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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Hove 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank59
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below100.00 %66.67 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£304
% change on same period last year+0.90 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£8.00
Average hourly rate£17.50£9.00
% change on same period last year+94.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.29£20.37
% change on same period last year-0.43 %
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Hove
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£8.57
Average hourly rate£17.50£9.43
% change on same period last year+85.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00£10.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.36£22.18
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
Windows East SussexWindows
East Sussex

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

Hove Windows Demand 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 Hove region.

Hove Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hove 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.

15 (100.00 %)Active Directory
23 (60.00 %)HP
23 (60.00 %)MS Exchange
23 (60.00 %)Windows Vista
32 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (40.00 %)Firewall
32 (40.00 %)DHCP
32 (40.00 %)Cisco
32 (40.00 %)Dell
32 (40.00 %)Juniper
32 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (20.00 %)ISA Server
41 (20.00 %)SAN
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft
41 (20.00 %)DNS
41 (20.00 %)MS Office
41 (20.00 %)Linux
41 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (20.00 %)MCSE
41 (20.00 %)Windows XP
41 (20.00 %)Migration
41 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hove 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.

Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Office
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (40.00 %)DHCP
12 (40.00 %)Firewall
21 (20.00 %)DNS
21 (20.00 %)SAN
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Junior
12 (40.00 %)Helpdesk Technician
21 (20.00 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Systems Administrator
21 (20.00 %)Support Engineer
21 (20.00 %)3rd Line Support
21 (20.00 %)Administrator
21 (20.00 %)Desktop Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Rollout Engineer
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (60.00 %)Windows Vista
22 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (20.00 %)Linux
31 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (20.00 %)Windows XP
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Migration
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)MCSE
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (100.00 %)Active Directory
21 (20.00 %)ISA Server
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)HP
22 (40.00 %)Dell
22 (40.00 %)Juniper
22 (40.00 %)Cisco
31 (20.00 %)Microsoft