Oxfordshire Windows Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Aldershot Amersham Andover Ascot Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Beverley Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bognor Regis Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Castleford Chalfont St Giles Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clapham Cleethorpes Cobham Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Ayrshire East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenwich Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highland Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverclyde Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kegworth Kent Kilmarnock King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Lothian Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Monmouthshire Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newry Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Pembrokeshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochdale Rochester Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Slough Snodland Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Helens St Neots Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Strathclyde Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tipton Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wymondham York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	3	2
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	115	139
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.148 %	0.156 %
As % of the category below	66.09 %	79.89 %
Daily rates quoted	7	11
Average minimum daily rate	£219	£270
Average daily rate	£237	£286
% change on same period last year	-17.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£254	£301
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£314
% change on same period last year	+3.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	48	46
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.98	£19.71
Average hourly rate	£20.11	£20.79
% change on same period last year	-3.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.24	£21.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.80	£20.20
% change on same period last year	-1.98 %
Operating Systems Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	174	174
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.223 %	0.195 %
Daily rates quoted	22	12
Average minimum daily rate	£252	£277
Average daily rate	£276	£295
% change on same period last year	-6.53 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£314
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£332
% change on same period last year	+3.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	55	57
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.13	£21.35
Average hourly rate	£20.20	£22.60
% change on same period last year	-10.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.27	£23.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.81	£23.07
% change on same period last year	-5.48 %
Windows South East

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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Oxfordshire region.

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Oxfordshire region over the past 3 months.

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Oxfordshire region.

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Oxfordshire region over the past 3 months.

Windows
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Oxfordshire region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank 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
1	Oxford	-2	49	£246	+17.90 %
2	Abingdon	0	16	£160	-59.99 %
3	Banbury	-1	4	-	-
4	Witney	-1	1	-	-

Windows South East

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

1 88 (39.64 %) Microsoft 2 68 (30.63 %) Active Directory 3 56 (25.23 %) Windows 2000 4 53 (23.87 %) Windows XP 5 51 (22.97 %) Microsoft Certification 6 37 (16.67 %) MCSE 7 36 (16.22 %) MS Exchange 8 35 (15.77 %) Exchange Server 2003 9 29 (13.06 %) Windows Server 2003 9 29 (13.06 %) TCP/IP 10 28 (12.61 %) Linux 10 28 (12.61 %) SQL Server 11 26 (11.71 %) Windows NT 12 24 (10.81 %) DNS 13 22 (9.910 %) MS Office

13 22 (9.910 %) MCP 14 21 (9.459 %) MS Excel 14 21 (9.459 %) ITIL 14 21 (9.459 %) WAN 14 21 (9.459 %) Cisco 15 18 (8.108 %) Citrix 15 18 (8.108 %) Cisco Certification 15 18 (8.108 %) LAN 15 18 (8.108 %) SharePoint 16 17 (7.658 %) Exchange Server 2000 16 17 (7.658 %) .NET 17 16 (7.207 %) C# 18 15 (6.757 %) WSUS 19 14 (6.306 %) SQL 19 14 (6.306 %) Unix

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 17 (7.658 %) .NET 2 13 (5.856 %) ASP.NET 3 8 (3.604 %) WebServices 4 5 (2.252 %) HTML 4 5 (2.252 %) CSS 5 4 (1.802 %) WinForms 5 4 (1.802 %) WCF 5 4 (1.802 %) COM 6 1 (0.450 %) ADO.NET 6 1 (0.450 %) ASP 6 1 (0.450 %) XML 6 1 (0.450 %) XHTML 6 1 (0.450 %) OpenGL 6 1 (0.450 %) DirectX 6 1 (0.450 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 36 (16.22 %) MS Exchange 2 35 (15.77 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 18 (8.108 %) SharePoint 4 17 (7.658 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 10 (4.505 %) IIS 6 4 (1.802 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 3 (1.351 %) Lotus Notes 7 3 (1.351 %) Apache 8 2 (0.901 %) GroupWise 8 2 (0.901 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 1 (0.450 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 1 (0.450 %) SAS 9 1 (0.450 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 22 (9.910 %) MS Office 2 21 (9.459 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.450 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 1 (0.450 %) Oracle EBS 1 1 (0.450 %) Oracle Applications 1 1 (0.450 %) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking 1 29 (13.06 %) TCP/IP 2 24 (10.81 %) DNS 3 21 (9.459 %) WAN 4 18 (8.108 %) LAN 5 14 (6.306 %) Internet 6 10 (4.505 %) SAN 7 9 (4.054 %) Firewall 8 8 (3.604 %) SMS 9 7 (3.153 %) DHCP 10 6 (2.703 %) IP Telephony 10 6 (2.703 %) Intranet 10 6 (2.703 %) VPN 11 4 (1.802 %) VoIP 12 3 (1.351 %) Wireless 13 2 (0.901 %) WINS 14 1 (0.450 %) Cisco IPT 14 1 (0.450 %) Network Security 14 1 (0.450 %) Wi-Fi 14 1 (0.450 %) WLAN 14 1 (0.450 %) FTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 28 (12.61 %) SQL Server 2 8 (3.604 %) SQL Server 2000 3 3 (1.351 %) Oracle Discoverer 3 3 (1.351 %) Oracle Reports 4 2 (0.901 %) DB2 4 2 (0.901 %) Informix 4 2 (0.901 %) SQL Server 7 4 2 (0.901 %) SQL Server 2005 5 1 (0.450 %) Data Mining
Development Applications 1 4 (1.802 %) MSI 2 3 (1.351 %) Oracle Forms 2 3 (1.351 %) TestDirector 3 2 (0.901 %) InstallShield 4 1 (0.450 %) Visual Studio 4 1 (0.450 %) Flash 4 1 (0.450 %) Eclipse	General 1 11 (4.955 %) Education 2 4 (1.802 %) Front Office 2 4 (1.802 %) Telecoms 2 4 (1.802 %) Finance 3 3 (1.351 %) Auditing 4 2 (0.901 %) Graphic Design 4 2 (0.901 %) Pensions 4 2 (0.901 %) Back Office 4 2 (0.901 %) Electronics 4 2 (0.901 %) Government 4 2 (0.901 %) Manufacturing 5 1 (0.450 %) Games 5 1 (0.450 %) Aerospace
Job Titles 1 49 (22.07 %) Support Engineer 2 31 (13.96 %) Analyst 3 29 (13.06 %) 2nd Line Support 4 28 (12.61 %) Support Analyst 5 24 (10.81 %) Administrator 5 24 (10.81 %) Desktop Support 6 18 (8.108 %) Developer 6 18 (8.108 %) 3rd Line Support 6 18 (8.108 %) Server Support 7 15 (6.757 %) Systems Administrator 8 13 (5.856 %) Systems Engineer 9 10 (4.505 %) 1st Line Support 10 9 (4.054 %) Consultant 10 9 (4.054 %) Tester 10 9 (4.054 %) Architect 10 9 (4.054 %) Network Administrator 10 9 (4.054 %) Server Engineer 11 8 (3.604 %) Network Support 11 8 (3.604 %) Server Support Engineer 11 8 (3.604 %) Desktop Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 4 (1.802 %) Client/Server 2 2 (0.901 %) Blackberry 2 2 (0.901 %) Replication 2 2 (0.901 %) Clustering 2 2 (0.901 %) Computer Science 3 1 (0.450 %) Fat Client 3 1 (0.450 %) Mathematics 3 1 (0.450 %) AS400 3 1 (0.450 %) Thin Client
Operating Systems 1 56 (25.23 %) Windows 2000 2 53 (23.87 %) Windows XP 3 29 (13.06 %) Windows Server 2003 4 28 (12.61 %) Linux 5 26 (11.71 %) Windows NT 6 14 (6.306 %) Unix 7 5 (2.252 %) AIX 8 3 (1.351 %) HPUX 8 3 (1.351 %) Solaris 9 2 (0.901 %) NetWare 9 2 (0.901 %) SUSE 9 2 (0.901 %) Windows Mobile 9 2 (0.901 %) Windows Vista 10 1 (0.450 %) Windows CE	Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (9.459 %) ITIL 2 6 (2.703 %) Service Management 2 6 (2.703 %) Service Delivery 3 5 (2.252 %) UML 4 3 (1.351 %) Disaster Recovery 5 2 (0.901 %) Migration 5 2 (0.901 %) Web Development 5 2 (0.901 %) CRM 6 1 (0.450 %) E-Commerce 6 1 (0.450 %) ERP 6 1 (0.450 %) Load Balancing 6 1 (0.450 %) Test Scripting 6 1 (0.450 %) Time Management 6 1 (0.450 %) Information Security 6 1 (0.450 %) Agile Software Development 6 1 (0.450 %) Data Analysis 6 1 (0.450 %) Automated Testing 6 1 (0.450 %) ITSM 6 1 (0.450 %) OO 6 1 (0.450 %) PRINCE2
Programming Languages 1 16 (7.207 %) C# 2 14 (6.306 %) SQL 3 8 (3.604 %) C++ 4 3 (1.351 %) Perl 4 3 (1.351 %) Shell Script 5 2 (0.901 %) VB.NET 6 1 (0.450 %) VC++ 6 1 (0.450 %) Transact-SQL 6 1 (0.450 %) VBScript 6 1 (0.450 %) Java 6 1 (0.450 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 51 (22.97 %) Microsoft Certification 2 37 (16.67 %) MCSE 3 22 (9.910 %) MCP 4 18 (8.108 %) Cisco Certification 5 10 (4.505 %) MCSA 6 9 (4.054 %) CCNA 6 9 (4.054 %) Degree 7 4 (1.802 %) HND 8 2 (0.901 %) MCAD 8 2 (0.901 %) MCSD 8 2 (0.901 %) CNA 8 2 (0.901 %) CNE 8 2 (0.901 %) Novell Certification 9 1 (0.450 %) RHCT 9 1 (0.450 %) MCT 9 1 (0.450 %) ISEB 9 1 (0.450 %) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.802 %) SLA	System Software 1 68 (30.63 %) Active Directory 2 4 (1.802 %) NetBackup 2 4 (1.802 %) Backup Exec 3 3 (1.351 %) Terminal Services 3 3 (1.351 %) ISA Server 4 2 (0.901 %) VMware ESX 5 1 (0.450 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management 1 15 (6.757 %) WSUS 2 5 (2.252 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 2 (0.901 %) ZENworks 4 1 (0.450 %) EMC NetWorker 4 1 (0.450 %) MOM	Vendors 1 88 (39.64 %) Microsoft 2 21 (9.459 %) Cisco 3 18 (8.108 %) Citrix 4 14 (6.306 %) Red Hat 5 11 (4.955 %) Oracle 6 8 (3.604 %) VERITAS 6 8 (3.604 %) Symantec 6 8 (3.604 %) VMware 7 7 (3.153 %) CheckPoint 8 6 (2.703 %) HP 9 3 (1.351 %) Dell 9 3 (1.351 %) Lotus 9 3 (1.351 %) NetApp 9 3 (1.351 %) Novell 10 2 (0.901 %) Sun 10 2 (0.901 %) Sybase 10 2 (0.901 %) NEC 11 1 (0.450 %) iSOFT 11 1 (0.450 %) Altiris 11 1 (0.450 %) Remedy