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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Milton Keynes 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
Rank32
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads229157
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.294 %0.176 %
As % of the category below65.43 %68.26 %
Daily rates quoted6319
Average minimum daily rate£352£271
Average daily rate£363£281
% change on same period last year+29.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£291
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£313
% change on same period last year+2.88 %
Hourly rates quoted4224
Average minimum hourly rate£18.97£17.13
Average hourly rate£20.22£17.67
% change on same period last year+14.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.47£18.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.70£20.16
% change on same period last year-2.29 %
Operating Systems Milton KeynesOperating Systems
Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads350230
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.449 %0.258 %
Daily rates quoted9538
Average minimum daily rate£338£292
Average daily rate£352£308
% change on same period last year+14.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£333
% change on same period last year+3.62 %
Hourly rates quoted5428
Average minimum hourly rate£21.45£18.28
Average hourly rate£22.57£18.99
% change on same period last year+18.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.70£19.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.74£23.06
% change on same period last year-5.72 %
Windows BuckinghamshireWindows
Buckinghamshire

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the past 3 months.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the past 3 months.

Milton Keynes Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

1116 (27.49 %)Government
2111 (26.30 %)Windows NT
398 (23.22 %)Microsoft
398 (23.22 %)Active Directory
485 (20.14 %)MS Office
579 (18.72 %)SQL
672 (17.06 %)Windows XP
771 (16.82 %)Windows Server 2003
870 (16.59 %)Microsoft Certification
965 (15.40 %)Windows 2000
1063 (14.93 %)MCSE
1159 (13.98 %)HP
1258 (13.74 %)SQL Server
1351 (12.09 %)Telecoms
1449 (11.61 %).NET
1548 (11.37 %)ITIL
1548 (11.37 %)Internet
1644 (10.43 %)Migration
1644 (10.43 %)Windows Vista
1743 (10.19 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1842 (9.953 %)OpenView
1938 (9.005 %)HTML
2037 (8.768 %)OVOW
2136 (8.531 %)Cisco
2233 (7.820 %)Unix
2233 (7.820 %)MS Exchange
2332 (7.583 %)LAN
2332 (7.583 %)Oracle
2332 (7.583 %)DNS
2332 (7.583 %)WAN

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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
149 (11.61 %).NET
238 (9.005 %)HTML
331 (7.346 %)ASP
430 (7.109 %)XML
517 (4.028 %)WinForms
616 (3.791 %).NET Framework
713 (3.081 %)ASP.NET
812 (2.844 %)AJAX
96 (1.422 %)WebSphere
102 (0.474 %)RSS
102 (0.474 %)XUL
102 (0.474 %)CSS
102 (0.474 %)SOAP
102 (0.474 %)WebServices
102 (0.474 %)J2EE
111 (0.237 %)XSL
111 (0.237 %)XHTML
Application Platforms
133 (7.820 %)MS Exchange
212 (2.844 %)Exchange Server 5.5
212 (2.844 %)Exchange Server 2000
212 (2.844 %)Exchange Server 2003
311 (2.607 %)Exchange Server 2007
47 (1.659 %)CMS
54 (0.948 %)Lotus Notes
63 (0.711 %)IIS
72 (0.474 %)Lotus Domino
81 (0.237 %)GroupWise
Applications
185 (20.14 %)MS Office
29 (2.133 %)MS Excel
38 (1.896 %)MS Project
Business Applications
15 (1.185 %)GoldMine
Communications & Networking
148 (11.37 %)Internet
232 (7.583 %)DNS
232 (7.583 %)LAN
232 (7.583 %)WAN
324 (5.687 %)Intranet
422 (5.213 %)DHCP
517 (4.028 %)SAN
615 (3.555 %)Ethernet
712 (2.844 %)TCP/IP
810 (2.370 %)Firewall
95 (1.185 %)WINS
95 (1.185 %)ADSL
104 (0.948 %)3G
113 (0.711 %)Wireless
113 (0.711 %)GPRS
122 (0.474 %)VoIP
122 (0.474 %)VPN
122 (0.474 %)2G
122 (0.474 %)Network Security
131 (0.237 %)Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
158 (13.74 %)SQL Server
220 (4.739 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (4.265 %)Oracle 8/8i
411 (2.607 %)SQL Server 2000
510 (2.370 %)SQL Server 7
65 (1.185 %)BusinessObjects
72 (0.474 %)DB2
81 (0.237 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.237 %)MySQL
81 (0.237 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.237 %)DB2 UDB
Development Applications
17 (1.659 %)FrontPage
22 (0.474 %)Subversion
22 (0.474 %)Visual Studio
22 (0.474 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (0.474 %)ClearCase
22 (0.474 %)TestDirector
31 (0.237 %)ClearQuest
31 (0.237 %)InstallShield
31 (0.237 %)JMeter
31 (0.237 %)NUnit
31 (0.237 %)Eclipse
31 (0.237 %)Dreamweaver
31 (0.237 %)Ant
General
1116 (27.49 %)Government
251 (12.09 %)Telecoms
325 (5.924 %)Finance
411 (2.607 %)Legal
55 (1.185 %)Retail
63 (0.711 %)Back Office
72 (0.474 %)Banking
72 (0.474 %)Health
72 (0.474 %)Insurance
81 (0.237 %)Local Government
81 (0.237 %)Pensions
81 (0.237 %)Retail Banking
81 (0.237 %)Auditing
81 (0.237 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
191 (21.56 %)Analyst
282 (19.43 %)Consultant
359 (13.98 %)Developer
448 (11.37 %)Helpdesk Analyst
536 (8.531 %)Support Analyst
634 (8.057 %)Technical Consultant
732 (7.583 %)Architect
831 (7.346 %)Helpdesk Support
928 (6.635 %)C# Developer
1022 (5.213 %)Support Engineer
1121 (4.976 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
1220 (4.739 %)Applications Developer
1319 (4.502 %).NET Developer
1417 (4.028 %)Team Leader
1417 (4.028 %)OpenView Specialist
1515 (3.555 %)Service Desk Analyst
1515 (3.555 %)Service Analyst
1614 (3.318 %)Project Manager
1713 (3.081 %)2nd Line Support
1713 (3.081 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
17 (1.659 %)Management Information System
25 (1.185 %)N-Tier
25 (1.185 %)Thin Client
25 (1.185 %)French Language
25 (1.185 %)Fat Client
34 (0.948 %)German Language
34 (0.948 %)Clustering
43 (0.711 %)AS400
43 (0.711 %)Blackberry
43 (0.711 %)Mainframe
43 (0.711 %)PDA
51 (0.237 %)Client/Server
51 (0.237 %)CMDB
51 (0.237 %)NHS
51 (0.237 %)Smartphone
Operating Systems
1111 (26.30 %)Windows NT
272 (17.06 %)Windows XP
371 (16.82 %)Windows Server 2003
465 (15.40 %)Windows 2000
544 (10.43 %)Windows Vista
633 (7.820 %)Unix
711 (2.607 %)Linux
89 (2.133 %)AIX
92 (0.474 %)Windows Mobile
101 (0.237 %)HPUX
101 (0.237 %)Solaris
101 (0.237 %)NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
148 (11.37 %)ITIL
244 (10.43 %)Migration
329 (6.872 %)ITSM
420 (4.739 %)PRINCE2
516 (3.791 %)Workflow
615 (3.555 %)Project Management
714 (3.318 %)SSADM
813 (3.081 %)Requirements Analysis
813 (3.081 %)Agile Software Development
911 (2.607 %)Extreme Programming
911 (2.607 %)OOD
1010 (2.370 %)DSDM
119 (2.133 %)RAD
127 (1.659 %)Content Management
136 (1.422 %)Business Intelligence
136 (1.422 %)Disaster Recovery
145 (1.185 %)OO
145 (1.185 %)Network Design
145 (1.185 %)Web Design
145 (1.185 %)Project Planning
Programming Languages
179 (18.72 %)SQL
230 (7.109 %)C#
329 (6.872 %)VB.NET
423 (5.450 %)VB
521 (4.976 %)JavaScript
617 (4.028 %)VB6
713 (3.081 %)Java
811 (2.607 %)Transact-SQL
910 (2.370 %)VBScript
109 (2.133 %)C++
116 (1.422 %)PHP
122 (0.474 %)VC++
131 (0.237 %)C
Qualifications
170 (16.59 %)Microsoft Certification
263 (14.93 %)MCSE
328 (6.635 %)CNE
328 (6.635 %)Novell Certification
47 (1.659 %)MCP
47 (1.659 %)MCDST
56 (1.422 %)A+ Certification
65 (1.185 %)SCSP
74 (0.948 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
74 (0.948 %)Cisco Certification
83 (0.711 %)CCNP
83 (0.711 %)CCNA
83 (0.711 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
92 (0.474 %)CCDP
92 (0.474 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.237 %)CCA
101 (0.237 %)Citrix Certification
101 (0.237 %)CISSP
101 (0.237 %)CCVP
101 (0.237 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.422 %)SLA
16 (1.422 %)QA
System Software
198 (23.22 %)Active Directory
24 (0.948 %)ISA Server
33 (0.711 %)Citrix Presentation Server
42 (0.474 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.237 %)NetBackup
51 (0.237 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (0.237 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
51 (0.237 %)Samba
Systems Management
143 (10.19 %)OpenView Configuration Management
242 (9.953 %)OpenView
337 (8.768 %)OVOW
424 (5.687 %)OVPI
523 (5.450 %)CiscoWorks
621 (4.976 %)OVPA
710 (2.370 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
710 (2.370 %)CONTROL-M
85 (1.185 %)Norton AntiVirus
85 (1.185 %)OVSD
85 (1.185 %)BMC Performance Manager
94 (0.948 %)HP Data Protector
103 (0.711 %)OVIS
112 (0.474 %)NNM
121 (0.237 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
121 (0.237 %)MOM
Vendors
198 (23.22 %)Microsoft
259 (13.98 %)HP
336 (8.531 %)Cisco
432 (7.583 %)Oracle
521 (4.976 %)Compaq
521 (4.976 %)Citrix
69 (2.133 %)McAfee Security
78 (1.896 %)Symantec
87 (1.659 %)Tridion
96 (1.422 %)VMware
96 (1.422 %)AppSense
105 (1.185 %)Sage
105 (1.185 %)BMC
105 (1.185 %)CA
105 (1.185 %)Business Objects
114 (0.948 %)CheckPoint
114 (0.948 %)Lotus
114 (0.948 %)JD Edwards
114 (0.948 %)SurfControl
114 (0.948 %)Finjan
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