Thames Valley Windows Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Thames Valley region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Ascot Ashton-under-Lyne Avon Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barking Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bognor Regis Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Carmarthenshire Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clapham Cleethorpes Colchester Congleton Conwy Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Ayrshire East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Grays Greenford Greenwich Guildford Gwent Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Inverclyde Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kegworth Keighley Kenilworth Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knottingley Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Slough Snodland Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tipton Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Drayton West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	10	10
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	39	84
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.051 %	0.089 %
As % of the category below	42.86 %	47.19 %
Daily rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum daily rate	£425	£350
Average daily rate	£450	£350
% change on same period last year	+28.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£475	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£319	£313
% change on same period last year	+1.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.67	£38.86
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£39.07
% change on same period last year	-10.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.33	£39.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.47	£20.66
% change on same period last year	-5.76 %
Operating Systems Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads	91	178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.120 %	0.189 %
Daily rates quoted	10	8
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£335
Average daily rate	£367	£343
% change on same period last year	+6.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£403	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£334
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	12
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.83	£39.15
Average hourly rate	£35.42	£39.27
% change on same period last year	-9.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£39.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.83	£23.75
% change on same period last year	-8.06 %
Windows South East

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 Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Thames Valley region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Thames Valley region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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 17 (21.52 %) Active Directory 2 14 (17.72 %) Oracle 3 13 (16.46 %) SQL Server 3 13 (16.46 %) C++ 3 13 (16.46 %) Linux 4 12 (15.19 %) Microsoft 5 11 (13.92 %) LAN 5 11 (13.92 %) Windows 2000 6 10 (12.66 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 9 (11.39 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 9 (11.39 %) Security Cleared 7 9 (11.39 %) Windows XP 7 9 (11.39 %) C# 7 9 (11.39 %) Unix 8 8 (10.13 %) SAN

8 8 (10.13 %) VERITAS 9 7 (8.861 %) PRINCE2 Certification 9 7 (8.861 %) DNS 9 7 (8.861 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 9 7 (8.861 %) Windows NT 9 7 (8.861 %) PRINCE2 9 7 (8.861 %) VC++ 9 7 (8.861 %) WAN 9 7 (8.861 %) SC Cleared 9 7 (8.861 %) Exchange Server 2000 9 7 (8.861 %) Backup Exec 10 6 (7.595 %) MS Excel 10 6 (7.595 %) .NET 10 6 (7.595 %) MS Project 10 6 (7.595 %) MS Office

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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 6 (7.595 %) .NET 2 4 (5.063 %) ASP.NET 3 3 (3.797 %) MFC 3 3 (3.797 %) WinForms 4 2 (2.532 %) SAP Basis 4 2 (2.532 %) STL 5 1 (1.266 %) XML 5 1 (1.266 %) XSLT 5 1 (1.266 %) ActiveX 5 1 (1.266 %) XHTML 5 1 (1.266 %) J2ME 5 1 (1.266 %) OpenGL 5 1 (1.266 %) WebSphere 5 1 (1.266 %) HTML 5 1 (1.266 %) ASP 5 1 (1.266 %) J2EE 5 1 (1.266 %) ATL 5 1 (1.266 %) COM 5 1 (1.266 %) CSS	Application Platforms 1 10 (12.66 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 9 (11.39 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 7 (8.861 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 4 (5.063 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 4 (5.063 %) MS Exchange 5 3 (3.797 %) GroupWise 6 2 (2.532 %) Lotus Notes 6 2 (2.532 %) Oracle Application Server 7 1 (1.266 %) ESB 7 1 (1.266 %) WebSphere Message Broker 7 1 (1.266 %) Lotus Domino 7 1 (1.266 %) SharePoint 7 1 (1.266 %) WebSphere Application Server 7 1 (1.266 %) IIS 7 1 (1.266 %) WPS 7 1 (1.266 %) WebSphere MQ
Applications 1 6 (7.595 %) MS Project 1 6 (7.595 %) MS Office 1 6 (7.595 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (1.266 %) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking 1 11 (13.92 %) LAN 2 8 (10.13 %) SAN 3 7 (8.861 %) WAN 3 7 (8.861 %) DNS 4 5 (6.329 %) WINS 5 4 (5.063 %) SMS 5 4 (5.063 %) Wireless 6 3 (3.797 %) Firewall 6 3 (3.797 %) VPN 7 2 (2.532 %) WLAN 7 2 (2.532 %) TCP/IP 8 1 (1.266 %) CTI 8 1 (1.266 %) BGP 8 1 (1.266 %) EIGRP 8 1 (1.266 %) NetScreen 8 1 (1.266 %) UMTS 8 1 (1.266 %) DHCP 8 1 (1.266 %) SNMP 8 1 (1.266 %) Bluetooth 8 1 (1.266 %) GPRS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (16.46 %) SQL Server 2 5 (6.329 %) SQL Server 7 2 5 (6.329 %) SQL Server 2000 3 3 (3.797 %) Oracle 9i 3 3 (3.797 %) Oracle 10g 4 1 (1.266 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 5 (6.329 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 1 (1.266 %) InstallShield	General 1 6 (7.595 %) Pharmaceutical 2 2 (2.532 %) Aerospace 2 2 (2.532 %) Manufacturing 3 1 (1.266 %) Military 3 1 (1.266 %) Retail 3 1 (1.266 %) Electric 3 1 (1.266 %) Government 3 1 (1.266 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 14 (17.72 %) Developer 2 13 (16.46 %) Analyst 3 9 (11.39 %) Desktop Support 3 9 (11.39 %) Support Analyst 4 7 (8.861 %) 2nd Line Support 4 7 (8.861 %) Project Manager 5 6 (7.595 %) Consultant 5 6 (7.595 %) Test Engineer 6 5 (6.329 %) Software Engineer 7 4 (5.063 %) Systems Engineer 7 4 (5.063 %) Support Engineer 7 4 (5.063 %) C++ Developer 7 4 (5.063 %) Desktop Engineer 7 4 (5.063 %) Desktop Support Engineer 8 3 (3.797 %) Technical Manager 8 3 (3.797 %) WinForms Developer 8 3 (3.797 %) C# Developer 8 3 (3.797 %) 3rd Line Support 8 3 (3.797 %) Oracle DBA 8 3 (3.797 %) Technical Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.532 %) AS400 2 1 (1.266 %) Device Driver 2 1 (1.266 %) Handset 2 1 (1.266 %) PKI 2 1 (1.266 %) PDA 2 1 (1.266 %) Computer Science 2 1 (1.266 %) Fat Client 2 1 (1.266 %) MPEG 2 1 (1.266 %) EPoS 2 1 (1.266 %) Firmware 2 1 (1.266 %) Thin Client 2 1 (1.266 %) Smartcard
Operating Systems 1 13 (16.46 %) Linux 2 11 (13.92 %) Windows 2000 3 9 (11.39 %) Windows XP 3 9 (11.39 %) Unix 4 7 (8.861 %) Windows NT 5 6 (7.595 %) Windows Server 2003 6 5 (6.329 %) Windows CE 7 4 (5.063 %) Windows Mobile 8 3 (3.797 %) NetWare 8 3 (3.797 %) AIX 9 2 (2.532 %) HPUX 9 2 (2.532 %) Solaris 10 1 (1.266 %) Mac OS X	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (11.39 %) Security Cleared 2 7 (8.861 %) SC Cleared 2 7 (8.861 %) PRINCE2 3 5 (6.329 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 5 (6.329 %) Test Scripting 4 4 (5.063 %) OO 5 2 (2.532 %) OOD 5 2 (2.532 %) Configuration Management 5 2 (2.532 %) Load Balancing 6 1 (1.266 %) DV Cleared 6 1 (1.266 %) Disaster Recovery 6 1 (1.266 %) Migration 6 1 (1.266 %) Data Management 6 1 (1.266 %) Incident Management 6 1 (1.266 %) Web Development 6 1 (1.266 %) PRINCE 6 1 (1.266 %) UML
Programming Languages 1 13 (16.46 %) C++ 2 9 (11.39 %) C# 3 7 (8.861 %) VC++ 4 4 (5.063 %) Java 4 4 (5.063 %) C 4 4 (5.063 %) SQL 5 1 (1.266 %) VB 5 1 (1.266 %) VB.NET 5 1 (1.266 %) ABAP 5 1 (1.266 %) Delphi 5 1 (1.266 %) DHTML 5 1 (1.266 %) JavaScript 5 1 (1.266 %) Ada 5 1 (1.266 %) Fortran 5 1 (1.266 %) Pascal 5 1 (1.266 %) J#	Qualifications 1 7 (8.861 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 3 (3.797 %) ISEB 3 1 (1.266 %) Degree
System Software 1 17 (21.52 %) Active Directory 2 7 (8.861 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (2.532 %) Oracle RMAN 3 2 (2.532 %) Oracle RAC 3 2 (2.532 %) NetBackup 3 2 (2.532 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (1.266 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (1.266 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 4 1 (1.266 %) Terminal Server 4 1 (1.266 %) VMware ESX	Systems Management 1 7 (8.861 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 4 (5.063 %) MOM 3 2 (2.532 %) WSUS 4 1 (1.266 %) Legato 4 1 (1.266 %) Tivoli
Vendors 1 14 (17.72 %) Oracle 2 12 (15.19 %) Microsoft 3 8 (10.13 %) VERITAS 4 5 (6.329 %) Citrix 4 5 (6.329 %) VMware 5 4 (5.063 %) Juniper 5 4 (5.063 %) McAfee Security 5 4 (5.063 %) Sophos 5 4 (5.063 %) Novell 6 3 (3.797 %) Lotus 6 3 (3.797 %) Sun 6 3 (3.797 %) Compuware 7 2 (2.532 %) SAP 7 2 (2.532 %) Dell 7 2 (2.532 %) Blue Coat 7 2 (2.532 %) WatchGuard 8 1 (1.266 %) Genesys 8 1 (1.266 %) Nokia 8 1 (1.266 %) Softricity 8 1 (1.266 %) AppSense