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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Romford 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
Rank42
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below71.43 %100.00 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£270-
Average daily rate£305-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£340-
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£313
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£14.00£16.00
Average hourly rate£14.00£16.00
% change on same period last year-12.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.00£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.55£20.61
% change on same period last year-5.15 %
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Romford
Matching contract IT job ads71
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.001 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£285-
Average daily rate£328-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£370-
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£14.00£16.00
Average hourly rate£14.00£16.00
% change on same period last year-12.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.00£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Windows LondonWindows
London

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 Romford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Romford 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 Romford region.

Romford 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 Romford region.

Romford Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Romford 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.

19 (64.29 %)Active Directory
26 (42.86 %)Microsoft
26 (42.86 %)Windows NT
35 (35.71 %)Windows 2000
35 (35.71 %)MS Office
44 (28.57 %)VPN
44 (28.57 %)Mainframe
53 (21.43 %)UNIX
62 (14.29 %)Service Management
62 (14.29 %)Disaster Recovery
62 (14.29 %)Business Continuity
62 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
62 (14.29 %)Music
62 (14.29 %)Degree
62 (14.29 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (14.29 %)ITIL
62 (14.29 %)MS Excel
62 (14.29 %)Windows XP
62 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
62 (14.29 %)NHS
62 (14.29 %)SLA
71 (7.143 %)Cisco
71 (7.143 %)DNS
71 (7.143 %)CCNA
71 (7.143 %)Cisco Certification
71 (7.143 %)Nokia
71 (7.143 %)MVS
71 (7.143 %)CheckPoint
71 (7.143 %)ISA Server
71 (7.143 %)Remedy

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Romford 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.

Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (7.143 %)HTML
11 (7.143 %).NET
11 (7.143 %)ASP
11 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
11 (7.143 %)SOAP
11 (7.143 %)WebServices
11 (7.143 %)XML
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
12 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (7.143 %)IIS
21 (7.143 %)CMS
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (35.71 %)MS Office
22 (14.29 %)MS Excel
22 (14.29 %)MS PowerPoint
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (28.57 %)VPN
21 (7.143 %)DNS
21 (7.143 %)Firewall
21 (7.143 %)Network Security
21 (7.143 %)SMTP
21 (7.143 %)DHCP
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (14.29 %)Music
21 (7.143 %)Government
21 (7.143 %)Local Government
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (42.86 %)Analyst
23 (21.43 %)Author
23 (21.43 %)Technical Author
23 (21.43 %)Service Analyst
23 (21.43 %)Service Desk Analyst
32 (14.29 %)Server Analyst
32 (14.29 %)Helpdesk Support
32 (14.29 %)1st Line Support
32 (14.29 %)Support Engineer
41 (7.143 %)Developer
41 (7.143 %)Network Analyst
41 (7.143 %).NET Developer
41 (7.143 %)C# Developer
41 (7.143 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (7.143 %)ASP.NET Developer
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (28.57 %)Mainframe
22 (14.29 %)NHS
31 (7.143 %)AS400
31 (7.143 %)PDA
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (42.86 %)Windows NT
25 (35.71 %)Windows 2000
33 (21.43 %)UNIX
42 (14.29 %)Windows XP
51 (7.143 %)MVS
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)ITIL
12 (14.29 %)Service Management
12 (14.29 %)Disaster Recovery
12 (14.29 %)Business Continuity
21 (7.143 %)Supplier Management
21 (7.143 %)Migration
21 (7.143 %)Project Management
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (7.143 %)C#
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (14.29 %)Degree
21 (7.143 %)CCNA
21 (7.143 %)Cisco Certification
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (14.29 %)SLA
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (64.29 %)Active Directory
21 (7.143 %)ISA Server
Romford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (42.86 %)Microsoft
21 (7.143 %)Nokia
21 (7.143 %)CheckPoint
21 (7.143 %)Remedy
21 (7.143 %)Cisco
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