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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows NT skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows NT over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the London region.

 Microsoft Windows NT
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank324252306
Rank change year-on-year
Down-72Up+54
Matching contract IT job ads3947125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London0.151 %0.285 %0.341 %
As % of the Operating Systems category0.842 %1.611 %1.712 %
Daily rates quoted171423
Average daily rate£256£288£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.86 %-23.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£125£175£120
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£315£515
UK excluding London average daily rate£148£218£324
% change year-on-year
-31.77 %-32.81 %
Hourly rates quoted8832
Average hourly rate£17.25£17.67£18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.370 %-3.170 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£14.70£14.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£29.25£25.60£28.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£14.75£14.25
% change year-on-year
+11.86 %+3.500 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
463229177303
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London17.88 %17.67 %19.93 %
Daily rates quoted237010702525
Average daily rate£425£375£416
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33 %-9.740 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£200£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£500£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted244274740
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00£19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.500 %+3.890 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.20£12.50£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£37.50£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
Windows NT EnglandWindows NT
England

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.

Windows NT
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows NT across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

London Windows NT Demand Trend

Windows NT
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Windows NT Daily Rate Trend

Windows NT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London Windows NT Daily Rate Histogram

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Windows NT Hourly Rate Trend

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London Windows NT Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows NT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows NT within the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonDown-7410£213-15.00 %
Docklands, LondonDown-36£170-
Windows NT EnglandWindows NT
England

Windows NT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Windows NT 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 NT.

169 (100.00 %)Windows
230 (43.48 %)UNIX
325 (36.23 %)Linux
423 (33.33 %)Finance
521 (30.43 %)Windows 2000
620 (28.99 %)SQL Server
719 (27.54 %)Windows Server 2003
719 (27.54 %)Banking
817 (24.64 %)Microsoft
916 (23.19 %)SQL Server 2005
1015 (21.74 %)SQL Server 2000
1114 (20.29 %)Windows XP
1114 (20.29 %)TCP/IP
1213 (18.84 %)Windows Server 2008
1312 (17.39 %)Active Directory
1411 (15.94 %)Remedy
1411 (15.94 %)SQL
1411 (15.94 %)MS Office
1411 (15.94 %)Oracle
1510 (14.49 %)DNS
1510 (14.49 %)IBM
169 (13.04 %)Investment Banking
169 (13.04 %)Cisco
169 (13.04 %)HP
169 (13.04 %).NET
178 (11.59 %)VMS
178 (11.59 %)Solaris
178 (11.59 %)Firewall
178 (11.59 %)Replication
178 (11.59 %)VMware

Windows NT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Windows NT 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 NT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
19 (13.04 %).NET
23 (4.348 %)HTML
32 (2.899 %)XML
41 (1.449 %).NET Framework
41 (1.449 %)J2EE
41 (1.449 %)ASP.NET
41 (1.449 %)STL
41 (1.449 %)WSH
41 (1.449 %)CGI
41 (1.449 %)ADSI
41 (1.449 %)J2SE
41 (1.449 %)X-Windows
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (7.246 %)Lotus Notes
24 (5.797 %)MS Exchange
33 (4.348 %)IIS
42 (2.899 %)Exchange Server 5.5
51 (1.449 %)SAP Portal
51 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 2000
51 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (1.449 %)Apache
51 (1.449 %)Lotus Domino
51 (1.449 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (15.94 %)MS Office
22 (2.899 %)MS Excel
31 (1.449 %)MS Project
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (2.899 %)Oracle 11i
21 (1.449 %)3000 Xtra
21 (1.449 %)SAP ERP
21 (1.449 %)Oracle Financials
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
114 (20.29 %)TCP/IP
210 (14.49 %)DNS
38 (11.59 %)Firewall
47 (10.14 %)LAN
47 (10.14 %)WAN
55 (7.246 %)Internet
63 (4.348 %)ATM
63 (4.348 %)OSPF
63 (4.348 %)SAN
72 (2.899 %)VPN
72 (2.899 %)BGP
72 (2.899 %)VLAN
72 (2.899 %)NAS
81 (1.449 %)Cisco PIX
81 (1.449 %)SMTP
81 (1.449 %)Ethernet
81 (1.449 %)FTP
81 (1.449 %)ISDN
81 (1.449 %)SMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (28.99 %)SQL Server
216 (23.19 %)SQL Server 2005
315 (21.74 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (8.696 %)SQL Server 2008
46 (8.696 %)Sybase ASE
54 (5.797 %)SQL Server 7
62 (2.899 %)RDBMS
71 (1.449 %)Crystal Reports
71 (1.449 %)Ingres
71 (1.449 %)Informix
71 (1.449 %)Oracle Reports
71 (1.449 %)Datawarehouse
71 (1.449 %)BusinessObjects
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (8.696 %)ClearQuest
23 (4.348 %)Rational Functional Tester
31 (1.449 %)Paros
31 (1.449 %)TestDirector
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
123 (33.33 %)Finance
219 (27.54 %)Banking
39 (13.04 %)Investment Banking
43 (4.348 %)Government
52 (2.899 %)Front Office
52 (2.899 %)Legal
52 (2.899 %)Retail
52 (2.899 %)Insurance
61 (1.449 %)Retail Banking
61 (1.449 %)Law
61 (1.449 %)Back Office
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
127 (39.13 %)Analyst
210 (14.49 %)Administrator
210 (14.49 %)Support Analyst
38 (11.59 %)DBA
47 (10.14 %)SQL DBA
56 (8.696 %)Sybase DBA
56 (8.696 %)Systems Administrator
56 (8.696 %)Developer
65 (7.246 %)Test Analyst
74 (5.797 %)Architect
74 (5.797 %)Infrastructure Analyst
83 (4.348 %)Security Administrator
83 (4.348 %)Infrastructure Architect
83 (4.348 %)Desktop Analyst
83 (4.348 %)Senior Analyst
83 (4.348 %)Desktop Support Analyst
83 (4.348 %)2nd Line Support
83 (4.348 %)Network Engineer
83 (4.348 %)Tester
83 (4.348 %)Desktop Support
London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (11.59 %)Replication
26 (8.696 %)VAX
34 (5.797 %)NHS
34 (5.797 %)Blackberry
34 (5.797 %)Derivative
43 (4.348 %)French Language
43 (4.348 %)NPfIT
52 (2.899 %)Clustering
61 (1.449 %)Interest Rate Derivative
61 (1.449 %)Spanish Language
61 (1.449 %)Credit Derivative
61 (1.449 %)Fixed Income
61 (1.449 %)AS400
61 (1.449 %)Mainframe
61 (1.449 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
169 (100.00 %)Windows
230 (43.48 %)UNIX
325 (36.23 %)Linux
421 (30.43 %)Windows 2000
519 (27.54 %)Windows Server 2003
614 (20.29 %)Windows XP
713 (18.84 %)Windows Server 2008
88 (11.59 %)VMS
88 (11.59 %)Solaris
97 (10.14 %)Windows 2000 Server
97 (10.14 %)Red Hat Linux
106 (8.696 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
114 (5.797 %)SUSE
122 (2.899 %)Mac OS
131 (1.449 %)AIX
131 (1.449 %)HPUX
131 (1.449 %)NetWare
131 (1.449 %)FreeBSD
131 (1.449 %)Mac OS X
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (8.696 %)ITIL
24 (5.797 %)Technical Architecture
24 (5.797 %)Integration Testing
24 (5.797 %)Manual Testing
24 (5.797 %)System Testing
33 (4.348 %)Network Design
33 (4.348 %)CRM
33 (4.348 %)BPR
33 (4.348 %)Project Management
42 (2.899 %)SSADM
42 (2.899 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (1.449 %)Cash Management
51 (1.449 %)Load Balancing
51 (1.449 %)Software Engineering
51 (1.449 %)Document Management
51 (1.449 %)Penetration Testing
51 (1.449 %)Business Continuity
51 (1.449 %)Information Security
51 (1.449 %)Migration
51 (1.449 %)Workflow
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
111 (15.94 %)SQL
25 (7.246 %)C++
34 (5.797 %)Java
34 (5.797 %)VB
42 (2.899 %)VBScript
42 (2.899 %)Perl
51 (1.449 %)PowerShell
51 (1.449 %)Korn
51 (1.449 %)PL/SQL
51 (1.449 %)JavaScript
51 (1.449 %)C
51 (1.449 %)VC++
51 (1.449 %)Shell Script
London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (5.797 %)CCNP
14 (5.797 %)Cisco Certification
23 (4.348 %)Degree
23 (4.348 %)IBM Certification
32 (2.899 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (2.899 %)CCNA
32 (2.899 %)MCP
32 (2.899 %)SC Cleared
32 (2.899 %)Security Cleared
41 (1.449 %)CTC Cleared
41 (1.449 %)DV Cleared
41 (1.449 %)PhD
London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (17.39 %)Active Directory
26 (8.696 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (1.449 %)XenApp
31 (1.449 %)vSphere
31 (1.449 %)Hyper-V
31 (1.449 %)Citrix Presentation Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (5.797 %)NetBackup
23 (4.348 %)SCCM
32 (2.899 %)Legato
32 (2.899 %)Backup Exec
41 (1.449 %)SCOM
41 (1.449 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
41 (1.449 %)MOM
41 (1.449 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (1.449 %)Nagios
41 (1.449 %)OpenView
London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
117 (24.64 %)Microsoft
211 (15.94 %)Remedy
211 (15.94 %)Oracle
310 (14.49 %)IBM
49 (13.04 %)Cisco
49 (13.04 %)HP
58 (11.59 %)VMware
67 (10.14 %)Sybase
76 (8.696 %)Dell
76 (8.696 %)EMC
76 (8.696 %)Citrix
85 (7.246 %)CheckPoint
85 (7.246 %)Lotus
85 (7.246 %)Sun
94 (5.797 %)Intel
94 (5.797 %)Hitachi
94 (5.797 %)Blue Coat
103 (4.348 %)McAfee
112 (2.899 %)Juniper
112 (2.899 %)Interwoven