Windows Vista Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the North West region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 102 108 106
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 15 24 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.653% 0.758% 0.844%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.820% 3.414% 3.683%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 13
Average daily rate £200 £175 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £112 £126 £105
10% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £314 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £293 £201 £263
% change year-on-year
+45.34% -23.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 12
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% +60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £12.52 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+9.86% +0.12%
All Operating Systems
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 532 703 706
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.16% 22.20% 22.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 281 381
Average daily rate £295 £318 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.08% +5.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £167 £175 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £458 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 67 72
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +32.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £10.18 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Vista
England

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North West Windows Vista Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Vista across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Windows Vista Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Windows Vista Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Vista within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Lancashire +18 8 £90 -71.42%
Cheshire +8 3 £200 +33.33%
Manchester +3 3 - -
Cumbria - 1 £285 -
Windows Vista
England

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista.

1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (82.61%) Windows XP
3 17 (73.91%) Microsoft
4 16 (69.57%) Active Directory
5 15 (65.22%) Citrix
5 15 (65.22%) Windows 7
6 13 (56.52%) MS Office
7 12 (52.17%) Blackberry
8 11 (47.83%) SCCM
9 7 (30.43%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
9 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
10 6 (26.09%) Software Deployment
10 6 (26.09%) VPN
10 6 (26.09%) ITIL
11 5 (21.74%) SLA
11 5 (21.74%) CA
11 5 (21.74%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 5 (21.74%) Service Management
11 5 (21.74%) iPad
12 4 (17.39%) XenDesktop
12 4 (17.39%) Lumension
12 4 (17.39%) AppSense
12 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
13 3 (13.04%) MCP
13 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
13 3 (13.04%) Wireless
13 3 (13.04%) Handset
13 3 (13.04%) Local Government

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.696%) COM
2 1 (4.348%) OLE
2 1 (4.348%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (21.74%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
3 2 (8.696%) MS Exchange
3 2 (8.696%) Lotus Notes
3 2 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 13 (56.52%) MS Office
2 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) VPN
2 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
2 3 (13.04%) Wireless
3 1 (4.348%) SAN
3 1 (4.348%) Firewall
3 1 (4.348%) VoIP
3 1 (4.348%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MSI
1 1 (4.348%) InstallShield
General
1 3 (13.04%) Local Government
2 1 (4.348%) Marketing
2 1 (4.348%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) 2nd Line Support
2 8 (34.78%) Desktop Support
2 8 (34.78%) Support Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Support Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Help Desk Support
6 2 (8.696%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Desktop Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Applications Support
6 2 (8.696%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (8.696%) IT Support
7 1 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Applications Packager
7 1 (4.348%) Consultant
7 1 (4.348%) Developer
7 1 (4.348%) VBA Developer
7 1 (4.348%) Deployment Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 12 (52.17%) Blackberry
2 5 (21.74%) iPad
3 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
3 3 (13.04%) Handset
4 2 (8.696%) Thin Client
4 2 (8.696%) Fat Client
4 2 (8.696%) iPhone
5 1 (4.348%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (82.61%) Windows XP
3 15 (65.22%) Windows 7
4 2 (8.696%) Windows 8
4 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) ITIL
1 6 (26.09%) Software Deployment
2 5 (21.74%) Service Management
3 3 (13.04%) TQM
4 2 (8.696%) Migration
4 2 (8.696%) Data Migration
5 1 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.348%) Capacity Management
5 1 (4.348%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) SQL
1 1 (4.348%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) MCDST
2 3 (13.04%) MCITP
2 3 (13.04%) MCP
3 1 (4.348%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (69.57%) Active Directory
2 7 (30.43%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (17.39%) XenDesktop
4 3 (13.04%) XenApp
5 2 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (8.696%) Terminal Services
6 1 (4.348%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (47.83%) SCCM
2 2 (8.696%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (4.348%) NetBackup
3 1 (4.348%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (73.91%) Microsoft
2 15 (65.22%) Citrix
3 5 (21.74%) CA
4 4 (17.39%) AppSense
4 4 (17.39%) Lumension
5 2 (8.696%) Lotus
5 2 (8.696%) Remedy
5 2 (8.696%) VMware
5 2 (8.696%) Cisco
6 1 (4.348%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (4.348%) Novell
6 1 (4.348%) Sun
6 1 (4.348%) Dell
6 1 (4.348%) EMC
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