North East Windows Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the North East 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	6
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching contract IT job ads	126	139
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.162 %	0.156 %
As % of the category below	59.15 %	56.97 %
Daily rates quoted	11	19
Average minimum daily rate	£274	£221
Average daily rate	£300	£225
% change on same period last year	+33.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£326	£229
UK excluding London average daily rate	£322	£313
% change on same period last year	+2.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	41	22
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.06	£14.18
Average hourly rate	£21.35	£14.75
% change on same period last year	+44.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.64	£15.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.70	£20.16
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
Operating Systems North East
Matching contract IT job ads	213	244
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.273 %	0.274 %
Daily rates quoted	29	30
Average minimum daily rate	£285	£238
Average daily rate	£307	£251
% change on same period last year	+22.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£329	£263
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£333
% change on same period last year	+3.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	59	40
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.90	£22.65
Average hourly rate	£22.05	£24.01
% change on same period last year	-8.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.20	£25.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.74	£23.06
% change on same period last year	-5.72 %
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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the North East 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 North East region.

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the North East 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 North East region.

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the North East region over the past 3 months.

Windows
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the North East region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank 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
1	Tyne and Wear	+4	82	£302	+16.94 %
2	Durham	-1	14	-	-

Windows England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North East 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 89 (39.56 %) Microsoft 2 76 (33.78 %) Active Directory 3 52 (23.11 %) Windows XP 4 43 (19.11 %) Windows 2000 5 35 (15.56 %) SQL 6 33 (14.67 %) MS Office 7 27 (12.00 %) .NET 8 24 (10.67 %) Windows Server 2003 9 23 (10.22 %) Visual Studio 10 22 (9.778 %) C# 10 22 (9.778 %) Microsoft Certification 11 21 (9.333 %) LAN 11 21 (9.333 %) Government 12 20 (8.889 %) Citrix 13 19 (8.444 %) MS Excel

14 18 (8.000 %) WAN 14 18 (8.000 %) SLA 15 17 (7.556 %) Windows NT 15 17 (7.556 %) SQL Server 15 17 (7.556 %) ITIL 15 17 (7.556 %) Unix 16 16 (7.111 %) Cisco 16 16 (7.111 %) DNS 17 15 (6.667 %) MCSE 17 15 (6.667 %) TCP/IP 18 14 (6.222 %) DHCP 18 14 (6.222 %) MS Exchange 18 14 (6.222 %) HP 19 13 (5.778 %) Exchange Server 2003 20 12 (5.333 %) GIS

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North East 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 27 (12.00 %) .NET 2 11 (4.889 %) XML 3 10 (4.444 %) HTML 4 9 (4.000 %) XHTML 5 8 (3.556 %) ASP.NET 6 6 (2.667 %) SAP Basis 7 4 (1.778 %) .NET Framework 8 3 (1.333 %) Middleware 9 2 (0.889 %) MFC 9 2 (0.889 %) WCF 9 2 (0.889 %) WinForms 10 1 (0.444 %) CSS 10 1 (0.444 %) WebServices 10 1 (0.444 %) X-Windows 10 1 (0.444 %) SAP XI 10 1 (0.444 %) DirectX	Application Platforms 1 14 (6.222 %) MS Exchange 2 13 (5.778 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 6 (2.667 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 5 (2.222 %) Lotus Notes 5 4 (1.778 %) IIS 5 4 (1.778 %) NetWeaver 5 4 (1.778 %) GroupWise 6 2 (0.889 %) BizTalk Server 7 1 (0.444 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 1 (0.444 %) CMS 7 1 (0.444 %) Office Project Server 7 1 (0.444 %) WebLogic 7 1 (0.444 %) Documentum 7 1 (0.444 %) Lotus Domino 7 1 (0.444 %) Apache 7 1 (0.444 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 33 (14.67 %) MS Office 2 19 (8.444 %) MS Excel 3 2 (0.889 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.444 %) AutoCAD	Business Applications 1 2 (0.889 %) Oracle Applications 2 1 (0.444 %) TIBCO iProcess 2 1 (0.444 %) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking 1 21 (9.333 %) LAN 2 18 (8.000 %) WAN 3 16 (7.111 %) DNS 4 15 (6.667 %) TCP/IP 5 14 (6.222 %) DHCP 6 12 (5.333 %) VoIP 7 11 (4.889 %) SAN 8 7 (3.111 %) VPN 8 7 (3.111 %) Firewall 9 4 (1.778 %) Ethernet 10 3 (1.333 %) SNMP 10 3 (1.333 %) WINS 10 3 (1.333 %) SMS 10 3 (1.333 %) ATM 10 3 (1.333 %) SSL 11 2 (0.889 %) Network Security 11 2 (0.889 %) GSM 11 2 (0.889 %) LDAP 12 1 (0.444 %) ADSL 12 1 (0.444 %) IMAP4	Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (7.556 %) SQL Server 2 12 (5.333 %) GIS 3 6 (2.667 %) SQL Server 2000 4 5 (2.222 %) SQL Server 2005 5 3 (1.333 %) DB2 6 1 (0.444 %) TOAD 6 1 (0.444 %) SQL Server 7 6 1 (0.444 %) SQLPlus 6 1 (0.444 %) Oracle OWB
Development Applications 1 23 (10.22 %) Visual Studio	General 1 21 (9.333 %) Government 2 6 (2.667 %) Local Government 3 5 (2.222 %) Manufacturing 3 5 (2.222 %) Finance 4 4 (1.778 %) Education 5 3 (1.333 %) Telecoms 5 3 (1.333 %) Banking 6 2 (0.889 %) Health 7 1 (0.444 %) Games 7 1 (0.444 %) Electronics 7 1 (0.444 %) Animation
Job Titles 1 31 (13.78 %) Developer 2 29 (12.89 %) Desktop Support 3 26 (11.56 %) Analyst 4 23 (10.22 %) Support Engineer 5 18 (8.000 %) Support Analyst 6 17 (7.556 %) .NET Developer 7 16 (7.111 %) 2nd Line Support 7 16 (7.111 %) Server Support 8 14 (6.222 %) Consultant 8 14 (6.222 %) Administrator 8 14 (6.222 %) Desktop Engineer 9 10 (4.444 %) C# Developer 9 10 (4.444 %) Support Technician 9 10 (4.444 %) Server Engineer 10 9 (4.000 %) Server Analyst 10 9 (4.000 %) Server Support Analyst 11 8 (3.556 %) Desktop Support Engineer 11 8 (3.556 %) Systems Administrator 12 7 (3.111 %) Field Engineer 13 6 (2.667 %) Architect	Miscellaneous 1 6 (2.667 %) IVR 2 5 (2.222 %) CLARiiON 2 5 (2.222 %) Clustering 2 5 (2.222 %) NHS 3 3 (1.333 %) EPoS 3 3 (1.333 %) AS400 3 3 (1.333 %) PKI 3 3 (1.333 %) Mathematics 3 3 (1.333 %) Blog 4 2 (0.889 %) Celerra 4 2 (0.889 %) Mainframe 4 2 (0.889 %) Smartcard 5 1 (0.444 %) Blackberry 5 1 (0.444 %) DTV 5 1 (0.444 %) Device Driver 5 1 (0.444 %) Handset 5 1 (0.444 %) Physics 5 1 (0.444 %) Dutch Language 5 1 (0.444 %) German Language 5 1 (0.444 %) SecurID
Operating Systems 1 52 (23.11 %) Windows XP 2 43 (19.11 %) Windows 2000 3 24 (10.67 %) Windows Server 2003 4 17 (7.556 %) Windows NT 4 17 (7.556 %) Unix 5 12 (5.333 %) Solaris 6 4 (1.778 %) HPUX 7 3 (1.333 %) NetWare 8 2 (0.889 %) AIX 8 2 (0.889 %) MVS 8 2 (0.889 %) Windows Mobile 9 1 (0.444 %) Windows Vista 9 1 (0.444 %) Linux 9 1 (0.444 %) Windows CE	Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (7.556 %) ITIL 2 9 (4.000 %) Change Management 3 6 (2.667 %) BPM 3 6 (2.667 %) Service Management 4 4 (1.778 %) Migration 5 3 (1.333 %) Validation 6 2 (0.889 %) Disaster Recovery 6 2 (0.889 %) OO 6 2 (0.889 %) OOD 6 2 (0.889 %) Test Scripting 6 2 (0.889 %) Time Management 6 2 (0.889 %) Software Engineering 6 2 (0.889 %) Incident Management 7 1 (0.444 %) Problem Management 7 1 (0.444 %) Release Management 7 1 (0.444 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 1 (0.444 %) Agile Software Development 7 1 (0.444 %) TOGAF 7 1 (0.444 %) Project Management 7 1 (0.444 %) Data Security
Programming Languages 1 35 (15.56 %) SQL 2 22 (9.778 %) C# 3 10 (4.444 %) C 4 8 (3.556 %) VB.NET 5 4 (1.778 %) Shell Script 5 4 (1.778 %) C++ 6 2 (0.889 %) COBOL 6 2 (0.889 %) PL/SQL 6 2 (0.889 %) JCL 6 2 (0.889 %) VB6 6 2 (0.889 %) VB 6 2 (0.889 %) REXX 7 1 (0.444 %) VBA 7 1 (0.444 %) Embedded C 7 1 (0.444 %) Embedded C++ 7 1 (0.444 %) Assembly Language 7 1 (0.444 %) RPG 7 1 (0.444 %) Transact-SQL 7 1 (0.444 %) VBScript 7 1 (0.444 %) Java	Qualifications 1 22 (9.778 %) Microsoft Certification 2 15 (6.667 %) MCSE 3 7 (3.111 %) MCP 4 6 (2.667 %) Cisco Certification 5 4 (1.778 %) CCNA 6 3 (1.333 %) Citrix Certification 7 2 (0.889 %) CCNP 8 1 (0.444 %) CCA 8 1 (0.444 %) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 18 (8.000 %) SLA	System Software 1 76 (33.78 %) Active Directory 2 9 (4.000 %) Backup Exec 3 6 (2.667 %) VMware ESX 4 4 (1.778 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 3 (1.333 %) Terminal Server 6 2 (0.889 %) NetBackup 6 2 (0.889 %) MSMQ 7 1 (0.444 %) Terminal Services 7 1 (0.444 %) ISA Server 7 1 (0.444 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 8 (3.556 %) Legato 1 8 (3.556 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 6 (2.667 %) WSUS 2 6 (2.667 %) OpenView Configuration Management 3 3 (1.333 %) EMC NetWorker 4 2 (0.889 %) DiskXtender 4 2 (0.889 %) Tivoli 5 1 (0.444 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 5 1 (0.444 %) MOM 5 1 (0.444 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 5 1 (0.444 %) CiscoWorks	Vendors 1 89 (39.56 %) Microsoft 2 20 (8.889 %) Citrix 3 16 (7.111 %) Cisco 4 14 (6.222 %) HP 5 12 (5.333 %) Oracle 6 11 (4.889 %) Agresso 7 9 (4.000 %) Symantec 7 9 (4.000 %) VMware 8 7 (3.111 %) VERITAS 8 7 (3.111 %) Lotus 8 7 (3.111 %) SAP 8 7 (3.111 %) Nortel 8 7 (3.111 %) NetApp 9 6 (2.667 %) BEA 9 6 (2.667 %) IBM 9 6 (2.667 %) Red Hat 10 5 (2.222 %) Novell 10 5 (2.222 %) Siemens 10 5 (2.222 %) CommVault 10 5 (2.222 %) Genesys