Milton Keynes Windows Contracts

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.

Microsoft Windows
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Aldershot Amersham Andover Ascot Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Beverley Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bognor Regis Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Castleford Chalfont St Giles Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clapham Cleethorpes Cobham Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Ayrshire East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenwich Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highland Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverclyde Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kegworth Kent Kilmarnock King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Lothian Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Monmouthshire Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newry Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Pembrokeshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochdale Rochester Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Slough Snodland Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Helens St Neots Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Strathclyde Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tipton Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wymondham York Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	3	2
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	229	157
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.294 %	0.176 %
As % of the category below	65.43 %	68.26 %
Daily rates quoted	63	19
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 quoted	42	24
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 Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads	350	230
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.449 %	0.258 %
Daily rates quoted	95	38
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 quoted	54	28
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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1 116 (27.49 %) Government 2 111 (26.30 %) Windows NT 3 98 (23.22 %) Microsoft 3 98 (23.22 %) Active Directory 4 85 (20.14 %) MS Office 5 79 (18.72 %) SQL 6 72 (17.06 %) Windows XP 7 71 (16.82 %) Windows Server 2003 8 70 (16.59 %) Microsoft Certification 9 65 (15.40 %) Windows 2000 10 63 (14.93 %) MCSE 11 59 (13.98 %) HP 12 58 (13.74 %) SQL Server 13 51 (12.09 %) Telecoms 14 49 (11.61 %) .NET

15 48 (11.37 %) ITIL 15 48 (11.37 %) Internet 16 44 (10.43 %) Migration 16 44 (10.43 %) Windows Vista 17 43 (10.19 %) OpenView Configuration Management 18 42 (9.953 %) OpenView 19 38 (9.005 %) HTML 20 37 (8.768 %) OVOW 21 36 (8.531 %) Cisco 22 33 (7.820 %) Unix 22 33 (7.820 %) MS Exchange 23 32 (7.583 %) LAN 23 32 (7.583 %) Oracle 23 32 (7.583 %) DNS 23 32 (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 1 49 (11.61 %) .NET 2 38 (9.005 %) HTML 3 31 (7.346 %) ASP 4 30 (7.109 %) XML 5 17 (4.028 %) WinForms 6 16 (3.791 %) .NET Framework 7 13 (3.081 %) ASP.NET 8 12 (2.844 %) AJAX 9 6 (1.422 %) WebSphere 10 2 (0.474 %) RSS 10 2 (0.474 %) XUL 10 2 (0.474 %) CSS 10 2 (0.474 %) SOAP 10 2 (0.474 %) WebServices 10 2 (0.474 %) J2EE 11 1 (0.237 %) XSL 11 1 (0.237 %) XHTML	Application Platforms 1 33 (7.820 %) MS Exchange 2 12 (2.844 %) Exchange Server 5.5 2 12 (2.844 %) Exchange Server 2000 2 12 (2.844 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 11 (2.607 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 7 (1.659 %) CMS 5 4 (0.948 %) Lotus Notes 6 3 (0.711 %) IIS 7 2 (0.474 %) Lotus Domino 8 1 (0.237 %) GroupWise
Applications 1 85 (20.14 %) MS Office 2 9 (2.133 %) MS Excel 3 8 (1.896 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 5 (1.185 %) GoldMine
Communications & Networking 1 48 (11.37 %) Internet 2 32 (7.583 %) DNS 2 32 (7.583 %) LAN 2 32 (7.583 %) WAN 3 24 (5.687 %) Intranet 4 22 (5.213 %) DHCP 5 17 (4.028 %) SAN 6 15 (3.555 %) Ethernet 7 12 (2.844 %) TCP/IP 8 10 (2.370 %) Firewall 9 5 (1.185 %) WINS 9 5 (1.185 %) ADSL 10 4 (0.948 %) 3G 11 3 (0.711 %) Wireless 11 3 (0.711 %) GPRS 12 2 (0.474 %) VoIP 12 2 (0.474 %) VPN 12 2 (0.474 %) 2G 12 2 (0.474 %) Network Security 13 1 (0.237 %) Cisco PIX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 58 (13.74 %) SQL Server 2 20 (4.739 %) SQL Server 2005 3 18 (4.265 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 11 (2.607 %) SQL Server 2000 5 10 (2.370 %) SQL Server 7 6 5 (1.185 %) BusinessObjects 7 2 (0.474 %) DB2 8 1 (0.237 %) Oracle Reports 8 1 (0.237 %) MySQL 8 1 (0.237 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 1 (0.237 %) DB2 UDB
Development Applications 1 7 (1.659 %) FrontPage 2 2 (0.474 %) Subversion 2 2 (0.474 %) Visual Studio 2 2 (0.474 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 2 (0.474 %) ClearCase 2 2 (0.474 %) TestDirector 3 1 (0.237 %) ClearQuest 3 1 (0.237 %) InstallShield 3 1 (0.237 %) JMeter 3 1 (0.237 %) NUnit 3 1 (0.237 %) Eclipse 3 1 (0.237 %) Dreamweaver 3 1 (0.237 %) Ant	General 1 116 (27.49 %) Government 2 51 (12.09 %) Telecoms 3 25 (5.924 %) Finance 4 11 (2.607 %) Legal 5 5 (1.185 %) Retail 6 3 (0.711 %) Back Office 7 2 (0.474 %) Banking 7 2 (0.474 %) Health 7 2 (0.474 %) Insurance 8 1 (0.237 %) Local Government 8 1 (0.237 %) Pensions 8 1 (0.237 %) Retail Banking 8 1 (0.237 %) Auditing 8 1 (0.237 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 91 (21.56 %) Analyst 2 82 (19.43 %) Consultant 3 59 (13.98 %) Developer 4 48 (11.37 %) Helpdesk Analyst 5 36 (8.531 %) Support Analyst 6 34 (8.057 %) Technical Consultant 7 32 (7.583 %) Architect 8 31 (7.346 %) Helpdesk Support 9 28 (6.635 %) C# Developer 10 22 (5.213 %) Support Engineer 11 21 (4.976 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 12 20 (4.739 %) Applications Developer 13 19 (4.502 %) .NET Developer 14 17 (4.028 %) Team Leader 14 17 (4.028 %) OpenView Specialist 15 15 (3.555 %) Service Desk Analyst 15 15 (3.555 %) Service Analyst 16 14 (3.318 %) Project Manager 17 13 (3.081 %) 2nd Line Support 17 13 (3.081 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer	Miscellaneous 1 7 (1.659 %) Management Information System 2 5 (1.185 %) N-Tier 2 5 (1.185 %) Thin Client 2 5 (1.185 %) French Language 2 5 (1.185 %) Fat Client 3 4 (0.948 %) German Language 3 4 (0.948 %) Clustering 4 3 (0.711 %) AS400 4 3 (0.711 %) Blackberry 4 3 (0.711 %) Mainframe 4 3 (0.711 %) PDA 5 1 (0.237 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.237 %) CMDB 5 1 (0.237 %) NHS 5 1 (0.237 %) Smartphone
Operating Systems 1 111 (26.30 %) Windows NT 2 72 (17.06 %) Windows XP 3 71 (16.82 %) Windows Server 2003 4 65 (15.40 %) Windows 2000 5 44 (10.43 %) Windows Vista 6 33 (7.820 %) Unix 7 11 (2.607 %) Linux 8 9 (2.133 %) AIX 9 2 (0.474 %) Windows Mobile 10 1 (0.237 %) HPUX 10 1 (0.237 %) Solaris 10 1 (0.237 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 48 (11.37 %) ITIL 2 44 (10.43 %) Migration 3 29 (6.872 %) ITSM 4 20 (4.739 %) PRINCE2 5 16 (3.791 %) Workflow 6 15 (3.555 %) Project Management 7 14 (3.318 %) SSADM 8 13 (3.081 %) Requirements Analysis 8 13 (3.081 %) Agile Software Development 9 11 (2.607 %) Extreme Programming 9 11 (2.607 %) OOD 10 10 (2.370 %) DSDM 11 9 (2.133 %) RAD 12 7 (1.659 %) Content Management 13 6 (1.422 %) Business Intelligence 13 6 (1.422 %) Disaster Recovery 14 5 (1.185 %) OO 14 5 (1.185 %) Network Design 14 5 (1.185 %) Web Design 14 5 (1.185 %) Project Planning
Programming Languages 1 79 (18.72 %) SQL 2 30 (7.109 %) C# 3 29 (6.872 %) VB.NET 4 23 (5.450 %) VB 5 21 (4.976 %) JavaScript 6 17 (4.028 %) VB6 7 13 (3.081 %) Java 8 11 (2.607 %) Transact-SQL 9 10 (2.370 %) VBScript 10 9 (2.133 %) C++ 11 6 (1.422 %) PHP 12 2 (0.474 %) VC++ 13 1 (0.237 %) C	Qualifications 1 70 (16.59 %) Microsoft Certification 2 63 (14.93 %) MCSE 3 28 (6.635 %) CNE 3 28 (6.635 %) Novell Certification 4 7 (1.659 %) MCP 4 7 (1.659 %) MCDST 5 6 (1.422 %) A+ Certification 6 5 (1.185 %) SCSP 7 4 (0.948 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 7 4 (0.948 %) Cisco Certification 8 3 (0.711 %) CCNP 8 3 (0.711 %) CCNA 8 3 (0.711 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 9 2 (0.474 %) CCDP 9 2 (0.474 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 1 (0.237 %) CCA 10 1 (0.237 %) Citrix Certification 10 1 (0.237 %) CISSP 10 1 (0.237 %) CCVP 10 1 (0.237 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (1.422 %) SLA 1 6 (1.422 %) QA	System Software 1 98 (23.22 %) Active Directory 2 4 (0.948 %) ISA Server 3 3 (0.711 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 2 (0.474 %) VMware ESX 5 1 (0.237 %) NetBackup 5 1 (0.237 %) Oracle RMAN 5 1 (0.237 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 5 1 (0.237 %) Samba
Systems Management 1 43 (10.19 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 42 (9.953 %) OpenView 3 37 (8.768 %) OVOW 4 24 (5.687 %) OVPI 5 23 (5.450 %) CiscoWorks 6 21 (4.976 %) OVPA 7 10 (2.370 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 7 10 (2.370 %) CONTROL-M 8 5 (1.185 %) Norton AntiVirus 8 5 (1.185 %) OVSD 8 5 (1.185 %) BMC Performance Manager 9 4 (0.948 %) HP Data Protector 10 3 (0.711 %) OVIS 11 2 (0.474 %) NNM 12 1 (0.237 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 12 1 (0.237 %) MOM	Vendors 1 98 (23.22 %) Microsoft 2 59 (13.98 %) HP 3 36 (8.531 %) Cisco 4 32 (7.583 %) Oracle 5 21 (4.976 %) Compaq 5 21 (4.976 %) Citrix 6 9 (2.133 %) McAfee Security 7 8 (1.896 %) Symantec 8 7 (1.659 %) Tridion 9 6 (1.422 %) VMware 9 6 (1.422 %) AppSense 10 5 (1.185 %) Sage 10 5 (1.185 %) BMC 10 5 (1.185 %) CA 10 5 (1.185 %) Business Objects 11 4 (0.948 %) CheckPoint 11 4 (0.948 %) Lotus 11 4 (0.948 %) JD Edwards 11 4 (0.948 %) SurfControl 11 4 (0.948 %) Finjan