England Windows Vista Contracts

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.

Microsoft Windows Vista
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Doncaster Dover East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Gateshead Glasgow Gloucestershire Grays Greenwich Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hove Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire London Loughborough Lutterworth Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northern Ireland Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Portsmouth Preston Reading Salford Scotland Skipton Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Woking Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	207	374
Rank change on same period last year	+167
Matching contract IT job ads	465	277
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.661 %	0.280 %
As % of the category below	3.685 %	1.369 %
Daily rates quoted	132	74
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 quoted	95	63
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 %
Operating Systems England
Matching contract IT job ads	12619	20241
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	17.93 %	20.44 %
Daily rates quoted	3805	5685
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 quoted	1995	3058
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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Location	Rank 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 East	+139	166	£352	+4.22 %
London	+100	158	£321	-5.18 %
West Midlands	+28	29	£324	+12.60 %
Yorkshire	+29	28	£266	+77.12 %
East of England	+25	23	£258	-
North West	+25	18	£299	-10.74 %
South West	+22	18	£355	-13.54 %
North East	-	9	£225	-
East Midlands	+5	7	£175	-
Midlands	-	2	-	-

Windows 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.

1 1024 (100.00 %) Windows 2 441 (43.07 %) Windows XP 3 428 (41.80 %) Microsoft 4 322 (31.45 %) Windows Server 2003 5 273 (26.66 %) Active Directory 6 263 (25.68 %) MS Office 7 235 (22.95 %) Windows 2000 8 178 (17.38 %) Security Cleared 9 162 (15.82 %) MS Excel 10 159 (15.53 %) MS Exchange 11 117 (11.43 %) SC Cleared 12 116 (11.33 %) Windows Server 2008 13 113 (11.04 %) Microsoft Certification 14 100 (9.766 %) SQL Server 15 91 (8.887 %) SQL

15 91 (8.887 %) HP 16 86 (8.398 %) Finance 17 85 (8.301 %) Exchange Server 2003 18 83 (8.105 %) MCSE 19 82 (8.008 %) DNS 20 81 (7.910 %) TCP/IP 21 80 (7.813 %) Government 22 75 (7.324 %) .NET 23 73 (7.129 %) VMware 23 73 (7.129 %) VMware Infrastructure 24 71 (6.934 %) ITIL 24 71 (6.934 %) WAN 25 70 (6.836 %) Windows 2000 Server 26 66 (6.445 %) Internet 27 65 (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.

Application Development 1 75 (7.324 %) .NET 2 23 (2.246 %) .NET Framework 3 22 (2.148 %) HTML 4 21 (2.051 %) ASP 5 17 (1.660 %) XML 5 17 (1.660 %) Application Packaging 6 14 (1.367 %) ASP.NET 7 13 (1.270 %) CSS 8 7 (0.684 %) WebServices 8 7 (0.684 %) Middleware 9 6 (0.586 %) WMI 9 6 (0.586 %) WPF 10 5 (0.488 %) AJAX 10 5 (0.488 %) WSH 11 4 (0.391 %) Silverlight 12 3 (0.293 %) ActiveX 12 3 (0.293 %) XSLT 12 3 (0.293 %) COM+ 13 2 (0.195 %) COM 13 2 (0.195 %) MFC	Application Platforms 1 159 (15.53 %) MS Exchange 2 85 (8.301 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 41 (4.004 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 33 (3.223 %) IIS 5 30 (2.930 %) Lotus Notes 6 25 (2.441 %) SharePoint 7 21 (2.051 %) Exchange Server 2000 8 10 (0.977 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 7 (0.684 %) Apache 10 5 (0.488 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 11 4 (0.391 %) Office Communications Server 12 3 (0.293 %) FormScape 12 3 (0.293 %) BizTalk Server 13 2 (0.195 %) Commerce Server 13 2 (0.195 %) GroupWise 14 1 (0.098 %) Exchange Server 5.5 14 1 (0.098 %) Site Server 14 1 (0.098 %) Documentum 14 1 (0.098 %) SAS 14 1 (0.098 %) MTS
Applications 1 263 (25.68 %) MS Office 2 162 (15.82 %) MS Excel 3 24 (2.344 %) MS Visio 4 18 (1.758 %) MS Project 4 18 (1.758 %) MS PowerPoint 5 5 (0.488 %) Spreadsheet 6 3 (0.293 %) Photoshop 7 2 (0.195 %) Acrobat 7 2 (0.195 %) DeltaView 8 1 (0.098 %) AutoCAD 8 1 (0.098 %) GeoMedia	Business Applications 1 14 (1.367 %) SoftGrid 2 5 (0.488 %) Remedy AR System 3 2 (0.195 %) assyst 3 2 (0.195 %) Microsoft CRM 3 2 (0.195 %) SAP SD 4 1 (0.098 %) Line 50
Communications & Networking 1 82 (8.008 %) DNS 2 81 (7.910 %) TCP/IP 3 71 (6.934 %) WAN 4 66 (6.445 %) Internet 5 58 (5.664 %) LAN 6 57 (5.566 %) Firewall 7 56 (5.469 %) VPN 8 50 (4.883 %) DHCP 9 42 (4.102 %) SAN 10 34 (3.320 %) Wireless 11 23 (2.246 %) SMS 12 13 (1.270 %) Ethernet 12 13 (1.270 %) SMTP 13 12 (1.172 %) VoIP 13 12 (1.172 %) LDAP 13 12 (1.172 %) MPLS 13 12 (1.172 %) Intranet 14 8 (0.781 %) X.400 14 8 (0.781 %) 3G 15 7 (0.684 %) DMZ	Database & Business Intelligence 1 100 (9.766 %) SQL Server 2 39 (3.809 %) SQL Server 2005 3 25 (2.441 %) SQL Server 2000 4 11 (1.074 %) RDBMS 5 8 (0.781 %) Oracle 10g 5 8 (0.781 %) MS Access 6 7 (0.684 %) Datawarehouse 7 3 (0.293 %) MySQL 7 3 (0.293 %) SQL Server 2008 8 2 (0.195 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 8 2 (0.195 %) Crystal Reports 9 1 (0.098 %) DB2 9 1 (0.098 %) SQL Server 7 9 1 (0.098 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 12 (1.172 %) Subversion 2 11 (1.074 %) Visual Studio 3 10 (0.977 %) MSI 4 5 (0.488 %) TestDirector 5 4 (0.391 %) ClearCase 5 4 (0.391 %) FrontPage 6 3 (0.293 %) PVCS 6 3 (0.293 %) VSS/SourceSafe 6 3 (0.293 %) Flash 7 2 (0.195 %) LoadRunner	General 1 86 (8.398 %) Finance 2 80 (7.813 %) Government 3 47 (4.590 %) Banking 4 36 (3.516 %) Telecoms 5 24 (2.344 %) Health 6 23 (2.246 %) Legal 7 17 (1.660 %) Auditing 8 16 (1.563 %) Publishing 8 16 (1.563 %) Pharmaceutical 9 15 (1.465 %) Education 10 14 (1.367 %) Law 11 12 (1.172 %) Manufacturing 12 11 (1.074 %) Investment Banking 12 11 (1.074 %) Insurance 13 9 (0.879 %) Retail 14 7 (0.684 %) Electric 15 4 (0.391 %) Marketing 16 3 (0.293 %) Music 16 3 (0.293 %) Back Office 17 2 (0.195 %) Front Office
Job Titles 1 171 (16.70 %) Analyst 2 90 (8.789 %) Support Engineer 3 75 (7.324 %) Desktop Support 4 73 (7.129 %) Consultant 4 73 (7.129 %) 2nd Line Support 5 63 (6.152 %) Support Analyst 6 55 (5.371 %) Helpdesk Support 7 54 (5.273 %) Desktop Engineer 8 51 (4.980 %) Helpdesk Analyst 9 48 (4.688 %) Architect 10 39 (3.809 %) Trainer 10 39 (3.809 %) Developer 11 38 (3.711 %) Project Manager 12 33 (3.223 %) 1st Line Support 13 30 (2.930 %) 3rd Line Support 14 26 (2.539 %) Desktop Support Engineer 15 25 (2.441 %) Technical Consultant 15 25 (2.441 %) 2nd Line Support Engineer 16 24 (2.344 %) IT Trainer 17 23 (2.246 %) Support Technician	Miscellaneous 1 42 (4.102 %) German Language 2 40 (3.906 %) Dutch Language 3 38 (3.711 %) Blackberry 4 33 (3.223 %) French Language 5 16 (1.563 %) PKI 6 15 (1.465 %) Clustering 7 14 (1.367 %) Thin Client 7 14 (1.367 %) Fat Client 8 11 (1.074 %) Client/Server 9 10 (0.977 %) PDA 10 9 (0.879 %) Smartcard 11 8 (0.781 %) N-Tier 12 6 (0.586 %) NHS 13 5 (0.488 %) Handset 13 5 (0.488 %) CESG 13 5 (0.488 %) Video Conferencing 14 4 (0.391 %) Device Driver 15 3 (0.293 %) Replication 15 3 (0.293 %) Japanese Language 16 2 (0.195 %) Korean Language
Operating Systems 1 1024 (100.00 %) Windows 2 441 (43.07 %) Windows XP 3 322 (31.45 %) Windows Server 2003 4 235 (22.95 %) Windows 2000 5 116 (11.33 %) Windows Server 2008 6 70 (6.836 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 53 (5.176 %) UNIX 8 47 (4.590 %) Linux 9 31 (3.027 %) Solaris 10 16 (1.563 %) Windows NT 11 15 (1.465 %) Windows Mobile 12 6 (0.586 %) Red Hat Linux 12 6 (0.586 %) Mac OS X 13 5 (0.488 %) HPUX 14 4 (0.391 %) Tru64 14 4 (0.391 %) Fedora 15 2 (0.195 %) NetWare 16 1 (0.098 %) Mac OS X Server 16 1 (0.098 %) AIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 178 (17.38 %) Security Cleared 2 117 (11.43 %) SC Cleared 3 71 (6.934 %) ITIL 4 65 (6.348 %) Migration 5 53 (5.176 %) DV Cleared 6 42 (4.102 %) Project Management 7 31 (3.027 %) PRINCE2 8 22 (2.148 %) Change Management 9 21 (2.051 %) Service Delivery 9 21 (2.051 %) Business Desktop Deployment 10 18 (1.758 %) System Testing 11 17 (1.660 %) User Acceptance Testing 12 14 (1.367 %) Data Migration 12 14 (1.367 %) Test Scripting 12 14 (1.367 %) Incident Management 13 13 (1.270 %) Validation 14 12 (1.172 %) UML 14 12 (1.172 %) Service Management 14 12 (1.172 %) Business Intelligence 15 10 (0.977 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 91 (8.887 %) SQL 2 63 (6.152 %) C# 3 49 (4.785 %) VBScript 4 47 (4.590 %) VB.NET 5 34 (3.320 %) C 6 33 (3.223 %) VB 7 22 (2.148 %) C++ 8 14 (1.367 %) JavaScript 9 10 (0.977 %) VB6 10 8 (0.781 %) Java 10 8 (0.781 %) VBA 11 6 (0.586 %) Perl 12 3 (0.293 %) PHP 12 3 (0.293 %) VC++ 12 3 (0.293 %) Shell Script 13 2 (0.195 %) FoxPro (VFP) 13 2 (0.195 %) PL/SQL 13 2 (0.195 %) Delphi 14 1 (0.098 %) Python 14 1 (0.098 %) PowerShell	Qualifications 1 113 (11.04 %) Microsoft Certification 2 83 (8.105 %) MCSE 3 30 (2.930 %) MCP 4 21 (2.051 %) Degree 5 18 (1.758 %) MCSA 6 12 (1.172 %) Cisco Certification 6 12 (1.172 %) ISEB 7 10 (0.977 %) CCNA 7 10 (0.977 %) PRINCE2 Certification 8 8 (0.781 %) MCDST 8 8 (0.781 %) HNC 9 6 (0.586 %) ITIL Certification 10 5 (0.488 %) CCNP 10 5 (0.488 %) CCA 10 5 (0.488 %) Citrix Certification 11 4 (0.391 %) CNE 11 4 (0.391 %) Novell Certification 11 4 (0.391 %) MCT 12 3 (0.293 %) CCEA 12 3 (0.293 %) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 15 (1.465 %) QA 2 13 (1.270 %) SLA 3 2 (0.195 %) ISO9001 4 1 (0.098 %) ISO9000 4 1 (0.098 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 1 (0.098 %) CESG Infosec 4 1 (0.098 %) JSP 440	System Software 1 273 (26.66 %) Active Directory 2 73 (7.129 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 27 (2.637 %) VMware ESX 4 13 (1.270 %) Terminal Server 4 13 (1.270 %) Terminal Services 5 12 (1.172 %) Backup Exec 6 10 (0.977 %) ISA Server 7 7 (0.684 %) VMware Workstation 7 7 (0.684 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 8 6 (0.586 %) NetBackup 9 3 (0.293 %) Citrix Presentation Server 10 2 (0.195 %) Xen 10 2 (0.195 %) Samba 11 1 (0.098 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 54 (5.273 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 41 (4.004 %) OpenView Configuration Management 3 24 (2.344 %) SCCM 4 13 (1.270 %) SCOM 5 12 (1.172 %) MOM 6 11 (1.074 %) Norton AntiVirus 7 9 (0.879 %) WSUS 8 6 (0.586 %) OpenView 9 5 (0.488 %) BMC Marimba 10 3 (0.293 %) DameWare 10 3 (0.293 %) Tivoli 10 3 (0.293 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 11 2 (0.195 %) Tivoli Monitoring 11 2 (0.195 %) MIMEsweeper 11 2 (0.195 %) OVOW 12 1 (0.098 %) ARCserve	Vendors 1 428 (41.80 %) Microsoft 2 91 (8.887 %) HP 3 73 (7.129 %) VMware 4 65 (6.348 %) Citrix 5 44 (4.297 %) Cisco 6 36 (3.516 %) Dell 7 30 (2.930 %) Lotus 8 27 (2.637 %) IBM 9 26 (2.539 %) Remedy 10 18 (1.758 %) VERITAS 11 17 (1.660 %) Symantec 12 16 (1.563 %) Compaq 12 16 (1.563 %) Novell 13 14 (1.367 %) Oracle 14 11 (1.074 %) McAfee Security 15 10 (0.977 %) Symbian 16 9 (0.879 %) NetApp 17 7 (0.684 %) Red Hat 17 7 (0.684 %) Sun 17 7 (0.684 %) Altiris