North West Windows NT Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows NT skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Windows NT over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows NT
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Ashton-under-Lyne Audenshaw Ayrshire Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bracknell Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Chelmsford Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chichester City of London Coalville Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Essex Fareham Farnham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hackney Hampshire Hartlepool Hayes Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Huntingdon Kent Kingswinford Knutsford Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Lutterworth M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Reigate Romford Rotherham Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Suffolk Surrey Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Torpoint Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Witham Witney Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	66	50
Rank change on same period last year	-16
Matching contract IT job ads	85	88
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.112 %	0.093 %
As % of the category below	8.374 %	12.52 %
Daily rates quoted	21	8
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£209
Average daily rate	£384	£211
% change on same period last year	+82.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£402	£213
UK excluding London average daily rate	£260	£312
% change on same period last year	-16.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	19	29
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.61	£21.22
Average hourly rate	£15.86	£22.34
% change on same period last year	-29.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.11	£23.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.21	£19.33
% change on same period last year	+4.54 %
Operating Systems North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1015	703
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.338 %	0.746 %
Daily rates quoted	249	89
Average minimum daily rate	£390	£277
Average daily rate	£412	£286
% change on same period last year	+44.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£434	£295
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£334
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	130	117
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.66	£20.42
Average hourly rate	£18.86	£22.30
% change on same period last year	-15.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.06	£24.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.83	£23.75
% change on same period last year	-8.06 %
Windows NT 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 NT
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows NT across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows NT
Daily Rate Trend

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

Windows NT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Windows NT
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Windows NT within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

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
Manchester	-11	41	£402	+107.18 %
Cheshire	-18	24	£411	+26.47 %
Merseyside	-10	6	£106	-
Cumbria	+1	1	-	-

Windows NT England

Windows NT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Windows NT 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 NT.

1 123 (82.00 %) Windows 2 45 (30.00 %) Citrix 3 44 (29.33 %) Windows 2000 4 40 (26.67 %) Microsoft 5 39 (26.00 %) Active Directory 6 33 (22.00 %) Windows Server 2003 7 29 (19.33 %) MS Office 8 26 (17.33 %) MetaFrame 9 24 (16.00 %) HP 10 23 (15.33 %) SAN 11 19 (12.67 %) Unix 12 16 (10.67 %) MS Exchange 12 16 (10.67 %) Microsoft Certification 12 16 (10.67 %) TCP/IP 12 16 (10.67 %) Finance

13 15 (10.00 %) MCSE 13 15 (10.00 %) Change Management 14 14 (9.333 %) MSI 14 14 (9.333 %) Problem Management 15 13 (8.667 %) Migration 15 13 (8.667 %) ZENworks 15 13 (8.667 %) AIX 15 13 (8.667 %) SAP 15 13 (8.667 %) IBM 15 13 (8.667 %) Terminal Server 16 12 (8.000 %) Dell 16 12 (8.000 %) Windows XP 16 12 (8.000 %) Cisco 16 12 (8.000 %) Oracle 16 12 (8.000 %) MS Excel

Windows NT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Windows NT 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 NT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (4.667 %) SAP Basis 2 5 (3.333 %) ODBC 3 3 (2.000 %) SAP XI 4 1 (0.667 %) Middleware 4 1 (0.667 %) Application Packaging	Application Platforms 1 16 (10.67 %) MS Exchange 2 10 (6.667 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 9 (6.000 %) Lotus Notes 4 4 (2.667 %) IIS 5 3 (2.000 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 3 (2.000 %) GroupWise 6 2 (1.333 %) Oracle Application Server 6 2 (1.333 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 1 (0.667 %) SAS
Applications 1 29 (19.33 %) MS Office 2 12 (8.000 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 2 (1.333 %) SAP SD 1 2 (1.333 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 23 (15.33 %) SAN 2 16 (10.67 %) TCP/IP 3 10 (6.667 %) WAN 4 9 (6.000 %) LAN 4 9 (6.000 %) DNS 5 8 (5.333 %) Firewall 5 8 (5.333 %) Network Security 6 6 (4.000 %) Internet 6 6 (4.000 %) WINS 7 4 (2.667 %) VPN 7 4 (2.667 %) Ethernet 8 3 (2.000 %) DHCP 8 3 (2.000 %) VLAN 9 2 (1.333 %) BIG-IP 9 2 (1.333 %) HTTP 9 2 (1.333 %) SSL 9 2 (1.333 %) MPLS 10 1 (0.667 %) 3G 10 1 (0.667 %) PBX 10 1 (0.667 %) VoIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (4.000 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 2 (1.333 %) Oracle 9i 2 2 (1.333 %) Datawarehouse 2 2 (1.333 %) OLTP 2 2 (1.333 %) Oracle 10g 3 1 (0.667 %) SAP BW 3 1 (0.667 %) SQL Server 3 1 (0.667 %) TOAD
Development Applications 1 14 (9.333 %) MSI	General 1 16 (10.67 %) Finance 2 5 (3.333 %) Billing 3 4 (2.667 %) Telecoms 3 4 (2.667 %) Banking 4 3 (2.000 %) Government 4 3 (2.000 %) Construction 5 2 (1.333 %) Education 5 2 (1.333 %) Financial Institution 6 1 (0.667 %) Pharmaceutical 6 1 (0.667 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 37 (24.67 %) Analyst 2 15 (10.00 %) Consultant 2 15 (10.00 %) Technical Support 3 12 (8.000 %) Infrastructure Analyst 3 12 (8.000 %) Infrastructure Specialist 4 11 (7.333 %) Technical Analyst 4 11 (7.333 %) Helpdesk Analyst 5 9 (6.000 %) Support Engineer 5 9 (6.000 %) Applications Specialist 6 8 (5.333 %) Support Analyst 6 8 (5.333 %) Citrix Specialist 7 7 (4.667 %) 2nd Line Support 7 7 (4.667 %) 3rd Line Support 8 6 (4.000 %) SAP Basis Consultant 8 6 (4.000 %) Server Support 8 6 (4.000 %) SAP Consultant 8 6 (4.000 %) Security Specialist 9 5 (3.333 %) Support Specialist 9 5 (3.333 %) Wintel Engineer 10 4 (2.667 %) Server Specialist	Miscellaneous 1 7 (4.667 %) Thin Client 1 7 (4.667 %) Fat Client 2 6 (4.000 %) German Language 3 5 (3.333 %) Dutch Language 4 4 (2.667 %) French Language 5 3 (2.000 %) Clustering 5 3 (2.000 %) Statistics 6 2 (1.333 %) Portuguese Language 6 2 (1.333 %) Spanish Language 6 2 (1.333 %) PKI 7 1 (0.667 %) Blackberry 7 1 (0.667 %) AS400 7 1 (0.667 %) Replication 7 1 (0.667 %) Norwegian Language
Operating Systems 1 123 (82.00 %) Windows 2 44 (29.33 %) Windows 2000 3 33 (22.00 %) Windows Server 2003 4 19 (12.67 %) Unix 5 13 (8.667 %) AIX 6 12 (8.000 %) Windows XP 7 11 (7.333 %) NetWare 8 4 (2.667 %) Solaris 9 2 (1.333 %) Linux 9 2 (1.333 %) HPUX 9 2 (1.333 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (10.00 %) Change Management 2 14 (9.333 %) Problem Management 3 13 (8.667 %) Migration 4 10 (6.667 %) ITIL 5 5 (3.333 %) Security Cleared 6 4 (2.667 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 4 (2.667 %) Incident Management 6 4 (2.667 %) SC Cleared 7 3 (2.000 %) Service Management 8 2 (1.333 %) Project Management 8 2 (1.333 %) Disaster Recovery 8 2 (1.333 %) E-business 8 2 (1.333 %) Data Security 8 2 (1.333 %) Time Management 8 2 (1.333 %) Risk Assessment 9 1 (0.667 %) Integration Testing 9 1 (0.667 %) Data Migration 9 1 (0.667 %) Validation 9 1 (0.667 %) Service Delivery
Programming Languages 1 10 (6.667 %) SQL 2 1 (0.667 %) VBScript 2 1 (0.667 %) VB 2 1 (0.667 %) C 2 1 (0.667 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 16 (10.67 %) Microsoft Certification 2 15 (10.00 %) MCSE 3 7 (4.667 %) MCP 4 3 (2.000 %) Novell Certification 5 2 (1.333 %) CNE 5 2 (1.333 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (0.667 %) CNA 6 1 (0.667 %) CCIE 6 1 (0.667 %) CCNA 6 1 (0.667 %) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 11 (7.333 %) SLA 2 2 (1.333 %) QA 3 1 (0.667 %) BS7799	System Software 1 39 (26.00 %) Active Directory 2 26 (17.33 %) MetaFrame 3 13 (8.667 %) Terminal Server 4 9 (6.000 %) Backup Exec 4 9 (6.000 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 4 (2.667 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 4 (2.667 %) VMware ESX 6 2 (1.333 %) NetBackup 6 2 (1.333 %) Oracle RMAN 7 1 (0.667 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 13 (8.667 %) ZENworks 2 9 (6.000 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 3 (2.000 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 3 (2.000 %) Norton AntiVirus 4 1 (0.667 %) DameWare 4 1 (0.667 %) ServiceCenter 4 1 (0.667 %) Legato 4 1 (0.667 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 45 (30.00 %) Citrix 2 40 (26.67 %) Microsoft 3 24 (16.00 %) HP 4 13 (8.667 %) SAP 4 13 (8.667 %) IBM 5 12 (8.000 %) Oracle 5 12 (8.000 %) Cisco 5 12 (8.000 %) Dell 6 9 (6.000 %) Lotus 6 9 (6.000 %) VMware 7 5 (3.333 %) VERITAS 7 5 (3.333 %) Compaq 8 3 (2.000 %) Novell 8 3 (2.000 %) CheckPoint 8 3 (2.000 %) Symantec 8 3 (2.000 %) Mitel 8 3 (2.000 %) BT 9 1 (0.667 %) Fujitsu Siemens 9 1 (0.667 %) AppSense 9 1 (0.667 %) Remedy