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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Kingswinford 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %0.000 %
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£319£309
% change on same period last year+3.06 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£20.17-
Average hourly rate£20.83-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£21.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.44£20.99
% change on same period last year-2.58 %
Kingswinford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Kingswinford
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
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£330£335
% change on same period last year-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£20.10-
Average hourly rate£20.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.90-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.51£22.79
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Windows West MidlandsWindows
West Midlands

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

Kingswinford 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 Kingswinford region.

Kingswinford 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 Kingswinford region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Kingswinford Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kingswinford 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.

13 (75.00 %)HP
22 (50.00 %)Active Directory
22 (50.00 %)Windows NT
22 (50.00 %)Windows XP
22 (50.00 %)BMC PATROL
31 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (25.00 %)IBM
31 (25.00 %)ITIL
31 (25.00 %)Dell
31 (25.00 %)SAN

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kingswinford 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.

Kingswinford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (25.00 %)SAN
Kingswinford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (25.00 %)Junior
11 (25.00 %)Technical Engineer
Kingswinford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows NT
12 (50.00 %)Windows XP
Kingswinford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)ITIL
Kingswinford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Kingswinford IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (50.00 %)BMC PATROL
Kingswinford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)HP
21 (25.00 %)IBM
21 (25.00 %)Dell