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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows NT skills within the Preston 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 NT over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows NT
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1418
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below9.524 %9.091 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£230£289
% change on same period last year-20.46 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00£36.00
Average hourly rate£29.75£36.00
% change on same period last year-17.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.50£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.88£20.54
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Preston
Matching contract IT job ads2111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£286£225
Average daily rate£298£225
% change on same period last year+32.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£309£225
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted116
Average minimum hourly rate£21.06£24.25
Average hourly rate£22.83£26.94
% change on same period last year-15.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.60£29.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.30£22.14
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Windows NT LancashireWindows NT
Lancashire

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 NT
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows NT across the Preston region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Preston Windows NT Demand Trend

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows NT across the Preston region.

Preston Windows NT Hourly Rate Trend

Windows NT
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Preston region citing Windows NT 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 NT.

12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Linux
12 (100.00 %)UML
12 (100.00 %)Project Management
12 (100.00 %)Systems Analysis
12 (100.00 %)C
12 (100.00 %)C++
12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)SC Cleared

Windows NT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Preston region citing Windows NT 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 NT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)HTML
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Software Engineer
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Linux
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)UML
12 (100.00 %)Project Management
12 (100.00 %)Systems Analysis
12 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)C
12 (100.00 %)C++
12 (100.00 %)Java
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle