Windows Contracts in Gloucestershire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 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 over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 6 3
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 71 113 105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 26.10% 17.20% 23.76%
As % of the Operating Systems category 73.96% 56.22% 80.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 61 48
Average daily rate £450 £400 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +29.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £300 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £545 £475 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
- +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 11
Average hourly rate £13.50 £16.46 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.98% -17.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £12.13 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.70 £28.20 £29.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-7.57% +6.45%
All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 96 201 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 35.29% 30.59% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 110 54
Average daily rate £450 £500 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +60.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £400 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £406
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 11
Average hourly rate £13.50 £20.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.14% +13.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £12.00 £15.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £31.50 £21.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows
South West

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Gloucestershire Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Cheltenham +5 17 £350 -20.00%
Gloucester +1 14 £158 -60.62%
Cirencester +8 1 £130 -
Windows
South West

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 103 (60.95%) Security Cleared
2 94 (55.62%) DV Cleared
3 73 (43.20%) C
4 63 (37.28%) Linux
5 61 (36.09%) VMware
6 54 (31.95%) VMware Infrastructure
7 51 (30.18%) UNIX
8 48 (28.40%) Service Management
9 43 (25.44%) Windows 7
10 42 (24.85%) SAN
11 36 (21.30%) HP
12 34 (20.12%) NetApp
12 34 (20.12%) Cisco
12 34 (20.12%) ITIL
13 32 (18.93%) Microsoft
13 32 (18.93%) Active Directory
14 30 (17.75%) Citrix
15 29 (17.16%) Windows XP
16 28 (16.57%) Oracle
17 25 (14.79%) Solaris
17 25 (14.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 24 (14.20%) Java
18 24 (14.20%) Red Hat
19 23 (13.61%) Degree
20 19 (11.24%) Firewall
20 19 (11.24%) IBM
21 18 (10.65%) Symantec
21 18 (10.65%) Data Protection
22 17 (10.06%) Hyper-V
22 17 (10.06%) Enterprise Architecture

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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
1 15 (8.876%) Drools
2 13 (7.692%) Application Packaging
3 7 (4.142%) Middleware
4 6 (3.550%) Software Packaging
5 5 (2.959%) .NET
6 4 (2.367%) ASP.NET
6 4 (2.367%) WCF
7 2 (1.183%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.592%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (0.592%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (0.592%) Razor View Engine
8 1 (0.592%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.592%) jQuery
8 1 (0.592%) WinForms
8 1 (0.592%) ASP
8 1 (0.592%) J2EE
8 1 (0.592%) HTML
8 1 (0.592%) CSS
8 1 (0.592%) SOAP
8 1 (0.592%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 10 (5.917%) MS Exchange
2 8 (4.734%) WebLogic
2 8 (4.734%) Oracle Application Server
3 7 (4.142%) Windows Azure
3 7 (4.142%) Amazon AWS
3 7 (4.142%) GlassFish
4 6 (3.550%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (3.550%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (2.367%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.183%) IIS
6 2 (1.183%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (1.183%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.592%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.592%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (9.467%) MS Office
2 12 (7.101%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.592%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.592%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.775%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 42 (24.85%) SAN
2 19 (11.24%) Firewall
3 17 (10.06%) LAN
3 17 (10.06%) WAN
3 17 (10.06%) Ethernet
4 10 (5.917%) TCP/IP
5 8 (4.734%) VPN
6 7 (4.142%) DHCP
6 7 (4.142%) DNS
6 7 (4.142%) MPLS
7 6 (3.550%) ASN.1
8 4 (2.367%) Network Security
9 2 (1.183%) DSL
10 1 (0.592%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.592%) Internet
10 1 (0.592%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.467%) MySQL
2 15 (8.876%) QlikView
3 13 (7.692%) SQL Server
4 10 (5.917%) Oracle 11g
5 8 (4.734%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (1.775%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (1.183%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.183%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.592%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (0.592%) TOAD
8 1 (0.592%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.592%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 11 (6.509%) MSI
2 10 (5.917%) Visual Studio
3 6 (3.550%) Eclipse
3 6 (3.550%) GCC
4 3 (1.775%) InstallShield
4 3 (1.775%) AdminStudio
5 2 (1.183%) TestDirector
5 2 (1.183%) Wise Package Studio
6 1 (0.592%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.592%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.592%) C++Builder
6 1 (0.592%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.592%) ClearCase
General
1 15 (8.876%) Finance
2 12 (7.101%) Telecoms
3 10 (5.917%) Electronics
4 4 (2.367%) Aerospace
4 4 (2.367%) Local Government
4 4 (2.367%) Avionics
5 2 (1.183%) Banking
5 2 (1.183%) Retail
5 2 (1.183%) Retail Banking
6 1 (0.592%) Military
Job Titles
1 26 (15.38%) Architect
2 23 (13.61%) Support Engineer
3 17 (10.06%) Storage Engineer
3 17 (10.06%) Technical Architect
4 14 (8.284%) Desktop Support
4 14 (8.284%) Software Engineer
5 13 (7.692%) Developer
6 12 (7.101%) Applications Packager
7 10 (5.917%) 3rd Line Support
8 9 (5.325%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (4.734%) Build Engineer
10 7 (4.142%) Storage Support Engineer
10 7 (4.142%) Software Manager
10 7 (4.142%) Applications Manager
10 7 (4.142%) Infrastructure Architect
10 7 (4.142%) 2nd Line Support
11 6 (3.550%) Analyst
12 5 (2.959%) IT Support
12 5 (2.959%) Deployment Engineer
13 4 (2.367%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.101%) Client/Server
2 10 (5.917%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.734%) Thin Client
3 8 (4.734%) Fat Client
4 7 (4.142%) PaaS
4 7 (4.142%) IaaS
4 7 (4.142%) Blackberry
5 6 (3.550%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (1.775%) iPhone
7 2 (1.183%) CMDB
8 1 (0.592%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.592%) Replication
8 1 (0.592%) Economics
8 1 (0.592%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 63 (37.28%) Linux
2 51 (30.18%) UNIX
3 43 (25.44%) Windows 7
4 29 (17.16%) Windows XP
5 25 (14.79%) Solaris
5 25 (14.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (6.509%) Mac OS X
8 8 (4.734%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (4.142%) Windows Vista
10 6 (3.550%) VxWorks
10 6 (3.550%) Android
11 5 (2.959%) Mac OS X Server
12 4 (2.367%) Apple iOS
13 2 (1.183%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.592%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.592%) CentOS
14 1 (0.592%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (28.40%) Service Management
2 34 (20.12%) ITIL
3 18 (10.65%) Data Protection
4 17 (10.06%) Enterprise Architecture
5 15 (8.876%) Benchmarking
6 9 (5.325%) Migration
7 8 (4.734%) UML
7 8 (4.734%) OO
8 7 (4.142%) Load Balancing
9 6 (3.550%) Asset Management
9 6 (3.550%) Scrum
10 5 (2.959%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (2.959%) Software Deployment
11 4 (2.367%) Configuration Management
11 4 (2.367%) Problem Management
12 3 (1.775%) Regression Analysis
12 3 (1.775%) ITIL V3
12 3 (1.775%) Time Management
12 3 (1.775%) Test Scripting
12 3 (1.775%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 73 (43.20%) C
2 24 (14.20%) Java
3 15 (8.876%) Scala
4 12 (7.101%) C#
4 12 (7.101%) C++
4 12 (7.101%) SQL
5 7 (4.142%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.367%) VBScript
6 4 (2.367%) VB
7 3 (1.775%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.592%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.592%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 103 (60.95%) Security Cleared
2 94 (55.62%) DV Cleared
3 23 (13.61%) Degree
4 10 (5.917%) HNC
5 9 (5.325%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.734%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.367%) MCITP
8 3 (1.775%) MCP
9 2 (1.183%) MCAD
9 2 (1.183%) MCSD
10 1 (0.592%) VCP4
10 1 (0.592%) VCP5
10 1 (0.592%) MCTS
10 1 (0.592%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.592%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.592%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (31.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (18.93%) Active Directory
3 17 (10.06%) Hyper-V
4 16 (9.467%) VMware ESX
4 16 (9.467%) XenApp
5 10 (5.917%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (4.142%) vSphere
6 7 (4.142%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (1.775%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.592%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.592%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.592%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 17 (10.06%) NetBackup
2 5 (2.959%) SCCM
3 4 (2.367%) AppDNA
4 3 (1.775%) WSUS
5 2 (1.183%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 2 (1.183%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.592%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 61 (36.09%) VMware
2 36 (21.30%) HP
3 34 (20.12%) NetApp
3 34 (20.12%) Cisco
4 32 (18.93%) Microsoft
5 30 (17.75%) Citrix
6 28 (16.57%) Oracle
7 24 (14.20%) Red Hat
8 19 (11.24%) IBM
9 18 (10.65%) Symantec
10 12 (7.101%) Apple
11 9 (5.325%) Sun
12 8 (4.734%) Juniper
12 8 (4.734%) Sophos
12 8 (4.734%) Lumension
13 6 (3.550%) Green Hills
14 4 (2.367%) Borland
14 4 (2.367%) Altiris
15 3 (1.775%) Adobe
16 2 (1.183%) Sybase
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