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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Vista 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 Vista over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows Vista
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank207374
Rank change on same period last yearUp+167
Matching contract IT job ads465277
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.661 %0.280 %
As % of the category below3.685 %1.369 %
Daily rates quoted13274
Average minimum daily rate£307£337
Average daily rate£327£351
% change on same period last year-6.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£370
% change on same period last year-14.46 %
Hourly rates quoted9563
Average minimum hourly rate£16.05£23.22
Average hourly rate£17.32£24.29
% change on same period last year-28.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.60£25.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.55£24.29
% change on same period last year-27.76 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
England
Matching contract IT job ads1261920241
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled17.93 %20.44 %
Daily rates quoted38055685
Average minimum daily rate£338£369
Average daily rate£358£390
% change on same period last year-8.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£410
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£332
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Hourly rates quoted19953058
Average minimum hourly rate£21.27£21.15
Average hourly rate£22.64£22.46
% change on same period last year+0.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.00£23.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.94£22.31
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Windows Vista UKWindows Vista
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 Vista
Demand Trend

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

England Windows Vista Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Windows Vista Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Windows Vista Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Windows Vista Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows Vista
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Vista 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
South EastUp+139166£352+4.22 %
LondonUp+100158£321-5.18 %
West MidlandsUp+2829£324+12.60 %
YorkshireUp+2928£266+77.12 %
East of EnglandUp+2523£258-
North WestUp+2518£299-10.74 %
South WestUp+2218£355-13.54 %
North EastNew entry-9£225-
East MidlandsUp+57£175-
MidlandsNew entry-2--
Windows Vista UKWindows Vista
UK

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista.

11024 (100.00 %)Windows
2441 (43.07 %)Windows XP
3428 (41.80 %)Microsoft
4322 (31.45 %)Windows Server 2003
5273 (26.66 %)Active Directory
6263 (25.68 %)MS Office
7235 (22.95 %)Windows 2000
8178 (17.38 %)Security Cleared
9162 (15.82 %)MS Excel
10159 (15.53 %)MS Exchange
11117 (11.43 %)SC Cleared
12116 (11.33 %)Windows Server 2008
13113 (11.04 %)Microsoft Certification
14100 (9.766 %)SQL Server
1591 (8.887 %)SQL
1591 (8.887 %)HP
1686 (8.398 %)Finance
1785 (8.301 %)Exchange Server 2003
1883 (8.105 %)MCSE
1982 (8.008 %)DNS
2081 (7.910 %)TCP/IP
2180 (7.813 %)Government
2275 (7.324 %).NET
2373 (7.129 %)VMware
2373 (7.129 %)VMware Infrastructure
2471 (6.934 %)ITIL
2471 (6.934 %)WAN
2570 (6.836 %)Windows 2000 Server
2666 (6.445 %)Internet
2765 (6.348 %)Citrix

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
175 (7.324 %).NET
223 (2.246 %).NET Framework
322 (2.148 %)HTML
421 (2.051 %)ASP
517 (1.660 %)XML
517 (1.660 %)Application Packaging
614 (1.367 %)ASP.NET
713 (1.270 %)CSS
87 (0.684 %)WebServices
87 (0.684 %)Middleware
96 (0.586 %)WMI
96 (0.586 %)WPF
105 (0.488 %)AJAX
105 (0.488 %)WSH
114 (0.391 %)Silverlight
123 (0.293 %)ActiveX
123 (0.293 %)XSLT
123 (0.293 %)COM+
132 (0.195 %)COM
132 (0.195 %)MFC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1159 (15.53 %)MS Exchange
285 (8.301 %)Exchange Server 2003
341 (4.004 %)Exchange Server 2007
433 (3.223 %)IIS
530 (2.930 %)Lotus Notes
625 (2.441 %)SharePoint
721 (2.051 %)Exchange Server 2000
810 (0.977 %)SharePoint Server 2007
97 (0.684 %)Apache
105 (0.488 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
114 (0.391 %)Office Communications Server
123 (0.293 %)FormScape
123 (0.293 %)BizTalk Server
132 (0.195 %)Commerce Server
132 (0.195 %)GroupWise
141 (0.098 %)Exchange Server 5.5
141 (0.098 %)Site Server
141 (0.098 %)Documentum
141 (0.098 %)SAS
141 (0.098 %)MTS
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1263 (25.68 %)MS Office
2162 (15.82 %)MS Excel
324 (2.344 %)MS Visio
418 (1.758 %)MS Project
418 (1.758 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.488 %)Spreadsheet
63 (0.293 %)Photoshop
72 (0.195 %)Acrobat
72 (0.195 %)DeltaView
81 (0.098 %)AutoCAD
81 (0.098 %)GeoMedia
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (1.367 %)SoftGrid
25 (0.488 %)Remedy AR System
32 (0.195 %)assyst
32 (0.195 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.195 %)SAP SD
41 (0.098 %)Line 50
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
182 (8.008 %)DNS
281 (7.910 %)TCP/IP
371 (6.934 %)WAN
466 (6.445 %)Internet
558 (5.664 %)LAN
657 (5.566 %)Firewall
756 (5.469 %)VPN
850 (4.883 %)DHCP
942 (4.102 %)SAN
1034 (3.320 %)Wireless
1123 (2.246 %)SMS
1213 (1.270 %)Ethernet
1213 (1.270 %)SMTP
1312 (1.172 %)VoIP
1312 (1.172 %)LDAP
1312 (1.172 %)MPLS
1312 (1.172 %)Intranet
148 (0.781 %)X.400
148 (0.781 %)3G
157 (0.684 %)DMZ
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1100 (9.766 %)SQL Server
239 (3.809 %)SQL Server 2005
325 (2.441 %)SQL Server 2000
411 (1.074 %)RDBMS
58 (0.781 %)Oracle 10g
58 (0.781 %)MS Access
67 (0.684 %)Datawarehouse
73 (0.293 %)MySQL
73 (0.293 %)SQL Server 2008
82 (0.195 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
82 (0.195 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.098 %)DB2
91 (0.098 %)SQL Server 7
91 (0.098 %)GIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (1.172 %)Subversion
211 (1.074 %)Visual Studio
310 (0.977 %)MSI
45 (0.488 %)TestDirector
54 (0.391 %)ClearCase
54 (0.391 %)FrontPage
63 (0.293 %)PVCS
63 (0.293 %)VSS/SourceSafe
63 (0.293 %)Flash
72 (0.195 %)LoadRunner
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
186 (8.398 %)Finance
280 (7.813 %)Government
347 (4.590 %)Banking
436 (3.516 %)Telecoms
524 (2.344 %)Health
623 (2.246 %)Legal
717 (1.660 %)Auditing
816 (1.563 %)Publishing
816 (1.563 %)Pharmaceutical
915 (1.465 %)Education
1014 (1.367 %)Law
1112 (1.172 %)Manufacturing
1211 (1.074 %)Investment Banking
1211 (1.074 %)Insurance
139 (0.879 %)Retail
147 (0.684 %)Electric
154 (0.391 %)Marketing
163 (0.293 %)Music
163 (0.293 %)Back Office
172 (0.195 %)Front Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1171 (16.70 %)Analyst
290 (8.789 %)Support Engineer
375 (7.324 %)Desktop Support
473 (7.129 %)Consultant
473 (7.129 %)2nd Line Support
563 (6.152 %)Support Analyst
655 (5.371 %)Helpdesk Support
754 (5.273 %)Desktop Engineer
851 (4.980 %)Helpdesk Analyst
948 (4.688 %)Architect
1039 (3.809 %)Trainer
1039 (3.809 %)Developer
1138 (3.711 %)Project Manager
1233 (3.223 %)1st Line Support
1330 (2.930 %)3rd Line Support
1426 (2.539 %)Desktop Support Engineer
1525 (2.441 %)Technical Consultant
1525 (2.441 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
1624 (2.344 %)IT Trainer
1723 (2.246 %)Support Technician
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
142 (4.102 %)German Language
240 (3.906 %)Dutch Language
338 (3.711 %)Blackberry
433 (3.223 %)French Language
516 (1.563 %)PKI
615 (1.465 %)Clustering
714 (1.367 %)Thin Client
714 (1.367 %)Fat Client
811 (1.074 %)Client/Server
910 (0.977 %)PDA
109 (0.879 %)Smartcard
118 (0.781 %)N-Tier
126 (0.586 %)NHS
135 (0.488 %)Handset
135 (0.488 %)CESG
135 (0.488 %)Video Conferencing
144 (0.391 %)Device Driver
153 (0.293 %)Replication
153 (0.293 %)Japanese Language
162 (0.195 %)Korean Language
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11024 (100.00 %)Windows
2441 (43.07 %)Windows XP
3322 (31.45 %)Windows Server 2003
4235 (22.95 %)Windows 2000
5116 (11.33 %)Windows Server 2008
670 (6.836 %)Windows 2000 Server
753 (5.176 %)UNIX
847 (4.590 %)Linux
931 (3.027 %)Solaris
1016 (1.563 %)Windows NT
1115 (1.465 %)Windows Mobile
126 (0.586 %)Red Hat Linux
126 (0.586 %)Mac OS X
135 (0.488 %)HPUX
144 (0.391 %)Tru64
144 (0.391 %)Fedora
152 (0.195 %)NetWare
161 (0.098 %)Mac OS X Server
161 (0.098 %)AIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1178 (17.38 %)Security Cleared
2117 (11.43 %)SC Cleared
371 (6.934 %)ITIL
465 (6.348 %)Migration
553 (5.176 %)DV Cleared
642 (4.102 %)Project Management
731 (3.027 %)PRINCE2
822 (2.148 %)Change Management
921 (2.051 %)Service Delivery
921 (2.051 %)Business Desktop Deployment
1018 (1.758 %)System Testing
1117 (1.660 %)User Acceptance Testing
1214 (1.367 %)Data Migration
1214 (1.367 %)Test Scripting
1214 (1.367 %)Incident Management
1313 (1.270 %)Validation
1412 (1.172 %)UML
1412 (1.172 %)Service Management
1412 (1.172 %)Business Intelligence
1510 (0.977 %)CRM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
191 (8.887 %)SQL
263 (6.152 %)C#
349 (4.785 %)VBScript
447 (4.590 %)VB.NET
534 (3.320 %)C
633 (3.223 %)VB
722 (2.148 %)C++
814 (1.367 %)JavaScript
910 (0.977 %)VB6
108 (0.781 %)Java
108 (0.781 %)VBA
116 (0.586 %)Perl
123 (0.293 %)PHP
123 (0.293 %)VC++
123 (0.293 %)Shell Script
132 (0.195 %)FoxPro (VFP)
132 (0.195 %)PL/SQL
132 (0.195 %)Delphi
141 (0.098 %)Python
141 (0.098 %)PowerShell
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1113 (11.04 %)Microsoft Certification
283 (8.105 %)MCSE
330 (2.930 %)MCP
421 (2.051 %)Degree
518 (1.758 %)MCSA
612 (1.172 %)Cisco Certification
612 (1.172 %)ISEB
710 (0.977 %)CCNA
710 (0.977 %)PRINCE2 Certification
88 (0.781 %)MCDST
88 (0.781 %)HNC
96 (0.586 %)ITIL Certification
105 (0.488 %)CCNP
105 (0.488 %)CCA
105 (0.488 %)Citrix Certification
114 (0.391 %)CNE
114 (0.391 %)Novell Certification
114 (0.391 %)MCT
123 (0.293 %)CCEA
123 (0.293 %)MCTS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (1.465 %)QA
213 (1.270 %)SLA
32 (0.195 %)ISO9001
41 (0.098 %)ISO9000
41 (0.098 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.098 %)CESG Infosec
41 (0.098 %)JSP 440
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1273 (26.66 %)Active Directory
273 (7.129 %)VMware Infrastructure
327 (2.637 %)VMware ESX
413 (1.270 %)Terminal Server
413 (1.270 %)Terminal Services
512 (1.172 %)Backup Exec
610 (0.977 %)ISA Server
77 (0.684 %)VMware Workstation
77 (0.684 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
86 (0.586 %)NetBackup
93 (0.293 %)Citrix Presentation Server
102 (0.195 %)Xen
102 (0.195 %)Samba
111 (0.098 %)MetaFrame
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
154 (5.273 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
241 (4.004 %)OpenView Configuration Management
324 (2.344 %)SCCM
413 (1.270 %)SCOM
512 (1.172 %)MOM
611 (1.074 %)Norton AntiVirus
79 (0.879 %)WSUS
86 (0.586 %)OpenView
95 (0.488 %)BMC Marimba
103 (0.293 %)DameWare
103 (0.293 %)Tivoli
103 (0.293 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
112 (0.195 %)Tivoli Monitoring
112 (0.195 %)MIMEsweeper
112 (0.195 %)OVOW
121 (0.098 %)ARCserve
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1428 (41.80 %)Microsoft
291 (8.887 %)HP
373 (7.129 %)VMware
465 (6.348 %)Citrix
544 (4.297 %)Cisco
636 (3.516 %)Dell
730 (2.930 %)Lotus
827 (2.637 %)IBM
926 (2.539 %)Remedy
1018 (1.758 %)VERITAS
1117 (1.660 %)Symantec
1216 (1.563 %)Compaq
1216 (1.563 %)Novell
1314 (1.367 %)Oracle
1411 (1.074 %)McAfee Security
1510 (0.977 %)Symbian
169 (0.879 %)NetApp
177 (0.684 %)Red Hat
177 (0.684 %)Sun
177 (0.684 %)Altiris