Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Tyne and Wear region.

 Microsoft Windows Vista
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank-18-
Matching contract IT job ads0160
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear-6.226 %-
As % of the Operating Systems category-25.40 %-
Daily rates quoted070
Average daily rate-£285-
UK excluding London average daily rate£240£300£295
% change year-on-year
-20.00 %+1.690 %
Hourly rates quoted010
Average hourly rate-£16.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.50£16.50£17.50
% change year-on-year
-12.12 %-5.710 %
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
346384
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear23.61 %24.51 %19.81 %
Daily rates quoted1246
Average daily rate£135£322£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-58.00 %-1.070 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£310£330
% change year-on-year
+1.610 %-6.060 %
Hourly rates quoted23932
Average hourly rate£10.50£18.00£22.32
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.66 %-19.35 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.50£11.60£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.45£35.00£40.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
Windows Vista North EastWindows Vista
North East

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.

Windows Vista
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Tyne and Wear Windows Vista Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Vista across the Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Tyne and Wear Windows Vista Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista.

12 (100.00 %)PL/SQL
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)VBScript
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)Business Objects
12 (100.00 %)MS Office
12 (100.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Solaris
12 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
12 (100.00 %)Oracle 9i
12 (100.00 %)MS Excel
12 (100.00 %)Windows XP
12 (100.00 %)TOAD
12 (100.00 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
12 (100.00 %)BusinessObjects
12 (100.00 %)Genesys
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (100.00 %)VMware
12 (100.00 %)VMware Workstation
12 (100.00 %)BusinessObjects XI
12 (100.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (50.00 %)Time Management
21 (50.00 %)Security Cleared

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (100.00 %)MS Office
12 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)Oracle 9i
12 (100.00 %)TOAD
12 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
12 (100.00 %)BusinessObjects
12 (100.00 %)BusinessObjects XI
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (100.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Test Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Test Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Quality Engineer
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Solaris
12 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
12 (100.00 %)Windows XP
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Time Management
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)PL/SQL
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)VBScript
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (100.00 %)VMware Workstation
12 (100.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (100.00 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)Business Objects
12 (100.00 %)Genesys
12 (100.00 %)VMware