The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Feltham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 24 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 Feltham 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 7 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
-6 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 1 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Feltham 5.556% 45.45% 30.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £365 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.58% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.45 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.36% +6.45%
All Operating Systems
Feltham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Feltham 5.556% 45.45% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £365 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows
London

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Feltham 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 Feltham region.

Feltham Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Feltham Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Feltham 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 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (50.00%) Lotus
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Build Forge
2 2 (33.33%) Jython
2 2 (33.33%) Lombardi
2 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
2 2 (33.33%) Hedge funds
2 2 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Process Server
2 2 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (33.33%) IBM Certification
2 2 (33.33%) IBM
2 2 (33.33%) Ant
2 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (33.33%) Perl
2 2 (33.33%) UNIX
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 2000
3 1 (16.67%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
3 1 (16.67%) MS Access
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) ETL

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Feltham 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 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Process Server
1 2 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (16.67%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Build Forge
1 2 (33.33%) Ant
General
1 2 (33.33%) Financial Institution
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Excel Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Excel VBA Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (16.67%) VBA Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Hedge funds
2 1 (16.67%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) UNIX
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Information Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Jython
1 2 (33.33%) Perl
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Lotus
2 2 (33.33%) Lombardi
2 2 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft