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The table below looks at the demand for the Windows Administrator role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Windows Administrator
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank484506
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads64125
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.091 %0.126 %
As % of the category below0.110 %0.148 %
Daily rates quoted2135
Average minimum daily rate£298£311
Average daily rate£314£325
% change on same period last year-3.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£299£301
% change on same period last year-0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted1221
Average minimum hourly rate£26.92£27.43
Average hourly rate£28.46£29.40
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£31.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.42£31.42
% change on same period last year-15.91 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5817584697
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.67 %85.54 %
Daily rates quoted1935726249
Average minimum daily rate£374£390
Average daily rate£400£415
% change on same period last year-3.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£439
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted52787537
Average minimum hourly rate£22.52£23.88
Average hourly rate£24.06£25.46
% change on same period last year-5.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.60£27.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Windows Administrator UKWindows Administrator
UK

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 Administrator
Demand Trend

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

England Windows Administrator Demand Trend

Windows Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Windows Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Windows Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Administrator across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Windows Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Windows Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Administrator across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Windows Administrator Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows Administrator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Administrator within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+7335£319-8.21 %
East of EnglandUp+4014£220+91.30 %
South EastUp+255£288-10.25 %
South WestUp+93£350+94.44 %
North WestUp+43--
YorkshireUp+62--
West MidlandsUp+131--
Windows Administrator UKWindows Administrator
UK

Windows Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Windows Administrator in their job title 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 with Windows Administrator in their job title.

1136 (100.00 %)Windows
288 (64.71 %)Windows Server 2003
369 (50.74 %)Active Directory
439 (28.68 %)Citrix
538 (27.94 %)VMware
634 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
634 (25.00 %)MCSE
732 (23.53 %)MS Exchange
830 (22.06 %)Windows 2000
928 (20.59 %)SQL Server
1027 (19.85 %)Microsoft
1125 (18.38 %)DNS
1224 (17.65 %)Finance
1323 (16.91 %)IIS
1323 (16.91 %)HP
1422 (16.18 %)SAN
1521 (15.44 %)Clustering
1620 (14.71 %)UNIX
1719 (13.97 %)TCP/IP
1719 (13.97 %)Windows XP
1719 (13.97 %)Exchange Server 2003
1818 (13.24 %)Windows 2000 Server
1818 (13.24 %)SQL
1916 (11.76 %)Cisco
1916 (11.76 %)Banking
2014 (10.29 %)IBM
2113 (9.559 %)LAN
2113 (9.559 %)VMware ESX
2212 (8.824 %)DHCP
2212 (8.824 %)Linux

Windows Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Windows Administrator in their job title 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 with Windows Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (7.353 %).NET
25 (3.676 %)ASP.NET
25 (3.676 %)WebSphere
34 (2.941 %)J2EE
34 (2.941 %)WSH
43 (2.206 %)COM+
52 (1.471 %)DCOM
52 (1.471 %)WebServices
52 (1.471 %)XML
52 (1.471 %)ODBC
52 (1.471 %)ActiveX
52 (1.471 %).NET Framework
52 (1.471 %)HTML
61 (0.735 %)Middleware
61 (0.735 %)X-Windows
61 (0.735 %)ASP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
132 (23.53 %)MS Exchange
223 (16.91 %)IIS
319 (13.97 %)Exchange Server 2003
48 (5.882 %)SharePoint
57 (5.147 %)CMS
66 (4.412 %)Exchange Server 2007
75 (3.676 %)WebSphere MQ
82 (1.471 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
82 (1.471 %)Lotus Notes
82 (1.471 %)Office Project Server
91 (0.735 %)Exchange Server 2000
91 (0.735 %)Office Communications Server
91 (0.735 %)Apache
91 (0.735 %)Tomcat
91 (0.735 %)BizTalk Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (8.824 %)MS Excel
24 (2.941 %)MS Office
32 (1.471 %)MS Project
32 (1.471 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.735 %)Acrobat
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.735 %)Summit
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
125 (18.38 %)DNS
222 (16.18 %)SAN
319 (13.97 %)TCP/IP
413 (9.559 %)LAN
512 (8.824 %)DHCP
69 (6.618 %)WAN
76 (4.412 %)SMS
85 (3.676 %)SNMP
85 (3.676 %)Firewall
94 (2.941 %)SSH
94 (2.941 %)LDAP
103 (2.206 %)IPsec
103 (2.206 %)VPN
103 (2.206 %)Network Security
112 (1.471 %)VoIP
112 (1.471 %)FTP
121 (0.735 %)Broadband
121 (0.735 %)Internet
121 (0.735 %)VLAN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (20.59 %)SQL Server
27 (5.147 %)SQL Server 2000
36 (4.412 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (2.206 %)Oracle 10g
52 (1.471 %)Oracle 9i
52 (1.471 %)MS Access
52 (1.471 %)TOAD
52 (1.471 %)SQL Navigator
61 (0.735 %)MySQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (5.147 %)StarTeam
22 (1.471 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.735 %)ClearCase
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (17.65 %)Finance
216 (11.76 %)Banking
310 (7.353 %)Government
48 (5.882 %)Investment Banking
57 (5.147 %)Health
65 (3.676 %)Retail
73 (2.206 %)Construction
82 (1.471 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.735 %)Back Office
91 (0.735 %)Telecoms
91 (0.735 %)Law
91 (0.735 %)Legal
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (15.44 %)Clustering
26 (4.412 %)Blackberry
34 (2.941 %)Tandem
43 (2.206 %)Management Information System
43 (2.206 %)Client/Server
52 (1.471 %)Social Network
52 (1.471 %)CLARiiON
61 (0.735 %)PDA
61 (0.735 %)Celerra
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1136 (100.00 %)Windows
288 (64.71 %)Windows Server 2003
330 (22.06 %)Windows 2000
420 (14.71 %)UNIX
519 (13.97 %)Windows XP
618 (13.24 %)Windows 2000 Server
712 (8.824 %)Linux
810 (7.353 %)Windows NT
810 (7.353 %)Solaris
95 (3.676 %)Mac OS X
102 (1.471 %)Red Hat Linux
102 (1.471 %)Windows Server 2008
102 (1.471 %)HPUX
111 (0.735 %)NetWare
111 (0.735 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
111 (0.735 %)Debian
111 (0.735 %)Windows Vista
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (7.353 %)Security Cleared
27 (5.147 %)SC Cleared
27 (5.147 %)Configuration Management
36 (4.412 %)Change Management
44 (2.941 %)Disaster Recovery
44 (2.941 %)Migration
53 (2.206 %)Information Security
53 (2.206 %)Asset Management
62 (1.471 %)DRM
62 (1.471 %)Service Management
62 (1.471 %)ITIL
62 (1.471 %)UML
62 (1.471 %)OO
62 (1.471 %)OOD
62 (1.471 %)DV Cleared
62 (1.471 %)Problem Management
71 (0.735 %)Performance Management
71 (0.735 %)Service Delivery
71 (0.735 %)Project Management
71 (0.735 %)Content Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (13.24 %)SQL
211 (8.088 %)VB
37 (5.147 %)VBScript
37 (5.147 %)Perl
46 (4.412 %)Shell Script
54 (2.941 %)C#
54 (2.941 %)Java
62 (1.471 %)PL/SQL
62 (1.471 %)VB6
62 (1.471 %)VBA
71 (0.735 %)C
71 (0.735 %)Transact-SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
134 (25.00 %)MCSE
134 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (2.941 %)Cisco Certification
24 (2.941 %)MCSA
24 (2.941 %)CCNA
32 (1.471 %)CCA
32 (1.471 %)Citrix Certification
32 (1.471 %)CCEA
32 (1.471 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
32 (1.471 %)Degree
41 (0.735 %)MCP
41 (0.735 %)RHCE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.735 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
169 (50.74 %)Active Directory
213 (9.559 %)VMware ESX
310 (7.353 %)VMware Infrastructure
47 (5.147 %)Terminal Server
56 (4.412 %)Citrix Presentation Server
65 (3.676 %)NetBackup
65 (3.676 %)ISA Server
74 (2.941 %)Samba
83 (2.206 %)Terminal Services
92 (1.471 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
101 (0.735 %)Backup Exec
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (2.941 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
14 (2.941 %)Norton AntiVirus
14 (2.941 %)WSUS
23 (2.206 %)Tivoli
32 (1.471 %)ARCserve
32 (1.471 %)BMC Marimba
41 (0.735 %)BMC Performance Manager
41 (0.735 %)MOM
41 (0.735 %)Netcool
41 (0.735 %)OpenView Configuration Management
41 (0.735 %)BMC PATROL
41 (0.735 %)Legato
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
139 (28.68 %)Citrix
238 (27.94 %)VMware
327 (19.85 %)Microsoft
423 (16.91 %)HP
516 (11.76 %)Cisco
614 (10.29 %)IBM
79 (6.618 %)EMC
88 (5.882 %)CA
97 (5.147 %)Serena
97 (5.147 %)Borland
106 (4.412 %)Oracle
115 (3.676 %)Dell
124 (2.941 %)VERITAS
124 (2.941 %)Symantec
124 (2.941 %)Sun
133 (2.206 %)Hyperion
133 (2.206 %)Brio
142 (1.471 %)LANDesk
142 (1.471 %)Altiris
142 (1.471 %)Tripwire