Windows Contracts in Knutsford
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Knutsford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 21 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 Knutsford 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 9 2
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -7
Contract jobs citing Windows 26 9 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 25.74% 12.33% 34.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 81.25% 31.03% 76.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 48
Average daily rate £239 £375 £259
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.40% +44.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £295 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £395 £411
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
- +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.21 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-7.84% +6.45%
All Operating Systems
Knutsford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 32 29 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 31.68% 39.73% 45.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 9 64
Average daily rate £300 £336 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.58% +26.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £400 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows
Cheshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knutsford 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 Knutsford region.

Knutsford 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 Knutsford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Knutsford 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 Knutsford region.

Knutsford Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford 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 17 (54.84%) Finance
2 11 (35.48%) Migration
2 11 (35.48%) UNIX
3 8 (25.81%) Citrix
3 8 (25.81%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (25.81%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (22.58%) Blackberry
5 6 (19.35%) Linux
5 6 (19.35%) XenApp
6 5 (16.13%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (16.13%) Data Analysis
6 5 (16.13%) SQL
6 5 (16.13%) Middleware
7 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
7 4 (12.90%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (12.90%) AIX
7 4 (12.90%) MS Excel
7 4 (12.90%) Clustering
7 4 (12.90%) Windows 7
8 3 (9.677%) Apple iOS
8 3 (9.677%) Security Architecture
8 3 (9.677%) Windows 8
8 3 (9.677%) Android
8 3 (9.677%) Banking
8 3 (9.677%) Information Management
8 3 (9.677%) MS PowerPoint
8 3 (9.677%) Project Planning
8 3 (9.677%) Application Packaging
8 3 (9.677%) AppSense
8 3 (9.677%) Validation

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford 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 5 (16.13%) Middleware
2 3 (9.677%) Application Packaging
3 1 (3.226%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.226%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.226%) .NET
3 1 (3.226%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.226%) Web Services
3 1 (3.226%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (9.677%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.677%) WebSphere MQ
3 2 (6.452%) MS Exchange
3 2 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (3.226%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) MS Excel
2 3 (9.677%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (3.226%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.226%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.452%) SMTP
2 1 (3.226%) DHCP
2 1 (3.226%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.226%) DNS
2 1 (3.226%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.226%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (9.677%) MSI
2 1 (3.226%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (54.84%) Finance
2 3 (9.677%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Analyst
2 6 (19.35%) Business Analyst
3 3 (9.677%) Developer
3 3 (9.677%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (9.677%) Architect
4 2 (6.452%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.452%) Technical Architect
4 2 (6.452%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (6.452%) Messaging Specialist
4 2 (6.452%) Security Engineer
4 2 (6.452%) C++ Developer
4 2 (6.452%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (3.226%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (3.226%) Designer
5 1 (3.226%) Build Engineer
5 1 (3.226%) Technical Implementation Manager
5 1 (3.226%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.226%) MI Analyst
5 1 (3.226%) Messaging Engineer
5 1 (3.226%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Blackberry
2 4 (12.90%) Clustering
3 3 (9.677%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.226%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (3.226%) Tandem
4 1 (3.226%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (35.48%) UNIX
2 8 (25.81%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (25.81%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (19.35%) Linux
4 4 (12.90%) AIX
4 4 (12.90%) Windows 7
5 3 (9.677%) Apple iOS
5 3 (9.677%) Windows 8
5 3 (9.677%) Android
6 1 (3.226%) Windows XP
6 1 (3.226%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Migration
2 5 (16.13%) Data Analysis
3 3 (9.677%) Security Architecture
3 3 (9.677%) Information Management
3 3 (9.677%) Project Planning
3 3 (9.677%) Validation
3 3 (9.677%) ITIL
3 3 (9.677%) Project Management
4 2 (6.452%) Information Security
5 1 (3.226%) Time Management
5 1 (3.226%) Change Control
5 1 (3.226%) Capacity Management
5 1 (3.226%) Software Distribution
5 1 (3.226%) Software Architecture
5 1 (3.226%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.226%) Incident Management
5 1 (3.226%) Problem Management
5 1 (3.226%) Web Development
5 1 (3.226%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.226%) UML
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) SQL
2 3 (9.677%) C++
3 2 (6.452%) Shell Script
3 2 (6.452%) VB
4 1 (3.226%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.226%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (3.226%) GIAC
1 1 (3.226%) CISSP
1 1 (3.226%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.226%) MCSE
1 1 (3.226%) CISA
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) XenApp
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (9.677%) Active Directory
4 2 (6.452%) XenDesktop
5 1 (3.226%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 2 (6.452%) Tivoli
1 2 (6.452%) SCCM
2 1 (3.226%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (3.226%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 1 (3.226%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (25.81%) Citrix
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.677%) AppSense
3 3 (9.677%) Oracle
3 3 (9.677%) HP
4 2 (6.452%) IBM
5 1 (3.226%) Siebel
5 1 (3.226%) BMC
5 1 (3.226%) NetApp
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