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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Merseyside 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank103
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads49109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.110 %
As % of the category below72.06 %80.15 %
Daily rates quoted1111
Average minimum daily rate£331£166
Average daily rate£344£181
% change on same period last year+90.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£196
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£306
% change on same period last year+4.06 %
Hourly rates quoted1344
Average minimum hourly rate£16.63£12.66
Average hourly rate£19.06£14.31
% change on same period last year+33.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.50£15.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.89£20.47
% change on same period last year+2.08 %
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads68136
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.096 %0.138 %
Daily rates quoted1517
Average minimum daily rate£341£188
Average daily rate£360£209
% change on same period last year+72.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£230
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£331
% change on same period last year-1.66 %
Hourly rates quoted1346
Average minimum hourly rate£15.69£14.42
Average hourly rate£18.13£16.05
% change on same period last year+12.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.56£17.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.97£22.20
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Windows North WestWindows
North West

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Merseyside Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Merseyside Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank 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
LiverpoolDown-1029£340+112.99 %
St HelensNo change05--
WirralDown-53--
BirkenheadNo change03--
Windows North WestWindows
North West

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

128 (26.67 %)Windows XP
226 (24.76 %)MS Office
226 (24.76 %)Windows Server 2003
324 (22.86 %)Active Directory
421 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
520 (19.05 %)SQL Server
619 (18.10 %).NET
717 (16.19 %)DNS
717 (16.19 %)Microsoft
816 (15.24 %)SQL
914 (13.33 %)VB.NET
1012 (11.43 %)C#
1012 (11.43 %)Visual Studio
1012 (11.43 %)ASP.NET
1012 (11.43 %)WebServices
1012 (11.43 %)SQL Server 2005
1111 (10.48 %)IIS
1210 (9.524 %)Oracle
1210 (9.524 %)LAN
1210 (9.524 %)TCP/IP
1210 (9.524 %)Linux
1210 (9.524 %)Firewall
1210 (9.524 %)SQL Server 2000
139 (8.571 %)Novell
139 (8.571 %)Citrix
139 (8.571 %)MS Excel
139 (8.571 %)MS Exchange
139 (8.571 %)Solaris
139 (8.571 %)WinForms
139 (8.571 %)Law

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (18.10 %).NET
212 (11.43 %)ASP.NET
212 (11.43 %)WebServices
39 (8.571 %)WinForms
48 (7.619 %)XML
57 (6.667 %)Middleware
66 (5.714 %)HTML
66 (5.714 %)XSLT
75 (4.762 %)ASP
84 (3.810 %)SOAP
92 (1.905 %)AJAX
92 (1.905 %).NET Framework
101 (0.952 %)WMI
101 (0.952 %)Spring
101 (0.952 %)Hibernate
101 (0.952 %)CSS
101 (0.952 %)ADSI
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (10.48 %)IIS
29 (8.571 %)MS Exchange
37 (6.667 %)Oracle Application Server
37 (6.667 %)Oracle 10gAS
45 (4.762 %)Lotus Notes
54 (3.810 %)SharePoint
62 (1.905 %)Exchange Server 2003
71 (0.952 %)SharePoint Portal Server
71 (0.952 %)Exchange Server 2007
71 (0.952 %)Tomcat
71 (0.952 %)CMS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
126 (24.76 %)MS Office
29 (8.571 %)MS Excel
31 (0.952 %)MS Visio
31 (0.952 %)MS Project
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (6.667 %)Oracle 11i
17 (6.667 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.952 %)assyst
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (16.19 %)DNS
210 (9.524 %)TCP/IP
210 (9.524 %)Firewall
210 (9.524 %)LAN
38 (7.619 %)WAN
46 (5.714 %)DHCP
46 (5.714 %)Intranet
46 (5.714 %)Internet
55 (4.762 %)Extranet
64 (3.810 %)VPN
64 (3.810 %)SAN
64 (3.810 %)LDAP
72 (1.905 %)SNMP
72 (1.905 %)Network Security
81 (0.952 %)GPRS
81 (0.952 %)VoIP
81 (0.952 %)Ethernet
81 (0.952 %)FTP
81 (0.952 %)DMZ
81 (0.952 %)IP Telephony
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (19.05 %)SQL Server
212 (11.43 %)SQL Server 2005
310 (9.524 %)SQL Server 2000
48 (7.619 %)Oracle 9i
57 (6.667 %)Oracle 10g
66 (5.714 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.952 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.952 %)RDBMS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (11.43 %)Visual Studio
27 (6.667 %)Oracle Forms
36 (5.714 %)InstallShield
36 (5.714 %)NUnit
41 (0.952 %)JUnit
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (8.571 %)Law
28 (7.619 %)Finance
37 (6.667 %)Insurance
45 (4.762 %)Education
54 (3.810 %)Telecoms
62 (1.905 %)Pharmaceutical
62 (1.905 %)Manufacturing
62 (1.905 %)Banking
62 (1.905 %)Government
71 (0.952 %)Health
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
129 (27.62 %)Analyst
219 (18.10 %)Developer
312 (11.43 %)Support Analyst
312 (11.43 %).NET Developer
410 (9.524 %)Support Engineer
59 (8.571 %)Helpdesk Analyst
68 (7.619 %)Administrator
77 (6.667 %)Oracle DBA
77 (6.667 %)Helpdesk Support
77 (6.667 %)DBA
86 (5.714 %)1st Line Support
95 (4.762 %)Network Engineer
104 (3.810 %)Desktop Support
104 (3.810 %)Consultant
104 (3.810 %)Service Analyst
104 (3.810 %)Network Analyst
104 (3.810 %)VB.NET Developer
104 (3.810 %)Service Desk Analyst
113 (2.857 %)Team Leader
113 (2.857 %)SQL Developer
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (5.714 %)French Language
16 (5.714 %)Italian Language
16 (5.714 %)Norwegian Language
16 (5.714 %)Spanish Language
16 (5.714 %)Swedish Language
16 (5.714 %)Danish Language
24 (3.810 %)Pocket PC
32 (1.905 %)Client/Server
41 (0.952 %)Blackberry
41 (0.952 %)Mainframe
41 (0.952 %)Replication
41 (0.952 %)Clustering
41 (0.952 %)PDA
41 (0.952 %)Informatics
41 (0.952 %)Chemistry
41 (0.952 %)Finnish Language
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
128 (26.67 %)Windows XP
226 (24.76 %)Windows Server 2003
321 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
410 (9.524 %)Linux
59 (8.571 %)Solaris
68 (7.619 %)UNIX
68 (7.619 %)Windows NT
75 (4.762 %)Windows CE
84 (3.810 %)Windows Vista
84 (3.810 %)Windows 2000 Server
93 (2.857 %)NetWare
93 (2.857 %)VMS
101 (0.952 %)OpenVMS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (6.667 %)Change Management
26 (5.714 %)ITIL
26 (5.714 %)Agile Software Development
35 (4.762 %)SC Cleared
35 (4.762 %)Security Cleared
44 (3.810 %)Document Management
52 (1.905 %)Systems Analysis
52 (1.905 %)Load Balancing
52 (1.905 %)Network Load Balancing
52 (1.905 %)Service Management
61 (0.952 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (0.952 %)Incident Management
61 (0.952 %)Web Development
61 (0.952 %)Logistics
61 (0.952 %)Asset Management
61 (0.952 %)Data Management
61 (0.952 %)OO
61 (0.952 %)Disaster Recovery
61 (0.952 %)Risk Management
61 (0.952 %)Workflow
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (15.24 %)SQL
214 (13.33 %)VB.NET
312 (11.43 %)C#
46 (5.714 %)VB
54 (3.810 %)VB6
62 (1.905 %)Transact-SQL
71 (0.952 %)VBScript
71 (0.952 %)PowerHouse
71 (0.952 %)C++
71 (0.952 %)Java
71 (0.952 %)JavaScript
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (1.905 %)MCSE
12 (1.905 %)CCNA
12 (1.905 %)Cisco Certification
12 (1.905 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (0.952 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
21 (0.952 %)MCP
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.905 %)SLA
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
124 (22.86 %)Active Directory
27 (6.667 %)Oracle RMAN
27 (6.667 %)Oracle RAC
36 (5.714 %)Novell eDirectory
43 (2.857 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (2.857 %)ISA Server
51 (0.952 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.952 %)VMware Workstation
51 (0.952 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.952 %)MailMarshal
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.905 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.952 %)WSUS
21 (0.952 %)SCCM
21 (0.952 %)SCOM
21 (0.952 %)OpenView
21 (0.952 %)MOM
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (16.19 %)Microsoft
210 (9.524 %)Oracle
39 (8.571 %)Citrix
39 (8.571 %)Novell
48 (7.619 %)Cisco
48 (7.619 %)Sun
55 (4.762 %)Lotus
64 (3.810 %)VMware
73 (2.857 %)NetApp
82 (1.905 %)Remedy
91 (0.952 %)Altiris
91 (0.952 %)Symantec
91 (0.952 %)VERITAS
91 (0.952 %)HP
91 (0.952 %)Dell