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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the South West 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank64
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads413701
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.530 %0.788 %
As % of the category below56.73 %61.01 %
Daily rates quoted54122
Average minimum daily rate£323£302
Average daily rate£345£312
% change on same period last year+10.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£313
% change on same period last year+2.88 %
Hourly rates quoted112174
Average minimum hourly rate£19.51£18.08
Average hourly rate£20.98£19.31
% change on same period last year+8.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.45£20.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.70£20.16
% change on same period last year-2.29 %
Operating Systems South WestOperating Systems
South West
Matching contract IT job ads7281149
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.934 %1.291 %
Daily rates quoted140217
Average minimum daily rate£352£318
Average daily rate£372£333
% change on same period last year+11.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£333
% change on same period last year+3.62 %
Hourly rates quoted145226
Average minimum hourly rate£21.41£21.02
Average hourly rate£22.82£22.22
% change on same period last year+2.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.24£23.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.74£23.06
% change on same period last year-5.72 %
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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South West Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the South West region over the past 3 months.

South West Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the South West region.

South West Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the South West region over the past 3 months.

South West Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the South West region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1WiltshireUp+2117£368+29.46 %
2BristolDown-199£353+19.63 %
3SomersetUp+151£263-2.81 %
4DorsetDown-637£348-0.73 %
5GloucestershireDown-935£250-28.43 %
6DevonDown-128£333+20.42 %
7CornwallUp+12--
Windows EnglandWindows
England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South West region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

1224 (22.95 %)Microsoft
2218 (22.34 %)Active Directory
3217 (22.23 %)Windows XP
4189 (19.36 %)Windows 2000
5156 (15.98 %)MS Office
6135 (13.83 %)Unix
7134 (13.73 %)Windows Server 2003
8116 (11.89 %)SQL Server
9115 (11.78 %)Oracle
10113 (11.58 %).NET
11103 (10.55 %)Citrix
12102 (10.45 %)SQL
1392 (9.426 %)Windows NT
1490 (9.221 %)MS Exchange
1583 (8.504 %)C#
1681 (8.299 %)MS Excel
1779 (8.094 %)C++
1876 (7.787 %)Linux
1975 (7.684 %)Exchange Server 2003
2074 (7.582 %)TCP/IP
2172 (7.377 %)Solaris
2270 (7.172 %)Microsoft Certification
2368 (6.967 %)Cisco
2466 (6.762 %)LAN
2563 (6.455 %)HP
2661 (6.250 %)WAN
2758 (5.943 %)Firewall
2854 (5.533 %)Telecoms
2854 (5.533 %)Government
2854 (5.533 %)XML

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South West region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1113 (11.58 %).NET
254 (5.533 %)XML
339 (3.996 %)WebServices
434 (3.484 %)HTML
532 (3.279 %)ASP.NET
624 (2.459 %)WebSphere
723 (2.357 %)WinForms
723 (2.357 %)CSS
723 (2.357 %)Middleware
822 (2.254 %).NET Framework
917 (1.742 %)J2EE
1015 (1.537 %)XSLT
1113 (1.332 %)MFC
1113 (1.332 %)ASP
1211 (1.127 %)STL
1211 (1.127 %)EJB
1310 (1.025 %)ASP.NET 2.0
149 (0.922 %)Windows SharePoint Services
149 (0.922 %)AJAX
158 (0.820 %)WPF
Application Platforms
190 (9.221 %)MS Exchange
275 (7.684 %)Exchange Server 2003
347 (4.816 %)Exchange Server 2000
437 (3.791 %)IIS
529 (2.971 %)Lotus Notes
626 (2.664 %)SharePoint
716 (1.639 %)Exchange Server 5.5
716 (1.639 %)WebSphere MQ
815 (1.537 %)GroupWise
914 (1.434 %)Oracle Application Server
1013 (1.332 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1112 (1.230 %)Apache
1210 (1.025 %)WebLogic
1210 (1.025 %)OpenEdge
1210 (1.025 %)SharePoint Server 2007
139 (0.922 %)Exchange Server 2007
148 (0.820 %)JBoss
157 (0.717 %)Tomcat
166 (0.615 %)MQSeries
172 (0.205 %)BizTalk Server
Applications
1156 (15.98 %)MS Office
281 (8.299 %)MS Excel
38 (0.820 %)MS PowerPoint
44 (0.410 %)MS Visio
44 (0.410 %)AutoCAD
53 (0.307 %)CATIA
62 (0.205 %)Windchill
62 (0.205 %)Photoshop
71 (0.102 %)InfoPath
71 (0.102 %)Simulink
71 (0.102 %)RoboHelp
Business Applications
119 (1.947 %)Summit
23 (0.307 %)assyst
23 (0.307 %)SoftGrid
32 (0.205 %)Teamcenter
32 (0.205 %)SAP SRM
32 (0.205 %)Remedy AR System
41 (0.102 %)SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
174 (7.582 %)TCP/IP
266 (6.762 %)LAN
361 (6.250 %)WAN
458 (5.943 %)Firewall
549 (5.020 %)SAN
630 (3.074 %)DNS
725 (2.561 %)Internet
824 (2.459 %)VPN
923 (2.357 %)Ethernet
1022 (2.254 %)Intranet
1119 (1.947 %)LDAP
1214 (1.434 %)DHCP
1313 (1.332 %)NetScreen
1411 (1.127 %)VLAN
1510 (1.025 %)WINS
169 (0.922 %)X.400
169 (0.922 %)VoIP
169 (0.922 %)Wi-Fi
169 (0.922 %)iSCSI
178 (0.820 %)ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1116 (11.89 %)SQL Server
235 (3.586 %)Oracle 10g
322 (2.254 %)SQL Server 2005
417 (1.742 %)Oracle Reports
516 (1.639 %)SQL Server 2000
615 (1.537 %)RDBMS
714 (1.434 %)Oracle 9i
813 (1.332 %)Oracle Discoverer
910 (1.025 %)ETL
910 (1.025 %)Cognos Impromptu
910 (1.025 %)SQLPlus
910 (1.025 %)InterBase
109 (0.922 %)SQL Server 7
116 (0.615 %)DataStage
125 (0.512 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
125 (0.512 %)SQL Server Integration Services
125 (0.512 %)MySQL
125 (0.512 %)Crystal Reports
134 (0.410 %)PowerCenter
143 (0.307 %)Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
122 (2.254 %)Visual Studio
215 (1.537 %)Oracle Forms
39 (0.922 %)ClearCase
48 (0.820 %)Oracle APEX
57 (0.717 %)Subversion
57 (0.717 %)WinRunner
57 (0.717 %)QuickTest Pro
57 (0.717 %)MSI
66 (0.615 %)LoadRunner
66 (0.615 %)TestDirector
74 (0.410 %)VSS/SourceSafe
83 (0.307 %)Ant
83 (0.307 %)FrontPage
92 (0.205 %)NUnit
92 (0.205 %)C++Builder
101 (0.102 %)LabVIEW
101 (0.102 %)GoLive
101 (0.102 %)ClearQuest
101 (0.102 %)JUnit
101 (0.102 %)Rational Rose
General
154 (5.533 %)Telecoms
154 (5.533 %)Government
239 (3.996 %)Finance
315 (1.537 %)Manufacturing
315 (1.537 %)Military
414 (1.434 %)Banking
414 (1.434 %)Aerospace
56 (0.615 %)Education
65 (0.512 %)Publishing
65 (0.512 %)Insurance
74 (0.410 %)Retail
74 (0.410 %)Auditing
74 (0.410 %)Criminal Justice
74 (0.410 %)Legal
74 (0.410 %)Back Office
83 (0.307 %)Electronics
83 (0.307 %)Advertising
83 (0.307 %)Health
83 (0.307 %)Law
83 (0.307 %)Marketing
Job Titles
1140 (14.34 %)Developer
2135 (13.83 %)Analyst
3133 (13.63 %)Support Engineer
467 (6.865 %)Consultant
564 (6.557 %)2nd Line Support
649 (5.020 %)Software Engineer
748 (4.918 %)Desktop Support
846 (4.713 %)Support Analyst
935 (3.586 %)Support Technician
1033 (3.381 %).NET Developer
1132 (3.279 %)Administrator
1231 (3.176 %)3rd Line Support
1327 (2.766 %)Network Support
1426 (2.664 %)1st Line Support
1525 (2.561 %)C# Developer
1525 (2.561 %)Desktop Engineer
1624 (2.459 %)Technical Support
1722 (2.254 %)Test Analyst
1722 (2.254 %)Helpdesk Support
1722 (2.254 %)Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
124 (2.459 %)Client/Server
215 (1.537 %)Mainframe
313 (1.332 %)Thin Client
313 (1.332 %)Fat Client
412 (1.230 %)PDA
59 (0.922 %)Asset Management
68 (0.820 %)Clustering
77 (0.717 %)Device Driver
77 (0.717 %)Replication
86 (0.615 %)AS400
86 (0.615 %)SecurID
86 (0.615 %)NHS
94 (0.410 %)N-Tier
94 (0.410 %)Blackberry
94 (0.410 %)Management Information System
94 (0.410 %)PKI
94 (0.410 %)CESG
103 (0.307 %)Multithreading
103 (0.307 %)Video Conferencing
103 (0.307 %)Data Integration
Operating Systems
1217 (22.23 %)Windows XP
2189 (19.36 %)Windows 2000
3135 (13.83 %)Unix
4134 (13.73 %)Windows Server 2003
592 (9.426 %)Windows NT
676 (7.787 %)Linux
772 (7.377 %)Solaris
819 (1.947 %)Windows CE
917 (1.742 %)Windows Mobile
1015 (1.537 %)HPUX
1112 (1.230 %)AIX
1210 (1.025 %)NetWare
139 (0.922 %)Mac OS X
139 (0.922 %)zOS
139 (0.922 %)MVS
139 (0.922 %)SUSE
148 (0.820 %)Windows Vista
156 (0.615 %)Tru64
164 (0.410 %)VxWorks
171 (0.102 %)Symbian OS
Processes & Methodologies
144 (4.508 %)ITIL
235 (3.586 %)UML
329 (2.971 %)Migration
423 (2.357 %)PRINCE2
423 (2.357 %)Project Management
521 (2.152 %)Configuration Management
620 (2.049 %)OO
620 (2.049 %)Test Scripting
717 (1.742 %)Service Management
816 (1.639 %)Network Design
915 (1.537 %)Change Management
1014 (1.434 %)User Acceptance Testing
1113 (1.332 %)Load Balancing
1212 (1.230 %)Unit Testing
1212 (1.230 %)Automated Testing
1311 (1.127 %)Workflow
1410 (1.025 %)Risk Management
1410 (1.025 %)Disaster Recovery
1410 (1.025 %)RUP
1410 (1.025 %)PRINCE
Programming Languages
1102 (10.45 %)SQL
283 (8.504 %)C#
379 (8.094 %)C++
450 (5.123 %)Java
535 (3.586 %)C
631 (3.176 %)VB
729 (2.971 %)JavaScript
825 (2.561 %)VC++
924 (2.459 %)VBScript
1022 (2.254 %)VB.NET
1119 (1.947 %)PL/SQL
1210 (1.025 %)Shell Script
138 (0.820 %)Perl
138 (0.820 %)Delphi
147 (0.717 %)Embedded C
147 (0.717 %)VB6
156 (0.615 %)Embedded C++
165 (0.512 %)XQuery
165 (0.512 %)VBA
174 (0.410 %)Transact-SQL
Qualifications
170 (7.172 %)Microsoft Certification
245 (4.611 %)MCSE
331 (3.176 %)MCP
422 (2.254 %)Degree
519 (1.947 %)Cisco Certification
618 (1.844 %)MCSA
710 (1.025 %)CCNA
710 (1.025 %)Citrix Certification
89 (0.922 %)ISEB
89 (0.922 %)HND
89 (0.922 %)CCIE
98 (0.820 %)ITIL Certification
105 (0.512 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
114 (0.410 %)CCEA
114 (0.410 %)CISSP
114 (0.410 %)CNA
114 (0.410 %)CNE
114 (0.410 %)Novell Certification
114 (0.410 %)PRINCE2 Certification
123 (0.307 %)ACSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
119 (1.947 %)SLA
213 (1.332 %)QA
31 (0.102 %)HMG Infosec
31 (0.102 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.102 %)ISO9001
31 (0.102 %)BS7799
31 (0.102 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.102 %)BS15000
31 (0.102 %)ISO27001
System Software
1218 (22.34 %)Active Directory
236 (3.689 %)NetBackup
334 (3.484 %)Backup Exec
427 (2.766 %)Citrix Presentation Server
515 (1.537 %)VMware ESX
613 (1.332 %)Terminal Services
77 (0.717 %)NFS
77 (0.717 %)NDS
77 (0.717 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
86 (0.615 %)Oracle RAC
86 (0.615 %)ISA Server
86 (0.615 %)Terminal Server
94 (0.410 %)MSMQ
103 (0.307 %)MetaFrame
111 (0.102 %)VMware Server
Systems Management
117 (1.742 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
214 (1.434 %)Tivoli
313 (1.332 %)Unicenter
411 (1.127 %)MOM
58 (0.820 %)OpenView
58 (0.820 %)Norton AntiVirus
65 (0.512 %)AutoSys
65 (0.512 %)DameWare
74 (0.410 %)WSUS
74 (0.410 %)EMC NetWorker
74 (0.410 %)ARCserve
74 (0.410 %)Legato
83 (0.307 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
83 (0.307 %)BMC PATROL
83 (0.307 %)OMEGAMON
83 (0.307 %)EMC Navisphere
92 (0.205 %)BMC Performance Manager
92 (0.205 %)OpenView Configuration Management
101 (0.102 %)ZENworks
101 (0.102 %)MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1224 (22.95 %)Microsoft
2115 (11.78 %)Oracle
3103 (10.55 %)Citrix
468 (6.967 %)Cisco
563 (6.455 %)HP
643 (4.406 %)IBM
736 (3.689 %)VMware
831 (3.176 %)Symantec
929 (2.971 %)Novell
929 (2.971 %)VERITAS
929 (2.971 %)Lotus
1018 (1.844 %)Sun
1115 (1.537 %)Remedy
1214 (1.434 %)CheckPoint
1214 (1.434 %)BMC
1312 (1.230 %)Red Hat
1312 (1.230 %)Dell
1411 (1.127 %)EMC
1411 (1.127 %)Progress
1411 (1.127 %)NetApp
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