The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Gloucestershire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 26 - 49
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 4 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.667% - 0.444%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.819% - 1.754%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £258 £225
% change year-on-year
-9.70% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £12.38 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+25.25% -1.00%
All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
83 126 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 34.58% 25.00% 25.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 74 50
Average daily rate £375 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £350 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 9
Average hourly rate £13.50 £20.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.50% -9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £12.00 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.75 £20.50 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows Vista
South West

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Windows Vista Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Windows Vista Hourly Rate Trend

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheltenham - 3 - - 1
Gloucester - - - -
Tewkesbury - - - -
Windows Vista
South West

Windows Vista
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (75.00%) Mac OS X
2 6 (75.00%) Apple
2 6 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (75.00%) Mac OS X Server
3 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) VMware ESX
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (25.00%) Altiris
3 2 (25.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (25.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (25.00%) MSI
3 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) Wise Package Studio
3 2 (25.00%) VB
3 2 (25.00%) Application Packaging
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 7

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 2 (25.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MSI
1 2 (25.00%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support
1 3 (37.50%) Mac Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (75.00%) Mac OS X
2 6 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (75.00%) Mac OS X Server
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) VMware ESX
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Apple
3 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) Altiris