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

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim 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 County Antrim 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 22 3 11
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows 11 36 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 5.670% 21.69% 10.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% 85.71% 49.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 18
Average daily rate £335 £263 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.61% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £260 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £415 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.58% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +46.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.45 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.36% +6.45%
All Operating Systems
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 33 42 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 17.01% 25.30% 21.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 11 20
Average daily rate £298 £260 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.42% -25.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £260 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £18.71
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +95.08%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows
Northern Ireland

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim Windows Hourly Rate Trend

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 County Antrim 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
Belfast -19 11 £335 +27.61%
Windows
Northern Ireland

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (30.00%) .NET
3 5 (25.00%) C#
3 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (25.00%) VMware
4 4 (20.00%) .NET Framework
4 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (20.00%) SQL
4 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
5 3 (15.00%) Oracle
5 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET
5 3 (15.00%) MS Exchange
5 3 (15.00%) Citrix
5 3 (15.00%) WinForms
5 3 (15.00%) VMware ESX
5 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
5 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (10.00%) 3PAR
6 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (10.00%) WPF
6 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
6 2 (10.00%) Workflow
6 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (10.00%) SAN
6 2 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 6 (30.00%) .NET
2 4 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (15.00%) WinForms
4 2 (10.00%) WPF
5 1 (5.000%) COM
5 1 (5.000%) Web Services
5 1 (5.000%) XML
5 1 (5.000%) WCF
5 1 (5.000%) WF
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (5.000%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.000%) MS Office
2 1 (5.000%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (5.000%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) SAN
2 1 (5.000%) LAN
2 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.000%) DNS
2 1 (5.000%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.000%) Banking
2 1 (5.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Developer
2 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Administrator
3 2 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) C# Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Exchange Specialist
3 2 (10.00%) Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.000%) Senior Programmer
4 1 (5.000%) Active Directory Specialist
4 1 (5.000%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Senior Analyst Programmer
4 1 (5.000%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Rollout Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Oracle DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (10.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (10.00%) UNIX
4 1 (5.000%) Linux
4 1 (5.000%) VMS
4 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.00%) Workflow
2 1 (5.000%) UML
2 1 (5.000%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (5.000%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) C#
2 4 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.00%) VMware ESX
3 1 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.000%) XenServer
3 1 (5.000%) XenDesktop
3 1 (5.000%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) NetBackup
1 1 (5.000%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (25.00%) VMware
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle
2 3 (15.00%) Citrix
3 2 (10.00%) 3PAR
4 1 (5.000%) Sybase
4 1 (5.000%) EMC
4 1 (5.000%) Cisco
4 1 (5.000%) Symantec
4 1 (5.000%) Remedy
4 1 (5.000%) Red Hat
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