The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gatwick region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 20 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 Gatwick 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 3 7 1
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows 9 14 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gatwick 28.13% 14.14% 47.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 75.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 14
Average daily rate £585 £258 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+127.18% -35.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.07% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
Average hourly rate - - £24.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.40 £16.50 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +8.19%
All Operating Systems
Gatwick
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
12 14 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gatwick 37.50% 14.14% 47.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 14
Average daily rate £585 £258 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+127.18% -35.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
Average hourly rate - - £24.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows
West Sussex

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Gatwick Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gatwick 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 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
1 10 (76.92%) VMware
1 10 (76.92%) vSphere
2 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 9 (69.23%) NetApp
3 8 (61.54%) Red Hat
3 8 (61.54%) MySQL
3 8 (61.54%) SQL Server
3 8 (61.54%) Linux
3 8 (61.54%) VMware ESX
3 8 (61.54%) Clustering
3 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (61.54%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (61.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (53.85%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (53.85%) Windows 7
4 7 (53.85%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (53.85%) PHP
4 7 (53.85%) Apache
4 7 (53.85%) SharePoint
4 7 (53.85%) OpenEdge
5 5 (38.46%) Cisco
5 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (38.46%) XenApp
6 4 (30.77%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (30.77%) ITIL
7 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
7 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
8 2 (15.38%) Blackberry
8 2 (15.38%) Project Management

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gatwick 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 Platforms
1 7 (53.85%) Apache
1 7 (53.85%) SharePoint
1 7 (53.85%) OpenEdge
1 7 (53.85%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (7.692%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (15.38%) LAN
3 1 (7.692%) WAN
3 1 (7.692%) DHCP
3 1 (7.692%) SNMP
3 1 (7.692%) DNS
3 1 (7.692%) SAN
3 1 (7.692%) Firewall
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (7.692%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) MySQL
1 8 (61.54%) SQL Server
1 8 (61.54%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Analyst
2 9 (69.23%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Server Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (7.692%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Clustering
2 2 (15.38%) Blackberry
3 1 (7.692%) CCTV
3 1 (7.692%) iPhone
3 1 (7.692%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Linux
1 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2008
1 8 (61.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 7 (53.85%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) PHP
2 1 (7.692%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.692%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) vSphere
2 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
3 8 (61.54%) VMware ESX
4 5 (38.46%) XenApp
5 1 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) NetBackup
1 1 (7.692%) SCOM
1 1 (7.692%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
1 10 (76.92%) VMware
2 9 (69.23%) NetApp
3 8 (61.54%) Red Hat
4 5 (38.46%) Cisco
5 2 (15.38%) HP
5 2 (15.38%) Citrix
6 1 (7.692%) Lotus
6 1 (7.692%) Symantec
6 1 (7.692%) Remedy
6 1 (7.692%) LANDesk
6 1 (7.692%) SolarWinds