East of England Windows NT Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows NT skills within the East of England 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 NT over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows NT
Location Aberdeen Amersham Ashton-under-Lyne Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire City of London County Antrim Crawley Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dundee Durham East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hartlepool Hertfordshire Home Counties Huntingdon Isle of Man Kent Kingswinford Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire London Luton Lutterworth Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Norfolk North East North West Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Romford Rotherham Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stockton-on-Tees Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Witham Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	107	118
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	32	35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.043 %	0.035 %
As % of the category below	3.666 %	2.883 %
Daily rates quoted	12	5
Average minimum daily rate	£171	£180
Average daily rate	£176	£192
% change on same period last year	-8.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£181	£204
UK excluding London average daily rate	£226	£343
% change on same period last year	-34.04 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.92	£9.83
Average hourly rate	£22.00	£10.62
% change on same period last year	+107.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.08	£11.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.89	£19.24
% change on same period last year	+8.61 %
Operating Systems East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	873	1214
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.164 %	1.211 %
Daily rates quoted	261	268
Average minimum daily rate	£279	£319
Average daily rate	£296	£332
% change on same period last year	-10.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£313	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£335
% change on same period last year	-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	148	261
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.36	£24.38
Average hourly rate	£21.63	£25.52
% change on same period last year	-15.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.91	£26.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.51	£22.79
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
Windows NT England

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 NT
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows NT across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows NT
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows NT across the East of England region.

Windows NT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Windows NT
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows NT within the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	+22	18	£129	+11.95 %
Essex	-4	6	£199	+42.14 %
Suffolk	+11	5	-	-
Hertfordshire	+11	4	£150	-66.66 %
Norfolk	+1	2	£300	-

Windows NT England

Windows NT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Windows NT 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 NT.

1 69 (100.00 %) Windows 2 35 (50.72 %) Windows Server 2003 3 32 (46.38 %) Windows 2000 4 30 (43.48 %) Windows XP 4 30 (43.48 %) Microsoft 5 27 (39.13 %) MS Office 6 20 (28.99 %) Active Directory 7 18 (26.09 %) Microsoft Certification 8 16 (23.19 %) DHCP 9 12 (17.39 %) TCP/IP 9 12 (17.39 %) UNIX 10 11 (15.94 %) DNS 10 11 (15.94 %) Cisco 10 11 (15.94 %) Dell 11 10 (14.49 %) Windows 2000 Server

11 10 (14.49 %) HP 11 10 (14.49 %) MS Exchange 11 10 (14.49 %) MCSE 12 9 (13.04 %) Firewall 13 8 (11.59 %) LAN 13 8 (11.59 %) WAN 13 8 (11.59 %) Security Cleared 14 7 (10.14 %) IBM 14 7 (10.14 %) Oracle 15 6 (8.696 %) ADSL 15 6 (8.696 %) ISDN 15 6 (8.696 %) Cisco Certification 15 6 (8.696 %) Intel 15 6 (8.696 %) Finance 15 6 (8.696 %) Exchange Server 2003

Windows NT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Windows NT 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 NT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.449 %) HTML 1 1 (1.449 %) ASP 1 1 (1.449 %) XML 1 1 (1.449 %) Middleware 1 1 (1.449 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 10 (14.49 %) MS Exchange 2 6 (8.696 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 5 (7.246 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 3 (4.348 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 1 (1.449 %) Lotus Notes 5 1 (1.449 %) CMS
Applications 1 27 (39.13 %) MS Office 2 5 (7.246 %) MS Excel 3 2 (2.899 %) MS Visio 3 2 (2.899 %) MS PowerPoint 3 2 (2.899 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 2 (2.899 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 16 (23.19 %) DHCP 2 12 (17.39 %) TCP/IP 3 11 (15.94 %) DNS 4 9 (13.04 %) Firewall 5 8 (11.59 %) LAN 5 8 (11.59 %) WAN 6 6 (8.696 %) ADSL 6 6 (8.696 %) ISDN 7 5 (7.246 %) VoIP 7 5 (7.246 %) Intrusion Detection 8 4 (5.797 %) Internet 9 2 (2.899 %) OSPF 9 2 (2.899 %) SAN 9 2 (2.899 %) Cisco IOS 9 2 (2.899 %) Wireless 9 2 (2.899 %) IP Telephony 9 2 (2.899 %) VPN 10 1 (1.449 %) FTP 10 1 (1.449 %) SNMP 10 1 (1.449 %) Network Security	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (7.246 %) SQL Server 2 4 (5.797 %) Oracle 9i 2 4 (5.797 %) Oracle 10g 3 3 (4.348 %) RDBMS 3 3 (4.348 %) Oracle Reports 4 1 (1.449 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (1.449 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 3 (4.348 %) Oracle Forms 1 3 (4.348 %) ProC 2 1 (1.449 %) MSI 2 1 (1.449 %) FrontPage	General 1 6 (8.696 %) Finance 2 2 (2.899 %) Insurance 3 1 (1.449 %) Education 3 1 (1.449 %) Electric 3 1 (1.449 %) Government 3 1 (1.449 %) Legal
Job Titles 1 33 (47.83 %) Support Engineer 2 15 (21.74 %) Server Support 3 11 (15.94 %) Server Engineer 3 11 (15.94 %) Server Support Engineer 4 10 (14.49 %) Network Engineer 5 8 (11.59 %) Network Support Engineer 5 8 (11.59 %) Network Support 6 6 (8.696 %) 1st Line Support 6 6 (8.696 %) Desktop Engineer 6 6 (8.696 %) Analyst 6 6 (8.696 %) Desktop Support 7 5 (7.246 %) DBA 7 5 (7.246 %) Desktop Support Engineer 8 4 (5.797 %) Oracle DBA 9 3 (4.348 %) 2nd Line Support 9 3 (4.348 %) Senior Network Engineer 9 3 (4.348 %) IT Support Engineer 9 3 (4.348 %) Support Analyst 10 2 (2.899 %) Helpdesk Analyst 10 2 (2.899 %) Systems Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.449 %) Mainframe 1 1 (1.449 %) Management Information System 1 1 (1.449 %) Replication
Operating Systems 1 69 (100.00 %) Windows 2 35 (50.72 %) Windows Server 2003 3 32 (46.38 %) Windows 2000 4 30 (43.48 %) Windows XP 5 12 (17.39 %) UNIX 6 10 (14.49 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 3 (4.348 %) Windows Vista 7 3 (4.348 %) Solaris 8 1 (1.449 %) Linux 8 1 (1.449 %) AIX 8 1 (1.449 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (11.59 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (4.348 %) ITIL 3 2 (2.899 %) Time Management 3 2 (2.899 %) SC Cleared 4 1 (1.449 %) DV Cleared 4 1 (1.449 %) UML 4 1 (1.449 %) Disaster Recovery 4 1 (1.449 %) Migration 4 1 (1.449 %) Content Management
Programming Languages 1 4 (5.797 %) C 1 4 (5.797 %) SQL 2 3 (4.348 %) Shell Script 3 2 (2.899 %) Perl 3 2 (2.899 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (1.449 %) Java 4 1 (1.449 %) JavaScript 4 1 (1.449 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 18 (26.09 %) Microsoft Certification 2 10 (14.49 %) MCSE 3 6 (8.696 %) Cisco Certification 3 6 (8.696 %) Degree 4 4 (5.797 %) MCSA 5 3 (4.348 %) ITIL Certification 6 2 (2.899 %) CCNP 6 2 (2.899 %) CCNA 6 2 (2.899 %) MCP 7 1 (1.449 %) OCP 7 1 (1.449 %) Oracle Certification 7 1 (1.449 %) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.899 %) SLA	System Software 1 20 (28.99 %) Active Directory 2 3 (4.348 %) Oracle RAC 3 2 (2.899 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 2 (2.899 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (1.449 %) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management 1 5 (7.246 %) OpenView 2 3 (4.348 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (1.449 %) ZENworks 3 1 (1.449 %) SCCM 3 1 (1.449 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager	Vendors 1 30 (43.48 %) Microsoft 2 11 (15.94 %) Cisco 2 11 (15.94 %) Dell 3 10 (14.49 %) HP 4 7 (10.14 %) Oracle 4 7 (10.14 %) IBM 5 6 (8.696 %) Intel 6 5 (7.246 %) McAfee Security 6 5 (7.246 %) 3Com 7 3 (4.348 %) VMware 7 3 (4.348 %) Sun 8 2 (2.899 %) PlateSpin 9 1 (1.449 %) Citrix 9 1 (1.449 %) Novell 9 1 (1.449 %) Tridion 9 1 (1.449 %) Lotus