The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leatherhead 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 Leatherhead 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 7 8 4
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 5 13 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leatherhead 21.74% 15.12% 13.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 81.25% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
Average daily rate £335 £190 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+76.31% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
- +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
Average hourly rate £12.50 £17.65 £15.58
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.17% +13.26%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.21 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-7.84% +6.45%
All Operating Systems
Leatherhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
5 16 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leatherhead 21.74% 18.60% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
Average daily rate £393 £220 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+78.40% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
Average hourly rate £12.50 £17.80 £16.17
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.77% +10.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows
Surrey

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leatherhead 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 Leatherhead region.

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

Leatherhead 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 Leatherhead region.

Leatherhead Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leatherhead 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 11 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 10 (62.50%) Windows 7
3 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (43.75%) Windows XP
4 7 (43.75%) MSI
4 7 (43.75%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (37.50%) SCCM
5 6 (37.50%) InstallShield
6 3 (18.75%) McAfee
6 3 (18.75%) C#
6 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
6 3 (18.75%) .NET
6 3 (18.75%) Backup Exec
7 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 2 (12.50%) AS400
7 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
7 2 (12.50%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (12.50%) Degree
7 2 (12.50%) Application Packaging
7 2 (12.50%) WSUS
7 2 (12.50%) Line 50
7 2 (12.50%) WCF
7 2 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (12.50%) Oracle
7 2 (12.50%) ITIL
7 2 (12.50%) SOA
7 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
7 2 (12.50%) SQL
7 2 (12.50%) Baan

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leatherhead 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 3 (18.75%) .NET
2 2 (12.50%) Application Packaging
2 2 (12.50%) WCF
3 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
3 1 (6.250%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Visio
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Line 50
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) 3G
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) MSI
2 6 (37.50%) InstallShield
3 1 (6.250%) ClearCase
3 1 (6.250%) Subversion
General
1 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Applications Packager
2 3 (18.75%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (12.50%) Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Support Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Wintel Support
3 2 (12.50%) .NET Developer
3 2 (12.50%) SharePoint Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Wintel Specialist
4 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support
4 1 (6.250%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (6.250%) C# Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Configuration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) AS400
2 1 (6.250%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Windows 7
2 7 (43.75%) Windows XP
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL
1 2 (12.50%) SOA
2 1 (6.250%) Configuration Management
2 1 (6.250%) Project Management
2 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
2 1 (6.250%) Document Management
2 1 (6.250%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) C#
2 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.250%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.250%) MCP
2 1 (6.250%) MCSE
2 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) SCCM
2 3 (18.75%) Backup Exec
3 2 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) McAfee
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle
3 2 (12.50%) Baan
3 2 (12.50%) Sage
4 1 (6.250%) HP
4 1 (6.250%) Dell
4 1 (6.250%) Citrix
4 1 (6.250%) LANDesk