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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Dartford 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 over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank51
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads817
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.017 %
As % of the category below100.00 %100.00 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£275-
Average daily rate£313-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£307
% change on same period last year+4.25 %
Hourly rates quoted116
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£19.79
Average hourly rate£15.50£20.33
% change on same period last year-23.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00£20.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.79£20.53
% change on same period last year+1.28 %
Dartford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Dartford
Matching contract IT job ads817
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.017 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£275-
Average daily rate£313-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£332
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Hourly rates quoted116
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£19.52
Average hourly rate£15.50£20.16
% change on same period last year-23.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00£20.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.94£22.31
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Windows KentWindows
Kent

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
Demand Trend

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

Dartford Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dartford Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Dartford region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Dartford Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dartford Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dartford 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.

14 (50.00 %)SharePoint
14 (50.00 %)Windows XP
14 (50.00 %)Microsoft
23 (37.50 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (37.50 %)SQL
23 (37.50 %)IIS
32 (25.00 %)MS Office
32 (25.00 %)Linux
32 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
32 (25.00 %)Novell
32 (25.00 %)Degree
32 (25.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (12.50 %)SharePoint Portal Server
41 (12.50 %)Migration
41 (12.50 %)NHS
41 (12.50 %)Active Directory
41 (12.50 %)Intranet
41 (12.50 %)Internet
41 (12.50 %)Ethernet
41 (12.50 %)ITIL

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dartford 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.

Dartford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (50.00 %)SharePoint
23 (37.50 %)IIS
32 (25.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (12.50 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Dartford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)MS Office
Dartford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (12.50 %)Intranet
21 (12.50 %)Internet
21 (12.50 %)Ethernet
Dartford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (25.00 %)Support Technician
12 (25.00 %)Administrator
12 (25.00 %)IT Support Technician
12 (25.00 %)SharePoint Administrator
21 (12.50 %)Helpdesk Support
21 (12.50 %)Developer
Dartford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)NHS
Dartford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (50.00 %)Windows XP
23 (37.50 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (25.00 %)Linux
Dartford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)Migration
11 (12.50 %)ITIL
Dartford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (37.50 %)SQL
Dartford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (25.00 %)Degree
Dartford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (12.50 %)Active Directory
Dartford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (50.00 %)Microsoft
22 (25.00 %)Novell