Midlands Windows Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Midlands 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Avon Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barking Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bognor Regis Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Carmarthenshire Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clapham Colchester Congleton Conwy Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Grays Greenford Greenwich Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oldham Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochdale Rochester Romford Rotherham Royston Rugby Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Scunthorpe Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Sidcup Sittingbourne Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark Spalding St Albans St Asaph St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Drayton West Kilbride West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	24	21
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	62	75
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.083 %	0.076 %
As % of the category below	39.24 %	38.86 %
Daily rates quoted	13	8
Average minimum daily rate	£310	£276
Average daily rate	£330	£288
% change on same period last year	+14.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£349	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£312	£313
% change on same period last year	-0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	14
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.88	£21.63
Average hourly rate	£22.47	£22.19
% change on same period last year	+1.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.06	£22.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.55	£20.61
% change on same period last year	-5.15 %
Operating Systems Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	158	193
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.211 %	0.195 %
Daily rates quoted	39	27
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£333
Average daily rate	£364	£347
% change on same period last year	+4.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£390	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£337
% change on same period last year	-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	25
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.48	£30.80
Average hourly rate	£24.02	£31.78
% change on same period last year	-24.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.57	£32.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.08	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Windows 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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 33 (25.38 %) Microsoft 2 29 (22.31 %) UNIX 3 27 (20.77 %) .NET 4 26 (20.00 %) Oracle 5 24 (18.46 %) C# 6 22 (16.92 %) Active Directory 7 20 (15.38 %) WebServices 8 17 (13.08 %) XML 8 17 (13.08 %) Linux 9 16 (12.31 %) SQL Server 10 15 (11.54 %) C++ 11 14 (10.77 %) ASP.NET 11 14 (10.77 %) Solaris 12 13 (10.00 %) Java 13 12 (9.231 %) HTML

13 12 (9.231 %) Visual Studio 13 12 (9.231 %) Windows 2000 13 12 (9.231 %) MS Exchange 14 11 (8.462 %) Migration 14 11 (8.462 %) MS Office 14 11 (8.462 %) C 15 10 (7.692 %) JavaScript 15 10 (7.692 %) SQL 15 10 (7.692 %) Windows Server 2003 15 10 (7.692 %) SQL Server 2005 15 10 (7.692 %) Security Cleared 16 9 (6.923 %) Windows CE 16 9 (6.923 %) IIS 16 9 (6.923 %) Apache 17 8 (6.154 %) MS Excel

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 27 (20.77 %) .NET 2 20 (15.38 %) WebServices 3 17 (13.08 %) XML 4 14 (10.77 %) ASP.NET 5 12 (9.231 %) HTML 6 8 (6.154 %) Windows SharePoint Services 7 7 (5.385 %) WebSphere 7 7 (5.385 %) CSS 7 7 (5.385 %) WinForms 8 6 (4.615 %) J2EE 8 6 (4.615 %) .NET Framework 8 6 (4.615 %) AJAX 8 6 (4.615 %) WCF 8 6 (4.615 %) ASP.NET 2.0 9 5 (3.846 %) CAML 9 5 (3.846 %) Hibernate 9 5 (3.846 %) Spring 10 4 (3.077 %) MAPI 11 3 (2.308 %) ASP 11 3 (2.308 %) Silverlight	Application Platforms 1 12 (9.231 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (6.923 %) IIS 2 9 (6.923 %) Apache 3 8 (6.154 %) SharePoint 3 8 (6.154 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 5 (3.846 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 5 (3.846 %) Tomcat 5 4 (3.077 %) WebLogic 5 4 (3.077 %) BizTalk Server 5 4 (3.077 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 3 (2.308 %) Office Project Server 6 3 (2.308 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 3 (2.308 %) MQSeries 7 2 (1.538 %) ColdFusion 7 2 (1.538 %) Exchange Server 5.5 8 1 (0.769 %) Oracle 10gAS 8 1 (0.769 %) WebSphere MQ 8 1 (0.769 %) GroupWise 8 1 (0.769 %) Papyrus
Applications 1 11 (8.462 %) MS Office 2 8 (6.154 %) MS Excel 3 3 (2.308 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (1.538 %) Fireworks 5 1 (0.769 %) MATLAB 5 1 (0.769 %) Simulink 5 1 (0.769 %) Stateflow 5 1 (0.769 %) Adobe Illustrator 5 1 (0.769 %) Photoshop 5 1 (0.769 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 5 (3.846 %) Teamcenter 2 1 (0.769 %) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking 1 5 (3.846 %) WAN 1 5 (3.846 %) SAN 1 5 (3.846 %) TCP/IP 2 4 (3.077 %) Internet 2 4 (3.077 %) Bluetooth 2 4 (3.077 %) LAN 3 3 (2.308 %) FTP 4 2 (1.538 %) HTTP 4 2 (1.538 %) MPLS 4 2 (1.538 %) Firewall 5 1 (0.769 %) Wireless 5 1 (0.769 %) ASN.1 5 1 (0.769 %) WiMAX 5 1 (0.769 %) iSCSI 5 1 (0.769 %) SMTP 5 1 (0.769 %) DHCP 5 1 (0.769 %) UMTS 5 1 (0.769 %) GSM 5 1 (0.769 %) VPN 5 1 (0.769 %) DNS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (12.31 %) SQL Server 2 10 (7.692 %) SQL Server 2005 3 8 (6.154 %) Oracle 10g 4 3 (2.308 %) Data Mining 4 3 (2.308 %) Crystal Reports 4 3 (2.308 %) Oracle Reports 4 3 (2.308 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (0.769 %) IDOL 5 1 (0.769 %) Reference Data 5 1 (0.769 %) MySQL 5 1 (0.769 %) Oracle 9i 5 1 (0.769 %) Datawarehouse 5 1 (0.769 %) ETL 5 1 (0.769 %) TOAD 5 1 (0.769 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 12 (9.231 %) Visual Studio 2 4 (3.077 %) Oracle Forms 2 4 (3.077 %) Eclipse 2 4 (3.077 %) NUnit 3 3 (2.308 %) Ant 4 2 (1.538 %) Dreamweaver 4 2 (1.538 %) Flash 5 1 (0.769 %) Zend Studio 5 1 (0.769 %) yacc	General 1 6 (4.615 %) Finance 2 4 (3.077 %) Government 2 4 (3.077 %) Banking 2 4 (3.077 %) Retail 3 3 (2.308 %) Retail Banking 3 3 (2.308 %) Telecoms 4 2 (1.538 %) Back Office 5 1 (0.769 %) Financial Institution 5 1 (0.769 %) Aerospace 5 1 (0.769 %) Automotive 5 1 (0.769 %) Health 5 1 (0.769 %) Manufacturing 5 1 (0.769 %) Games 5 1 (0.769 %) Marketing 5 1 (0.769 %) Video Editing 5 1 (0.769 %) Online Games
Job Titles 1 32 (24.62 %) Developer 2 19 (14.62 %) Analyst 3 12 (9.231 %) Architect 4 9 (6.923 %) Software Engineer 4 9 (6.923 %) .NET Developer 5 8 (6.154 %) Programmer 5 8 (6.154 %) SharePoint Developer 6 6 (4.615 %) Support Analyst 6 6 (4.615 %) Solutions Architect 6 6 (4.615 %) 3rd Line Support 7 5 (3.846 %) C# Developer 7 5 (3.846 %) Web Developer 7 5 (3.846 %) Consultant 7 5 (3.846 %) Support Engineer 7 5 (3.846 %) 2nd Line Support 7 5 (3.846 %) Administrator 8 4 (3.077 %) Field Engineer 8 4 (3.077 %) C# Software Engineer 8 4 (3.077 %) J2EE Developer 8 4 (3.077 %) Java Developer	Miscellaneous 1 7 (5.385 %) Client/Server 2 5 (3.846 %) Device Driver 3 4 (3.077 %) Clustering 3 4 (3.077 %) Mainframe 4 3 (2.308 %) IBM Mainframe 5 2 (1.538 %) AS400 6 1 (0.769 %) MPEG 6 1 (0.769 %) NHS 6 1 (0.769 %) Computer Science
Operating Systems 1 29 (22.31 %) UNIX 2 17 (13.08 %) Linux 3 14 (10.77 %) Solaris 4 12 (9.231 %) Windows 2000 5 10 (7.692 %) Windows Server 2003 6 9 (6.923 %) Windows CE 7 8 (6.154 %) AIX 8 7 (5.385 %) HPUX 9 6 (4.615 %) Windows NT 10 4 (3.077 %) Windows Mobile 11 2 (1.538 %) NetWare 12 1 (0.769 %) zOS 12 1 (0.769 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (8.462 %) Migration 2 10 (7.692 %) Security Cleared 3 7 (5.385 %) SC Cleared 4 4 (3.077 %) Workflow 4 4 (3.077 %) UML 4 4 (3.077 %) OO 5 3 (2.308 %) Project Management 5 3 (2.308 %) PLM 5 3 (2.308 %) Data Migration 6 2 (1.538 %) DV Cleared 6 2 (1.538 %) Extreme Programming 6 2 (1.538 %) E-business 6 2 (1.538 %) Yourdon 6 2 (1.538 %) Agile Software Development 6 2 (1.538 %) Web Development 6 2 (1.538 %) CAE 6 2 (1.538 %) OOD 6 2 (1.538 %) RAD 6 2 (1.538 %) SSADM 6 2 (1.538 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 24 (18.46 %) C# 2 15 (11.54 %) C++ 3 13 (10.00 %) Java 4 11 (8.462 %) C 5 10 (7.692 %) SQL 5 10 (7.692 %) JavaScript 6 5 (3.846 %) VB 7 4 (3.077 %) VB.NET 7 4 (3.077 %) Shell Script 7 4 (3.077 %) Korn 7 4 (3.077 %) Perl 8 3 (2.308 %) PL/SQL 8 3 (2.308 %) Jython 9 1 (0.769 %) PHP5 9 1 (0.769 %) Fortran 9 1 (0.769 %) Embedded C 9 1 (0.769 %) Tcl 9 1 (0.769 %) VBScript 9 1 (0.769 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 6 (4.615 %) Microsoft Certification 2 5 (3.846 %) MCSE 3 3 (2.308 %) Degree 4 1 (0.769 %) MCSA 4 1 (0.769 %) CCNP 4 1 (0.769 %) CCNA 4 1 (0.769 %) CCDA 4 1 (0.769 %) CISSP 4 1 (0.769 %) Cisco Certification 4 1 (0.769 %) CNA 4 1 (0.769 %) CNE 4 1 (0.769 %) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.538 %) QA	System Software 1 22 (16.92 %) Active Directory 2 5 (3.846 %) Oracle RAC 3 4 (3.077 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 3 (2.308 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 5 2 (1.538 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 1 (0.769 %) NDS 6 1 (0.769 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 3 (2.308 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (0.769 %) OpenView 2 1 (0.769 %) CiscoWorks	Vendors 1 33 (25.38 %) Microsoft 2 26 (20.00 %) Oracle 3 7 (5.385 %) Sun 4 6 (4.615 %) VMware 5 5 (3.846 %) IBM 5 5 (3.846 %) Citrix 6 4 (3.077 %) BEA 6 4 (3.077 %) Red Hat 6 4 (3.077 %) HP 7 3 (2.308 %) Cisco 8 2 (1.538 %) Novell 8 2 (1.538 %) BT 9 1 (0.769 %) Symantec 9 1 (0.769 %) Remedy 9 1 (0.769 %) Zend 9 1 (0.769 %) Dell 9 1 (0.769 %) Sybase 9 1 (0.769 %) Business Objects 9 1 (0.769 %) SAP 9 1 (0.769 %) Siebel