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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows NT skills within the 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows NT
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank11869
Rank change on same period last yearDown-49
Matching contract IT job ads9432053
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.257 %2.077 %
As % of the category below6.796 %10.30 %
Daily rates quoted222520
Average minimum daily rate£333£359
Average daily rate£348£380
% change on same period last year-8.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£259£316
% change on same period last year-17.93 %
Hourly rates quoted226423
Average minimum hourly rate£19.79£18.85
Average hourly rate£20.64£19.84
% change on same period last year+4.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.49£20.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.63£19.15
% change on same period last year+7.73 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
England
Matching contract IT job ads1387519939
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled18.49 %20.17 %
Daily rates quoted39765505
Average minimum daily rate£358£372
Average daily rate£380£393
% change on same period last year-3.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£403£414
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted21412705
Average minimum hourly rate£20.30£22.06
Average hourly rate£21.57£23.35
% change on same period last year-7.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.85£24.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Windows NT UKWindows NT
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 NT
Demand Trend

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

England Windows NT Demand Trend

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 England region.

England Windows NT Daily Rate Trend

Windows NT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England Windows NT Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Windows NT Hourly Rate Trend

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England Windows NT Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
LondonDown-61370£424-0.69 %
South EastDown-38234£259-14.69 %
East of EnglandUp+688£196-44.57 %
North WestDown-2564£399+66.98 %
South WestDown-4352£391+21.57 %
West MidlandsDown-2546£230-5.47 %
YorkshireDown-3827£300-0.11 %
East MidlandsDown-1125£204+63.20 %
North EastUp+2022£315-
MidlandsDown-65£169-46.57 %
Windows NT UKWindows NT
UK

Windows NT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

11408 (69.74 %)Windows
2556 (27.54 %)Active Directory
3468 (23.18 %)Microsoft
4417 (20.65 %)UNIX
5398 (19.71 %)Windows 2000
6356 (17.63 %)MS Office
7340 (16.84 %)SQL
8305 (15.11 %)Finance
9270 (13.37 %)MS Exchange
10261 (12.93 %)Microsoft Certification
11256 (12.68 %)TCP/IP
12248 (12.28 %)Oracle
13239 (11.84 %)HP
14232 (11.49 %)Windows Server 2003
15227 (11.24 %)Banking
16216 (10.70 %)Security Cleared
17214 (10.60 %)DNS
18212 (10.50 %)Migration
19207 (10.25 %)Exchange Server 2000
20199 (9.856 %)Exchange Server 2003
21198 (9.807 %)Windows XP
22188 (9.312 %)SAN
23185 (9.163 %)Citrix
24178 (8.816 %)MCSE
25172 (8.519 %)Linux
26171 (8.470 %)MS Excel
27164 (8.123 %)SQL Server
27164 (8.123 %)Java
28151 (7.479 %)Firewall
28151 (7.479 %)SC Cleared

Windows NT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1122 (6.043 %).NET
2118 (5.844 %)HTML
3116 (5.745 %)XML
445 (2.229 %)ASP
543 (2.130 %)J2EE
637 (1.833 %)STL
637 (1.833 %)WebSphere
735 (1.734 %)MFC
831 (1.535 %)WebServices
930 (1.486 %)JSP
930 (1.486 %)Middleware
1029 (1.436 %)Spring
1127 (1.337 %)Hibernate
1226 (1.288 %)Servlets
1321 (1.040 %)ASP.NET
1416 (0.792 %)JRules
1515 (0.743 %)JDBC
1515 (0.743 %)EJB
1613 (0.644 %)XSLT
1613 (0.644 %)Application Packaging
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1270 (13.37 %)MS Exchange
2207 (10.25 %)Exchange Server 2000
3199 (9.856 %)Exchange Server 2003
4129 (6.389 %)Exchange Server 5.5
589 (4.408 %)Lotus Notes
665 (3.219 %)IIS
741 (2.031 %)MQSeries
829 (1.436 %)Exchange Server 2007
928 (1.387 %)SharePoint
1027 (1.337 %)CMS
1122 (1.090 %)GroupWise
1220 (0.991 %)WebLogic
1319 (0.941 %)Apache
1417 (0.842 %)Tomcat
1417 (0.842 %)TeamSite
1516 (0.792 %)WebSphere Application Server
169 (0.446 %)IBM HTTP Server
178 (0.396 %)Oracle HTTP Server
186 (0.297 %)Lotus Domino
186 (0.297 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1356 (17.63 %)MS Office
2171 (8.470 %)MS Excel
314 (0.693 %)MS Project
410 (0.495 %)MS PowerPoint
59 (0.446 %)MS Visio
63 (0.149 %)Acrobat
63 (0.149 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.099 %)MATLAB
72 (0.099 %)Photoshop
81 (0.050 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.050 %)Paint Shop Pro
81 (0.050 %)DeltaView
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (0.545 %)Singl.eView
27 (0.347 %)Summit
36 (0.297 %)Oracle Applications
36 (0.297 %)Oracle 11i
45 (0.248 %)SAP HR
45 (0.248 %)assyst
54 (0.198 %)GoldMine
54 (0.198 %)SoftGrid
54 (0.198 %)Staffware
62 (0.099 %)SAP Payroll
62 (0.099 %)SAP FI/CO
62 (0.099 %)SAP CO
62 (0.099 %)SAP SD
62 (0.099 %)SAP FI
62 (0.099 %)SAP MM
62 (0.099 %)SunGard GMI
71 (0.050 %)SAP ERP
71 (0.050 %)SAP PP
71 (0.050 %)Oracle EBS
71 (0.050 %)BPCS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1256 (12.68 %)TCP/IP
2214 (10.60 %)DNS
3188 (9.312 %)SAN
4151 (7.479 %)Firewall
5149 (7.380 %)LAN
6133 (6.587 %)DHCP
7129 (6.389 %)WAN
8103 (5.102 %)Internet
977 (3.814 %)VPN
1048 (2.377 %)Ethernet
1133 (1.634 %)Intranet
1133 (1.634 %)ISDN
1231 (1.535 %)VoIP
1327 (1.337 %)SMS
1327 (1.337 %)ADSL
1327 (1.337 %)FTP
1327 (1.337 %)HTTP
1423 (1.139 %)SSL
1522 (1.090 %)SNMP
1621 (1.040 %)LDAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1164 (8.123 %)SQL Server
261 (3.021 %)SQL Server 2000
342 (2.080 %)DB2
437 (1.833 %)Oracle 9i
532 (1.585 %)SQL Server 2005
626 (1.288 %)Oracle 10g
723 (1.139 %)Oracle 8/8i
821 (1.040 %)SQL Server 7
917 (0.842 %)MS Access
1016 (0.792 %)RDBMS
1112 (0.594 %)Informix
1210 (0.495 %)MySQL
1210 (0.495 %)BusinessObjects
139 (0.446 %)Oracle Reports
148 (0.396 %)Crystal Reports
148 (0.396 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
157 (0.347 %)Sybase ASE
166 (0.297 %)Datawarehouse
166 (0.297 %)Ingres
175 (0.248 %)GIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
135 (1.734 %)LoadRunner
219 (0.941 %)OpenDeploy
317 (0.842 %)Ant
317 (0.842 %)FrontPage
416 (0.792 %)MSI
416 (0.792 %)Visual Studio
515 (0.743 %)Subversion
614 (0.693 %)JUnit
710 (0.495 %)Eclipse
88 (0.396 %)ClearCase
97 (0.347 %)VSS/SourceSafe
106 (0.297 %)PVCS
106 (0.297 %)ClearQuest
114 (0.198 %)TestDirector
123 (0.149 %)QuickTest Pro
123 (0.149 %)WinRunner
123 (0.149 %)Flash
123 (0.149 %)Rational Rose
123 (0.149 %)Oracle APEX
123 (0.149 %)InstallShield
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1305 (15.11 %)Finance
2227 (11.24 %)Banking
3136 (6.736 %)Investment Banking
4123 (6.092 %)Government
573 (3.616 %)Front Office
664 (3.170 %)Back Office
739 (1.932 %)Telecoms
832 (1.585 %)Insurance
924 (1.189 %)Retail
1022 (1.090 %)Law
1121 (1.040 %)Health
1220 (0.991 %)Legal
1319 (0.941 %)Financial Institution
1414 (0.693 %)Marketing
1513 (0.644 %)Manufacturing
1610 (0.495 %)Education
1610 (0.495 %)Local Government
178 (0.396 %)Publishing
187 (0.347 %)Retail Banking
196 (0.297 %)Auditing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1464 (22.98 %)Analyst
2235 (11.64 %)Support Engineer
3231 (11.44 %)Support Analyst
3231 (11.44 %)Developer
4121 (5.993 %)2nd Line Support
5115 (5.696 %)Desktop Support
687 (4.309 %)Administrator
786 (4.260 %)Helpdesk Analyst
879 (3.913 %)Consultant
971 (3.517 %)Server Engineer
1070 (3.467 %)1st Line Support
1070 (3.467 %)3rd Line Support
1168 (3.368 %)Server Support
1265 (3.219 %)Helpdesk Support
1362 (3.071 %)C++ Developer
1457 (2.823 %)Desktop Engineer
1551 (2.526 %)Desktop Analyst
1649 (2.427 %)Service Analyst
1748 (2.377 %)Technical Support
1748 (2.377 %)Desktop Support Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
174 (3.665 %)Derivative
269 (3.418 %)Fixed Income
357 (2.823 %)Clustering
439 (1.932 %)Client/Server
536 (1.783 %)Blackberry
632 (1.585 %)Credit Derivative
729 (1.436 %)NHS
826 (1.288 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
923 (1.139 %)Management Information System
1020 (0.991 %)N-Tier
1020 (0.991 %)CLARiiON
1118 (0.892 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1217 (0.842 %)Equity Derivative
1316 (0.792 %)PKI
1415 (0.743 %)Replication
1512 (0.594 %)Symmetrix
1512 (0.594 %)AS400
1512 (0.594 %)Mainframe
1512 (0.594 %)Thin Client
1512 (0.594 %)Fat Client
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11408 (69.74 %)Windows
2417 (20.65 %)UNIX
3398 (19.71 %)Windows 2000
4232 (11.49 %)Windows Server 2003
5198 (9.807 %)Windows XP
6172 (8.519 %)Linux
7105 (5.201 %)Solaris
854 (2.675 %)AIX
952 (2.576 %)NetWare
1020 (0.991 %)VMS
1116 (0.792 %)HPUX
1211 (0.545 %)Tru64
1211 (0.545 %)Windows Vista
1310 (0.495 %)Fedora
149 (0.446 %)MVS
155 (0.248 %)OS/2
163 (0.149 %)OS/390
163 (0.149 %)OpenVMS
172 (0.099 %)FreeBSD
172 (0.099 %)OpenBSD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1216 (10.70 %)Security Cleared
2212 (10.50 %)Migration
3151 (7.479 %)SC Cleared
4143 (7.083 %)ITIL
564 (3.170 %)Data Migration
660 (2.972 %)Service Delivery
752 (2.576 %)Project Management
848 (2.377 %)Change Management
943 (2.130 %)OO
1040 (1.981 %)Performance Testing
1139 (1.932 %)PRINCE2
1235 (1.734 %)Configuration Management
1332 (1.585 %)Content Management
1430 (1.486 %)Service Management
1528 (1.387 %)Disaster Recovery
1625 (1.238 %)Incident Management
1724 (1.189 %)SOA
1823 (1.139 %)ITSM
1823 (1.139 %)Business Continuity
1921 (1.040 %)CRM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1340 (16.84 %)SQL
2164 (8.123 %)Java
3124 (6.142 %)C++
497 (4.804 %)C#
593 (4.606 %)VB
692 (4.557 %)VBScript
780 (3.962 %)Shell Script
852 (2.576 %)JavaScript
951 (2.526 %)PL/SQL
1048 (2.377 %)Perl
1140 (1.981 %)VC++
1236 (1.783 %)VB.NET
1332 (1.585 %)C
1420 (0.991 %)VB6
1512 (0.594 %)Transact-SQL
1610 (0.495 %)JCL
178 (0.396 %)VBA
187 (0.347 %)Assembly Language
196 (0.297 %)PHP
204 (0.198 %)RPG
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1261 (12.93 %)Microsoft Certification
2178 (8.816 %)MCSE
3103 (5.102 %)MCP
476 (3.764 %)Degree
544 (2.179 %)Novell Certification
642 (2.080 %)Cisco Certification
739 (1.932 %)CNE
828 (1.387 %)MCSA
920 (0.991 %)CCNA
1014 (0.693 %)CNA
1113 (0.644 %)CCNP
1212 (0.594 %)Oracle Certification
139 (0.446 %)MCDST
148 (0.396 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
157 (0.347 %)CCIE
166 (0.297 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
166 (0.297 %)ITIL Certification
175 (0.248 %)ISEB
175 (0.248 %)CISSP
175 (0.248 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
158 (2.873 %)SLA
218 (0.892 %)QA
38 (0.396 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.099 %)ISO17799
51 (0.050 %)GLP
51 (0.050 %)ISO9000
51 (0.050 %)BS7799
51 (0.050 %)TickIT
51 (0.050 %)MiFID
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1556 (27.54 %)Active Directory
259 (2.922 %)Backup Exec
343 (2.130 %)Citrix Presentation Server
343 (2.130 %)VMware Infrastructure
343 (2.130 %)MetaFrame
439 (1.932 %)VMware ESX
528 (1.387 %)NetBackup
618 (0.892 %)ISA Server
717 (0.842 %)Terminal Services
815 (0.743 %)Terminal Server
815 (0.743 %)NFS
913 (0.644 %)Oracle RMAN
108 (0.396 %)NDS
117 (0.347 %)MailMarshal
125 (0.248 %)Oracle RAC
134 (0.198 %)Novell eDirectory
134 (0.198 %)VMware Workstation
143 (0.149 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
151 (0.050 %)Nmap
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
143 (2.130 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
241 (2.031 %)OpenView
322 (1.090 %)DameWare
418 (0.892 %)ARCserve
418 (0.892 %)OVOW
514 (0.693 %)HP Data Protector
610 (0.495 %)Norton AntiVirus
610 (0.495 %)Legato
610 (0.495 %)MOM
79 (0.446 %)MAILsweeper
88 (0.396 %)ZENworks
97 (0.347 %)EMC TimeFinder
97 (0.347 %)EMC NetWorker
97 (0.347 %)CONTROL-M
97 (0.347 %)Tivoli
106 (0.297 %)CA SiteMinder
115 (0.248 %)WSUS
124 (0.198 %)Unicenter
124 (0.198 %)BMC Marimba
133 (0.149 %)CiscoWorks
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1468 (23.18 %)Microsoft
2248 (12.28 %)Oracle
3239 (11.84 %)HP
4185 (9.163 %)Citrix
5144 (7.132 %)Cisco
699 (4.903 %)VMware
794 (4.656 %)Novell
794 (4.656 %)VERITAS
891 (4.507 %)Dell
989 (4.408 %)IBM
989 (4.408 %)Lotus
1071 (3.517 %)Sybase
1160 (2.972 %)EMC
1258 (2.873 %)Compaq
1350 (2.476 %)SAP
1445 (2.229 %)Sun
1543 (2.130 %)Red Hat
1636 (1.783 %)Reuters
1636 (1.783 %)Bloomberg
1735 (1.734 %)Intel
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