Lancashire Windows Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Lancashire 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.

Microsoft Windows
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Avon Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barking Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bognor Regis Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Carmarthenshire Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clapham Colchester Congleton Conwy Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Grays Greenford Greenwich Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oldham Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochdale Rochester Romford Rotherham Royston Rugby Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Scunthorpe Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Sidcup Sittingbourne Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark Spalding St Albans St Asaph St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Drayton West Kilbride West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	10	7
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	32	72
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.043 %	0.073 %
As % of the category below	56.14 %	75.00 %
Daily rates quoted	7	8
Average minimum daily rate	£186	£251
Average daily rate	£196	£262
% change on same period last year	-24.97 %
Average maximum daily rate	£206	£273
UK excluding London average daily rate	£312	£313
% change on same period last year	-0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	19
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.42	£21.27
Average hourly rate	£17.84	£24.39
% change on same period last year	-26.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.27	£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.55	£20.61
% change on same period last year	-5.15 %
Operating Systems Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads	57	96
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.076 %	0.097 %
Daily rates quoted	13	14
Average minimum daily rate	£227	£285
Average daily rate	£235	£290
% change on same period last year	-19.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£243	£295
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£337
% change on same period last year	-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	23
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.74	£23.04
Average hourly rate	£20.26	£25.42
% change on same period last year	-20.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.79	£27.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.08	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Windows North West

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

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows across the Lancashire region.

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Windows
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Preston	+1	10	£167	-
Burnley	-	5	£285	-
Blackburn	+1	3	£285	-
Bacup	-	3	-	-
Blackpool	+1	1	-	-
Lancaster	+2	1	-	-

Windows North West

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 23 (35.38 %) Active Directory 2 20 (30.77 %) Microsoft 3 11 (16.92 %) Windows XP 3 11 (16.92 %) Windows 2000 4 8 (12.31 %) UNIX 4 8 (12.31 %) Oracle 4 8 (12.31 %) MS Exchange 4 8 (12.31 %) Citrix 5 7 (10.77 %) Cisco 5 7 (10.77 %) WAN 5 7 (10.77 %) LAN 6 6 (9.231 %) DNS 6 6 (9.231 %) DHCP 6 6 (9.231 %) SQL Server 6 6 (9.231 %) MS Office

7 5 (7.692 %) ASP.NET 7 5 (7.692 %) XML 7 5 (7.692 %) VB.NET 7 5 (7.692 %) .NET 7 5 (7.692 %) SQL 7 5 (7.692 %) SAN 8 4 (6.154 %) Solaris 8 4 (6.154 %) Linux 8 4 (6.154 %) TCP/IP 8 4 (6.154 %) WebServices 8 4 (6.154 %) SQL Server 2005 8 4 (6.154 %) VLAN 8 4 (6.154 %) Exchange Server 2003 9 3 (4.615 %) .NET Framework 9 3 (4.615 %) Security Cleared

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 (7.692 %) .NET 1 5 (7.692 %) ASP.NET 1 5 (7.692 %) XML 2 4 (6.154 %) WebServices 3 3 (4.615 %) .NET Framework 4 2 (3.077 %) WebSphere 5 1 (1.538 %) HTML 5 1 (1.538 %) CSS 5 1 (1.538 %) SOAP 5 1 (1.538 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 8 (12.31 %) MS Exchange 2 4 (6.154 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 2 (3.077 %) Oracle Application Server 4 1 (1.538 %) IIS 4 1 (1.538 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 6 (9.231 %) MS Office 2 3 (4.615 %) MS Excel 3 1 (1.538 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 7 (10.77 %) WAN 1 7 (10.77 %) LAN 2 6 (9.231 %) DHCP 2 6 (9.231 %) DNS 3 5 (7.692 %) SAN 4 4 (6.154 %) TCP/IP 4 4 (6.154 %) VLAN 5 3 (4.615 %) Firewall 5 3 (4.615 %) VPN 6 2 (3.077 %) VoIP 7 1 (1.538 %) Cisco PIX 7 1 (1.538 %) Wireless 7 1 (1.538 %) Frame Relay 7 1 (1.538 %) SMS 7 1 (1.538 %) Internet 7 1 (1.538 %) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (9.231 %) SQL Server 2 4 (6.154 %) SQL Server 2005 3 3 (4.615 %) SQL Server 2000 3 3 (4.615 %) Crystal Reports 4 2 (3.077 %) Oracle Reports 4 2 (3.077 %) Oracle 9i 4 2 (3.077 %) Oracle 10g 5 1 (1.538 %) SQLPlus 5 1 (1.538 %) MS Access 5 1 (1.538 %) Datawarehouse 5 1 (1.538 %) TOAD	Development Applications 1 3 (4.615 %) Visual Studio 2 2 (3.077 %) PVCS 2 2 (3.077 %) Oracle Forms
General 1 3 (4.615 %) Telecoms 1 3 (4.615 %) Finance 2 2 (3.077 %) Military 2 2 (3.077 %) Insurance 2 2 (3.077 %) Government 3 1 (1.538 %) Health 3 1 (1.538 %) Manufacturing 3 1 (1.538 %) Publishing 3 1 (1.538 %) Education	Job Titles 1 10 (15.38 %) Analyst 2 9 (13.85 %) Desktop Support 2 9 (13.85 %) Developer 3 5 (7.692 %) Network Engineer 3 5 (7.692 %) Support Analyst 3 5 (7.692 %) Support Engineer 3 5 (7.692 %) .NET Developer 3 5 (7.692 %) Helpdesk Support 4 4 (6.154 %) Server Support 4 4 (6.154 %) Desktop Engineer 5 3 (4.615 %) Desktop Support Engineer 5 3 (4.615 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 3 (4.615 %) 1st Line Support 5 3 (4.615 %) 2nd Line Support 5 3 (4.615 %) Administrator 6 2 (3.077 %) Senior Analyst 6 2 (3.077 %) Oracle Developer 6 2 (3.077 %) C++ Developer 6 2 (3.077 %) Support Technician 6 2 (3.077 %) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous 1 3 (4.615 %) N-Tier 1 3 (4.615 %) Mainframe 2 2 (3.077 %) Client/Server 2 2 (3.077 %) Thin Client 2 2 (3.077 %) Fat Client 3 1 (1.538 %) IBM Mainframe 3 1 (1.538 %) NHS 3 1 (1.538 %) Clustering 3 1 (1.538 %) VAX 3 1 (1.538 %) PKI 3 1 (1.538 %) PDA	Operating Systems 1 11 (16.92 %) Windows 2000 1 11 (16.92 %) Windows XP 2 8 (12.31 %) UNIX 3 4 (6.154 %) Solaris 3 4 (6.154 %) Linux 4 2 (3.077 %) Windows NT 4 2 (3.077 %) Windows Server 2003 4 2 (3.077 %) Windows Mobile 4 2 (3.077 %) VME 5 1 (1.538 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (4.615 %) OO 1 3 (4.615 %) OOD 1 3 (4.615 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (3.077 %) Unit Testing 2 2 (3.077 %) ITIL 2 2 (3.077 %) BC Cleared 2 2 (3.077 %) Project Management 2 2 (3.077 %) Disaster Recovery 2 2 (3.077 %) Asset Management 2 2 (3.077 %) Incident Management 3 1 (1.538 %) Web Development 3 1 (1.538 %) TOGAF 3 1 (1.538 %) Supplier Management 3 1 (1.538 %) Migration 3 1 (1.538 %) Business Continuity 3 1 (1.538 %) Communications Security 3 1 (1.538 %) SC Cleared	Programming Languages 1 5 (7.692 %) SQL 1 5 (7.692 %) VB.NET 2 3 (4.615 %) VB 2 3 (4.615 %) C# 3 2 (3.077 %) C++ 3 2 (3.077 %) Transact-SQL 3 2 (3.077 %) VBScript 3 2 (3.077 %) PL/SQL 3 2 (3.077 %) VB6 4 1 (1.538 %) VBA 4 1 (1.538 %) C 4 1 (1.538 %) DHTML 4 1 (1.538 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 2 (3.077 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (1.538 %) Degree 2 1 (1.538 %) HND 2 1 (1.538 %) CCNP 2 1 (1.538 %) CCNA 2 1 (1.538 %) CISSP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.077 %) SLA 2 1 (1.538 %) QA
System Software 1 23 (35.38 %) Active Directory 2 2 (3.077 %) Terminal Services 3 1 (1.538 %) VMware ESX 3 1 (1.538 %) Backup Exec 3 1 (1.538 %) VMware Infrastructure	Systems Management 1 1 (1.538 %) Legato 1 1 (1.538 %) Tivoli 1 1 (1.538 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 1 1 (1.538 %) WSUS
Vendors 1 20 (30.77 %) Microsoft 2 8 (12.31 %) Oracle 2 8 (12.31 %) Citrix 3 7 (10.77 %) Cisco 4 3 (4.615 %) Dell 4 3 (4.615 %) VMware 5 2 (3.077 %) Intel 5 2 (3.077 %) IBM 5 2 (3.077 %) CA 5 2 (3.077 %) Novell 6 1 (1.538 %) CheckPoint 6 1 (1.538 %) iSOFT 6 1 (1.538 %) Avaya 6 1 (1.538 %) Juniper 6 1 (1.538 %) Lucent 6 1 (1.538 %) SAP 6 1 (1.538 %) EMC 6 1 (1.538 %) HP 6 1 (1.538 %) Finjan