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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the London 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank1214
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads34314128
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.402 %4.638 %
As % of the category below50.70 %46.05 %
Daily rates quoted10811169
Average minimum daily rate£367£393
Average daily rate£387£418
% change on same period last year-7.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£313
% change on same period last year+2.88 %
Hourly rates quoted553608
Average minimum hourly rate£19.40£18.96
Average hourly rate£20.75£20.20
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.11£21.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.70£20.16
% change on same period last year-2.29 %
Operating Systems LondonOperating Systems
London
Matching contract IT job ads67678964
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.682 %10.07 %
Daily rates quoted24433033
Average minimum daily rate£385£406
Average daily rate£409£429
% change on same period last year-4.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£433£452
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£333
% change on same period last year+3.62 %
Hourly rates quoted656761
Average minimum hourly rate£20.70£20.38
Average hourly rate£22.16£21.63
% change on same period last year+2.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.63£22.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.74£23.06
% change on same period last year-5.72 %
Windows EnglandWindows
England

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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

London Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the London region over the past 3 months.

London Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the London region over the past 3 months.

London Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the London region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1City of LondonUp+61015£404-4.60 %
2Docklands, LondonDown-3101£402-7.98 %
3Canary WharfDown-435£413-5.25 %
4HammersmithUp+126£352+20.92 %
5UxbridgeDown-819£385+87.80 %
6LutonUp+213--
7BrentfordUp+710--
8RomfordUp+49£350-
9TwickenhamUp+77--
10SidcupUp+36£113-
10CroydonDown-116--
11Kingston Upon ThamesUp+25£303-5.27 %
11HounslowDown-25--
12IlfordDown-14--
12BromleyDown-14--
12ClaphamDown-34--
13EalingNew entry-3£350-
13OrpingtonNew entry-3--
14HayesDown-12--
14SouthwarkDown-12£310+210.00 %
14WestminsterUp+42£150-
14GreenwichUp+12--
14WembleyNo change02£95-
15West DraytonNew entry-1--
15LewishamNo change01£430+30.96 %
15PaddingtonDown-11--
15SurbitonDown-31--
15GraysNew entry-1--
15HarrowDown-41--
15ChessingtonNew entry-1--
15BarkingNew entry-1--
15BexleyNew entry-1--
Windows EnglandWindows
England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the London region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

11837 (25.33 %)Active Directory
21789 (24.67 %)Microsoft
31479 (20.39 %)Windows XP
41457 (20.09 %)Unix
51387 (19.12 %)Finance
61359 (18.74 %)SQL
71253 (17.28 %)MS Office
81237 (17.06 %)Windows 2000
91186 (16.35 %)SQL Server
101155 (15.92 %)Banking
11972 (13.40 %).NET
12950 (13.10 %)MS Exchange
13946 (13.04 %)Windows Server 2003
14925 (12.75 %)Oracle
15897 (12.37 %)C#
16848 (11.69 %)Linux
17821 (11.32 %)MS Excel
18771 (10.63 %)Exchange Server 2003
19695 (9.582 %)Investment Banking
20689 (9.500 %)TCP/IP
21683 (9.417 %)Citrix
22652 (8.989 %)C++
23586 (8.079 %)Java
24584 (8.052 %)Microsoft Certification
25581 (8.010 %)HP
26569 (7.845 %)SAN
27556 (7.666 %)Windows NT
28547 (7.542 %)IIS
28547 (7.542 %)VMware
29520 (7.169 %)Solaris

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the London region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1972 (13.40 %).NET
2464 (6.397 %)XML
3300 (4.136 %)ASP.NET
4254 (3.502 %)WebServices
4254 (3.502 %)WinForms
5212 (2.923 %)HTML
6175 (2.413 %)J2EE
7164 (2.261 %)ASP
8163 (2.247 %)WebSphere
9155 (2.137 %).NET Framework
10141 (1.944 %)CSS
11129 (1.779 %)Middleware
12101 (1.393 %)XSLT
1376 (1.048 %)STL
1474 (1.020 %)SOAP
1474 (1.020 %)AJAX
1568 (0.938 %)Spring
1665 (0.896 %)MFC
1762 (0.855 %)WCF
1860 (0.827 %)WF
Application Platforms
1950 (13.10 %)MS Exchange
2771 (10.63 %)Exchange Server 2003
3547 (7.542 %)IIS
4362 (4.991 %)Exchange Server 2000
5292 (4.026 %)Lotus Notes
6269 (3.709 %)SharePoint
7193 (2.661 %)Exchange Server 2007
8126 (1.737 %)Exchange Server 5.5
9125 (1.723 %)SharePoint Server 2007
9125 (1.723 %)Apache
10120 (1.654 %)WebLogic
1175 (1.034 %)Tomcat
1273 (1.006 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1369 (0.951 %)CMS
1462 (0.855 %)WebSphere MQ
1552 (0.717 %)MQSeries
1650 (0.689 %)TIBCO EMS
1747 (0.648 %)BizTalk Server
1843 (0.593 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1936 (0.496 %)JBoss
Applications
11253 (17.28 %)MS Office
2821 (11.32 %)MS Excel
384 (1.158 %)MS Project
481 (1.117 %)MS PowerPoint
572 (0.993 %)MS Visio
637 (0.510 %)Photoshop
715 (0.207 %)Fireworks
715 (0.207 %)AutoCAD
814 (0.193 %)Acrobat
910 (0.138 %)DeltaView
109 (0.124 %)InfoPath
117 (0.097 %)RoboHelp
126 (0.083 %)QuarkXPress
135 (0.069 %)Quicktime
143 (0.041 %)Adobe Illustrator
152 (0.028 %)Paint Shop Pro
161 (0.014 %)InDesign
161 (0.014 %)GeoMedia
161 (0.014 %)ImageReady
Business Applications
149 (0.676 %)RMDS
246 (0.634 %)Summit
328 (0.386 %)Global One
427 (0.372 %)Fidessa
515 (0.207 %)SoftGrid
613 (0.179 %)MarketView
712 (0.165 %)Oracle Applications
810 (0.138 %)assyst
99 (0.124 %)FRONT ARENA
99 (0.124 %)Oracle EBS
108 (0.110 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
108 (0.110 %)Loan IQ
116 (0.083 %)Microsoft CRM
116 (0.083 %)Oracle 11i
125 (0.069 %)SAP HR
125 (0.069 %)Misys Midas
125 (0.069 %)Misys Opics
134 (0.055 %)Siebel Analytics
134 (0.055 %)Oracle Financials
134 (0.055 %)SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1689 (9.500 %)TCP/IP
2569 (7.845 %)SAN
3427 (5.887 %)Firewall
4411 (5.667 %)DNS
5408 (5.625 %)LAN
6374 (5.156 %)WAN
7295 (4.067 %)Internet
8235 (3.240 %)DHCP
9222 (3.061 %)VPN
10167 (2.302 %)WINS
1194 (1.296 %)Intranet
1288 (1.213 %)VoIP
1386 (1.186 %)SMS
1484 (1.158 %)Wireless
1573 (1.006 %)SMTP
1666 (0.910 %)Network Security
1760 (0.827 %)LDAP
1859 (0.813 %)FTP
1948 (0.662 %)Ethernet
2046 (0.634 %)IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
11186 (16.35 %)SQL Server
2340 (4.688 %)SQL Server 2000
3327 (4.508 %)SQL Server 2005
4166 (2.289 %)Oracle 10g
5130 (1.792 %)RDBMS
689 (1.227 %)Oracle 9i
779 (1.089 %)MySQL
878 (1.075 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
975 (1.034 %)SQL Server 7
1071 (0.979 %)MS Access
1164 (0.882 %)Crystal Reports
1262 (0.855 %)Oracle 8/8i
1352 (0.717 %)BusinessObjects
1449 (0.676 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1546 (0.634 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1644 (0.607 %)DB2
1742 (0.579 %)DTS
1841 (0.565 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1938 (0.524 %)Datawarehouse
2027 (0.372 %)ETL
Development Applications
1175 (2.413 %)Visual Studio
2100 (1.379 %)MSI
376 (1.048 %)Ant
473 (1.006 %)Subversion
563 (0.869 %)TestDirector
658 (0.800 %)NUnit
752 (0.717 %)LoadRunner
851 (0.703 %)ClearCase
947 (0.648 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1045 (0.620 %)Eclipse
1143 (0.593 %)Flash
1143 (0.593 %)JUnit
1236 (0.496 %)InstallShield
1334 (0.469 %)JIRA
1430 (0.414 %)QuickTest Pro
1526 (0.358 %)Oracle Forms
1623 (0.317 %)CruiseControl
1718 (0.248 %)ERwin
1718 (0.248 %)JBuilder
1718 (0.248 %)Dreamweaver
General
11387 (19.12 %)Finance
21155 (15.92 %)Banking
3695 (9.582 %)Investment Banking
4460 (6.342 %)Front Office
5253 (3.488 %)Government
6250 (3.447 %)Law
7221 (3.047 %)Legal
8177 (2.440 %)Back Office
9130 (1.792 %)Insurance
10124 (1.710 %)Telecoms
11118 (1.627 %)Financial Institution
1271 (0.979 %)Retail
1361 (0.841 %)Education
1445 (0.620 %)Marketing
1543 (0.593 %)Health
1642 (0.579 %)Publishing
1725 (0.345 %)Auditing
1820 (0.276 %)Advertising
1917 (0.234 %)Games
2016 (0.221 %)Local Government
Job Titles
11758 (24.24 %)Analyst
21315 (18.13 %)Developer
3970 (13.37 %)Support Analyst
4551 (7.597 %)Desktop Support
5484 (6.673 %)Administrator
6438 (6.039 %)Support Engineer
7314 (4.329 %)2nd Line Support
8303 (4.178 %)Helpdesk Analyst
9294 (4.053 %)C# Developer
10273 (3.764 %)Consultant
11268 (3.695 %)C++ Developer
12259 (3.571 %)Helpdesk Support
13206 (2.840 %)DBA
14205 (2.826 %)Desktop Analyst
15193 (2.661 %)Desktop Support Analyst
16186 (2.564 %)Architect
17181 (2.496 %)Applications Support
18180 (2.482 %)3rd Line Support
19177 (2.440 %)Service Analyst
20174 (2.399 %).NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1421 (5.804 %)Blackberry
2360 (4.963 %)Derivative
3250 (3.447 %)Fixed Income
4212 (2.923 %)Clustering
5157 (2.165 %)Equity Derivative
6132 (1.820 %)Equities
7130 (1.792 %)Asset Management
8121 (1.668 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
996 (1.324 %)Credit Derivative
1081 (1.117 %)Replication
1178 (1.075 %)NHS
1277 (1.062 %)Client/Server
1372 (0.993 %)Multithreading
1460 (0.827 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1554 (0.745 %)Thin Client
1554 (0.745 %)Fat Client
1646 (0.634 %)CLARiiON
1738 (0.524 %)Mainframe
1835 (0.483 %)PKI
1933 (0.455 %)Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
11479 (20.39 %)Windows XP
21457 (20.09 %)Unix
31237 (17.06 %)Windows 2000
4946 (13.04 %)Windows Server 2003
5848 (11.69 %)Linux
6556 (7.666 %)Windows NT
7520 (7.169 %)Solaris
895 (1.310 %)HPUX
985 (1.172 %)Mac OS X
1072 (0.993 %)AIX
1171 (0.979 %)Windows Vista
1263 (0.869 %)NetWare
1339 (0.538 %)Windows Mobile
1428 (0.386 %)VMS
1517 (0.234 %)Mac OS X Server
1612 (0.165 %)MVS
179 (0.124 %)Windows CE
187 (0.097 %)Symbian OS
195 (0.069 %)SUSE
204 (0.055 %)OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1468 (6.453 %)ITIL
2372 (5.129 %)Migration
3270 (3.723 %)OO
4189 (2.606 %)Project Management
5174 (2.399 %)Disaster Recovery
6150 (2.068 %)PRINCE2
7148 (2.041 %)Workflow
8123 (1.696 %)UML
9110 (1.517 %)Service Delivery
10104 (1.434 %)Document Management
1191 (1.255 %)Agile Software Development
1289 (1.227 %)User Acceptance Testing
1388 (1.213 %)Change Management
1486 (1.186 %)OOD
1579 (1.089 %)Configuration Management
1675 (1.034 %)Unit Testing
1769 (0.951 %)Release Management
1769 (0.951 %)E-Commerce
1864 (0.882 %)CRM
1864 (0.882 %)Service Management
Programming Languages
11359 (18.74 %)SQL
2897 (12.37 %)C#
3652 (8.989 %)C++
4586 (8.079 %)Java
5360 (4.963 %)VB
6353 (4.867 %)Perl
7207 (2.854 %)Shell Script
8198 (2.730 %)VB.NET
9187 (2.578 %)PL/SQL
10180 (2.482 %)VBScript
11177 (2.440 %)C
12166 (2.289 %)JavaScript
13143 (1.972 %)VBA
14132 (1.820 %)Transact-SQL
15129 (1.779 %)VB6
1698 (1.351 %)VC++
1757 (0.786 %)PHP
1834 (0.469 %)Python
1929 (0.400 %)Korn
2026 (0.358 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
1584 (8.052 %)Microsoft Certification
2453 (6.246 %)MCSE
3213 (2.937 %)Degree
4169 (2.330 %)MCP
5132 (1.820 %)Cisco Certification
695 (1.310 %)CCNA
754 (0.745 %)MCSA
853 (0.731 %)CCNP
947 (0.648 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1046 (0.634 %)Citrix Certification
1136 (0.496 %)ITIL Certification
1231 (0.427 %)CCA
1327 (0.372 %)ISEB
1426 (0.358 %)CISSP
1524 (0.331 %)MOS
1622 (0.303 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1721 (0.290 %)MCDBA
1817 (0.234 %)MCSD
1916 (0.221 %)Oracle Certification
2015 (0.207 %)CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1135 (1.861 %)SLA
289 (1.227 %)QA
319 (0.262 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
319 (0.262 %)ISO9001
47 (0.097 %)BS7799
56 (0.083 %)MiFID
64 (0.055 %)TickIT
73 (0.041 %)ISO27001
73 (0.041 %)WAI
73 (0.041 %)GxP
73 (0.041 %)GLP
73 (0.041 %)ISO9000
81 (0.014 %)Basel II
81 (0.014 %)ISO17799
81 (0.014 %)DICOM
81 (0.014 %)JSP 440
System Software
11837 (25.33 %)Active Directory
2210 (2.895 %)VMware ESX
3126 (1.737 %)NetBackup
3126 (1.737 %)Backup Exec
4106 (1.461 %)Citrix Presentation Server
578 (1.075 %)ISA Server
662 (0.855 %)MetaFrame
738 (0.524 %)Oracle RAC
836 (0.496 %)Terminal Services
926 (0.358 %)Oracle RMAN
1025 (0.345 %)VMware Server
1124 (0.331 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1219 (0.262 %)Terminal Server
1318 (0.248 %)Samba
1415 (0.207 %)VMware Workstation
1510 (0.138 %)VMware GSX
1510 (0.138 %)NFS
166 (0.083 %)MailMarshal
175 (0.069 %)MSMQ
175 (0.069 %)Xen
Systems Management
1125 (1.723 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2114 (1.572 %)MOM
3107 (1.475 %)Tivoli
455 (0.758 %)WSUS
548 (0.662 %)DameWare
647 (0.648 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
739 (0.538 %)SCCM
837 (0.510 %)AutoSys
837 (0.510 %)ZENworks
932 (0.441 %)Legato
1031 (0.427 %)OpenView
1130 (0.414 %)CONTROL-M
1225 (0.345 %)Norton AntiVirus
1322 (0.303 %)ARCserve
1421 (0.290 %)CA SiteMinder
1520 (0.276 %)EMC NetWorker
1618 (0.248 %)EMC TimeFinder
1715 (0.207 %)MAILsweeper
1813 (0.179 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1912 (0.165 %)Netcool
Vendors
11789 (24.67 %)Microsoft
2925 (12.75 %)Oracle
3683 (9.417 %)Citrix
4581 (8.010 %)HP
5547 (7.542 %)VMware
6428 (5.901 %)Cisco
7361 (4.977 %)Sybase
8303 (4.178 %)Lotus
9242 (3.337 %)Bloomberg
10231 (3.185 %)Reuters
11209 (2.882 %)EMC
12207 (2.854 %)IBM
13189 (2.606 %)VERITAS
14172 (2.371 %)Sun
15149 (2.054 %)Red Hat
16138 (1.903 %)Dell
17129 (1.779 %)Novell
18120 (1.654 %)Altiris
19115 (1.586 %)Remedy
20107 (1.475 %)TIBCO
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