The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 24 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 Nottinghamshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 37 37 25
Rank change year-on-year
0 -12
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 4 1 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 1.220% 0.355% 3.704%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.167% 2.439% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
Average daily rate £475 - £94
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £216 £210
% change year-on-year
+27.61% +2.61%
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 £14.00 £12.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -
All Operating Systems
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
96 41 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 29.27% 14.54% 26.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 19 18
Average daily rate £300 £300 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +87.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £205 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £435 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 5 14
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.00 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Vista
East Midlands

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Nottingham -2 3 £475 -
Windows Vista
East Midlands

Windows Vista
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows XP
3 5 (71.43%) MS Office
3 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
4 3 (42.86%) Citrix
4 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000
4 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
5 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
5 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
6 1 (14.29%) IAG
6 1 (14.29%) UAG
6 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (14.29%) Migration
6 1 (14.29%) VMware
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (14.29%) SCCM
6 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (14.29%) XenApp
6 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
6 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (14.29%) Symantec
6 1 (14.29%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (14.29%) SharePoint

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) MS Office
2 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Support Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) IT Support
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
4 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows XP
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000
4 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Migration
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) IAG
2 1 (14.29%) UAG
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) XenApp
2 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
1 1 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (14.29%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Citrix
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Symantec