The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 22 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 Hertfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 3 5 4
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 100 158 132
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 15.36% 16.17% 15.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 54.64% 73.49% 61.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 52 36
Average daily rate £350 £318 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.23% +5.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £176 £150 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £314 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.23% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 36 50
Average hourly rate £16.00 £18.25 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.32% +12.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.90 £11.70 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.80 £37.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-7.57% +6.45%
All Operating Systems
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
183 215 213
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 28.11% 22.01% 24.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 79 72
Average daily rate £350 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £163 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 37 56
Average hourly rate £15.00 £18.00 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.20 £11.00 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows
East of England

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Hemel Hempstead +3 7 £350 -
Watford -1 7 £445 +89.36%
Stevenage -5 6 £250 -10.71%
Rickmansworth -3 2 £200 -
St Albans -6 2 £400 +135.29%
Welwyn Garden City -6 2 - -
Potters Bar 0 1 - -
Letchworth -6 1 - -
Welwyn - 1 - -
Windows
East of England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 78 (36.28%) Microsoft
2 71 (33.02%) .NET
3 65 (30.23%) Active Directory
4 55 (25.58%) SQL
5 52 (24.19%) SQL Server
5 52 (24.19%) Windows Server 2003
6 49 (22.79%) Retail
7 47 (21.86%) C#
8 46 (21.40%) MS Office
9 40 (18.60%) Windows Server 2008
10 39 (18.14%) OO
10 39 (18.14%) Agile Software Development
10 39 (18.14%) TDD
11 36 (16.74%) Windows 7
12 32 (14.88%) VMware
13 30 (13.95%) Security Cleared
14 26 (12.09%) JavaScript
14 26 (12.09%) Citrix
15 25 (11.63%) ASP.NET
15 25 (11.63%) MS Excel
15 25 (11.63%) Scrum
15 25 (11.63%) Telecoms
16 24 (11.16%) MS Exchange
16 24 (11.16%) HTML
16 24 (11.16%) Windows XP
17 23 (10.70%) Web Services
18 22 (10.23%) DHTML
18 22 (10.23%) SC Cleared
19 21 (9.767%) jQuery
19 21 (9.767%) T-SQL

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 71 (33.02%) .NET
2 25 (11.63%) ASP.NET
3 24 (11.16%) HTML
4 23 (10.70%) Web Services
5 22 (10.23%) DHTML
6 21 (9.767%) jQuery
7 19 (8.837%) Ajax
8 18 (8.372%) .NET Framework
9 17 (7.907%) ADO.NET
9 17 (7.907%) WinForms
10 11 (5.116%) CSS
11 9 (4.186%) XML
12 5 (2.326%) J2EE
12 5 (2.326%) ASP
13 4 (1.860%) JSP
13 4 (1.860%) Struts
13 4 (1.860%) XML Schema
13 4 (1.860%) Spring
13 4 (1.860%) JSF
13 4 (1.860%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 24 (11.16%) MS Exchange
2 17 (7.907%) IIS
3 14 (6.512%) Exchange Server 2010
4 12 (5.581%) SharePoint
5 11 (5.116%) Exchange Server 2003
6 8 (3.721%) Lotus Notes
7 7 (3.256%) Apache
8 5 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2007
8 5 (2.326%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (1.860%) ActiveMQ
9 4 (1.860%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (1.860%) Liferay
9 4 (1.860%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (1.395%) Lync
11 2 (0.930%) Lotus Domino
12 1 (0.465%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.465%) WebSphere MQ
12 1 (0.465%) Tomcat
Applications
1 46 (21.40%) MS Office
2 25 (11.63%) MS Excel
3 5 (2.326%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.860%) Photoshop
5 3 (1.395%) MS Project
6 2 (0.930%) Office 365
7 1 (0.465%) OmniGraffle
7 1 (0.465%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.465%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (0.930%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.907%) FTP
2 13 (6.047%) DNS
3 12 (5.581%) DHCP
3 12 (5.581%) SAN
4 9 (4.186%) Firewall
4 9 (4.186%) LAN
5 7 (3.256%) WAN
6 6 (2.791%) Ethernet
7 5 (2.326%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.326%) VPN
8 4 (1.860%) NAS
9 3 (1.395%) Network Security
9 3 (1.395%) Internet
10 2 (0.930%) HTTP
10 2 (0.930%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.930%) Wireless
10 2 (0.930%) Cisco PIX
10 2 (0.930%) BIG-IP
11 1 (0.465%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.465%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (24.19%) SQL Server
2 19 (8.837%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (7.907%) DTS
4 9 (4.186%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (2.791%) SQL Server 2012
6 5 (2.326%) SQL Server 2000
7 4 (1.860%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.860%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.860%) GIS
7 4 (1.860%) JasperReports
7 4 (1.860%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.860%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (0.930%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.930%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 2 (0.930%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.465%) OLTP
9 1 (0.465%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.465%) MS Access
9 1 (0.465%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 5 (2.326%) Team Foundation Server
1 5 (2.326%) Subversion
2 4 (1.860%) Maven
3 3 (1.395%) Fiddler
3 3 (1.395%) MSI
3 3 (1.395%) ClearQuest
3 3 (1.395%) ClearCase
4 2 (0.930%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (0.930%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.930%) WiX
4 2 (0.930%) MSBuild
4 2 (0.930%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.465%) Selenium
5 1 (0.465%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.465%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.465%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.465%) Redmine
5 1 (0.465%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.465%) Hudson
5 1 (0.465%) JMeter
General
1 49 (22.79%) Retail
2 25 (11.63%) Telecoms
3 17 (7.907%) Finance
4 5 (2.326%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (1.860%) Welsh Language
6 1 (0.465%) German Language
6 1 (0.465%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.465%) Legal
6 1 (0.465%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.465%) Banking
6 1 (0.465%) Billing
Job Titles
1 65 (30.23%) Developer
2 36 (16.74%) .NET Developer
3 33 (15.35%) C# .NET Developer
3 33 (15.35%) C# Developer
4 23 (10.70%) Analyst
5 22 (10.23%) Architect
5 22 (10.23%) Support Engineer
6 21 (9.767%) C# Architect
6 21 (9.767%) .NET Architect
7 19 (8.837%) Web Developer
8 17 (7.907%) Consultant
9 12 (5.581%) 2nd Line Support
10 11 (5.116%) Support Analyst
11 10 (4.651%) Administrator
11 10 (4.651%) 3rd Line Support
11 10 (4.651%) ScrumMaster
11 10 (4.651%) IT Support
11 10 (4.651%) Agile .NET Developer
11 10 (4.651%) Agile C# Developer
12 9 (4.186%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.977%) Blackberry
2 10 (4.651%) Clustering
3 6 (2.791%) iPhone
4 5 (2.326%) Open Source
5 3 (1.395%) iPad
5 3 (1.395%) Replication
6 2 (0.930%) Thin Client
6 2 (0.930%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.930%) Mathematics
6 2 (0.930%) Computer Science
6 2 (0.930%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.465%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.465%) Data Extraction
7 1 (0.465%) SaaS
7 1 (0.465%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 52 (24.19%) Windows Server 2003
2 40 (18.60%) Windows Server 2008
3 36 (16.74%) Windows 7
4 24 (11.16%) Windows XP
5 20 (9.302%) Linux
6 9 (4.186%) UNIX
7 8 (3.721%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (3.256%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (2.791%) Windows 2000
10 5 (2.326%) Solaris
11 4 (1.860%) AIX
11 4 (1.860%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.860%) Windows 2000 Server
11 4 (1.860%) Android
12 3 (1.395%) Windows 8
12 3 (1.395%) Windows Phone
12 3 (1.395%) Windows Phone 8
13 2 (0.930%) Windows Mobile
13 2 (0.930%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (18.14%) OO
1 39 (18.14%) Agile Software Development
1 39 (18.14%) TDD
2 25 (11.63%) Scrum
3 20 (9.302%) SOA
4 18 (8.372%) Migration
5 14 (6.512%) ITIL
5 14 (6.512%) Domain-Driven Design
5 14 (6.512%) BDD
6 11 (5.116%) AOP
7 8 (3.721%) Time Management
8 7 (3.256%) Capacity Planning
9 6 (2.791%) Service Delivery
9 6 (2.791%) Workflow
9 6 (2.791%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (2.791%) Change Control
9 6 (2.791%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (2.326%) Test Scripting
10 5 (2.326%) UML
11 4 (1.860%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 55 (25.58%) SQL
2 47 (21.86%) C#
3 26 (12.09%) JavaScript
4 21 (9.767%) T-SQL
5 20 (9.302%) VBScript
6 18 (8.372%) VB.NET
7 13 (6.047%) Java
8 8 (3.721%) VB
9 6 (2.791%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.395%) VBA
10 3 (1.395%) C
11 2 (0.930%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.465%) Ruby
12 1 (0.465%) F#
12 1 (0.465%) LotusScript
12 1 (0.465%) C++
12 1 (0.465%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 22 (10.23%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.372%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (4.651%) Degree
5 7 (3.256%) MCSE
6 6 (2.791%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.326%) MCP
8 4 (1.860%) MCSA
8 4 (1.860%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.860%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.860%) CCEE
8 4 (1.860%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (1.395%) CCIA
9 3 (1.395%) CCEA
9 3 (1.395%) CCSP
9 3 (1.395%) CCNA
9 3 (1.395%) CCA
10 2 (0.930%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.930%) MCITP
11 1 (0.465%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.791%) SLA
2 2 (0.930%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.930%) QA
System Software
1 65 (30.23%) Active Directory
2 18 (8.372%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.581%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.721%) VMware ESX
5 7 (3.256%) vSphere
5 7 (3.256%) XenServer
6 6 (2.791%) XenDesktop
6 6 (2.791%) XenApp
7 5 (2.326%) Terminal Services
8 4 (1.860%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (1.395%) Xen
10 1 (0.465%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.465%) Cygwin
10 1 (0.465%) Samba
10 1 (0.465%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 11 (5.116%) SCCM
2 5 (2.326%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 5 (2.326%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (1.395%) Splunk
3 3 (1.395%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.930%) SCOM
5 1 (0.465%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.465%) Cobbler
5 1 (0.465%) OVSD
5 1 (0.465%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.465%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.465%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.465%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 1 (0.465%) OpenView
Vendors
1 78 (36.28%) Microsoft
2 32 (14.88%) VMware
3 26 (12.09%) Citrix
4 13 (6.047%) HP
4 13 (6.047%) Cisco
5 11 (5.116%) Oracle
6 10 (4.651%) Symantec
7 9 (4.186%) Lotus
7 9 (4.186%) Red Hat
8 8 (3.721%) Remedy
9 7 (3.256%) Sophos
9 7 (3.256%) IBM
10 5 (2.326%) Adobe
11 4 (1.860%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.860%) McAfee
11 4 (1.860%) Apple
11 4 (1.860%) CA
12 3 (1.395%) Veeam
12 3 (1.395%) Acronis
12 3 (1.395%) EMC
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