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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Rochdale 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below100.00 %100.00 %
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£312£313
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£15.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.55£20.61
% change on same period last year-5.15 %
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Rochdale
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
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£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£15.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Windows ManchesterWindows
Manchester

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the Rochdale region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Rochdale Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Rochdale Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Rochdale Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Rochdale region citing Windows 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.

14 (80.00 %)Windows 2000
14 (80.00 %)MCSE
14 (80.00 %)Microsoft Certification
14 (80.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (40.00 %)ITIL Certification
22 (40.00 %)ITIL
22 (40.00 %)Citrix
22 (40.00 %)Microsoft
22 (40.00 %)Windows XP
31 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (20.00 %)DHCP
31 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (20.00 %)DNS
31 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
31 (20.00 %)VB
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server
31 (20.00 %)IIS
31 (20.00 %)Active Directory
31 (20.00 %)HP
31 (20.00 %)Windows NT
31 (20.00 %)Lotus
31 (20.00 %)Local Government
31 (20.00 %)Tivoli
31 (20.00 %)MOM
31 (20.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (20.00 %)ISA Server
31 (20.00 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (20.00 %)Finance
31 (20.00 %)Government
31 (20.00 %)Health

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Rochdale region citing Windows 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)IIS
11 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
11 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)DHCP
11 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (20.00 %)DNS
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Finance
11 (20.00 %)Government
11 (20.00 %)Health
11 (20.00 %)Retail
11 (20.00 %)Local Government
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Analyst
14 (80.00 %)Server Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Systems Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Senior Systems Engineer
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Clustering
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (80.00 %)Windows 2000
14 (80.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (40.00 %)Windows XP
31 (20.00 %)Windows NT
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)ITIL
21 (20.00 %)Disaster Recovery
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)VB
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (80.00 %)MCSE
14 (80.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (40.00 %)ITIL Certification
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (20.00 %)Active Directory
11 (20.00 %)ISA Server
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (20.00 %)Tivoli
11 (20.00 %)MOM
11 (20.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Rochdale IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Microsoft
12 (40.00 %)Citrix
21 (20.00 %)Lotus
21 (20.00 %)VMware
21 (20.00 %)HP
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