The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 17 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 Derbyshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 1 1 7
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Contract jobs citing Windows 27 61 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 19.85% 28.24% 15.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 81.82% 95.31% 80.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 27 19
Average daily rate £245 £331 £110
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.98% +200.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £114 £124 £80
10% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £452 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.80% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 9
Average hourly rate £13.50 £55.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-75.45% +161.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.70 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.25 £59.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.20 £16.50 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-7.87% +8.19%
All Operating Systems
Derbyshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
33 64 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 24.26% 29.63% 18.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 29 24
Average daily rate £245 £325 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.61% -12.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £200 £88
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £455 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 9
Average hourly rate £13.50 £44.25 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-69.49% +268.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £57.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows
East Midlands

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Derby -2 15 £200 -39.02%
Chesterfield -6 1 - -
Windows
East Midlands

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 20 (40.82%) Active Directory
2 18 (36.73%) Windows 7
3 17 (34.69%) Microsoft
4 12 (24.49%) Security Cleared
5 11 (22.45%) MS Exchange
5 11 (22.45%) VMware
6 10 (20.41%) SQL
7 9 (18.37%) Citrix
8 8 (16.33%) SCCM
8 8 (16.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
9 7 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
9 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (14.29%) .NET
9 7 (14.29%) MS Office
10 6 (12.24%) WinForms
10 6 (12.24%) SQL Server
10 6 (12.24%) MS Excel
10 6 (12.24%) HTML
10 6 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
11 5 (10.20%) vSphere
11 5 (10.20%) Hyper-V
11 5 (10.20%) WSUS
11 5 (10.20%) JavaScript
11 5 (10.20%) MCSE
11 5 (10.20%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (10.20%) ISA Server
11 5 (10.20%) HP
11 5 (10.20%) Cisco
11 5 (10.20%) Migration

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 7 (14.29%) .NET
2 6 (12.24%) HTML
2 6 (12.24%) WinForms
3 4 (8.163%) CSS
3 4 (8.163%) Web Services
3 4 (8.163%) ASP.NET
4 3 (6.122%) XML
4 3 (6.122%) jQuery
5 2 (4.082%) WPF
5 2 (4.082%) WF
5 2 (4.082%) Silverlight
5 2 (4.082%) Ajax
6 1 (2.041%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.041%) WCF
6 1 (2.041%) X-Windows
6 1 (2.041%) LINQ
6 1 (2.041%) HTML5
6 1 (2.041%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (2.041%) LINQ to SQL
6 1 (2.041%) COM
Application Platforms
1 11 (22.45%) MS Exchange
2 7 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (8.163%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (8.163%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (6.122%) Kentico
4 3 (6.122%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (6.122%) Umbraco
4 3 (6.122%) IIS
5 2 (4.082%) SharePoint
5 2 (4.082%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (4.082%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (4.082%) Lync
5 2 (4.082%) CMS
6 1 (2.041%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 7 (14.29%) MS Office
2 6 (12.24%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.041%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.041%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (2.041%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (2.041%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.041%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.163%) DNS
1 4 (8.163%) Internet
2 3 (6.122%) SAN
2 3 (6.122%) WAN
3 2 (4.082%) LAN
3 2 (4.082%) HTTP
3 2 (4.082%) iSCSI
4 1 (2.041%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (2.041%) Firewall
4 1 (2.041%) Wireless
4 1 (2.041%) ADSL
4 1 (2.041%) WLAN
4 1 (2.041%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.041%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (2.041%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (2.041%) Banking
1 1 (2.041%) German Language
Job Titles
1 10 (20.41%) Support Engineer
2 7 (14.29%) Developer
3 6 (12.24%) .NET Developer
3 6 (12.24%) Desktop Support
3 6 (12.24%) Security Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Analyst
5 4 (8.163%) ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (8.163%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 4 (8.163%) Help Desk Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) .NET Web Developer
6 3 (6.122%) Rollout Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) Help Desk Support Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) Security Support Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) C# Developer
6 3 (6.122%) Project Coordinator
6 3 (6.122%) Administrator
6 3 (6.122%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) Help Desk Support
6 3 (6.122%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.163%) Blackberry
1 4 (8.163%) Clustering
2 1 (2.041%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.041%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 18 (36.73%) Windows 7
2 8 (16.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (10.20%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (8.163%) Windows 2000 Server
4 4 (8.163%) Windows XP
5 3 (6.122%) Windows 2000
6 1 (2.041%) UNIX
6 1 (2.041%) Solaris
6 1 (2.041%) Linux
6 1 (2.041%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.041%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (10.20%) Migration
2 4 (8.163%) E-Commerce
3 3 (6.122%) OOD
3 3 (6.122%) ITIL
3 3 (6.122%) OO
3 3 (6.122%) E-business
4 2 (4.082%) Workflow
4 2 (4.082%) Information Security
4 2 (4.082%) Content Management
4 2 (4.082%) Web Development
4 2 (4.082%) Load Balancing
4 2 (4.082%) Test Scripting
4 2 (4.082%) Change Control
4 2 (4.082%) WAN Optimisation
4 2 (4.082%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (2.041%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.041%) Business Development
5 1 (2.041%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.041%) CRM
5 1 (2.041%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.41%) SQL
2 5 (10.20%) JavaScript
3 4 (8.163%) C#
4 2 (4.082%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.041%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) MCSE
4 4 (8.163%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (6.122%) MCP
6 2 (4.082%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.082%) MCITP
6 2 (4.082%) Degree
7 1 (2.041%) BC Cleared
7 1 (2.041%) MCDST
7 1 (2.041%) MCSA
7 1 (2.041%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.122%) SLA
2 1 (2.041%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (40.82%) Active Directory
2 6 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (10.20%) Hyper-V
3 5 (10.20%) ISA Server
3 5 (10.20%) vSphere
4 3 (6.122%) XenApp
5 2 (4.082%) NFS
5 2 (4.082%) Terminal Services
5 2 (4.082%) Forefront TMG
5 2 (4.082%) VMware Server
6 1 (2.041%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.041%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (2.041%) Terminal Server
6 1 (2.041%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) SCCM
2 5 (10.20%) WSUS
3 4 (8.163%) SCOM
4 3 (6.122%) Backup Exec
5 2 (4.082%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (4.082%) NetBackup
5 2 (4.082%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (2.041%) HP SIM
6 1 (2.041%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 17 (34.69%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.45%) VMware
3 9 (18.37%) Citrix
4 5 (10.20%) Cisco
4 5 (10.20%) HP
5 3 (6.122%) Oracle
5 3 (6.122%) NetApp
6 2 (4.082%) Veritas
6 2 (4.082%) Symantec
6 2 (4.082%) McAfee
6 2 (4.082%) Riverbed
6 2 (4.082%) MobileIron
6 2 (4.082%) EMC
7 1 (2.041%) Wyse
7 1 (2.041%) LANDesk
7 1 (2.041%) Remedy
7 1 (2.041%) Dell
7 1 (2.041%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.041%) Adobe
7 1 (2.041%) Sun
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