The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 20 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 Nottingham 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 36 30 18
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -12
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 3 1 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 1.045% 0.448% 4.292%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.659% 2.632% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
Average daily rate £475 - £94
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £203 £263
% change year-on-year
+38.27% -22.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £11.50 £11.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% -21.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £12.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -
All Operating Systems
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
82 38 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 28.57% 17.04% 29.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 19 15
Average daily rate £338 £300 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +87.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £205 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £435 £313
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 4 12
Average hourly rate £17.25 £11.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.81% -33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.00 £10.83
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows Vista
Nottinghamshire

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Windows Vista Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) MS Office
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) Blackberry
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000
4 1 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (25.00%) Symantec
4 1 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (25.00%) IAG
4 1 (25.00%) UAG
4 1 (25.00%) XenApp
4 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) SCCM
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) IT Support
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) XenApp
2 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (25.00%) IAG
2 1 (25.00%) UAG
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Symantec
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft