 1 13 (14.77 %) Change Management 2 9 (10.23 %) ITIL 2 9 (10.23 %) Incident Management 3 6 (6.818 %) Migration 4 5 (5.682 %) SC Cleared 4 5 (5.682 %) Security Cleared 5 3 (3.409 %) Supplier Management 6 2 (2.273 %) Web Testing 6 2 (2.273 %) Test Scripting 6 2 (2.273 %) System Testing 6 2 (2.273 %) Time Management 6 2 (2.273 %) Asset Management 6 2 (2.273 %) CRM 6 2 (2.273 %) Business Intelligence 7 1 (1.136 %) Configuration Management 7 1 (1.136 %) Disaster Recovery 7 1 (1.136 %) Risk Management 7 1 (1.136 %) Validation 7 1 (1.136 %) Software Engineering
Programming Languages 1 9 (10.23 %) SQL 2 8 (9.091 %) VB.NET 3 7 (7.955 %) VBScript 4 5 (5.682 %) VB 4 5 (5.682 %) C# 5 2 (2.273 %) C 6 1 (1.136 %) PowerShell	Qualifications 1 8 (9.091 %) Microsoft Certification 2 6 (6.818 %) MCSE 3 4 (4.545 %) ITIL Certification 4 3 (3.409 %) MCP 4 3 (3.409 %) CCNA 4 3 (3.409 %) ISEB 4 3 (3.409 %) CCA 4 3 (3.409 %) Citrix Certification 4 3 (3.409 %) CCEA 4 3 (3.409 %) Cisco Certification 5 2 (2.273 %) MCSD 5 2 (2.273 %) MCDBA 5 2 (2.273 %) MCT 5 2 (2.273 %) MOS 5 2 (2.273 %) Degree 6 1 (1.136 %) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.273 %) ISO9001 1 2 (2.273 %) SLA 2 1 (1.136 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 (1.136 %) QA 2 1 (1.136 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 24 (27.27 %) Active Directory 2 12 (13.64 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 4 (4.545 %) Terminal Server 4 2 (2.273 %) VMware Workstation 4 2 (2.273 %) NetBackup 5 1 (1.136 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 1 (1.136 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 3 (3.409 %) SCOM 2 2 (2.273 %) SCCM 2 2 (2.273 %) Tivoli 2 2 (2.273 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 2 (2.273 %) MOM 3 1 (1.136 %) ARCserve 3 1 (1.136 %) WSUS 3 1 (1.136 %) Tivoli Monitoring	Vendors 1 24 (27.27 %) Microsoft 2 15 (17.05 %) Citrix 3 12 (13.64 %) VMware 4 10 (11.36 %) HP 5 9 (10.23 %) IBM 6 6 (6.818 %) Dell 6 6 (6.818 %) Cisco 7 5 (5.682 %) Reuters 8 4 (4.545 %) Bloomberg 9 3 (3.409 %) Symbian 9 3 (3.409 %) Sun 10 2 (2.273 %) NetApp 10 2 (2.273 %) VERITAS 10 2 (2.273 %) Lotus 11 1 (1.136 %) Sophos 11 1 (1.136 %) Wyse 11 1 (1.136 %) Compaq 11 1 (1.136 %) Oracle 11 1 (1.136 %) Sybase 11 1 (1.136 %) Intel