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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows NT skills within the Scotland 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows NT
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank8987
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads1440
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.039 %
As % of the category below2.593 %4.988 %
Daily rates quoted38
Average minimum daily rate£140£450
Average daily rate£143£465
% change on same period last year-69.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£147£480
UK excluding London average daily rate£224£337
% change on same period last year-33.61 %
Hourly rates quoted111
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£24.18
Average hourly rate£16.00£24.77
% change on same period last year-35.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00£25.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.77£19.36
% change on same period last year+7.25 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads540802
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.730 %0.791 %
Daily rates quoted111176
Average minimum daily rate£265£318
Average daily rate£284£336
% change on same period last year-15.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£302£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£336
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
Hourly rates quoted74101
Average minimum hourly rate£19.31£17.65
Average hourly rate£20.81£18.89
% change on same period last year+10.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.31£20.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.70£22.66
% change on same period last year+0.18 %
Windows NT UKWindows NT
UK

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

Scotland Windows NT Demand Trend

Windows NT
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Windows NT Daily Rate Trend

Windows NT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Scotland Windows NT Daily Rate Histogram

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 Scotland region.

Scotland Windows NT Hourly Rate Trend

Windows NT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows NT within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank 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
AberdeenUp+69£130-74.00 %
EdinburghDown-62--
GlasgowUp+61--
DundeeNew entry-1--
Windows NT UKWindows NT
UK

Windows NT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

126 (100.00 %)Windows
219 (73.08 %)Windows 2000
313 (50.00 %)Windows XP
412 (46.15 %)Active Directory
511 (42.31 %)TCP/IP
68 (30.77 %)DNS
68 (30.77 %)DHCP
68 (30.77 %)Cisco
77 (26.92 %)BGP
77 (26.92 %)EIGRP
77 (26.92 %)Ethernet
77 (26.92 %)ATM
77 (26.92 %)RIP
77 (26.92 %)FDDI
77 (26.92 %)Gigabit Ethernet
77 (26.92 %)VLAN
77 (26.92 %)Cisco PIX
86 (23.08 %)LAN
86 (23.08 %)MS Exchange
86 (23.08 %)Windows Server 2003
95 (19.23 %)WAN
95 (19.23 %)Finance
104 (15.38 %)SLA
104 (15.38 %)MS Excel
104 (15.38 %)UNIX
113 (11.54 %)Intranet
113 (11.54 %)Internet
113 (11.54 %)NetWare
113 (11.54 %)MS Office
113 (11.54 %)Telecoms

Windows NT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (3.846 %)HTML
11 (3.846 %).NET
11 (3.846 %)J2EE
11 (3.846 %)ASP
11 (3.846 %)DCOM
11 (3.846 %)XML
11 (3.846 %)ActiveX
11 (3.846 %)OLE
11 (3.846 %)OLE DB
11 (3.846 %)AJAX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (23.08 %)MS Exchange
22 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (7.692 %)Lotus Notes
31 (3.846 %)Tomcat
31 (3.846 %)WebLogic
31 (3.846 %)JBoss
31 (3.846 %)Exchange Server 5.5
31 (3.846 %)Exchange Server 2000
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (15.38 %)MS Excel
23 (11.54 %)MS Office
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (42.31 %)TCP/IP
28 (30.77 %)DNS
28 (30.77 %)DHCP
37 (26.92 %)Ethernet
37 (26.92 %)RIP
37 (26.92 %)ATM
37 (26.92 %)BGP
37 (26.92 %)EIGRP
37 (26.92 %)FDDI
37 (26.92 %)Gigabit Ethernet
37 (26.92 %)VLAN
37 (26.92 %)Cisco PIX
46 (23.08 %)LAN
55 (19.23 %)WAN
63 (11.54 %)VSAT
63 (11.54 %)Intranet
63 (11.54 %)Internet
71 (3.846 %)SAN
71 (3.846 %)SMS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (3.846 %)SQL Server
11 (3.846 %)MS Access
11 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2000
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (7.692 %)TestDirector
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (19.23 %)Finance
23 (11.54 %)Telecoms
32 (7.692 %)Education
32 (7.692 %)Banking
41 (3.846 %)Marketing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (30.77 %)Analyst
24 (15.38 %)Desktop Support
24 (15.38 %)Network Analyst
33 (11.54 %)Desktop Engineer
33 (11.54 %)Cisco Engineer
33 (11.54 %)Server Engineer
33 (11.54 %)Server Support Engineer
33 (11.54 %)Windows Server Engineer
33 (11.54 %)Server Support
33 (11.54 %)Applications Packager
33 (11.54 %)Support Engineer
33 (11.54 %)Desktop Support Engineer
42 (7.692 %)Administrator
42 (7.692 %)Team Leader
42 (7.692 %)Test Team Leader
51 (3.846 %)Senior Support Analyst
51 (3.846 %)Technical Administrator
51 (3.846 %)Security Administrator
51 (3.846 %)Cisco Network Engineer
51 (3.846 %)Field Engineer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.846 %)Client/Server
11 (3.846 %)Mainframe
11 (3.846 %)Device Driver
11 (3.846 %)Clustering
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
126 (100.00 %)Windows
219 (73.08 %)Windows 2000
313 (50.00 %)Windows XP
46 (23.08 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (15.38 %)UNIX
63 (11.54 %)Windows Vista
63 (11.54 %)NetWare
71 (3.846 %)OS/2
71 (3.846 %)Windows 2000 Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (11.54 %)Migration
13 (11.54 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (7.692 %)Test Scripting
22 (7.692 %)ITIL
22 (7.692 %)Regression Testing
22 (7.692 %)Workflow
22 (7.692 %)V-Model
31 (3.846 %)ITSM
31 (3.846 %)OOA/OOD
31 (3.846 %)OO
31 (3.846 %)System Testing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (3.846 %)C++
11 (3.846 %)DHTML
11 (3.846 %)Java
11 (3.846 %)JavaScript
11 (3.846 %)SQL
11 (3.846 %)VB
11 (3.846 %)Assembly Language
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (7.692 %)CCNP
12 (7.692 %)ISEB
12 (7.692 %)Cisco Certification
12 (7.692 %)Degree
21 (3.846 %)CCNA
21 (3.846 %)CCDA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (15.38 %)SLA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (46.15 %)Active Directory
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (7.692 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (30.77 %)Cisco
22 (7.692 %)Microsoft
22 (7.692 %)Lotus
31 (3.846 %)Altiris
31 (3.846 %)Oracle
31 (3.846 %)Citrix
31 (3.846 %)Novell