Derbyshire Windows Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Derbyshire 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 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Amersham Andover Atherstone Aylesbury Ayr Banbury Banstead Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bathgate Beccles Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Belper Berkshire Bexley Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Braintree Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Buxton Caerphilly Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chichester Chippenham Chorley City of London Coatbridge Cobham Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Dalkeith Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Ely Enfield England Epsom Esher Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Feltham Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Great Yarmouth Greenock Grimsby Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Henlow Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hounslow Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverurie Ipswich Isleworth Kegworth Kent Kidderminster Kingston Upon Thames Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Larne Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northumbria Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Osterley Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Pershore Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Pudsey Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Romford Rotherham Royston Rugby Ruislip Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Scottish Borders Scunthorpe Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidmouth Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Spalding St Albans St Asaph St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Sutton-in-Ashfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teddington Telford Thames Valley Thatcham Thirsk Tonbridge Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	1	1
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	47	86
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.077 %	0.094 %
As % of the category below	92.16 %	62.77 %
Daily rates quoted	6	17
Average minimum daily rate	£214	£266
Average daily rate	£228	£277
% change on same period last year	-17.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£243	£289
UK excluding London average daily rate	£303	£304
% change on same period last year	-0.43 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.39	£20.06
Average hourly rate	£17.56	£21.01
% change on same period last year	-16.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.73	£21.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.29	£20.02
% change on same period last year	+1.36 %
Operating Systems Derbyshire
Matching contract IT job ads	51	137
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.083 %	0.150 %
Daily rates quoted	7	20
Average minimum daily rate	£232	£283
Average daily rate	£247	£291
% change on same period last year	-15.10 %
Average maximum daily rate	£263	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£316	£318
% change on same period last year	-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.21	£19.13
Average hourly rate	£17.18	£20.09
% change on same period last year	-14.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.16	£21.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.05	£21.81
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Windows East Midlands

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 Derbyshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Derby	0	33	£261	-23.72 %
Buxton	-	4	-	-
Belper	0	2	£65	-
Chesterfield	+2	1	-	-
Dronfield	-	1	-	-
Matlock	-	1	-	-

Windows East Midlands

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 44 (41.90 %) Microsoft 2 41 (39.05 %) UNIX 3 40 (38.10 %) Windows Server 2003 4 39 (37.14 %) Windows XP 5 31 (29.52 %) Manufacturing 6 29 (27.62 %) Active Directory 7 25 (23.81 %) Data Management 8 24 (22.86 %) CAD 9 22 (20.95 %) PDM 10 21 (20.00 %) Security Cleared 11 20 (19.05 %) Client/Server 11 20 (19.05 %) C++ 11 20 (19.05 %) SQL 11 20 (19.05 %) Oracle 12 19 (18.10 %) Microsoft Certification

13 18 (17.14 %) Windows 2000 14 17 (16.19 %) MS Office 14 17 (16.19 %) Java 14 17 (16.19 %) C 15 15 (14.29 %) Perl 16 14 (13.33 %) MCSE 16 14 (13.33 %) Finance 17 13 (12.38 %) Solaris 17 13 (12.38 %) Windows 2000 Server 18 11 (10.48 %) Citrix 18 11 (10.48 %) TCP/IP 19 9 (8.571 %) MS Exchange 19 9 (8.571 %) MCP 19 9 (8.571 %) Requirements Analysis 19 9 (8.571 %) SC Cleared

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 (4.762 %) .NET 2 3 (2.857 %) J2EE 2 3 (2.857 %) MFC 2 3 (2.857 %) .NET Framework 3 2 (1.905 %) WinForms 4 1 (0.952 %) Software Packaging 4 1 (0.952 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 9 (8.571 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (4.762 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 4 (3.810 %) Lotus Notes 4 3 (2.857 %) IIS 4 3 (2.857 %) SharePoint 5 2 (1.905 %) Oracle Application Server 5 2 (1.905 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 1 (0.952 %) Live Communications Server 6 1 (0.952 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 1 (0.952 %) Apache
Applications 1 17 (16.19 %) MS Office 2 6 (5.714 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.952 %) AutoCAD	Communications & Networking 1 11 (10.48 %) TCP/IP 2 8 (7.619 %) Internet 3 5 (4.762 %) LAN 3 5 (4.762 %) WAN 4 4 (3.810 %) SAN 5 2 (1.905 %) DHCP 6 1 (0.952 %) VPN 6 1 (0.952 %) DNS 6 1 (0.952 %) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (3.810 %) Oracle 10g 2 3 (2.857 %) SQL Server 2 3 (2.857 %) Oracle 9i 3 2 (1.905 %) RDBMS 3 2 (1.905 %) Oracle Reports 3 2 (1.905 %) PowerCenter 4 1 (0.952 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.952 %) BusinessObjects	Development Applications 1 5 (4.762 %) MSI 2 2 (1.905 %) Oracle Forms 3 1 (0.952 %) ClearCase 3 1 (0.952 %) Visual Studio 3 1 (0.952 %) VSS/SourceSafe
General 1 31 (29.52 %) Manufacturing 2 14 (13.33 %) Finance 3 8 (7.619 %) Financial Institution 4 6 (5.714 %) Aerospace 5 3 (2.857 %) Marketing 6 2 (1.905 %) Auditing 6 2 (1.905 %) Telecoms 6 2 (1.905 %) Banking 7 1 (0.952 %) Government 7 1 (0.952 %) Health	Job Titles 1 23 (21.90 %) Analyst 2 13 (12.38 %) Technical Lead 3 11 (10.48 %) Support Analyst 4 9 (8.571 %) 1st Line Support 4 9 (8.571 %) Support Engineer 5 8 (7.619 %) Developer 5 8 (7.619 %) Helpdesk Analyst 6 7 (6.667 %) Helpdesk Support 7 6 (5.714 %) Technical Analyst 7 6 (5.714 %) Technical Support 7 6 (5.714 %) 1st Line Support Analyst 8 5 (4.762 %) Information Analyst 8 5 (4.762 %) Architect 8 5 (4.762 %) Desktop Support 9 4 (3.810 %) 2nd Line Support 9 4 (3.810 %) Administrator 9 4 (3.810 %) Desktop Engineer 9 4 (3.810 %) Technical Engineer 10 3 (2.857 %) Desktop Support Engineer 10 3 (2.857 %) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 20 (19.05 %) Client/Server 2 4 (3.810 %) Blackberry 3 1 (0.952 %) German Language	Operating Systems 1 41 (39.05 %) UNIX 2 40 (38.10 %) Windows Server 2003 3 39 (37.14 %) Windows XP 4 18 (17.14 %) Windows 2000 5 13 (12.38 %) Solaris 5 13 (12.38 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 5 (4.762 %) Windows NT 7 4 (3.810 %) Linux 8 3 (2.857 %) Windows Vista 9 2 (1.905 %) Red Hat Linux 9 2 (1.905 %) AIX 9 2 (1.905 %) Windows CE 10 1 (0.952 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 25 (23.81 %) Data Management 2 24 (22.86 %) CAD 3 22 (20.95 %) PDM 4 21 (20.00 %) Security Cleared 5 9 (8.571 %) SC Cleared 5 9 (8.571 %) Requirements Analysis 6 7 (6.667 %) PLM 6 7 (6.667 %) ITIL 7 6 (5.714 %) BC Cleared 8 3 (2.857 %) Quality Management 8 3 (2.857 %) Service Delivery 9 2 (1.905 %) Configuration Management 9 2 (1.905 %) Service Management 9 2 (1.905 %) Software Engineering 9 2 (1.905 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 1 (0.952 %) Integration Testing 10 1 (0.952 %) Test Scripting 10 1 (0.952 %) Software Testing 10 1 (0.952 %) Business Continuity 10 1 (0.952 %) UML	Programming Languages 1 20 (19.05 %) C++ 1 20 (19.05 %) SQL 2 17 (16.19 %) C 2 17 (16.19 %) Java 3 15 (14.29 %) Perl 4 5 (4.762 %) C# 5 1 (0.952 %) Delphi 5 1 (0.952 %) VB 5 1 (0.952 %) VB.NET 5 1 (0.952 %) Shell Script 5 1 (0.952 %) VB6
Qualifications 1 19 (18.10 %) Microsoft Certification 2 14 (13.33 %) MCSE 3 9 (8.571 %) MCP 4 5 (4.762 %) Degree 5 3 (2.857 %) A+ Certification 6 2 (1.905 %) MCSA 7 1 (0.952 %) ISEB 7 1 (0.952 %) MCITP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.857 %) ISO9001 2 1 (0.952 %) SLA
System Software 1 29 (27.62 %) Active Directory 2 2 (1.905 %) VMware ESX 3 1 (0.952 %) NFS 3 1 (0.952 %) ISA Server	Systems Management 1 7 (6.667 %) Tivoli 1 7 (6.667 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (2.857 %) SCCM 2 3 (2.857 %) MOM 3 1 (0.952 %) Legato 3 1 (0.952 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 1 (0.952 %) SCOM 3 1 (0.952 %) MIMEsweeper
Vendors 1 44 (41.90 %) Microsoft 2 20 (19.05 %) Oracle 3 11 (10.48 %) Citrix 4 5 (4.762 %) IBM 4 5 (4.762 %) HP 5 4 (3.810 %) Lotus 6 3 (2.857 %) NetApp 6 3 (2.857 %) Remedy 7 2 (1.905 %) VMware 7 2 (1.905 %) Informatica 7 2 (1.905 %) Red Hat 7 2 (1.905 %) Sun 7 2 (1.905 %) Cisco 8 1 (0.952 %) Business Objects 8 1 (0.952 %) Intel 8 1 (0.952 %) Sage 8 1 (0.952 %) Symantec 8 1 (0.952 %) BMC 8 1 (0.952 %) Brocade 8 1 (0.952 %) LANDesk