Windows Vista Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the South West region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 108 129 101
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -28
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 9 11 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.438% 0.335% 0.654%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.758% 1.519% 3.226%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
Average daily rate £325 £325 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +2.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £203 £263
% change year-on-year
+38.27% -22.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £12.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -
All Operating Systems
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 512 724 558
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 24.91% 22.02% 20.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 357 235
Average daily rate £325 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% +28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £288 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 69 92
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.90 £12.50 £12.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.80 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows Vista
England

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South West Windows Vista Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Vista across the South West region.

South West Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the South West region.

South West Windows Vista Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Vista within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Somerset +4 4 - -
Gloucestershire - 4 - -
Bristol +8 1 £325 -
Windows Vista
England

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista.

1 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
3 9 (81.82%) Windows XP
3 9 (81.82%) MS Exchange
4 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
4 7 (63.64%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (45.45%) Windows 7
7 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (36.36%) Mac OS X Server
7 4 (36.36%) Mac OS X
7 4 (36.36%) Apple
7 4 (36.36%) VoIP
7 4 (36.36%) MS Office
8 3 (27.27%) SQL
8 3 (27.27%) VB
8 3 (27.27%) Oracle
8 3 (27.27%) VPN
8 3 (27.27%) Cisco
8 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (27.27%) VMware
9 2 (18.18%) Altiris
9 2 (18.18%) VMware ESX
9 2 (18.18%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (18.18%) Wise Package Studio
9 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
9 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
9 2 (18.18%) Application Packaging

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) Application Packaging
2 1 (9.091%) HTML
2 1 (9.091%) XML
Application Platforms
1 9 (81.82%) MS Exchange
2 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Office
2 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) VoIP
2 3 (27.27%) VPN
3 1 (9.091%) DNS
3 1 (9.091%) Internet
3 1 (9.091%) DHCP
3 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MSI
1 2 (18.18%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Desktop Support
2 6 (54.55%) Support Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Mac Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Applications Packager
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (9.091%) Analyst
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 9 (81.82%) Windows XP
3 7 (63.64%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (45.45%) Windows 7
5 4 (36.36%) Mac OS X Server
5 4 (36.36%) Mac OS X
6 1 (9.091%) Linux
6 1 (9.091%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) ITIL
1 1 (9.091%) Configuration Management
1 1 (9.091%) Service Management
1 1 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (9.091%) Asset Management
1 1 (9.091%) Project Planning
1 1 (9.091%) Problem Management
1 1 (9.091%) Data Protection
1 1 (9.091%) ITIL V2
1 1 (9.091%) Capacity Management
1 1 (9.091%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
1 3 (27.27%) VB
2 2 (18.18%) Shell Script
3 1 (9.091%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) MCP
2 1 (9.091%) MCSE
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (9.091%) MCTS
2 1 (9.091%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (18.18%) VMware ESX
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (9.091%) Terminal Services
4 1 (9.091%) XenApp
4 1 (9.091%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Apple
3 3 (27.27%) VMware
3 3 (27.27%) Oracle
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco
4 2 (18.18%) Altiris
5 1 (9.091%) Adobe
5 1 (9.091%) HP
5 1 (9.091%) Dell
5 1 (9.091%) Citrix
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