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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Stourbridge 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 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£304
% change on same period last year+0.90 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.29£20.37
% change on same period last year-0.43 %
Stourbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Stourbridge
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.36£22.18
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
Windows West MidlandsWindows
West Midlands

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the Stourbridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Stourbridge Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stourbridge Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stourbridge 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.

14 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (75.00 %)MS Exchange
32 (50.00 %)Microsoft
32 (50.00 %)Active Directory
32 (50.00 %)Wireless
41 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (25.00 %)Citrix
41 (25.00 %)Apple
41 (25.00 %)LAN
41 (25.00 %)Cisco
41 (25.00 %)SQL Server
41 (25.00 %)Windows XP

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stourbridge 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.

Stourbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)MS Exchange
Stourbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)Wireless
21 (25.00 %)LAN
Stourbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Stourbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (25.00 %)Network Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Field Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Network Support Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Desktop Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Network Manager
11 (25.00 %)Network Support
11 (25.00 %)PC Engineer
Stourbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (25.00 %)Windows XP
Stourbridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Stourbridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)Citrix
21 (25.00 %)Apple
21 (25.00 %)Cisco