The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London 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 14 10 17
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +7
Contract jobs citing Windows 15 29 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 8.982% 13.12% 10.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 40.54% 60.42% 47.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 24
Average daily rate £388 £425 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.82% +3.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £216 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £565 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.80% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £26.75 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +40.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.20 £16.50 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-7.87% +8.19%
All Operating Systems
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
37 48 126
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 22.16% 21.72% 21.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 25 55
Average daily rate £395 £475 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.84% +11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £350 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £600 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
Average hourly rate - £26.75 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +18.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows
London

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 16 (57.14%) Banking
2 10 (35.71%) Investment Banking
2 10 (35.71%) SQL
3 9 (32.14%) Degree
4 8 (28.57%) Oracle
4 8 (28.57%) Linux
4 8 (28.57%) Finance
5 7 (25.00%) ITIL
5 7 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (21.43%) Retail Banking
6 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
6 6 (21.43%) Java
6 6 (21.43%) Retail
6 6 (21.43%) Risk Management
7 5 (17.86%) MS Office
7 5 (17.86%) UNIX
7 5 (17.86%) Cognos
7 5 (17.86%) TCP/IP
7 5 (17.86%) IBM
7 5 (17.86%) Citrix
8 4 (14.29%) SAN
8 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 4 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (14.29%) Business Objects
8 4 (14.29%) C#
8 4 (14.29%) C++
8 4 (14.29%) VMware
8 4 (14.29%) VMware ESX
8 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 3 (10.71%) Web Services
1 3 (10.71%) SAP XI
2 2 (7.143%) HTML
2 2 (7.143%) jQuery
2 2 (7.143%) CSS
3 1 (3.571%) HTML5
3 1 (3.571%) .NET
3 1 (3.571%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.571%) Ajax
3 1 (3.571%) Apache Flex
3 1 (3.571%) WF
3 1 (3.571%) XML
3 1 (3.571%) XSLT
3 1 (3.571%) Flash
3 1 (3.571%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) WebLogic
1 3 (10.71%) IIS
1 3 (10.71%) Apache
1 3 (10.71%) Tomcat
1 3 (10.71%) MS Exchange
1 3 (10.71%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (7.143%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) MS Office
2 1 (3.571%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) TCP/IP
2 4 (14.29%) SAN
2 4 (14.29%) NetScaler
3 3 (10.71%) Firewall
4 2 (7.143%) VPN
4 2 (7.143%) DNS
4 2 (7.143%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (10.71%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (10.71%) BusinessObjects XI
4 2 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (3.571%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (3.571%) ReportNet
5 1 (3.571%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (3.571%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (7.143%) WinRunner
1 2 (7.143%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (7.143%) LoadRunner
1 2 (7.143%) MSI
1 2 (7.143%) InstallShield
1 2 (7.143%) Bugzilla
1 2 (7.143%) Maven
1 2 (7.143%) Selenium
1 2 (7.143%) TeamCity
1 2 (7.143%) Artifactory
2 1 (3.571%) Flash Builder
2 1 (3.571%) JIRA
General
1 16 (57.14%) Banking
2 10 (35.71%) Investment Banking
3 8 (28.57%) Finance
4 6 (21.43%) Retail
4 6 (21.43%) Retail Banking
5 3 (10.71%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (14.29%) C++ Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Administrator
3 3 (10.71%) Java Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Support Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Business Developer
4 2 (7.143%) Architect
4 2 (7.143%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.143%) Programme Manager
4 2 (7.143%) Front Office Developer
4 2 (7.143%) Information Architect
4 2 (7.143%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.143%) Report Developer
4 2 (7.143%) Citrix Administrator
4 2 (7.143%) Business Objects Developer
4 2 (7.143%) Information Security Architect
5 1 (3.571%) UNIX Administrator
5 1 (3.571%) Quantitative Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Report Writer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (14.29%) Mathematics
3 3 (10.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (7.143%) Grid Computing
4 2 (7.143%) Derivative
4 2 (7.143%) Physics
5 1 (3.571%) Blackberry
5 1 (3.571%) Streaming Video
5 1 (3.571%) Credit Risk
5 1 (3.571%) Video on Demand
5 1 (3.571%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Linux
2 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (17.86%) UNIX
4 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (7.143%) Windows 2000
5 2 (7.143%) Windows NT
5 2 (7.143%) Windows XP
5 2 (7.143%) Windows 7
5 2 (7.143%) Windows Vista
5 2 (7.143%) Windows 8
6 1 (3.571%) Android
6 1 (3.571%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.571%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (3.571%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) ITIL
2 6 (21.43%) Risk Management
3 4 (14.29%) Change Management
3 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 3 (10.71%) OO
4 3 (10.71%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) Scrum
4 3 (10.71%) Information Security
4 3 (10.71%) TDD
5 2 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (7.143%) Migration
5 2 (7.143%) Multithreading
5 2 (7.143%) System Testing
5 2 (7.143%) OWASP
5 2 (7.143%) ITIL V3
5 2 (7.143%) SIEM
5 2 (7.143%) Software Distribution
6 1 (3.571%) Monte Carlo Method
6 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (3.571%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) SQL
2 6 (21.43%) Java
3 4 (14.29%) C#
3 4 (14.29%) C++
4 3 (10.71%) Perl
4 3 (10.71%) PowerShell
4 3 (10.71%) Bash shell
5 2 (7.143%) VC++
5 2 (7.143%) Python
5 2 (7.143%) JavaScript
5 2 (7.143%) VBScript
6 1 (3.571%) ActionScript
6 1 (3.571%) VBA
6 1 (3.571%) C
6 1 (3.571%) ActionScript 3.0
6 1 (3.571%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 9 (32.14%) Degree
2 3 (10.71%) CCA
2 3 (10.71%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (7.143%) ISEB Practitioner
3 2 (7.143%) ISTQB
3 2 (7.143%) MCSE
3 2 (7.143%) ISEB
4 1 (3.571%) CISSP
4 1 (3.571%) CISA
4 1 (3.571%) CCAA
4 1 (3.571%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) VMware ESX
1 4 (14.29%) XenApp
1 4 (14.29%) XenDesktop
2 3 (10.71%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (7.143%) Active Directory
3 2 (7.143%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) Tivoli
1 2 (7.143%) MOM
1 2 (7.143%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (7.143%) SCCM
1 2 (7.143%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Oracle
2 5 (17.86%) Cognos
2 5 (17.86%) IBM
2 5 (17.86%) Citrix
3 4 (14.29%) VMware
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 4 (14.29%) Business Objects
4 3 (10.71%) SAP
4 3 (10.71%) HP
5 2 (7.143%) Compaq
5 2 (7.143%) Dell
5 2 (7.143%) AppSense
5 2 (7.143%) SolarWinds
5 2 (7.143%) NetApp
6 1 (3.571%) TIBCO
6 1 (3.571%) Reuters
6 1 (3.571%) Bloomberg
6 1 (3.571%) EMC
6 1 (3.571%) Cisco