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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Hounslow region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank14
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.004 %
As % of the category below78.57 %50.00 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£260-
Average daily rate£260-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£260-
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£313
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted94
Average minimum hourly rate£17.56£22.00
Average hourly rate£19.33£22.00
% change on same period last year-12.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.11£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.55£20.61
% change on same period last year-5.15 %
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Hounslow
Matching contract IT job ads148
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.008 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£260£236
Average daily rate£260£239
% change on same period last year+8.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£260£243
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted124
Average minimum hourly rate£18.52£21.78
Average hourly rate£20.35£21.78
% change on same period last year-6.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.17£21.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Windows LondonWindows
London

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 Hounslow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Hounslow 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 Hounslow region.

Hounslow Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hounslow 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 Hounslow region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hounslow Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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.

111 (64.71 %)Windows 2000
210 (58.82 %)MS Excel
39 (52.94 %)DHCP
39 (52.94 %)Lotus Notes
39 (52.94 %)MS Office
39 (52.94 %)Lotus
48 (47.06 %)DNS
48 (47.06 %)MS Visio
57 (41.18 %)TCP/IP
57 (41.18 %)Terminal Server
57 (41.18 %)Symantec
57 (41.18 %)Citrix
57 (41.18 %)Altiris
64 (23.53 %)HP
73 (17.65 %)Sun
73 (17.65 %)Dell
73 (17.65 %)Windows XP
73 (17.65 %)Solaris
82 (11.76 %)Banking
82 (11.76 %)Backup Exec
82 (11.76 %)Finance
82 (11.76 %)Health
82 (11.76 %)Legal
82 (11.76 %)UNIX
82 (11.76 %)Oracle
82 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (11.76 %)Active Directory
82 (11.76 %)Compaq
82 (11.76 %)IBM
82 (11.76 %)MS PowerPoint

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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.

Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (52.94 %)Lotus Notes
21 (5.882 %)Tomcat
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (58.82 %)MS Excel
29 (52.94 %)MS Office
38 (47.06 %)MS Visio
42 (11.76 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (5.882 %)PageMaker
51 (5.882 %)FrameMaker
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (52.94 %)DHCP
28 (47.06 %)DNS
37 (41.18 %)TCP/IP
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.882 %)Oracle Reports
11 (5.882 %)RDBMS
11 (5.882 %)Oracle 10g
11 (5.882 %)BusinessObjects
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.882 %)Oracle Forms
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (11.76 %)Finance
12 (11.76 %)Health
12 (11.76 %)Legal
12 (11.76 %)Banking
21 (5.882 %)Publishing
21 (5.882 %)Military
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (41.18 %)Analyst
26 (35.29 %)Support Analyst
35 (29.41 %)Technical Support
44 (23.53 %)Desktop Support
53 (17.65 %)Support Engineer
53 (17.65 %)2nd Line Support
53 (17.65 %)Technical Support Analyst
53 (17.65 %)Technical Analyst
53 (17.65 %)Desktop Engineer
62 (11.76 %)Server Engineer
62 (11.76 %)Desktop Support Analyst
62 (11.76 %)Desktop Support Engineer
62 (11.76 %)Desktop Analyst
62 (11.76 %)Senior Server Engineer
62 (11.76 %)Wintel Engineer
71 (5.882 %)Windows Administrator
71 (5.882 %)Database Manager
71 (5.882 %)Technical Support Engineer
71 (5.882 %)XP Rollout Engineer
71 (5.882 %)Rollout Engineer
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)NHS
11 (5.882 %)Clustering
11 (5.882 %)CCTV
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (64.71 %)Windows 2000
23 (17.65 %)Windows XP
23 (17.65 %)Solaris
32 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (11.76 %)UNIX
41 (5.882 %)Linux
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (5.882 %)Configuration Management
11 (5.882 %)Quality Management
11 (5.882 %)Change Management
11 (5.882 %)Validation
11 (5.882 %)Data Management
11 (5.882 %)Data Validation
11 (5.882 %)BC Cleared
11 (5.882 %)Security Cleared
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.882 %)Java
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)QA
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (41.18 %)Terminal Server
22 (11.76 %)Backup Exec
22 (11.76 %)Active Directory
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (5.882 %)Tivoli
11 (5.882 %)Norton AntiVirus
Hounslow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (52.94 %)Lotus
27 (41.18 %)Symantec
27 (41.18 %)Altiris
27 (41.18 %)Citrix
34 (23.53 %)HP
43 (17.65 %)Sun
43 (17.65 %)Dell
52 (11.76 %)Compaq
52 (11.76 %)Oracle
52 (11.76 %)IBM
61 (5.882 %)Microsoft
61 (5.882 %)Business Objects
61 (5.882 %)iSOFT
61 (5.882 %)TIBCO
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