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

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank137
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads217
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.017 %
As % of the category below28.57 %58.62 %
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£320£309
% change on same period last year+3.53 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£37.00
Average hourly rate-£37.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.61£20.89
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
South Coast
Matching contract IT job ads729
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.029 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£567
Average daily rate-£567
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£567
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£336
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£37.00
Average hourly rate-£37.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.70£22.66
% change on same period last year+0.18 %
Windows EnglandWindows
England

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

South Coast 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 South Coast region.

South Coast 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 South Coast region.

South Coast Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Coast 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 (52.94 %)Government
28 (47.06 %)Windows Server 2003
28 (47.06 %)Security Cleared
37 (41.18 %)SC Cleared
37 (41.18 %)Linux
46 (35.29 %)Windows 2000
46 (35.29 %)MS Excel
46 (35.29 %)UNIX
46 (35.29 %)Solaris
46 (35.29 %)Sun
55 (29.41 %)Oracle
64 (23.53 %)C#
64 (23.53 %)Novell
73 (17.65 %)Citrix
82 (11.76 %)Windows CE
82 (11.76 %)CheckPoint
82 (11.76 %)OO
82 (11.76 %)VPN
82 (11.76 %)Cisco
82 (11.76 %)UML
82 (11.76 %)Intrusion Detection
82 (11.76 %)Local Government
82 (11.76 %)Firewall
82 (11.76 %)Cisco PIX
82 (11.76 %)Network Security
91 (5.882 %)C
91 (5.882 %)Backup Exec
91 (5.882 %)Back Office
91 (5.882 %)Finance
91 (5.882 %)VMware

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.882 %).NET
11 (5.882 %)XML
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.882 %)MS Exchange
11 (5.882 %)Oracle Application Server
11 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2003
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (35.29 %)MS Excel
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (11.76 %)Firewall
12 (11.76 %)Intrusion Detection
12 (11.76 %)Cisco PIX
12 (11.76 %)Network Security
12 (11.76 %)VPN
21 (5.882 %)SAN
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.882 %)SQL Server
11 (5.882 %)Oracle Reports
11 (5.882 %)Oracle 10g
11 (5.882 %)EDRMS
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.882 %)Oracle Forms
11 (5.882 %)ClearCase
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (52.94 %)Government
22 (11.76 %)Local Government
31 (5.882 %)Financial Institution
31 (5.882 %)Back Office
31 (5.882 %)Finance
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (23.53 %)Developer
14 (23.53 %)Administrator
23 (17.65 %)Oracle DBA
23 (17.65 %)Analyst
23 (17.65 %)DBA
32 (11.76 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
32 (11.76 %)Technical Project Manager
32 (11.76 %)Project Manager
32 (11.76 %)Network Analyst
32 (11.76 %)Security Analyst
32 (11.76 %)Infrastructure Manager
32 (11.76 %)Technical Manager
32 (11.76 %)C# Developer
32 (11.76 %)Network Security Analyst
41 (5.882 %)C++/C# Developer
41 (5.882 %)Software Team Leader
41 (5.882 %)Team Leader
41 (5.882 %)Citrix Consultant
41 (5.882 %)Software Developer
41 (5.882 %)Oracle Analyst
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (47.06 %)Windows Server 2003
27 (41.18 %)Linux
36 (35.29 %)Windows 2000
36 (35.29 %)UNIX
36 (35.29 %)Solaris
42 (11.76 %)Windows CE
51 (5.882 %)Windows Mobile
51 (5.882 %)Windows XP
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (47.06 %)Security Cleared
27 (41.18 %)SC Cleared
32 (11.76 %)UML
32 (11.76 %)OO
41 (5.882 %)CRM
41 (5.882 %)OOD
41 (5.882 %)TDD
41 (5.882 %)Unit Testing
41 (5.882 %)OOA/OOD
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (23.53 %)C#
21 (5.882 %)C++
21 (5.882 %)VBScript
21 (5.882 %)VB
21 (5.882 %)C
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.882 %)Active Directory
11 (5.882 %)MetaFrame
11 (5.882 %)Backup Exec
11 (5.882 %)Citrix Presentation Server
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (35.29 %)Sun
25 (29.41 %)Oracle
34 (23.53 %)Novell
43 (17.65 %)Citrix
52 (11.76 %)CheckPoint
52 (11.76 %)Cisco
61 (5.882 %)IBM
61 (5.882 %)Microsoft
61 (5.882 %)VMware
61 (5.882 %)Lagan
61 (5.882 %)HP