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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.

LinkMicrosoft Windows NT
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6650
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads8588
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.093 %
As % of the category below8.374 %12.52 %
Daily rates quoted218
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 quoted1929
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 WestOperating Systems
North West
Matching contract IT job ads1015703
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.338 %0.746 %
Daily rates quoted24989
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 quoted130117
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 EnglandWindows 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.

North West Windows NT Demand Trend

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.

North West Windows NT Daily Rate Trend

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.

North West Windows NT Daily Rate Histogram

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.

North West Windows NT Hourly Rate Trend

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.

North West Windows NT Hourly Rate Histogram

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.

LocationRank 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
ManchesterDown-1141£402+107.18 %
CheshireDown-1824£411+26.47 %
MerseysideDown-106£106-
CumbriaUp+11--
Windows NT EnglandWindows 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.

1123 (82.00 %)Windows
245 (30.00 %)Citrix
344 (29.33 %)Windows 2000
440 (26.67 %)Microsoft
539 (26.00 %)Active Directory
633 (22.00 %)Windows Server 2003
729 (19.33 %)MS Office
826 (17.33 %)MetaFrame
924 (16.00 %)HP
1023 (15.33 %)SAN
1119 (12.67 %)Unix
1216 (10.67 %)MS Exchange
1216 (10.67 %)Microsoft Certification
1216 (10.67 %)TCP/IP
1216 (10.67 %)Finance
1315 (10.00 %)MCSE
1315 (10.00 %)Change Management
1414 (9.333 %)MSI
1414 (9.333 %)Problem Management
1513 (8.667 %)Migration
1513 (8.667 %)ZENworks
1513 (8.667 %)AIX
1513 (8.667 %)SAP
1513 (8.667 %)IBM
1513 (8.667 %)Terminal Server
1612 (8.000 %)Dell
1612 (8.000 %)Windows XP
1612 (8.000 %)Cisco
1612 (8.000 %)Oracle
1612 (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
17 (4.667 %)SAP Basis
25 (3.333 %)ODBC
33 (2.000 %)SAP XI
41 (0.667 %)Middleware
41 (0.667 %)Application Packaging
Application Platforms
116 (10.67 %)MS Exchange
210 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2000
39 (6.000 %)Lotus Notes
44 (2.667 %)IIS
53 (2.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
53 (2.000 %)GroupWise
62 (1.333 %)Oracle Application Server
62 (1.333 %)Exchange Server 5.5
71 (0.667 %)SAS
Applications
129 (19.33 %)MS Office
212 (8.000 %)MS Excel
Business Applications
12 (1.333 %)SAP SD
12 (1.333 %)Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
123 (15.33 %)SAN
216 (10.67 %)TCP/IP
310 (6.667 %)WAN
49 (6.000 %)LAN
49 (6.000 %)DNS
58 (5.333 %)Firewall
58 (5.333 %)Network Security
66 (4.000 %)Internet
66 (4.000 %)WINS
74 (2.667 %)VPN
74 (2.667 %)Ethernet
83 (2.000 %)DHCP
83 (2.000 %)VLAN
92 (1.333 %)BIG-IP
92 (1.333 %)HTTP
92 (1.333 %)SSL
92 (1.333 %)MPLS
101 (0.667 %)3G
101 (0.667 %)PBX
101 (0.667 %)VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
16 (4.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
22 (1.333 %)Oracle 9i
22 (1.333 %)Datawarehouse
22 (1.333 %)OLTP
22 (1.333 %)Oracle 10g
31 (0.667 %)SAP BW
31 (0.667 %)SQL Server
31 (0.667 %)TOAD
Development Applications
114 (9.333 %)MSI
General
116 (10.67 %)Finance
25 (3.333 %)Billing
34 (2.667 %)Telecoms
34 (2.667 %)Banking
43 (2.000 %)Government
43 (2.000 %)Construction
52 (1.333 %)Education
52 (1.333 %)Financial Institution
61 (0.667 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (0.667 %)Insurance
Job Titles
137 (24.67 %)Analyst
215 (10.00 %)Consultant
215 (10.00 %)Technical Support
312 (8.000 %)Infrastructure Analyst
312 (8.000 %)Infrastructure Specialist
411 (7.333 %)Technical Analyst
411 (7.333 %)Helpdesk Analyst
59 (6.000 %)Support Engineer
59 (6.000 %)Applications Specialist
68 (5.333 %)Support Analyst
68 (5.333 %)Citrix Specialist
77 (4.667 %)2nd Line Support
77 (4.667 %)3rd Line Support
86 (4.000 %)SAP Basis Consultant
86 (4.000 %)Server Support
86 (4.000 %)SAP Consultant
86 (4.000 %)Security Specialist
95 (3.333 %)Support Specialist
95 (3.333 %)Wintel Engineer
104 (2.667 %)Server Specialist
Miscellaneous
17 (4.667 %)Thin Client
17 (4.667 %)Fat Client
26 (4.000 %)German Language
35 (3.333 %)Dutch Language
44 (2.667 %)French Language
53 (2.000 %)Clustering
53 (2.000 %)Statistics
62 (1.333 %)Portuguese Language
62 (1.333 %)Spanish Language
62 (1.333 %)PKI
71 (0.667 %)Blackberry
71 (0.667 %)AS400
71 (0.667 %)Replication
71 (0.667 %)Norwegian Language
Operating Systems
1123 (82.00 %)Windows
244 (29.33 %)Windows 2000
333 (22.00 %)Windows Server 2003
419 (12.67 %)Unix
513 (8.667 %)AIX
612 (8.000 %)Windows XP
711 (7.333 %)NetWare
84 (2.667 %)Solaris
92 (1.333 %)Linux
92 (1.333 %)HPUX
92 (1.333 %)Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
115 (10.00 %)Change Management
214 (9.333 %)Problem Management
313 (8.667 %)Migration
410 (6.667 %)ITIL
55 (3.333 %)Security Cleared
64 (2.667 %)User Acceptance Testing
64 (2.667 %)Incident Management
64 (2.667 %)SC Cleared
73 (2.000 %)Service Management
82 (1.333 %)Project Management
82 (1.333 %)Disaster Recovery
82 (1.333 %)E-business
82 (1.333 %)Data Security
82 (1.333 %)Time Management
82 (1.333 %)Risk Assessment
91 (0.667 %)Integration Testing
91 (0.667 %)Data Migration
91 (0.667 %)Validation
91 (0.667 %)Service Delivery
Programming Languages
110 (6.667 %)SQL
21 (0.667 %)VBScript
21 (0.667 %)VB
21 (0.667 %)C
21 (0.667 %)Perl
Qualifications
116 (10.67 %)Microsoft Certification
215 (10.00 %)MCSE
37 (4.667 %)MCP
43 (2.000 %)Novell Certification
52 (1.333 %)CNE
52 (1.333 %)Cisco Certification
61 (0.667 %)CNA
61 (0.667 %)CCIE
61 (0.667 %)CCNA
61 (0.667 %)CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
111 (7.333 %)SLA
22 (1.333 %)QA
31 (0.667 %)BS7799
System Software
139 (26.00 %)Active Directory
226 (17.33 %)MetaFrame
313 (8.667 %)Terminal Server
49 (6.000 %)Backup Exec
49 (6.000 %)Citrix Presentation Server
54 (2.667 %)VMware Infrastructure
54 (2.667 %)VMware ESX
62 (1.333 %)NetBackup
62 (1.333 %)Oracle RMAN
71 (0.667 %)ISA Server
Systems Management
113 (8.667 %)ZENworks
29 (6.000 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
33 (2.000 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
33 (2.000 %)Norton AntiVirus
41 (0.667 %)DameWare
41 (0.667 %)ServiceCenter
41 (0.667 %)Legato
41 (0.667 %)Tivoli
Vendors
145 (30.00 %)Citrix
240 (26.67 %)Microsoft
324 (16.00 %)HP
413 (8.667 %)SAP
413 (8.667 %)IBM
512 (8.000 %)Oracle
512 (8.000 %)Cisco
512 (8.000 %)Dell
69 (6.000 %)Lotus
69 (6.000 %)VMware
75 (3.333 %)VERITAS
75 (3.333 %)Compaq
83 (2.000 %)Novell
83 (2.000 %)CheckPoint
83 (2.000 %)Symantec
83 (2.000 %)Mitel
83 (2.000 %)BT
91 (0.667 %)Fujitsu Siemens
91 (0.667 %)AppSense
91 (0.667 %)Remedy
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