The first table below looks at the demand for Windows NT skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows NT 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 England 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 NT
Rank 462 462 387
Rank change year-on-year
0 -75
Contract jobs citing Windows NT 52 108 184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.123% 0.199% 0.332%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.570% 0.968% 1.577%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 58 96
Average daily rate £370 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.33% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £134 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £185 £338
% change year-on-year
+60.94% -45.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 19
Average hourly rate £17.00 £25.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.00% +92.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.80 £13.85 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £41.60 £21.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £29.00 £14.25
% change year-on-year
-44.82% +103.50%
All Operating Systems
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9128 11158 11667
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 21.62% 20.57% 21.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4939 5678 5853
Average daily rate £365 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 950 1134 1170
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows NT
UK

Windows NT
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows NT
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Windows NT Daily Rate Histogram

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Windows NT Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows NT
Contract Locations

The table below 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 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +23 28 £380 +8.57%
South East -28 12 £343 +120.96%
North West +11 5 - -
East Midlands +2 4 - -
West Midlands +11 2 - -
Yorkshire -1 1 - -
Windows NT
UK

Windows NT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 117 (100.00%) Windows
2 71 (60.68%) Microsoft
3 65 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 60 (51.28%) Citrix
5 59 (50.43%) Windows 2000
6 47 (40.17%) Windows XP
7 42 (35.90%) Active Directory
8 40 (34.19%) VMware
9 37 (31.62%) MS Excel
9 37 (31.62%) Windows Server 2008
10 35 (29.91%) SAN
11 33 (28.21%) HP
12 31 (26.50%) .NET
13 30 (25.64%) Oracle
14 29 (24.79%) UNIX
14 29 (24.79%) MS Exchange
15 28 (23.93%) ITIL
15 28 (23.93%) MS Office
15 28 (23.93%) Clustering
15 28 (23.93%) SCOM
16 27 (23.08%) Security Cleared
17 26 (22.22%) NAS
17 26 (22.22%) Incident Management
17 26 (22.22%) TCP/IP
18 25 (21.37%) IBM
18 25 (21.37%) VMware Infrastructure
19 24 (20.51%) SC Cleared
19 24 (20.51%) SQL Server
19 24 (20.51%) SQL
20 23 (19.66%) VPN

Windows NT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 31 (26.50%) .NET
2 16 (13.68%) ASP.NET
2 16 (13.68%) Web Services
3 15 (12.82%) ADSI
3 15 (12.82%) Middleware
4 4 (3.419%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.855%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.855%) XML
5 1 (0.855%) CSS
5 1 (0.855%) ADO.NET
5 1 (0.855%) J2EE
5 1 (0.855%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 29 (24.79%) MS Exchange
2 19 (16.24%) IIS
3 15 (12.82%) Apache
4 11 (9.402%) MQSeries
4 11 (9.402%) Rendezvous
5 7 (5.983%) Oracle Application Server
6 4 (3.419%) Lotus Notes
6 4 (3.419%) SharePoint
6 4 (3.419%) BizTalk Server
6 4 (3.419%) WebSphere MQ
6 4 (3.419%) ESB
6 4 (3.419%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 3 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (2.564%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (1.709%) CICS
9 1 (0.855%) Exchange Server 5.5
9 1 (0.855%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 37 (31.62%) MS Excel
2 28 (23.93%) MS Office
3 5 (4.274%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (8.547%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (29.91%) SAN
2 26 (22.22%) NAS
2 26 (22.22%) TCP/IP
3 23 (19.66%) VPN
4 21 (17.95%) Internet
5 19 (16.24%) WAN
5 19 (16.24%) LAN
6 15 (12.82%) Firewall
6 15 (12.82%) FTP
7 12 (10.26%) DNS
8 10 (8.547%) DHCP
9 7 (5.983%) BIG-IP
10 5 (4.274%) Ethernet
10 5 (4.274%) Broadband
11 2 (1.709%) NetScaler
11 2 (1.709%) SSL
11 2 (1.709%) WLAN
12 1 (0.855%) Wireless
12 1 (0.855%) Intranet
12 1 (0.855%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (20.51%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.274%) DB2
3 4 (3.419%) RDBMS
4 3 (2.564%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (2.564%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.855%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (0.855%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.855%) MySQL
5 1 (0.855%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (3.419%) TortoiseSVN
1 4 (3.419%) ClearCase
1 4 (3.419%) MSI
1 4 (3.419%) InstallShield
1 4 (3.419%) Subversion
2 2 (1.709%) WinRunner
2 2 (1.709%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (1.709%) LoadRunner
2 2 (1.709%) Bugzilla
2 2 (1.709%) Selenium
3 1 (0.855%) JIRA
3 1 (0.855%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.855%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (0.855%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 8 (6.838%) Finance
2 2 (1.709%) Banking
2 2 (1.709%) Spanish Language
3 1 (0.855%) Military
3 1 (0.855%) Electronics
3 1 (0.855%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.855%) Aerospace
3 1 (0.855%) Law
3 1 (0.855%) Legal
3 1 (0.855%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 47 (40.17%) Analyst
2 23 (19.66%) Wintel Engineer
3 18 (15.38%) Support Analyst
4 16 (13.68%) Help Desk Support
5 11 (9.402%) Service Analyst
5 11 (9.402%) Administrator
5 11 (9.402%) Help Desk Analyst
6 10 (8.547%) IT Support
7 8 (6.838%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (6.838%) Service Desk Analyst
8 7 (5.983%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (5.983%) Desktop Support
9 6 (5.128%) Wintel Analyst
9 6 (5.128%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (5.128%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (5.128%) Support Engineer
9 6 (5.128%) Windows Administrator
10 5 (4.274%) Developer
10 5 (4.274%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (3.419%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.93%) Clustering
2 14 (11.97%) Statistics
3 11 (9.402%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (5.983%) Blackberry
5 5 (4.274%) NHS
6 4 (3.419%) Mainframe
6 4 (3.419%) Computer Science
7 3 (2.564%) Cryptography
7 3 (2.564%) Smartphone
7 3 (2.564%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.709%) Firmware
8 2 (1.709%) AS400
9 1 (0.855%) IBM Mainframe
9 1 (0.855%) PDA
9 1 (0.855%) FMCG
9 1 (0.855%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 117 (100.00%) Windows
2 65 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
3 59 (50.43%) Windows 2000
4 47 (40.17%) Windows XP
5 37 (31.62%) Windows Server 2008
6 29 (24.79%) UNIX
7 18 (15.38%) Windows 7
8 13 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
9 12 (10.26%) Linux
10 8 (6.838%) Windows Vista
11 7 (5.983%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (3.419%) HPUX
12 4 (3.419%) zOS
13 3 (2.564%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.855%) OS/390
14 1 (0.855%) MVS
14 1 (0.855%) Solaris
14 1 (0.855%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (23.93%) ITIL
2 26 (22.22%) Incident Management
3 11 (9.402%) Algorithmic Trading
3 11 (9.402%) Release Management
4 10 (8.547%) Electronic Trading
4 10 (8.547%) Migration
5 9 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (7.692%) Service Management
6 6 (5.128%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (4.274%) Service Delivery
8 4 (3.419%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (3.419%) SOA
8 4 (3.419%) EAI
8 4 (3.419%) Configuration Management
8 4 (3.419%) ITSM
9 3 (2.564%) Problem Management
9 3 (2.564%) Change Management
10 2 (1.709%) Software Distribution
10 2 (1.709%) Time Management
10 2 (1.709%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (20.51%) SQL
2 16 (13.68%) Java
3 14 (11.97%) C
4 12 (10.26%) C#
4 12 (10.26%) C++
5 11 (9.402%) VB
6 10 (8.547%) VBScript
7 6 (5.128%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.709%) VB6
9 1 (0.855%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 24 (20.51%) SC Cleared
3 17 (14.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (13.68%) MCSE
4 16 (13.68%) DV Cleared
5 13 (11.11%) Degree
6 4 (3.419%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (3.419%) IBM Certification
7 3 (2.564%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.709%) MCP
8 2 (1.709%) CCA
8 2 (1.709%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (1.709%) ISEB
8 2 (1.709%) CCNP
8 2 (1.709%) MCITP
8 2 (1.709%) ISEB Practitioner
8 2 (1.709%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.855%) MCPD
9 1 (0.855%) MCTS
9 1 (0.855%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (17.95%) SLA
2 13 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (11.11%) ISO 9000
3 3 (2.564%) QA
System Software
1 42 (35.90%) Active Directory
2 25 (21.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (18.80%) VMware ESX
4 18 (15.38%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 18 (15.38%) XenApp
5 17 (14.53%) vSphere
6 7 (5.983%) ProxySG
6 7 (5.983%) Hyper-V
7 4 (3.419%) Terminal Services
7 4 (3.419%) ISA Server
7 4 (3.419%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (3.419%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (1.709%) XenServer
8 2 (1.709%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.855%) Samba
9 1 (0.855%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (23.93%) SCOM
2 16 (13.68%) NetBackup
3 15 (12.82%) Backup Exec
3 15 (12.82%) Legato
4 11 (9.402%) SCCM
5 7 (5.983%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 7 (5.983%) Unicenter
6 4 (3.419%) BladeLogic
7 3 (2.564%) OpenView
7 3 (2.564%) Tivoli
8 2 (1.709%) MOM
9 1 (0.855%) BMC PATROL
9 1 (0.855%) MAINVIEW
9 1 (0.855%) Control-M
9 1 (0.855%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 71 (60.68%) Microsoft
2 60 (51.28%) Citrix
3 40 (34.19%) VMware
4 33 (28.21%) HP
5 30 (25.64%) Oracle
6 25 (21.37%) IBM
7 18 (15.38%) McAfee
7 18 (15.38%) Dell
8 16 (13.68%) Veritas
9 15 (12.82%) Leostream
9 15 (12.82%) PlateSpin
9 15 (12.82%) BMC
9 15 (12.82%) Sophos
10 11 (9.402%) Reuters
10 11 (9.402%) Bloomberg
10 11 (9.402%) TIBCO
11 8 (6.838%) Intel
12 7 (5.983%) Red Hat
12 7 (5.983%) CA
12 7 (5.983%) Blue Coat
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