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Windows Contracts in the South West

Browse 158 Windows job vacancies in the South West

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 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 over the 3 months to 18 June 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.

3 months to
18 Jun 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Microsoft Windows

Rank

Rank change year-on-year

Contract jobs citing Windows

333

419

383

As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West

16.20%

13.37%

12.70%

As % of the Operating Systems category

72.08%

61.26%

66.15%

Number of daily rates quoted

165

189

145

Average daily rate

£325

£350

£336

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

-7.14%

+4.08%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£133

£225

£182

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£525

£450

UK excluding London average daily rate

£325

£313

£300

% change year-on-year

+4.00%

+4.16%

Number of hourly rates quoted

Average hourly rate

£14.26

£20.25

£18.00

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

-29.58%

+12.50%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£10.05

£12.42

£11.50

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£21.73

£40.00

£35.00

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£15.25

£16.72

£15.00

% change year-on-year

-8.79%

+11.46%

All Operating Systems
South West

Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category

462

684

579

As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West

22.48%

21.82%

19.20%

Number of daily rates quoted

243

324

234

Average daily rate

£325

£375

£350

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

-13.33%

+7.14%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£140

£248

£200

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£500

£450

UK excluding London average daily rate

£325

Number of hourly rates quoted

Average hourly rate

£14.02

£22.50

£20.00

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

-37.68%

+12.50%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£10.00

£12.90

£11.50

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£24.50

£41.50

£37.50

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£16.00

£17.50

£16.20

% change year-on-year

-8.57%

+8.02%

Windows
England

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Windows
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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	Find Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire	+8	74	£338	-15.62%	22
Bristol	+1	71	£329	+1.15%	62
Wiltshire	-3	57	£350	+55.55%	37
Somerset	+23	49	£233	-	16
Dorset	-2	49	£233	-35.41%	9
Devon	-8	19	£300	-7.55%	8
Cornwall	-	-	-	-
Windows England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1	243 (36.60%)	Windows 7
2	209 (31.48%)	Active Directory
3	183 (27.56%)	VMware
4	169 (25.45%)	Security Cleared
5	167 (25.15%)	Microsoft
6	162 (24.40%)	Windows XP
7	142 (21.39%)	Windows Server 2008
8	115 (17.32%)	Linux
9	112 (16.87%)	VMware Infrastructure
9	112 (16.87%)	DV Cleared
10	107 (16.11%)	MS Office
10	107 (16.11%)	Windows Server 2003
11	103 (15.51%)	HP
12	93 (14.01%)	UNIX
13	91 (13.70%)	ITIL

14	90 (13.55%)	Citrix
15	85 (12.80%)	SAN
15	85 (12.80%)	Cisco
16	83 (12.50%)	SQL Server
17	77 (11.60%)	C
18	74 (11.14%)	MS Exchange
19	70 (10.54%)	MS Excel
20	67 (10.09%)	SQL
21	64 (9.639%)	C#
22	62 (9.337%)	SC Cleared
23	58 (8.735%)	SCCM
24	57 (8.584%)	TCP/IP
25	55 (8.283%)	Blackberry
26	53 (7.982%)	.NET
26	53 (7.982%)	Oracle

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development
1	53 (7.982%)	.NET
2	35 (5.271%)	Web Services
3	27 (4.066%)	WCF
3	27 (4.066%)	Silverlight
4	26 (3.916%)	XML
5	19 (2.861%)	CSS
6	18 (2.711%)	jQuery
7	16 (2.410%)	ASP.NET
7	16 (2.410%)	HTML
8	15 (2.259%)	Application Packaging
9	14 (2.108%)	Middleware
9	14 (2.108%)	ADO.NET Entity Framework
10	13 (1.958%)	.NET Framework
11	12 (1.807%)	HTML5
12	11 (1.657%)	Drools
12	11 (1.657%)	LINQ
12	11 (1.657%)	WinForms
13	10 (1.506%)	Managed Extensibility Framework
14	9 (1.355%)	Ajax
15	8 (1.205%)	J2EE

Application Platforms
1	74 (11.14%)	MS Exchange
2	41 (6.175%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	31 (4.669%)	SharePoint
4	24 (3.614%)	IIS
5	21 (3.163%)	Exchange Server 2003
6	16 (2.410%)	ArcGIS
7	14 (2.108%)	WebLogic
8	13 (1.958%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
8	13 (1.958%)	Exchange Server 2007
9	10 (1.506%)	Lync
10	9 (1.355%)	SharePoint 2010
10	9 (1.355%)	Windows Azure
10	9 (1.355%)	Oracle Application Server
11	8 (1.205%)	Apache
11	8 (1.205%)	SharePoint Server
12	7 (1.054%)	GlassFish
12	7 (1.054%)	Amazon AWS
13	6 (0.904%)	Amazon EC2
13	6 (0.904%)	ArcSDE
14	5 (0.753%)	CMS

Applications
1	107 (16.11%)	MS Office
2	70 (10.54%)	MS Excel
3	2 (0.301%)	MS Visio
3	2 (0.301%)	MS PowerPoint
3	2 (0.301%)	Spreadsheet
3	2 (0.301%)	Office 365
4	1 (0.151%)	Photoshop
4	1 (0.151%)	MS Project

Business Applications
1	3 (0.452%)	Dynamics CRM
2	2 (0.301%)	Maximo
2	2 (0.301%)	assyst
2	2 (0.301%)	Google Analytics
3	1 (0.151%)	Dynamics GP
3	1 (0.151%)	AWD
3	1 (0.151%)	Remedy ITSM

Communications & Networking
1	85 (12.80%)	SAN
2	57 (8.584%)	TCP/IP
3	48 (7.229%)	LAN
4	46 (6.928%)	Firewall
5	45 (6.777%)	DNS
6	39 (5.873%)	WAN
7	36 (5.422%)	VPN
8	35 (5.271%)	DHCP
9	22 (3.313%)	Internet
10	19 (2.861%)	Ethernet
10	19 (2.861%)	VoIP
11	13 (1.958%)	Network Security
12	11 (1.657%)	MPLS
12	11 (1.657%)	Wireless
13	9 (1.355%)	NAS
14	6 (0.904%)	HTTP
14	6 (0.904%)	HTTPS
14	6 (0.904%)	LDAP
15	4 (0.602%)	FTP
15	4 (0.602%)	ASN.1

Database & Business Intelligence
1	83 (12.50%)	SQL Server
2	37 (5.572%)	SQL Server 2008
3	16 (2.410%)	MySQL
4	13 (1.958%)	SQL Server 2005
5	11 (1.657%)	QlikView
5	11 (1.657%)	Oracle 11g
5	11 (1.657%)	Oracle ODI
6	9 (1.355%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	9 (1.355%)	Oracle 10g
7	8 (1.205%)	SQL Server Integration Services
8	7 (1.054%)	GIS
9	6 (0.904%)	TOAD
9	6 (0.904%)	SQL Server 2012
10	4 (0.602%)	RDBMS
11	3 (0.452%)	Data Warehouse
12	2 (0.301%)	DTS
12	2 (0.301%)	MS Access
13	1 (0.151%)	Oracle 8/8i
13	1 (0.151%)	Microsoft Analysis Services
13	1 (0.151%)	SQL Server Analysis Services

Development Applications
1	38 (5.723%)	Visual Studio
2	19 (2.861%)	MSI
3	17 (2.560%)	Team Foundation Server
4	11 (1.657%)	Subversion
5	10 (1.506%)	MSTest
5	10 (1.506%)	Moq
6	8 (1.205%)	QuickTest Pro
7	6 (0.904%)	InstallShield
8	5 (0.753%)	LoadRunner
8	5 (0.753%)	Introscope
8	5 (0.753%)	Appcelerator Titanium
9	4 (0.602%)	Rational DOORS
9	4 (0.602%)	GCC
9	4 (0.602%)	Eclipse
10	3 (0.452%)	AdminStudio
10	3 (0.452%)	Selenium
10	3 (0.452%)	Git (software)
11	2 (0.301%)	ReSharper
11	2 (0.301%)	NUnit
11	2 (0.301%)	ClearQuest

General
1	52 (7.831%)	Finance
2	27 (4.066%)	Telecoms
3	14 (2.108%)	Banking
4	9 (1.355%)	Military
4	9 (1.355%)	Electronics
5	7 (1.054%)	Publishing
5	7 (1.054%)	Local Government
6	6 (0.904%)	Aerospace
7	5 (0.753%)	Retail
7	5 (0.753%)	Avionics
8	3 (0.452%)	Marketing
8	3 (0.452%)	Back Office
9	2 (0.301%)	Legal
9	2 (0.301%)	Retail Banking
10	1 (0.151%)	Multimedia
10	1 (0.151%)	Investment Banking
10	1 (0.151%)	Advertising
10	1 (0.151%)	Law

Job Titles
1	98 (14.76%)	Support Engineer
2	74 (11.14%)	Developer
3	60 (9.036%)	Desktop Support
4	59 (8.886%)	Analyst
5	48 (7.229%)	2nd Line Support
6	46 (6.928%)	Architect
7	44 (6.627%)	Consultant
8	42 (6.325%)	Desktop Engineer
9	32 (4.819%)	Software Engineer
10	28 (4.217%)	3rd Line Support
11	26 (3.916%)	Administrator
11	26 (3.916%)	Desktop Support Engineer
12	25 (3.765%)	Infrastructure Engineer
12	25 (3.765%)	Systems Engineer
13	23 (3.464%)	Technical Architect
13	23 (3.464%)	IT Support
14	22 (3.313%)	Support Analyst
14	22 (3.313%)	.NET Developer
15	20 (3.012%)	Storage Consultant
15	20 (3.012%)	2nd Line Support Engineer

Miscellaneous
1	55 (8.283%)	Blackberry
2	23 (3.464%)	Client/Server
3	15 (2.259%)	Clustering
4	13 (1.958%)	Thin Client
4	13 (1.958%)	Management Information System
4	13 (1.958%)	Fat Client
4	13 (1.958%)	Video Conferencing
5	10 (1.506%)	RIA
6	9 (1.355%)	Replication
7	7 (1.054%)	PaaS
7	7 (1.054%)	IaaS
7	7 (1.054%)	Mobile App
8	6 (0.904%)	Enterprise Software
8	6 (0.904%)	Digital Media
8	6 (0.904%)	Handset
9	5 (0.753%)	CMDB
9	5 (0.753%)	Embedded Systems
9	5 (0.753%)	SWIFT
10	4 (0.602%)	iPhone
10	4 (0.602%)	NHS

Operating Systems
1	243 (36.60%)	Windows 7
2	162 (24.40%)	Windows XP
3	142 (21.39%)	Windows Server 2008
4	115 (17.32%)	Linux
5	107 (16.11%)	Windows Server 2003
6	93 (14.01%)	UNIX
7	37 (5.572%)	Solaris
8	35 (5.271%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9	17 (2.560%)	Mac OS X
10	16 (2.410%)	Apple iOS
11	15 (2.259%)	Windows Vista
12	13 (1.958%)	Android
13	11 (1.657%)	Windows Phone
14	8 (1.205%)	Mac OS X Server
15	7 (1.054%)	Windows 2000
16	6 (0.904%)	Windows Server 2012
17	5 (0.753%)	Windows 8
18	4 (0.602%)	Windows Phone 8
18	4 (0.602%)	VxWorks
19	3 (0.452%)	Windows Mobile

Processes & Methodologies
1	91 (13.70%)	ITIL
2	53 (7.982%)	Migration
3	51 (7.681%)	Service Management
4	31 (4.669%)	UML
5	20 (3.012%)	Data Protection
6	18 (2.711%)	Enterprise Architecture
7	16 (2.410%)	Disaster Recovery
8	15 (2.259%)	OO
9	13 (1.958%)	Change Management
9	13 (1.958%)	Agile Software Development
9	13 (1.958%)	Unit Testing
10	12 (1.807%)	MVC
10	12 (1.807%)	PRINCE2
10	12 (1.807%)	Benchmarking
11	11 (1.657%)	Configuration Management
11	11 (1.657%)	Information Management
12	9 (1.355%)	Software Testing
12	9 (1.355%)	Project Management
13	8 (1.205%)	Asset Management
13	8 (1.205%)	Data Management

Programming Languages
1	77 (11.60%)	C
2	67 (10.09%)	SQL
3	64 (9.639%)	C#
4	34 (5.120%)	Java
5	25 (3.765%)	C++
6	23 (3.464%)	JavaScript
7	22 (3.313%)	PowerShell
8	20 (3.012%)	VB
9	13 (1.958%)	VBScript
10	11 (1.657%)	Scala
11	8 (1.205%)	Shell Script
12	6 (0.904%)	Python
12	6 (0.904%)	T-SQL
13	5 (0.753%)	Perl
14	3 (0.452%)	VB.NET
14	3 (0.452%)	VB6
15	2 (0.301%)	XAML
15	2 (0.301%)	PHP
15	2 (0.301%)	PL/SQL
16	1 (0.151%)	Objective-C

Qualifications
1	169 (25.45%)	Security Cleared
2	112 (16.87%)	DV Cleared
3	62 (9.337%)	SC Cleared
4	51 (7.681%)	Microsoft Certification
5	29 (4.367%)	MCSE
5	29 (4.367%)	Degree
6	17 (2.560%)	MCITP
7	15 (2.259%)	MCP
8	14 (2.108%)	MCSA
9	11 (1.657%)	ITIL Certification
9	11 (1.657%)	MCTS
10	9 (1.355%)	HNC
11	8 (1.205%)	ISEB
12	7 (1.054%)	ISTQB
13	5 (0.753%)	MCDST
13	5 (0.753%)	CCNA
13	5 (0.753%)	Cisco Certification
14	4 (0.602%)	Citrix Certification
14	4 (0.602%)	OCA
14	4 (0.602%)	Oracle Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	17 (2.560%)	SLA
2	7 (1.054%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	5 (0.753%)	QA
4	4 (0.602%)	DO-178B
5	3 (0.452%)	ISO 9001
6	2 (0.301%)	PCI DSS
7	1 (0.151%)	JSP 440

System Software
1	209 (31.48%)	Active Directory
2	112 (16.87%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	30 (4.518%)	VMware ESX
4	29 (4.367%)	XenApp
5	25 (3.765%)	vSphere
6	20 (3.012%)	Hyper-V
7	19 (2.861%)	Microsoft App-V
8	9 (1.355%)	VMware Workstation
9	7 (1.054%)	Oracle RAC
10	5 (0.753%)	VMware Server
11	4 (0.602%)	Terminal Server
11	4 (0.602%)	Terminal Services
11	4 (0.602%)	XenDesktop
12	3 (0.452%)	Forefront TMG
12	3 (0.452%)	VMware ESXi
13	2 (0.301%)	ISA Server
13	2 (0.301%)	Oracle RMAN
13	2 (0.301%)	Xen
14	1 (0.151%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
14	1 (0.151%)	NFS

Systems Management
1	58 (8.735%)	SCCM
2	22 (3.313%)	NetBackup
3	10 (1.506%)	SCOM
3	10 (1.506%)	HP Quality Center
4	8 (1.205%)	Backup Exec
4	8 (1.205%)	WSUS
5	5 (0.753%)	MOM
5	5 (0.753%)	HP SiteScope
6	4 (0.602%)	AppDNA
6	4 (0.602%)	Tivoli
7	3 (0.452%)	Netcool
7	3 (0.452%)	Norton AntiVirus
7	3 (0.452%)	HP SIM
8	2 (0.301%)	Puppet
8	2 (0.301%)	HP Data Protector
8	2 (0.301%)	DameWare
8	2 (0.301%)	ARCserve
8	2 (0.301%)	OpenView Configuration Management
8	2 (0.301%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
8	2 (0.301%)	Unicenter

Vendors
1	183 (27.56%)	VMware
2	167 (25.15%)	Microsoft
3	103 (15.51%)	HP
4	90 (13.55%)	Citrix
5	85 (12.80%)	Cisco
6	53 (7.982%)	Oracle
7	49 (7.380%)	NetApp
8	33 (4.970%)	Red Hat
8	33 (4.970%)	Apple
9	28 (4.217%)	Symantec
10	27 (4.066%)	IBM
11	19 (2.861%)	Kaspersky
12	16 (2.410%)	ESRI
13	13 (1.958%)	McAfee
13	13 (1.958%)	Sophos
14	12 (1.807%)	SAP
14	12 (1.807%)	EMC
14	12 (1.807%)	Juniper
15	11 (1.657%)	Sun
16	10 (1.506%)	Dell

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