South East Windows NT Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows NT skills within the South East 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows NT
Location Aberdeen Amersham Ashton-under-Lyne Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire City of London County Antrim Crawley Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dundee Durham East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hartlepool Hertfordshire Home Counties Huntingdon Isle of Man Kent Kingswinford Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire London Luton Lutterworth Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Norfolk North East North West Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Romford Rotherham Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stockton-on-Tees Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Witham Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	173	121
Rank change on same period last year	-52
Matching contract IT job ads	71	217
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.095 %	0.216 %
As % of the category below	2.445 %	4.984 %
Daily rates quoted	18	46
Average minimum daily rate	£240	£300
Average daily rate	£246	£318
% change on same period last year	-22.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£253	£336
UK excluding London average daily rate	£226	£343
% change on same period last year	-34.04 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	79
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.22	£20.37
Average hourly rate	£16.53	£21.35
% change on same period last year	-22.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.83	£22.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.89	£19.24
% change on same period last year	+8.61 %
Operating Systems South East
Matching contract IT job ads	2904	4354
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.871 %	4.343 %
Daily rates quoted	593	1088
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£325
Average daily rate	£351	£344
% change on same period last year	+2.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£370	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£335
% change on same period last year	-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	594	787
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.88	£22.76
Average hourly rate	£23.41	£23.97
% change on same period last year	-2.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.94	£25.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.51	£22.79
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
Windows NT 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 NT
Demand Trend

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

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 South East region.

Windows NT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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 South East region.

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT across the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Windows NT
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows NT within the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hampshire	-7	17	£168	-45.35 %
Buckinghamshire	-22	16	£311	+4.37 %
Berkshire	+5	9	£325	-11.70 %
West Sussex	+12	7	£125	-21.87 %
Oxfordshire	-1	6	£275	-29.03 %
Surrey	-20	5	£174	-38.07 %
Kent	+5	4	£200	-
Middlesex	+3	2	-	-
Home Counties	+12	1	-	-
Thames Valley	+17	1	-	-

Windows NT England

Windows NT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 211 (100.00 %) Windows 2 127 (60.19 %) Windows 2000 3 106 (50.24 %) Windows XP 4 96 (45.50 %) Windows Server 2003 5 61 (28.91 %) Active Directory 6 55 (26.07 %) MS Office 7 46 (21.80 %) Microsoft 8 38 (18.01 %) UNIX 9 36 (17.06 %) MS Excel 10 34 (16.11 %) Citrix 11 31 (14.69 %) MS Exchange 11 31 (14.69 %) Windows 2000 Server 12 29 (13.74 %) Security Cleared 13 28 (13.27 %) Microsoft Certification 13 28 (13.27 %) Internet

14 26 (12.32 %) SQL 15 24 (11.37 %) Service Delivery 16 23 (10.90 %) Lotus Notes 16 23 (10.90 %) Lotus 17 22 (10.43 %) TCP/IP 17 22 (10.43 %) HTML 18 21 (9.953 %) Novell 19 20 (9.479 %) Finance 19 20 (9.479 %) ITIL 19 20 (9.479 %) Exchange Server 2003 20 19 (9.005 %) SC Cleared 20 19 (9.005 %) XML 20 19 (9.005 %) MCSE 21 18 (8.531 %) Intranet 21 18 (8.531 %) HP

Windows NT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development 1 22 (10.43 %) HTML 2 19 (9.005 %) XML 3 15 (7.109 %) ASP 4 10 (4.739 %) WebSphere 5 6 (2.844 %) WebServices 6 5 (2.370 %) .NET 7 3 (1.422 %) XSLT 7 3 (1.422 %) CSS 7 3 (1.422 %) Cocoon 7 3 (1.422 %) Application Packaging 8 2 (0.948 %) .NET Framework 9 1 (0.474 %) JSP 9 1 (0.474 %) SOAP 9 1 (0.474 %) STL 9 1 (0.474 %) X-Windows	Application Platforms 1 31 (14.69 %) MS Exchange 2 23 (10.90 %) Lotus Notes 3 20 (9.479 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 15 (7.109 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 10 (4.739 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 9 (4.265 %) IIS 7 7 (3.318 %) CMS 8 4 (1.896 %) SharePoint 8 4 (1.896 %) WebSphere Application Server 9 3 (1.422 %) Apache 9 3 (1.422 %) Tomcat 9 3 (1.422 %) MQSeries 9 3 (1.422 %) GroupWise 9 3 (1.422 %) BizTalk Server 10 2 (0.948 %) Exchange Server 2007 11 1 (0.474 %) WebSphere Message Broker 11 1 (0.474 %) ESB 11 1 (0.474 %) WebSphere MQ 11 1 (0.474 %) Oracle Workflow 11 1 (0.474 %) WPS
Applications 1 55 (26.07 %) MS Office 2 36 (17.06 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.474 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 1 (0.474 %) GoldMine
Communications & Networking 1 28 (13.27 %) Internet 2 22 (10.43 %) TCP/IP 3 18 (8.531 %) Intranet 4 16 (7.583 %) VPN 4 16 (7.583 %) LAN 5 14 (6.635 %) Firewall 6 13 (6.161 %) WAN 7 10 (4.739 %) DNS 8 7 (3.318 %) SAN 9 6 (2.844 %) Ethernet 10 5 (2.370 %) SSL 11 4 (1.896 %) FTP 11 4 (1.896 %) HTTP 12 3 (1.422 %) ISDN 12 3 (1.422 %) DHCP 12 3 (1.422 %) OSPF 13 2 (0.948 %) EIGRP 13 2 (0.948 %) IGRP 13 2 (0.948 %) Intrusion Detection 13 2 (0.948 %) Cisco PIX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (7.109 %) SQL Server 2 10 (4.739 %) DB2 3 4 (1.896 %) BusinessObjects 4 3 (1.422 %) SQL Server 2000 4 3 (1.422 %) Informix 5 2 (0.948 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (0.474 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 13 (6.161 %) FrontPage 2 3 (1.422 %) Ant 3 2 (0.948 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 2 (0.948 %) MSI 3 2 (0.948 %) InstallShield 4 1 (0.474 %) StarTeam 4 1 (0.474 %) QARun	General 1 20 (9.479 %) Finance 2 13 (6.161 %) Government 3 6 (2.844 %) Telecoms 4 5 (2.370 %) Retail 4 5 (2.370 %) Insurance 5 4 (1.896 %) Banking 6 3 (1.422 %) Pensions 6 3 (1.422 %) Back Office 7 2 (0.948 %) Automotive 8 1 (0.474 %) Legal 8 1 (0.474 %) Electronics 8 1 (0.474 %) Pharmaceutical 8 1 (0.474 %) Retail Banking
Job Titles 1 97 (45.97 %) Analyst 2 39 (18.48 %) Support Analyst 3 28 (13.27 %) Support Engineer 4 24 (11.37 %) Service Analyst 4 24 (11.37 %) Service Desk Analyst 5 21 (9.953 %) Helpdesk Analyst 6 18 (8.531 %) 2nd Line Support 7 17 (8.057 %) 1st Line Support 8 10 (4.739 %) Helpdesk Support 9 9 (4.265 %) Desktop Engineer 9 9 (4.265 %) Developer 9 9 (4.265 %) Desktop Support 10 8 (3.791 %) Junior 10 8 (3.791 %) Junior Analyst 10 8 (3.791 %) Junior Support Analyst 10 8 (3.791 %) 2nd Line Support Engineer 11 7 (3.318 %) Architect 11 7 (3.318 %) Technical Architect 11 7 (3.318 %) Technical Analyst 11 7 (3.318 %) Field Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 13 (6.161 %) Management Information System 2 9 (4.265 %) Clustering 3 6 (2.844 %) NHS 4 3 (1.422 %) Blackberry 4 3 (1.422 %) AS400 5 2 (0.948 %) Mainframe 5 2 (0.948 %) PKI 5 2 (0.948 %) PDA 5 2 (0.948 %) IBM Mainframe 5 2 (0.948 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 211 (100.00 %) Windows 2 127 (60.19 %) Windows 2000 3 106 (50.24 %) Windows XP 4 96 (45.50 %) Windows Server 2003 5 38 (18.01 %) UNIX 6 31 (14.69 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 17 (8.057 %) AIX 8 13 (6.161 %) NetWare 9 7 (3.318 %) Solaris 10 6 (2.844 %) Linux 11 3 (1.422 %) Windows Vista 11 3 (1.422 %) MVS 11 3 (1.422 %) Tru64 12 2 (0.948 %) OpenBSD 12 2 (0.948 %) OS/2 12 2 (0.948 %) FreeBSD 13 1 (0.474 %) HPUX 13 1 (0.474 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 29 (13.74 %) Security Cleared 2 24 (11.37 %) Service Delivery 3 20 (9.479 %) ITIL 4 19 (9.005 %) SC Cleared 5 15 (7.109 %) Migration 6 13 (6.161 %) Content Management 7 11 (5.213 %) Time Management 8 8 (3.791 %) Incident Management 9 7 (3.318 %) Change Management 9 7 (3.318 %) Project Management 10 5 (2.370 %) PRINCE2 11 4 (1.896 %) RAD 11 4 (1.896 %) SSADM 11 4 (1.896 %) ITSM 12 3 (1.422 %) Service Management 12 3 (1.422 %) DSDM 12 3 (1.422 %) Requirements Analysis 12 3 (1.422 %) Agile Software Development 12 3 (1.422 %) DV Cleared 13 2 (0.948 %) Data Architecture
Programming Languages 1 26 (12.32 %) SQL 2 16 (7.583 %) VBScript 2 16 (7.583 %) Java 2 16 (7.583 %) JavaScript 3 9 (4.265 %) VB 4 4 (1.896 %) C 4 4 (1.896 %) C++ 5 2 (0.948 %) COBOL 5 2 (0.948 %) C# 5 2 (0.948 %) Shell Script 5 2 (0.948 %) VB.NET 5 2 (0.948 %) VB6 5 2 (0.948 %) Clipper 6 1 (0.474 %) ABAP 6 1 (0.474 %) Embedded C 6 1 (0.474 %) Embedded C++ 6 1 (0.474 %) Assembly Language 6 1 (0.474 %) REXX 6 1 (0.474 %) JCL	Qualifications 1 28 (13.27 %) Microsoft Certification 2 19 (9.005 %) MCSE 3 12 (5.687 %) Degree 4 11 (5.213 %) MCP 5 7 (3.318 %) CNE 5 7 (3.318 %) Novell Certification 6 3 (1.422 %) CCNA 6 3 (1.422 %) Cisco Certification 7 2 (0.948 %) CISSP 8 1 (0.474 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 8 1 (0.474 %) ISEB 8 1 (0.474 %) HNC 8 1 (0.474 %) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (5.687 %) SLA 2 3 (1.422 %) QA	System Software 1 61 (28.91 %) Active Directory 2 4 (1.896 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (0.948 %) MetaFrame 3 2 (0.948 %) Terminal Services 3 2 (0.948 %) ISA Server 3 2 (0.948 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 2 (0.948 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (0.474 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (0.474 %) NetBackup 4 1 (0.474 %) Terminal Server 4 1 (0.474 %) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management 1 9 (4.265 %) OpenView 2 6 (2.844 %) OVOW 3 5 (2.370 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 2 (0.948 %) CONTROL-M 4 2 (0.948 %) CiscoWorks 4 2 (0.948 %) Unicenter 4 2 (0.948 %) Tivoli NetView	Vendors 1 46 (21.80 %) Microsoft 2 34 (16.11 %) Citrix 3 23 (10.90 %) Lotus 4 21 (9.953 %) Novell 5 18 (8.531 %) HP 6 13 (6.161 %) Oracle 7 12 (5.687 %) Intel 8 10 (4.739 %) Cisco 9 7 (3.318 %) Tridion 10 6 (2.844 %) IBM 11 5 (2.370 %) Sun 11 5 (2.370 %) VMware 12 4 (1.896 %) Business Objects 13 3 (1.422 %) Sybase 13 3 (1.422 %) Compaq 13 3 (1.422 %) EMC 14 2 (0.948 %) CA 14 2 (0.948 %) SAP 14 2 (0.948 %) Ingenium 14 2 (0.948 %) Finjan