The first table below looks at the demand for WSUS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WSUS over the 3 months to 22 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 Systems Management category for the Northamptonshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing WSUS 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.405% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 8.333% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £313 £225
% change year-on-year
-13.60% +38.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.19 £15.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+21.25% -36.17%
All Systems Management
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
12 16 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 4.858% 3.810% 4.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 4
Average daily rate £314 £250 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.85% -33.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £120 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £375 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
WSUS
East Midlands

WSUS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WSUS across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Northamptonshire WSUS Jobs Demand Trend

WSUS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WSUS across the Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire WSUS Daily Rate Trend

WSUS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WSUS across the Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire WSUS Hourly Rate Trend

WSUS
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing WSUS 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 WSUS.

1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) Intranet
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Lotus
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall

WSUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing WSUS 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 WSUS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Intranet
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Lotus