The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 20 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 Hampshire 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 87 89 88
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 13 5 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.801% 0.329% 0.738%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.784% 1.256% 2.745%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 1
Average daily rate £313 £165 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+89.39% -49.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £258 £225
% change year-on-year
-9.70% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +4.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.75 £12.38 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -1.00%
All Operating Systems
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
467 398 510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 28.77% 26.22% 26.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 168 185
Average daily rate £330 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £213 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £465 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 84 106
Average hourly rate £25.00 £23.00 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% -6.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.48 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.55 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows Vista
South East

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Vista across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Hampshire Windows Vista Daily Rate Histogram

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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Farnborough - 5 £325 -
Southampton - 2 £125 - 2
Aldershot - - - -
Basingstoke - - - -
Fareham - - - -
Havant - - - -
Windows Vista
South East

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (62.50%) Windows XP
3 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
4 8 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 8 (50.00%) Windows 8
5 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
5 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
5 6 (37.50%) MS Office
6 5 (31.25%) Windows 2000
6 5 (31.25%) SCCM
6 5 (31.25%) Software Distribution
7 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (25.00%) MS Exchange
7 4 (25.00%) ITIL
7 4 (25.00%) VBScript
7 4 (25.00%) Citrix
7 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (18.75%) Internet
8 3 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (18.75%) HP
8 3 (18.75%) SLA
8 3 (18.75%) IBM Notes
8 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
8 3 (18.75%) Windows NT
8 3 (18.75%) Smartphone
8 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
8 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (18.75%) Application Packaging
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (18.75%) Service Management

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 3 (18.75%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (18.75%) IBM Notes
2 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) MS Office
2 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Internet
2 2 (12.50%) DHCP
2 2 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (6.250%) WAN
3 1 (6.250%) LAN
3 1 (6.250%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MSI
1 2 (12.50%) InstallShield
2 1 (6.250%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (6.250%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Applications Packager
2 3 (18.75%) Service Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Services Delivery Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) SCCM Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) MSI Packager
4 1 (6.250%) Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Service Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Services Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Smartphone
1 3 (18.75%) Blackberry
2 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (62.50%) Windows XP
3 8 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 8 (50.00%) Windows 8
4 5 (31.25%) Windows 2000
5 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (18.75%) Windows NT
7 1 (6.250%) Linux
7 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Software Distribution
2 4 (25.00%) ITIL
3 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
3 3 (18.75%) Service Management
3 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
3 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (12.50%) DNA
5 1 (6.250%) Release Management
5 1 (6.250%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (6.250%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) VBScript
2 1 (6.250%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.250%) MCP
3 1 (6.250%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) SLA
2 1 (6.250%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) SCCM
2 2 (12.50%) AppDNA
3 1 (6.250%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (6.250%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (6.250%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Citrix
3 3 (18.75%) HP
3 3 (18.75%) Lotus
3 3 (18.75%) Remedy
4 2 (12.50%) VMware
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco
4 2 (12.50%) NetApp
5 1 (6.250%) Symantec
5 1 (6.250%) Dell
5 1 (6.250%) Oracle
5 1 (6.250%) McAfee
Southampton, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013