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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Gloucestershire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 7 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 7 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank43
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads74122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.097 %0.129 %
As % of the category below67.27 %68.54 %
Daily rates quoted3836
Average minimum daily rate£356£322
Average daily rate£362£343
% change on same period last year+5.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£313
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted935
Average minimum hourly rate£15.36£16.60
Average hourly rate£16.41£17.82
% change on same period last year-7.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.47£19.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.55£20.63
% change on same period last year-5.23 %
Operating Systems GloucestershireOperating Systems
Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads110178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.145 %0.189 %
Daily rates quoted4951
Average minimum daily rate£361£359
Average daily rate£367£373
% change on same period last year-1.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£334
% change on same period last year+1.59 %
Hourly rates quoted1743
Average minimum hourly rate£29.25£22.08
Average hourly rate£30.19£23.10
% change on same period last year+30.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.13£24.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.92£23.75
% change on same period last year-7.68 %
Windows South WestWindows
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Gloucestershire Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 7 July 2008.

Gloucestershire Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 7 July 2008.

Gloucestershire Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Windows within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 7 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CheltenhamNo change044£369-0.03 %
GloucesterDown-312£303-12.41 %
Windows South WestWindows
South West

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

148 (39.67 %)Security Cleared
229 (23.97 %)Windows 2000
328 (23.14 %)Active Directory
423 (19.01 %)Microsoft
522 (18.18 %)DV Cleared
619 (15.70 %)Unix
716 (13.22 %)Windows Server 2003
814 (11.57 %)MS Office
814 (11.57 %)HP
814 (11.57 %)Windows XP
913 (10.74 %)SC Cleared
1012 (9.917 %)VMware
1110 (8.264 %)Finance
129 (7.438 %)Windows Vista
129 (7.438 %)Linux
129 (7.438 %)Oracle
129 (7.438 %)Sophos
129 (7.438 %)Citrix
138 (6.612 %)Microsoft Certification
138 (6.612 %)SQL Server
138 (6.612 %)MCSE
138 (6.612 %)Windows NT
138 (6.612 %)IBM
138 (6.612 %)Exchange Server 2000
138 (6.612 %)VMware ESX
138 (6.612 %)Government
147 (5.785 %)Legal
147 (5.785 %)Migration
147 (5.785 %)VMware Infrastructure
147 (5.785 %)ITIL

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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
15 (4.132 %).NET
15 (4.132 %)J2EE
23 (2.479 %)WPF
23 (2.479 %)Silverlight
32 (1.653 %)ASP.NET 2.0
32 (1.653 %)HTML
32 (1.653 %)ASP.NET
41 (0.826 %)Middleware
41 (0.826 %)AJAX
41 (0.826 %)MFC
Application Platforms
18 (6.612 %)Exchange Server 2000
26 (4.959 %)IIS
35 (4.132 %)Exchange Server 2007
44 (3.306 %)MS Exchange
53 (2.479 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.826 %)Morello
61 (0.826 %)ColdFusion
61 (0.826 %)Apache
61 (0.826 %)WebLogic
Applications
114 (11.57 %)MS Office
24 (3.306 %)MS Excel
31 (0.826 %)MS Visio
31 (0.826 %)RoboHelp
31 (0.826 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
11 (0.826 %)WebTrends
Communications & Networking
16 (4.959 %)DMZ
25 (4.132 %)SAN
34 (3.306 %)Internet
43 (2.479 %)X.400
43 (2.479 %)SMTP
43 (2.479 %)TCP/IP
52 (1.653 %)Ethernet
52 (1.653 %)LDAP
52 (1.653 %)SMS
52 (1.653 %)WINS
52 (1.653 %)DNS
61 (0.826 %)Intranet
61 (0.826 %)X.500
61 (0.826 %)BIG-IP
61 (0.826 %)Network Security
61 (0.826 %)WAN
61 (0.826 %)Broadband
61 (0.826 %)LAN
61 (0.826 %)VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
18 (6.612 %)SQL Server
22 (1.653 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (1.653 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.826 %)RDBMS
Development Applications
14 (3.306 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.826 %)Dreamweaver
21 (0.826 %)MSI
21 (0.826 %)GoLive
21 (0.826 %)FrontPage
General
110 (8.264 %)Finance
28 (6.612 %)Government
37 (5.785 %)Legal
45 (4.132 %)Manufacturing
45 (4.132 %)Telecoms
53 (2.479 %)Marketing
62 (1.653 %)Banking
62 (1.653 %)Aerospace
71 (0.826 %)Education
71 (0.826 %)Electric
71 (0.826 %)Health
71 (0.826 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (0.826 %)Electronics
71 (0.826 %)Local Government
71 (0.826 %)Auditing
71 (0.826 %)Advertising
71 (0.826 %)Military
Job Titles
122 (18.18 %)Consultant
215 (12.40 %)Analyst
215 (12.40 %)2nd Line Support
39 (7.438 %)Support Engineer
48 (6.612 %)Architect
48 (6.612 %)Desktop Support
57 (5.785 %)Developer
57 (5.785 %)Support Technician
66 (4.959 %)3rd Line Support
66 (4.959 %)Test Analyst
66 (4.959 %)Integration Analyst
75 (4.132 %)Technical Consultant
75 (4.132 %)Support Analyst
75 (4.132 %)Desktop Support Engineer
75 (4.132 %)Desktop Engineer
75 (4.132 %)Integration Test Analyst
84 (3.306 %)Security Architect
84 (3.306 %)Windows Technical Consultant
84 (3.306 %)Applications Packager
84 (3.306 %)Administrator
Miscellaneous
13 (2.479 %)Smartcard
13 (2.479 %)PKI
22 (1.653 %)Mainframe
22 (1.653 %)Fat Client
22 (1.653 %)IBM Mainframe
22 (1.653 %)Thin Client
31 (0.826 %)Client/Server
31 (0.826 %)N-Tier
31 (0.826 %)NHS
31 (0.826 %)Clustering
31 (0.826 %)CESG
31 (0.826 %)CESG CLAS
31 (0.826 %)Asset Management
31 (0.826 %)PDA
31 (0.826 %)Taxonomies
31 (0.826 %)Physics
31 (0.826 %)Computer Science
Operating Systems
129 (23.97 %)Windows 2000
219 (15.70 %)Unix
316 (13.22 %)Windows Server 2003
414 (11.57 %)Windows XP
59 (7.438 %)Linux
59 (7.438 %)Windows Vista
68 (6.612 %)Windows NT
75 (4.132 %)Solaris
82 (1.653 %)HPUX
82 (1.653 %)Windows CE
82 (1.653 %)VxWorks
91 (0.826 %)Tru64
91 (0.826 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.826 %)zOS
Processes & Methodologies
148 (39.67 %)Security Cleared
222 (18.18 %)DV Cleared
313 (10.74 %)SC Cleared
47 (5.785 %)ITIL
47 (5.785 %)Configuration Management
47 (5.785 %)Project Management
47 (5.785 %)Migration
56 (4.959 %)RUP
65 (4.132 %)Risk Management
65 (4.132 %)Unified Process
65 (4.132 %)Automated Testing
74 (3.306 %)PRINCE2
83 (2.479 %)UML
83 (2.479 %)OO
92 (1.653 %)Test Scripting
101 (0.826 %)Data Migration
101 (0.826 %)Service Management
101 (0.826 %)Change Management
101 (0.826 %)Data Security
101 (0.826 %)Software Engineering
Programming Languages
16 (4.959 %)C#
25 (4.132 %)VB
34 (3.306 %)VBScript
34 (3.306 %)C
43 (2.479 %)SQL
43 (2.479 %)C++
52 (1.653 %)Delphi
52 (1.653 %)Java
52 (1.653 %)VBA
52 (1.653 %)VC++
61 (0.826 %)Embedded C
61 (0.826 %)Embedded C++
61 (0.826 %)XAML
61 (0.826 %)JavaScript
61 (0.826 %)Perl
61 (0.826 %)DHTML
Qualifications
18 (6.612 %)MCSE
18 (6.612 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (2.479 %)Degree
31 (0.826 %)Chartered Engineer
31 (0.826 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.826 %)CCNA
31 (0.826 %)CCDA
31 (0.826 %)ISEB
31 (0.826 %)Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.653 %)SLA
21 (0.826 %)QA
System Software
128 (23.14 %)Active Directory
28 (6.612 %)VMware ESX
37 (5.785 %)ISA Server
37 (5.785 %)VMware Infrastructure
46 (4.959 %)Backup Exec
53 (2.479 %)Citrix Presentation Server
62 (1.653 %)RACF
71 (0.826 %)NetBackup
71 (0.826 %)ClearTrust
Systems Management
12 (1.653 %)Tivoli
12 (1.653 %)WSUS
21 (0.826 %)OpenView
21 (0.826 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.826 %)OVSD
Vendors
123 (19.01 %)Microsoft
214 (11.57 %)HP
312 (9.917 %)VMware
49 (7.438 %)Sophos
49 (7.438 %)Oracle
49 (7.438 %)Citrix
58 (6.612 %)IBM
65 (4.132 %)Symantec
74 (3.306 %)NetApp
74 (3.306 %)Dell
74 (3.306 %)Intel
83 (2.479 %)McAfee Security
92 (1.653 %)Novell
92 (1.653 %)Sun
101 (0.826 %)EMC
101 (0.826 %)Cisco
101 (0.826 %)Adobe
101 (0.826 %)StorageTek
101 (0.826 %)VERITAS
101 (0.826 %)ADIC
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