The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista 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 Vista over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 342 289 244
Rank change year-on-year
-53 -45
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 197 294 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.455% 0.555% 0.723%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.051% 2.674% 3.396%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 69 123
Average daily rate £225 £275 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +5.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £145 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £374 £400 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £258 £225
% change year-on-year
-9.70% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 83 145
Average hourly rate £15.50 £13.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.23% -3.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.50 £10.71
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.65 £21.20 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £12.38 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+25.25% -1.00%
All Operating Systems
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9603 10993 12192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 22.19% 20.76% 21.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5284 5551 6183
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £190 £210
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 929 1139 1194
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.87 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.04% +5.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows Vista
UK

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Vista across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Windows Vista Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Vista across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London -27 66 £244 -22.61% 30
South East +2 51 £300 +16.50% 20
North West +12 24 £175 -17.64% 8
East Midlands +7 16 £125 -60.00% 3
West Midlands +1 14 £250 +38.88% 7
South West +33 10 £120 -64.44% 5
East of England +14 9 £180 -44.40% 6
Yorkshire -6 7 - - 1
North East - - - -
Windows Vista
UK

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 340 (100.00%) Windows
2 240 (70.59%) Windows XP
3 204 (60.00%) Windows 7
4 192 (56.47%) Microsoft
5 185 (54.41%) Active Directory
6 161 (47.35%) MS Office
7 124 (36.47%) Windows Server 2003
8 118 (34.71%) Windows Server 2008
9 106 (31.18%) MS Exchange
10 101 (29.71%) Citrix
11 71 (20.88%) ITIL
12 69 (20.29%) Exchange Server 2003
13 65 (19.12%) Exchange Server 2007
14 64 (18.82%) MS Excel
14 64 (18.82%) Microsoft Certification
15 57 (16.76%) VMware
15 57 (16.76%) VMware Infrastructure
16 56 (16.47%) Security Cleared
16 56 (16.47%) SCCM
17 52 (15.29%) Blackberry
18 51 (15.00%) Windows 2000
19 48 (14.12%) TCP/IP
20 42 (12.35%) HP
20 42 (12.35%) Exchange Server 2010
21 41 (12.06%) SC Cleared
21 41 (12.06%) SLA
21 41 (12.06%) MCP
22 40 (11.76%) LAN
22 40 (11.76%) Microsoft App-V
23 38 (11.18%) VPN

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 16 (4.706%) Application Packaging
2 3 (0.882%) HTML
3 2 (0.588%) COM
3 2 (0.588%) CSS
3 2 (0.588%) XML
4 1 (0.294%) X-Windows
4 1 (0.294%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.294%) .NET
4 1 (0.294%) OLE
Application Platforms
1 106 (31.18%) MS Exchange
2 69 (20.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 65 (19.12%) Exchange Server 2007
4 42 (12.35%) Exchange Server 2010
5 27 (7.941%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 25 (7.353%) IBM Notes
7 22 (6.471%) SharePoint
8 14 (4.118%) IIS
9 3 (0.882%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.882%) Documentum
10 2 (0.588%) Apache
10 2 (0.588%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.588%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.588%) Lync
11 1 (0.294%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.294%) WebLogic
Applications
1 161 (47.35%) MS Office
2 64 (18.82%) MS Excel
3 7 (2.059%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.588%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.588%) Google Apps
4 2 (0.588%) Office 365
5 1 (0.294%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.294%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.882%) Line 500
2 2 (0.588%) SiteCatalyst
2 2 (0.588%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.294%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.294%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.294%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.294%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 48 (14.12%) TCP/IP
2 40 (11.76%) LAN
3 38 (11.18%) VPN
4 35 (10.29%) DNS
4 35 (10.29%) DHCP
5 34 (10.00%) Internet
6 26 (7.647%) WAN
7 16 (4.706%) Wireless
8 13 (3.824%) VoIP
9 12 (3.529%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (3.235%) Firewall
11 7 (2.059%) SAN
12 6 (1.765%) 3G
12 6 (1.765%) Broadband
12 6 (1.765%) FTP
13 5 (1.471%) DSL
14 4 (1.176%) HTTP
14 4 (1.176%) SMTP
14 4 (1.176%) ADSL
15 3 (0.882%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.882%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.529%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (3.235%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (2.059%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.882%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.588%) MS Access
6 2 (0.588%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.294%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (0.294%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.294%) MySQL
7 1 (0.294%) TOAD
7 1 (0.294%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 34 (10.00%) MSI
2 10 (2.941%) AdminStudio
3 7 (2.059%) InstallShield
4 3 (0.882%) Wise Package Studio
4 3 (0.882%) WinRunner
4 3 (0.882%) QuickTest Pro
4 3 (0.882%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.588%) Bugzilla
5 2 (0.588%) Selenium
5 2 (0.588%) JIRA
6 1 (0.294%) TestDirector
General
1 13 (3.824%) Finance
2 9 (2.647%) Advertising
3 8 (2.353%) Publishing
3 8 (2.353%) Telecoms
4 7 (2.059%) Banking
5 5 (1.471%) Manufacturing
5 5 (1.471%) Retail
6 4 (1.176%) Electronics
7 3 (0.882%) Marketing
8 1 (0.294%) German Language
8 1 (0.294%) Local Government
8 1 (0.294%) Games
8 1 (0.294%) Law
8 1 (0.294%) Legal
8 1 (0.294%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 88 (25.88%) Analyst
2 75 (22.06%) Support Engineer
3 66 (19.41%) 2nd Line Support
4 63 (18.53%) Support Analyst
5 60 (17.65%) Desktop Support
6 37 (10.88%) IT Support
7 28 (8.235%) Desktop Engineer
8 24 (7.059%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 21 (6.176%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 20 (5.882%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 20 (5.882%) Service Desk Analyst
10 20 (5.882%) 1st Line Support
10 20 (5.882%) Service Analyst
11 19 (5.588%) Applications Packager
11 19 (5.588%) IT Support Engineer
12 15 (4.412%) Consultant
13 14 (4.118%) IT Support Analyst
13 14 (4.118%) Desktop Analyst
14 13 (3.824%) Desktop Support Analyst
14 13 (3.824%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 52 (15.29%) Blackberry
2 14 (4.118%) iPad
3 11 (3.235%) Fat Client
3 11 (3.235%) Thin Client
4 10 (2.941%) PDA
4 10 (2.941%) iPhone
5 9 (2.647%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.471%) PKI
7 4 (1.176%) EPoS
7 4 (1.176%) Device Driver
7 4 (1.176%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.176%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.176%) Smartphone
7 4 (1.176%) Mathematics
8 3 (0.882%) AS400
8 3 (0.882%) NHS
9 2 (0.588%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.294%) Life Science
10 1 (0.294%) Cryptography
10 1 (0.294%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 340 (100.00%) Windows
2 240 (70.59%) Windows XP
3 204 (60.00%) Windows 7
4 124 (36.47%) Windows Server 2003
5 118 (34.71%) Windows Server 2008
6 51 (15.00%) Windows 2000
7 26 (7.647%) Mac OS X
8 21 (6.176%) Windows 8
9 12 (3.529%) Apple iOS
10 10 (2.941%) UNIX
11 8 (2.353%) Windows 2000 Server
12 7 (2.059%) Mac OS
12 7 (2.059%) Linux
13 6 (1.765%) Mac OS X Server
14 5 (1.471%) Windows NT
15 4 (1.176%) NetWare
16 3 (0.882%) Windows Mobile
16 3 (0.882%) Android
16 3 (0.882%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.882%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (20.88%) ITIL
2 17 (5.000%) Service Delivery
2 17 (5.000%) Migration
3 16 (4.706%) Software Deployment
4 10 (2.941%) Service Management
4 10 (2.941%) Incident Management
5 9 (2.647%) Software Distribution
6 8 (2.353%) DNA
7 7 (2.059%) TQM
7 7 (2.059%) Asset Management
8 5 (1.471%) Time Management
8 5 (1.471%) Change Management
9 4 (1.176%) Configuration Management
9 4 (1.176%) ERP
9 4 (1.176%) Information Management
9 4 (1.176%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (1.176%) ITSM
9 4 (1.176%) Test Scripting
9 4 (1.176%) Performance Management
9 4 (1.176%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.471%) SQL
2 21 (6.176%) PowerShell
3 16 (4.706%) VBScript
4 15 (4.412%) VB
5 8 (2.353%) C
6 4 (1.176%) C++
6 4 (1.176%) Perl
7 2 (0.588%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.588%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.294%) PHP
8 1 (0.294%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.294%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.294%) VBA
Qualifications
1 64 (18.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 56 (16.47%) Security Cleared
3 41 (12.06%) SC Cleared
3 41 (12.06%) MCP
4 29 (8.529%) MCSE
5 13 (3.824%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (3.235%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.941%) MCSA
7 10 (2.941%) MCDST
7 10 (2.941%) MCITP
8 9 (2.647%) Citrix Certification
9 8 (2.353%) MCTS
10 6 (1.765%) Degree
11 4 (1.176%) HNC
12 2 (0.588%) ISEB
12 2 (0.588%) CCA
12 2 (0.588%) CCNA
12 2 (0.588%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.588%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.588%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.06%) SLA
2 1 (0.294%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 185 (54.41%) Active Directory
2 57 (16.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (11.76%) Microsoft App-V
4 24 (7.059%) XenApp
5 23 (6.765%) XenDesktop
6 14 (4.118%) Hyper-V
7 13 (3.824%) Terminal Services
8 8 (2.353%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.765%) VMware ESX
9 6 (1.765%) vSphere
10 5 (1.471%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 2 (0.588%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.588%) XenServer
12 1 (0.294%) Shibboleth
12 1 (0.294%) IAG
12 1 (0.294%) UAG
12 1 (0.294%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.294%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 56 (16.47%) SCCM
2 13 (3.824%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 13 (3.824%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 11 (3.235%) WSUS
4 9 (2.647%) Norton AntiVirus
5 8 (2.353%) AppDNA
6 7 (2.059%) SCOM
7 6 (1.765%) Backup Exec
8 5 (1.471%) DameWare
9 4 (1.176%) MIIS
9 4 (1.176%) Sysprep
9 4 (1.176%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.882%) SCVMM
11 2 (0.588%) Tivoli
11 2 (0.588%) MOM
11 2 (0.588%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.294%) McAfee ePO
12 1 (0.294%) OVSD
12 1 (0.294%) OpenView
Vendors
1 192 (56.47%) Microsoft
2 101 (29.71%) Citrix
3 57 (16.76%) VMware
4 42 (12.35%) HP
5 27 (7.941%) Dell
6 25 (7.353%) Cisco
6 25 (7.353%) Lotus
7 23 (6.765%) Remedy
7 23 (6.765%) AppSense
8 22 (6.471%) Symantec
9 21 (6.176%) Apple
10 14 (4.118%) McAfee
11 13 (3.824%) Lumension
11 13 (3.824%) CA
11 13 (3.824%) SAP
12 10 (2.941%) Compaq
12 10 (2.941%) Oracle
13 8 (2.353%) NetApp
14 7 (2.059%) Adobe
15 5 (1.471%) Juniper
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Rate: £120 - £170 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, North West
My client is a prestigious IT Service provider based in Manchester. There are big projects coming up in the next few months as they grow. They are looking...
ITHR
Posted: 6 June 2013
Southampton, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
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Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Excellent working understanding of Microsoft technologies including Windows Server 2008 R2, Active Directory and Group Policy, Exchange 2007 and 2010, Windows XP, Vista and 7 Microsoft Office - preferably...
Coal IT Services
Rate: Up to £250 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
East London
Start date:1st July 2013. Duration: 1 year initially. World Leading Global Energy Oil Company has an exciting opportunity for an Upstream First Line Support Analyst. Role and...
Eaglecliff
Rate: From £20 to £25 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013
Chatham, Kent
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
Chatham, Kent
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Mint
Rate: £10 - £12 per hour
Posted: 6 June 2013
City of London
Mint
Rate: £200 - £230 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
City, London
MBA Ltd
Posted: 14 June 2013
West Midlands
Venn Group
Rate: £25000 Per Annum 1600 car allowance
Posted: 18 June 2013
Chatham, Kent
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £500.00 - £550.00 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hook, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £250.00 - £330.00 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
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