Windows Contracts in Essex
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 21 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 Essex 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 2 4
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 70 96 84
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 16.67% 23.53% 21.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.96% 80.00% 74.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 48 32
Average daily rate £300 £233 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.03% -7.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £110 £128
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £433 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
- +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 25
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.76% +13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £12.10 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.20 £26.80 £37.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.21 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-7.84% +6.45%
All Operating Systems
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 103 120 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 24.52% 29.41% 28.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 56 52
Average daily rate £305 £265 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.09% +17.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £181 £110 £164
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 22 31
Average hourly rate £23.68 £21.00 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.76% +21.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.90 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.60 £30.00 £30.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows
East of England

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Essex Windows Jobs Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Essex Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Essex Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 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
Colchester 0 17 £390 +25.80%
Brentwood -3 11 - -
Harlow 0 6 £250 -
Basildon -12 2 - -
Chelmsford -1 1 £400 -
Stanford-le-Hope - 1 - -
Thurrock - 1 - -
Windows
East of England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Windows 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.

1 54 (44.26%) Active Directory
2 46 (37.70%) Microsoft
3 44 (36.07%) Windows Server 2008
4 36 (29.51%) Windows Server 2003
5 31 (25.41%) Windows XP
5 31 (25.41%) Windows 7
6 28 (22.95%) VMware
7 25 (20.49%) SQL
8 24 (19.67%) SQL Server
9 23 (18.85%) MS Excel
10 22 (18.03%) MS Exchange
10 22 (18.03%) MS Office
11 20 (16.39%) Citrix
11 20 (16.39%) SAN
12 19 (15.57%) Finance
13 17 (13.93%) SQL Server 2005
14 15 (12.30%) ITIL
15 14 (11.48%) TCP/IP
16 13 (10.66%) Blackberry
16 13 (10.66%) VBScript
16 13 (10.66%) .NET
16 13 (10.66%) Exchange Server 2003
16 13 (10.66%) Exchange Server 2007
16 13 (10.66%) Exchange Server 2010
17 12 (9.836%) VMware Infrastructure
17 12 (9.836%) Migration
17 12 (9.836%) IIS
18 11 (9.016%) Linux
18 11 (9.016%) Oracle
18 11 (9.016%) SharePoint

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Windows 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (10.66%) .NET
2 8 (6.557%) ASP.NET
3 6 (4.918%) WCF
3 6 (4.918%) Web Services
3 6 (4.918%) XML
4 5 (4.098%) CSS
4 5 (4.098%) .NET Framework
5 4 (3.279%) jQuery
6 3 (2.459%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 2 (1.639%) Ajax
7 2 (1.639%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 2 (1.639%) WSE
7 2 (1.639%) WinForms
7 2 (1.639%) ADO.NET
7 2 (1.639%) ASP
7 2 (1.639%) HTML
8 1 (0.820%) XSL
8 1 (0.820%) COM
8 1 (0.820%) LINQ
8 1 (0.820%) WF
Application Platforms
1 22 (18.03%) MS Exchange
2 13 (10.66%) Exchange Server 2003
2 13 (10.66%) Exchange Server 2007
2 13 (10.66%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (9.836%) IIS
4 11 (9.016%) SharePoint
5 3 (2.459%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (2.459%) Lync
6 2 (1.639%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.820%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 23 (18.85%) MS Excel
2 22 (18.03%) MS Office
3 3 (2.459%) Office 365
4 2 (1.639%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.639%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.639%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.639%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.39%) SAN
2 14 (11.48%) TCP/IP
3 9 (7.377%) NAS
4 8 (6.557%) Wireless
4 8 (6.557%) LAN
5 6 (4.918%) HTTP
6 5 (4.098%) WAN
7 4 (3.279%) BGP
7 4 (3.279%) CTI
7 4 (3.279%) VPN
8 3 (2.459%) DNS
8 3 (2.459%) DHCP
8 3 (2.459%) Internet
8 3 (2.459%) MPLS
8 3 (2.459%) Firewall
8 3 (2.459%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (1.639%) Unified Communications
9 2 (1.639%) VoIP
10 1 (0.820%) ISDN
10 1 (0.820%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (19.67%) SQL Server
2 17 (13.93%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (9.016%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (4.098%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (2.459%) MS Access
5 3 (2.459%) Oracle 9i
5 3 (2.459%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.820%) MySQL
6 1 (0.820%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.820%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.820%) GIS
6 1 (0.820%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.820%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.820%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.820%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 3 (2.459%) Visual Studio
1 3 (2.459%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (1.639%) Selenium
2 2 (1.639%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.820%) Talend Open Studio
3 1 (0.820%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 19 (15.57%) Finance
2 6 (4.918%) Automotive
2 6 (4.918%) Telecoms
3 4 (3.279%) Legal
3 4 (3.279%) Electronics
4 3 (2.459%) Law
5 2 (1.639%) Billing
5 2 (1.639%) Spanish Language
5 2 (1.639%) Banking
5 2 (1.639%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.820%) Back Office
6 1 (0.820%) German Language
Job Titles
1 30 (24.59%) Analyst
2 15 (12.30%) Support Engineer
3 14 (11.48%) Support Analyst
4 10 (8.197%) Help Desk Analyst
5 8 (6.557%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (6.557%) Desktop Engineer
6 7 (5.738%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (5.738%) Developer
6 7 (5.738%) Consultant
6 7 (5.738%) Desktop Support
6 7 (5.738%) Help Desk Support
7 6 (4.918%) Administrator
7 6 (4.918%) 1st Line Support
8 5 (4.098%) Service Analyst
8 5 (4.098%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.098%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (4.098%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 5 (4.098%) Backup Engineer
9 4 (3.279%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 4 (3.279%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.66%) Blackberry
2 6 (4.918%) Clustering
3 5 (4.098%) NHS
4 4 (3.279%) iPhone
4 4 (3.279%) PACS
5 2 (1.639%) iPad
5 2 (1.639%) SWIFT
5 2 (1.639%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.639%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.639%) Data Extraction
6 1 (0.820%) Replication
6 1 (0.820%) IVR
6 1 (0.820%) PKI
6 1 (0.820%) SaaS
6 1 (0.820%) IaaS
6 1 (0.820%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 44 (36.07%) Windows Server 2008
2 36 (29.51%) Windows Server 2003
3 31 (25.41%) Windows XP
3 31 (25.41%) Windows 7
4 11 (9.016%) Linux
5 6 (4.918%) Windows Vista
5 6 (4.918%) SUSE
6 3 (2.459%) Windows 8
6 3 (2.459%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.820%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.820%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.820%) Android
7 1 (0.820%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (12.30%) ITIL
2 12 (9.836%) Migration
3 9 (7.377%) Service Delivery
4 7 (5.738%) Project Management
5 5 (4.098%) Network Load Balancing
6 4 (3.279%) Performance Management
6 4 (3.279%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (3.279%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (2.459%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (2.459%) PRINCE2
7 3 (2.459%) Configuration Management
7 3 (2.459%) Change Management
7 3 (2.459%) TDD
7 3 (2.459%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (2.459%) High Availability
7 3 (2.459%) Software Deployment
7 3 (2.459%) Capacity Management
8 2 (1.639%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (1.639%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (1.639%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.49%) SQL
2 13 (10.66%) VBScript
3 11 (9.016%) PowerShell
4 7 (5.738%) C#
5 6 (4.918%) Perl
6 5 (4.098%) T-SQL
7 4 (3.279%) PL/SQL
7 4 (3.279%) VB
8 3 (2.459%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.820%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (6.557%) CCA
1 8 (6.557%) Citrix Certification
1 8 (6.557%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (4.918%) MCSE
3 5 (4.098%) Degree
4 3 (2.459%) CCNP
4 3 (2.459%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.639%) MCP
6 1 (0.820%) MCSA
6 1 (0.820%) MCDBA
6 1 (0.820%) CCNA
6 1 (0.820%) CCIE
6 1 (0.820%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.820%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.820%) MCDST
6 1 (0.820%) MCITP
6 1 (0.820%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.738%) SLA
2 2 (1.639%) QA
System Software
1 54 (44.26%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.836%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.377%) XenApp
4 7 (5.738%) XenServer
4 7 (5.738%) XenDesktop
5 4 (3.279%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.279%) Forefront TMG
5 4 (3.279%) ISA Server
6 3 (2.459%) UAG
6 3 (2.459%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.459%) vSphere
7 2 (1.639%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.820%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.820%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (7.377%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 7 (5.738%) SCCM
3 6 (4.918%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.639%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 2 (1.639%) Cisco UCCE
4 2 (1.639%) WSUS
5 1 (0.820%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (0.820%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.820%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 46 (37.70%) Microsoft
2 28 (22.95%) VMware
3 20 (16.39%) Citrix
4 11 (9.016%) Oracle
5 10 (8.197%) HP
6 9 (7.377%) IBM
7 8 (6.557%) Cisco
8 7 (5.738%) Dell
8 7 (5.738%) Wyse
8 7 (5.738%) AppSense
9 6 (4.918%) Siemens
10 4 (3.279%) Symantec
10 4 (3.279%) Veritas
10 4 (3.279%) CommVault
10 4 (3.279%) ADIC
10 4 (3.279%) Compaq
11 3 (2.459%) Hyperion
11 3 (2.459%) Genesys
11 3 (2.459%) Apple
12 2 (1.639%) McAfee
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