The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dundee region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 22 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 Dundee 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 6 5 4
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 2 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dundee 10.00% 23.26% 25.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.57% 55.56% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
Average daily rate £150 £114 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.57% -54.40%
UK excluding London average daily rate £314 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.23% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £23.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-7.57% +6.45%
All Operating Systems
Dundee
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
7 18 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dundee 35.00% 41.86% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 1
Average daily rate £150 £115 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.43% -54.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £31.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows
Scotland

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dundee 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 Dundee region.

Dundee Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dundee Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dundee 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 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) McAfee
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Games
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) JNI
1 1 (50.00%) MCITP
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Programming
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (50.00%) Game Development

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dundee 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 1 (50.00%) JNI
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Support Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Games Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Games Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Programming
1 1 (50.00%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) McAfee
1 1 (50.00%) VMware