The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 19 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 Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 1 4 3
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 61 44 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 23.83% 15.60% 14.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.22% 54.32% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 21 22
Average daily rate £215 £213 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -27.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £135 £153
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £383 £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £311 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.66% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 7
Average hourly rate £30.00 £12.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+150.00% -22.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £10.33 £10.89
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £25.80 £20.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.38 £16.72 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-8.04% +11.46%
All Operating Systems
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
79 81 84
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 30.86% 28.72% 29.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 41 53
Average daily rate £265 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.46% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £140 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 9
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.06 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.62% +0.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.40 £11.00 £10.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £30.00 £24.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows
Yorkshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Sheffield +8 39 £229 -12.44% 8
Doncaster -1 7 £395 +192.59% 3
Barnsley -2 4 £200 - 1
Rotherham +1 2 £330 -1.12% 1
Windows
Yorkshire

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 72 (50.70%) Microsoft
2 51 (35.92%) Active Directory
3 40 (28.17%) Windows 7
4 37 (26.06%) Windows XP
5 36 (25.35%) Windows Server 2008
6 35 (24.65%) MS Excel
6 35 (24.65%) Windows Server 2003
7 33 (23.24%) SLA
7 33 (23.24%) SQL Server
8 32 (22.54%) MS Office
9 31 (21.83%) ITIL
10 30 (21.13%) SCCM
11 29 (20.42%) Citrix
12 27 (19.01%) MS Exchange
13 25 (17.61%) .NET
14 23 (16.20%) Security Cleared
14 23 (16.20%) VMware
15 20 (14.08%) IIS
16 18 (12.68%) Microsoft Certification
17 17 (11.97%) MCSE
18 16 (11.27%) SQL
19 15 (10.56%) Linux
19 15 (10.56%) VMware Infrastructure
20 14 (9.859%) SC Cleared
20 14 (9.859%) HP
21 13 (9.155%) Remedy
21 13 (9.155%) Service Management
21 13 (9.155%) Exchange Server 2007
22 12 (8.451%) Incident Management
22 12 (8.451%) Software Deployment

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 25 (17.61%) .NET
2 5 (3.521%) ASP.NET
3 4 (2.817%) CSS
3 4 (2.817%) ASP
3 4 (2.817%) Middleware
3 4 (2.817%) Application Packaging
3 4 (2.817%) jQuery
4 3 (2.113%) WCF
4 3 (2.113%) HTML
5 2 (1.408%) CSS3
5 2 (1.408%) HTML5
5 2 (1.408%) XML
5 2 (1.408%) DHTML
5 2 (1.408%) Software Packaging
5 2 (1.408%) Ajax
5 2 (1.408%) WinForms
6 1 (0.704%) LAMP
6 1 (0.704%) Web Services
6 1 (0.704%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 27 (19.01%) MS Exchange
2 20 (14.08%) IIS
3 13 (9.155%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (6.338%) SharePoint
4 9 (6.338%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (3.521%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.408%) Lync
6 2 (1.408%) IBM Notes
6 2 (1.408%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (1.408%) DotNetNuke
7 1 (0.704%) CMS
7 1 (0.704%) Exchange Server 5.5
7 1 (0.704%) Apache
7 1 (0.704%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.704%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.704%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (24.65%) MS Excel
2 32 (22.54%) MS Office
3 1 (0.704%) MS Project
3 1 (0.704%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.113%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.042%) DNS
1 10 (7.042%) FTP
2 5 (3.521%) DHCP
2 5 (3.521%) VoIP
3 4 (2.817%) Internet
4 3 (2.113%) SAN
4 3 (2.113%) Intranet
5 2 (1.408%) WAN
5 2 (1.408%) LAN
5 2 (1.408%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.408%) VPN
5 2 (1.408%) SSL
5 2 (1.408%) Wireless
6 1 (0.704%) Firewall
6 1 (0.704%) HTTP
6 1 (0.704%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (23.24%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.521%) DataStage
3 3 (2.113%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (2.113%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.408%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.704%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.704%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.704%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.704%) MySQL
5 1 (0.704%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.704%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 5 (3.521%) MSI
2 3 (2.113%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.704%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.704%) JIRA
3 1 (0.704%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (7.042%) Finance
2 4 (2.817%) Telecoms
2 4 (2.817%) Publishing
3 2 (1.408%) Local Government
3 2 (1.408%) Financial Institution
4 1 (0.704%) Electronics
4 1 (0.704%) Aerospace
4 1 (0.704%) Advertising
4 1 (0.704%) Military
4 1 (0.704%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (27.46%) Analyst
2 26 (18.31%) Support Engineer
3 15 (10.56%) Service Analyst
3 15 (10.56%) Service Desk Analyst
4 11 (7.746%) Server Support
5 10 (7.042%) Support Analyst
6 9 (6.338%) Technical Analyst
6 9 (6.338%) Server Engineer
7 8 (5.634%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (5.634%) Applications Support
7 8 (5.634%) DBA
7 8 (5.634%) Server Support Engineer
8 7 (4.930%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (4.930%) IT Support
9 6 (4.225%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (4.225%) Support Technician
9 6 (4.225%) SQL DBA
9 6 (4.225%) Deployment Engineer
10 5 (3.521%) Desktop Engineer
10 5 (3.521%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.817%) Blackberry
2 3 (2.113%) Replication
2 3 (2.113%) Clustering
3 2 (1.408%) EqualLogic
3 2 (1.408%) NHS
4 1 (0.704%) iPhone
4 1 (0.704%) Fat Client
4 1 (0.704%) PDA
4 1 (0.704%) Statistics
4 1 (0.704%) Wiki
4 1 (0.704%) Firmware
4 1 (0.704%) Thin Client
4 1 (0.704%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.704%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 40 (28.17%) Windows 7
2 37 (26.06%) Windows XP
3 36 (25.35%) Windows Server 2008
4 35 (24.65%) Windows Server 2003
5 15 (10.56%) Linux
6 9 (6.338%) Windows 2000
6 9 (6.338%) UNIX
7 7 (4.930%) Windows Vista
8 6 (4.225%) Solaris
8 6 (4.225%) Windows NT
9 4 (2.817%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.704%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.704%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.704%) Android
10 1 (0.704%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.704%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.704%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.704%) Windows CE
10 1 (0.704%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.83%) ITIL
2 13 (9.155%) Service Management
3 12 (8.451%) Incident Management
3 12 (8.451%) Software Deployment
4 7 (4.930%) Change Management
4 7 (4.930%) Configuration Management
4 7 (4.930%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (4.225%) Service Delivery
6 5 (3.521%) Quality Management
7 4 (2.817%) Project Management
7 4 (2.817%) Asset Management
7 4 (2.817%) Problem Management
7 4 (2.817%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (2.817%) Migration
8 3 (2.113%) Information Security
8 3 (2.113%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (2.113%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (2.113%) Load Balancing
8 3 (2.113%) CRM
8 3 (2.113%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.27%) SQL
2 11 (7.746%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.817%) VBScript
3 4 (2.817%) C#
3 4 (2.817%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.113%) Java
5 2 (1.408%) C
5 2 (1.408%) VB
5 2 (1.408%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.704%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.704%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.704%) C++
6 1 (0.704%) PHP
6 1 (0.704%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.704%) Embedded C++
6 1 (0.704%) Python
6 1 (0.704%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 23 (16.20%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (11.97%) MCSE
4 14 (9.859%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.408%) MCDST
5 2 (1.408%) MCITP
6 1 (0.704%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.704%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.704%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.704%) Degree
6 1 (0.704%) ISEB
6 1 (0.704%) CCA
6 1 (0.704%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (0.704%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (23.24%) SLA
2 2 (1.408%) QA
System Software
1 51 (35.92%) Active Directory
2 15 (10.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.042%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.930%) XenApp
5 4 (2.817%) Terminal Services
6 3 (2.113%) vSphere
7 2 (1.408%) UAG
7 2 (1.408%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.408%) Terminal Server
7 2 (1.408%) VMware ESX
8 1 (0.704%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 30 (21.13%) SCCM
2 7 (4.930%) WSUS
3 6 (4.225%) SCOM
4 5 (3.521%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (2.817%) Unicenter
5 4 (2.817%) Backup Exec
6 2 (1.408%) SolarWinds Orion
6 2 (1.408%) OpenView
6 2 (1.408%) OVSD
6 2 (1.408%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.704%) ChangeBASE
7 1 (0.704%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 72 (50.70%) Microsoft
2 29 (20.42%) Citrix
3 23 (16.20%) VMware
4 14 (9.859%) HP
5 13 (9.155%) Remedy
6 11 (7.746%) Symantec
7 7 (4.930%) Oracle
8 6 (4.225%) CA
8 6 (4.225%) Red Hat
9 4 (2.817%) Dell
10 3 (2.113%) NetApp
11 2 (1.408%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.408%) Sun
11 2 (1.408%) McAfee
11 2 (1.408%) Lotus
11 2 (1.408%) IBM
12 1 (0.704%) IronPort
12 1 (0.704%) Blue Coat
12 1 (0.704%) Siemens
12 1 (0.704%) CheckPoint
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