Windows Contracts in Glasgow
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 12 8 10
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 117 90 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 12.54% 11.44% 13.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 52.94% 58.44% 60.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 31 32
Average daily rate £325 £275 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% +1.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £98 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £390 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.58% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 4
Average hourly rate £11.48 £26.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-55.86% -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.46 £15.00 £19.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £35.00 £134.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.45 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.36% +6.45%
Search 40 Windows jobs in Glasgow
All Operating Systems
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 221 154 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 23.69% 19.57% 22.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 45 63
Average daily rate £350 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £100 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £390 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 6
Average hourly rate £14.00 £26.00 £107.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.15% -75.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows
Scotland

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 66 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 57 (27.94%) Windows XP
3 56 (27.45%) SQL
3 56 (27.45%) SQL Server
4 47 (23.04%) Finance
5 43 (21.08%) Windows Server 2003
5 43 (21.08%) Windows Server 2008
6 38 (18.63%) C#
7 36 (17.65%) Windows 7
8 34 (16.67%) Security Cleared
8 34 (16.67%) ITIL
8 34 (16.67%) UNIX
9 33 (16.18%) Active Directory
10 32 (15.69%) Sybase
10 32 (15.69%) Oracle
11 30 (14.71%) MS Office
12 29 (14.22%) MS Excel
13 26 (12.75%) VMware
14 25 (12.25%) Java
14 25 (12.25%) Citrix
14 25 (12.25%) SC Cleared
15 24 (11.76%) .NET
15 24 (11.76%) XML
15 24 (11.76%) Migration
16 20 (9.804%) Linux
16 20 (9.804%) Microsoft Certification
16 20 (9.804%) SAN
16 20 (9.804%) SCCM
17 18 (8.824%) Banking
17 18 (8.824%) C++

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 24 (11.76%) .NET
1 24 (11.76%) XML
2 12 (5.882%) MFC
2 12 (5.882%) ASP.NET
3 10 (4.902%) HTML
3 10 (4.902%) WPF
4 7 (3.431%) WebSphere
4 7 (3.431%) .NET Framework
4 7 (3.431%) J2EE
5 6 (2.941%) WinForms
6 5 (2.451%) WCF
6 5 (2.451%) XSL
7 4 (1.961%) XSLT
7 4 (1.961%) CSS
7 4 (1.961%) SOAP
7 4 (1.961%) Application Packaging
7 4 (1.961%) Spring
8 3 (1.471%) Smart GWT
8 3 (1.471%) XML Schema
8 3 (1.471%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 15 (7.353%) Tomcat
2 14 (6.863%) MS Exchange
3 9 (4.412%) SharePoint
4 7 (3.431%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (2.941%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (2.451%) Lotus Notes
7 4 (1.961%) Apache
7 4 (1.961%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (1.471%) MS Project Server
8 3 (1.471%) GlassFish
8 3 (1.471%) WebSphere MQ
8 3 (1.471%) WebLogic
8 3 (1.471%) MQSeries
8 3 (1.471%) Lotus Domino
9 2 (0.980%) Documentum
9 2 (0.980%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.980%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.490%) SAS
10 1 (0.490%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 30 (14.71%) MS Office
2 29 (14.22%) MS Excel
3 7 (3.431%) MS Project
4 5 (2.451%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.961%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.980%) Sentinel
1 2 (0.980%) LatentZero
1 2 (0.980%) assyst
2 1 (0.490%) Capstone
2 1 (0.490%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.804%) SAN
2 8 (3.922%) Internet
3 6 (2.941%) DNS
4 5 (2.451%) VPN
4 5 (2.451%) LAN
4 5 (2.451%) DHCP
5 3 (1.471%) WAN
5 3 (1.471%) Intranet
6 2 (0.980%) Firewall
6 2 (0.980%) Wireless
6 2 (0.980%) FTP
6 2 (0.980%) HTTP
6 2 (0.980%) SNMP
6 2 (0.980%) NAS
7 1 (0.490%) HSRP
7 1 (0.490%) VLAN
7 1 (0.490%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.490%) ADSL
7 1 (0.490%) Broadband
7 1 (0.490%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (27.45%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (6.863%) RDBMS
4 13 (6.373%) SQL Server 2005
5 11 (5.392%) SQL Server 2000
6 9 (4.412%) Oracle 8/8i
7 5 (2.451%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.961%) DTS
9 3 (1.471%) SQL Server 2012
9 3 (1.471%) InterSystems Cache
9 3 (1.471%) DB2
10 2 (0.980%) MySQL
10 2 (0.980%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.490%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.490%) KDB
11 1 (0.490%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.490%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 6 (2.941%) CruiseControl
2 5 (2.451%) JIRA
3 4 (1.961%) JUnit
3 4 (1.961%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.961%) Subversion
4 3 (1.471%) Hudson
4 3 (1.471%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (1.471%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.471%) Trac
4 3 (1.471%) TeamCity
4 3 (1.471%) TestDirector
4 3 (1.471%) Ant
4 3 (1.471%) Bugzilla
5 2 (0.980%) MSI
5 2 (0.980%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.980%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (0.980%) Maven
6 1 (0.490%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.490%) Wise Package Studio
6 1 (0.490%) MSBuild
General
1 47 (23.04%) Finance
2 18 (8.824%) Banking
3 4 (1.961%) Front Office
4 3 (1.471%) Investment Banking
5 2 (0.980%) German Language
6 1 (0.490%) Retail
6 1 (0.490%) Retail Banking
6 1 (0.490%) Marketing
6 1 (0.490%) Dutch Language
6 1 (0.490%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 42 (20.59%) Developer
2 39 (19.12%) Analyst
3 29 (14.22%) Support Analyst
4 14 (6.863%) Applications Support Analyst
4 14 (6.863%) Applications Support
5 13 (6.373%) Desktop Support
6 10 (4.902%) Consultant
7 9 (4.412%) Designer
7 9 (4.412%) Architect
7 9 (4.412%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (3.431%) Java Developer
8 7 (3.431%) Desktop Engineer
8 7 (3.431%) Server Engineer
8 7 (3.431%) 1st Line Support
8 7 (3.431%) Project Manager
9 6 (2.941%) 2nd Line Support
9 6 (2.941%) Desktop Analyst
9 6 (2.941%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 6 (2.941%) .NET Developer
9 6 (2.941%) Desktop Technician
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.412%) Blackberry
2 7 (3.431%) Clustering
3 6 (2.941%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.451%) PDA
4 5 (2.451%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.961%) Computer Science
5 4 (1.961%) Derivative
5 4 (1.961%) Equity Derivative
6 3 (1.471%) Inversion of Control
6 3 (1.471%) Cryptography
6 3 (1.471%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.471%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.980%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.490%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.490%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.490%) PKI
8 1 (0.490%) Ergonomics
8 1 (0.490%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.490%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.490%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 57 (27.94%) Windows XP
2 43 (21.08%) Windows Server 2003
2 43 (21.08%) Windows Server 2008
3 36 (17.65%) Windows 7
4 34 (16.67%) UNIX
5 20 (9.804%) Linux
6 13 (6.373%) Solaris
7 12 (5.882%) Windows CE
8 11 (5.392%) AIX
9 6 (2.941%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.451%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.961%) Windows 2000
11 4 (1.961%) Windows Vista
12 3 (1.471%) Windows Mobile
13 1 (0.490%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.490%) Windows Phone
13 1 (0.490%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.490%) Android
13 1 (0.490%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (0.490%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (16.67%) ITIL
2 24 (11.76%) Migration
3 9 (4.412%) Security Architecture
3 9 (4.412%) Service Management
4 8 (3.922%) Information Security
4 8 (3.922%) Continuous Integration
4 8 (3.922%) Software Testing
5 7 (3.431%) Incident Management
5 7 (3.431%) OO
6 6 (2.941%) Project Management
6 6 (2.941%) PRINCE2
6 6 (2.941%) Release Management
7 5 (2.451%) Unit Testing
7 5 (2.451%) Workflow
7 5 (2.451%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (2.451%) Change Management
8 4 (1.961%) Regression Testing
8 4 (1.961%) Risk Management
8 4 (1.961%) Test Scripting
8 4 (1.961%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (27.45%) SQL
2 38 (18.63%) C#
3 25 (12.25%) Java
4 18 (8.824%) C++
5 13 (6.373%) Perl
5 13 (6.373%) C
6 11 (5.392%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.922%) VBScript
8 7 (3.431%) PowerShell
8 7 (3.431%) Python
8 7 (3.431%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.941%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.941%) VB
10 5 (2.451%) Korn
10 5 (2.451%) VBA
11 4 (1.961%) Jython
12 3 (1.471%) Bash shell
13 2 (0.980%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.980%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.980%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 34 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 25 (12.25%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.804%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (4.902%) MCP
5 7 (3.431%) Degree
5 7 (3.431%) MCSE
5 7 (3.431%) MCSA
6 4 (1.961%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (1.471%) MCDST
7 3 (1.471%) MCTS
8 2 (0.980%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.980%) ISEB
8 2 (0.980%) BC Cleared
8 2 (0.980%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.980%) MCITP
9 1 (0.490%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.333%) SLA
2 9 (4.412%) QA
3 1 (0.490%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (16.18%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.353%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.431%) VMware ESX
4 6 (2.941%) XenApp
5 5 (2.451%) vSphere
5 5 (2.451%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (1.961%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.961%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.471%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.980%) Terminal Server
8 2 (0.980%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.490%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.490%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.490%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.490%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (9.804%) SCCM
2 8 (3.922%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 6 (2.941%) McAfee ePO
4 4 (1.961%) Netcool
5 3 (1.471%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (1.471%) SCOM
5 3 (1.471%) Tivoli
6 2 (0.980%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.980%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 2 (0.980%) HP Operations Orchestration
7 1 (0.490%) HP SiteScope
7 1 (0.490%) HP UCMDB
7 1 (0.490%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.490%) WSUS
7 1 (0.490%) Control-M
7 1 (0.490%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.490%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 66 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 32 (15.69%) Sybase
2 32 (15.69%) Oracle
3 26 (12.75%) VMware
4 25 (12.25%) Citrix
5 17 (8.333%) HP
6 16 (7.843%) IBM
7 11 (5.392%) McAfee
8 10 (4.902%) EMC
9 7 (3.431%) Lotus
9 7 (3.431%) Symantec
10 6 (2.941%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.941%) Dell
10 6 (2.941%) Sun
10 6 (2.941%) Lumension
11 5 (2.451%) Cisco
11 5 (2.451%) Veritas
12 4 (1.961%) Sophos
12 4 (1.961%) NetApp
12 4 (1.961%) Altiris
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