The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lincolnshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 22 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 Lincolnshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 10 24 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 17.86% 54.55% 47.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 90.91% 100.00% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 2
Average daily rate £263 £200 £230
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.25% -13.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £314 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.23% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 4
Average hourly rate £14.75 £12.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.00% -39.02%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.55 £11.80 £18.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.95 £14.25 £23.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-7.57% +6.45%
All Operating Systems
Lincolnshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
11 24 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 19.64% 54.55% 52.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 3
Average daily rate £263 £225 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -21.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £109 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £275 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 4
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -40.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows
East Midlands

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Lincolnshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Lincoln +4 8 £263 -4.54%
Scunthorpe -1 1 - -
Windows
East Midlands

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 13 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 12 (42.86%) Firewall
3 11 (39.29%) Cisco
3 11 (39.29%) Active Directory
3 11 (39.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (28.57%) VoIP
4 8 (28.57%) Migration
5 7 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 7 (25.00%) MS Exchange
5 7 (25.00%) Windows 7
6 6 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (21.43%) VMware
7 5 (17.86%) CheckPoint
7 5 (17.86%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (17.86%) Internet
7 5 (17.86%) Juniper
7 5 (17.86%) Nokia
7 5 (17.86%) LAN
7 5 (17.86%) TCP/IP
7 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
7 5 (17.86%) Blue Coat
8 4 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (14.29%) Hyper-V
8 4 (14.29%) HP
8 4 (14.29%) Citrix
8 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (14.29%) Windows XP
8 4 (14.29%) CCNA
9 3 (10.71%) Wireless

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 1 (3.571%) .NET
1 1 (3.571%) HTML
1 1 (3.571%) CSS
1 1 (3.571%) XML
1 1 (3.571%) XSLT
1 1 (3.571%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.571%) WCF
1 1 (3.571%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 7 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (10.71%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (7.143%) IIS
4 2 (7.143%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (3.571%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) MS Office
2 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (42.86%) Firewall
2 8 (28.57%) VoIP
3 5 (17.86%) Internet
3 5 (17.86%) LAN
3 5 (17.86%) TCP/IP
4 3 (10.71%) Wireless
4 3 (10.71%) PABX
4 3 (10.71%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (7.143%) WAN
6 1 (3.571%) DHCP
6 1 (3.571%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) Support Engineer
1 5 (17.86%) Network Engineer
1 5 (17.86%) Network Support
2 4 (14.29%) Technical Architect
2 4 (14.29%) Architect
2 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Migration Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (10.71%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Server Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Cisco Support
3 3 (10.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) Windows Server Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (7.143%) Network Support Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) Technical Manager
4 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
4 2 (7.143%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (39.29%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (17.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (14.29%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.571%) Windows 2000
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Migration
2 4 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (10.71%) ITIL
4 2 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (7.143%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.571%) MVC
5 1 (3.571%) ERP
5 1 (3.571%) Web Development
5 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (3.571%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.143%) SQL
2 1 (3.571%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (14.29%) CCNA
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (10.71%) MCSE
2 3 (10.71%) MCSA
3 2 (7.143%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.143%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 11 (39.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 2 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.571%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 11 (39.29%) Cisco
3 6 (21.43%) VMware
4 5 (17.86%) CheckPoint
4 5 (17.86%) Juniper
4 5 (17.86%) Nokia
4 5 (17.86%) Blue Coat
5 4 (14.29%) HP
5 4 (14.29%) Citrix
6 1 (3.571%) Lotus