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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the M4 Corridor 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1511
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads818
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.018 %
As % of the category below40.00 %39.13 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£375
Average daily rate-£385
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£310
% change on same period last year+2.18 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.15£20.92
% change on same period last year-3.70 %
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
M4 Corridor
Matching contract IT job ads2046
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.026 %0.046 %
Daily rates quoted46
Average minimum daily rate£409£394
Average daily rate£416£406
% change on same period last year+2.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£419
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.14 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.93£22.83
% change on same period last year-3.96 %
Windows South EastWindows
South East

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 M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

M4 Corridor Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows across the M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

17 (46.67 %).NET
17 (46.67 %)SQL Server
17 (46.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
24 (26.67 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (26.67 %)Management Information System
24 (26.67 %)Finance
24 (26.67 %)WinForms
24 (26.67 %)OLAP
24 (26.67 %)VSS/SourceSafe
24 (26.67 %)ADO.NET
24 (26.67 %)ASP.NET
24 (26.67 %)SQL
24 (26.67 %)VB.NET
24 (26.67 %)UML
33 (20.00 %)MS Excel
33 (20.00 %)Windows NT
33 (20.00 %)Linux
33 (20.00 %)DNS
33 (20.00 %)Active Directory
33 (20.00 %)C#
33 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (20.00 %)WCF
42 (13.33 %)SC Cleared
42 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
42 (13.33 %)Firewall
42 (13.33 %)Government
42 (13.33 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
42 (13.33 %)Microsoft
42 (13.33 %)SAN
42 (13.33 %)Novell

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (46.67 %).NET
24 (26.67 %)WinForms
24 (26.67 %)ADO.NET
24 (26.67 %)ASP.NET
33 (20.00 %)WCF
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.667 %)MS Exchange
11 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2007
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (20.00 %)MS Excel
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (20.00 %)DNS
22 (13.33 %)Firewall
22 (13.33 %)SAN
31 (6.667 %)LAN
31 (6.667 %)WAN
31 (6.667 %)SMTP
31 (6.667 %)FTP
31 (6.667 %)HTTP
31 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
31 (6.667 %)SSL
31 (6.667 %)Intrusion Detection
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (46.67 %)SQL Server
17 (46.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
24 (26.67 %)OLAP
33 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (26.67 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (6.667 %)TestDirector
21 (6.667 %)StarTeam
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (26.67 %)Finance
22 (13.33 %)Government
31 (6.667 %)Retail
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (46.67 %)Developer
24 (26.67 %).NET Developer
33 (20.00 %)C# Developer
42 (13.33 %)Analyst
42 (13.33 %)Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Security Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Tester
51 (6.667 %)Author
51 (6.667 %)Technical Author
51 (6.667 %)Systems Tester
51 (6.667 %)Citrix Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Server Engineer
51 (6.667 %)Virtualisation Consultant
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (26.67 %)Management Information System
21 (6.667 %)Thin Client
21 (6.667 %)Fat Client
21 (6.667 %)PKI
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (26.67 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (20.00 %)Windows NT
23 (20.00 %)Linux
32 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
41 (6.667 %)UNIX
41 (6.667 %)Windows XP
41 (6.667 %)Red Hat Linux
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (26.67 %)UML
22 (13.33 %)SC Cleared
22 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
31 (6.667 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (6.667 %)Migration
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (26.67 %)SQL
14 (26.67 %)VB.NET
23 (20.00 %)C#
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)CISSP
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (20.00 %)Active Directory
21 (6.667 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (6.667 %)Citrix Presentation Server
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (13.33 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 (13.33 %)OpenView
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (13.33 %)Microsoft
12 (13.33 %)Novell
12 (13.33 %)Citrix
12 (13.33 %)Oracle
21 (6.667 %)Cisco
21 (6.667 %)Borland
21 (6.667 %)Red Hat
21 (6.667 %)VMware