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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Dover 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£305
% change on same period last year+4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.75£20.51
% change on same period last year+1.18 %
Dover IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Dover
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£331
% change on same period last year-1.08 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.92£22.28
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
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 Dover region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Dover Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dover Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dover 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.

13 (75.00 %)Windows XP
22 (50.00 %)GroupWise
22 (50.00 %)Health
31 (25.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)MS Office
31 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft
31 (25.00 %)Active Directory
31 (25.00 %)NHS

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dover 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.

Dover IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)GroupWise
Dover IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
Dover IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
Dover IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Health
Dover IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Desktop Support
21 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)2nd Line Support
21 (25.00 %)Desktop Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Helpdesk Support
21 (25.00 %)Desktop Engineer
Dover IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)NHS
Dover IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows XP
21 (25.00 %)Windows Vista
Dover IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)SQL
Dover IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Dover IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft