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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Dundee 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank68
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads64
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.004 %
As % of the category below100.00 %100.00 %
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£304£305
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£32.00£16.00
Average hourly rate£32.00£16.83
% change on same period last year+90.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00£17.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.26£20.12
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Dundee
Matching contract IT job ads64
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.004 %
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£316£319
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£32.00£15.50
Average hourly rate£32.00£16.44
% change on same period last year+94.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00£17.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.97£21.93
% change on same period last year+0.17 %
Windows ScotlandWindows
Scotland

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

Dundee Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, 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.

13 (42.86 %)DHTML
13 (42.86 %)HTML
13 (42.86 %)Java
13 (42.86 %)J2EE
13 (42.86 %)OS/2
13 (42.86 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (28.57 %)Finance
22 (28.57 %)OLE
22 (28.57 %)OOA/OOD
22 (28.57 %)JavaScript
22 (28.57 %)WebLogic
22 (28.57 %)JBoss
22 (28.57 %)ActiveX
22 (28.57 %)Tomcat
22 (28.57 %)Microsoft
22 (28.57 %)Citrix
22 (28.57 %)Assembly Language
22 (28.57 %)AJAX
22 (28.57 %)Marketing
22 (28.57 %)Degree
22 (28.57 %)Citrix Presentation Server
22 (28.57 %)C++
31 (14.29 %)Fault Management
31 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
31 (14.29 %)Computer Science
31 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (14.29 %)MS Excel
31 (14.29 %)Windows NT
31 (14.29 %)Windows XP
31 (14.29 %)MS Exchange

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, 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.

Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (42.86 %)HTML
13 (42.86 %)J2EE
22 (28.57 %)ActiveX
22 (28.57 %)OLE
22 (28.57 %)AJAX
31 (14.29 %)OLE DB
31 (14.29 %)ASP
31 (14.29 %)DCOM
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)JBoss
12 (28.57 %)Tomcat
12 (28.57 %)WebLogic
21 (14.29 %)IIS
21 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
21 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2000
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)MS Excel
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)VPN
11 (14.29 %)Firewall
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)MySQL
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Finance
12 (28.57 %)Marketing
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Software Engineer
21 (14.29 %)3rd Line Support
21 (14.29 %)Operations Manager
21 (14.29 %)Deployment Engineer
21 (14.29 %)IT Operations Manager
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Device Driver
11 (14.29 %)Computer Science
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (42.86 %)OS/2
13 (42.86 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
21 (14.29 %)UNIX
21 (14.29 %)Windows 2000
21 (14.29 %)Windows NT
21 (14.29 %)Windows XP
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)OOA/OOD
21 (14.29 %)OO
21 (14.29 %)Service Delivery
21 (14.29 %)Fault Management
21 (14.29 %)ITIL
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (42.86 %)DHTML
13 (42.86 %)Java
22 (28.57 %)JavaScript
22 (28.57 %)Assembly Language
22 (28.57 %)C++
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (28.57 %)Degree
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (28.57 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Dundee IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)Microsoft
12 (28.57 %)Citrix
21 (14.29 %)VMware
21 (14.29 %)Cisco