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.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 5 6 7
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +1
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 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.00% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 66 79
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 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 75 91
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.

South West Windows Jobs Demand Trend

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.

South West Windows Daily Rate Trend

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.

South West Windows Daily Rate Histogram

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.

South West Windows Hourly Rate Trend

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.

South West Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

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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Rate: £10 - £20 per hour
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Rate: £80 - £100 per day
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South West
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Rate: £250 per day
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Gloucester, South West
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Rate: GBP18 to GBP25 per hour
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South West
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Rate: GBP135 per hour
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Gloucester, South West
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Rate: GBP250 to GBP350 per day
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Rate: £250 to £350 per day
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Rate: £10.00 - £12.00 per annum
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Rate: From £15 to £17 per hour
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Rate: £100-150 Per Day
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Dorset, South West
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Rate: GBP500 to GBP550 per day
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Gloucestershire
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Rate: From £30 to £35 per hour
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Rate: £16 - £22 per hour
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Rate: £16 - £22 per hour
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Computer Futures
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