Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Windows NT skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows NT over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

LinkMicrosoft Windows NT
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank293247
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-46
Matching contract IT job ads120421
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.349 %0.547 %
As % of the Operating Systems category1.951 %2.718 %
Daily rates quoted41103
Average daily rate£350£288
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year+21.73 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£168£140
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£495
UK excluding London average daily rate£235£174
% change on same period last year+35.05 %
Hourly rates quoted22124
Average hourly rate£19.50£17.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+11.42 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.20£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.40£29.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£16.25
% change on same period last year+29.23 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
615115487
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.91 %20.12 %
Daily rates quoted20924219
Average daily rate£329£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-12.26 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£195
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£350
% change on same period last year-18.14 %
Hourly rates quoted8092394
Average hourly rate£17.50£17.50
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£16.50
% change on same period last year+6.060 %

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 NT
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows NT within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows NT Demand Trend

Windows NT
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows NT within the UK.

Windows NT Daily Rate Trend

Windows NT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Windows NT Daily Rate Histogram

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows NT within the UK.

Windows NT Hourly Rate Trend

Windows NT
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows NT within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Windows NT Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows NT
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows NT within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-35112£358+19.16 %
LondonUp+6156£380-7.87 %
City of LondonUp+5530£425-5.55 %
South EastUp+425£333+121.66 %
South WestUp+3013£260-30.66 %
HampshireUp+349£450+113.77 %
KentUp+199£340-
West MidlandsUp+318£199-9.65 %
North WestUp+176£390+0.64 %
SomersetNew entry-5£303-
ScotlandUp+384£80-46.66 %
WalesUp+304--
South WalesNew entry-4--
East MidlandsUp+333--
WiltshireUp+253£275-38.88 %
BerkshireUp+213£388+19.23 %
ManchesterUp+203£400+185.71 %
OxfordshireUp+173£103-35.93 %
MerseysideUp+173£380+258.49 %
EdinburghNew entry-3£80-
BuckinghamshireUp+282£165-70.00 %
LiverpoolUp+142£380+258.49 %
GloucestershireUp+112--
MaidstoneUp+82£236-
BristolUp+52£245-
BirminghamUp+52£195-
StreetNew entry-2£380-
RedditchNew entry-2--
ReadingNew entry-2£325-
DerbyshireNew entry-2--

Windows NT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Windows NT 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 NT.

1295 (100.00 %)Windows
2154 (52.20 %)Windows XP
3145 (49.15 %)Windows 2000
4106 (35.93 %)Windows Server 2003
579 (26.78 %)Active Directory
672 (24.41 %)Microsoft
769 (23.39 %)Security Cleared
858 (19.66 %)MS Exchange
954 (18.31 %)MS Office
1053 (17.97 %)UNIX
1151 (17.29 %)SC Cleared
1245 (15.25 %)SQL
1343 (14.58 %)Windows 2000 Server
1441 (13.90 %)Oracle
1537 (12.54 %)Finance
1636 (12.20 %)Banking
1734 (11.53 %)Microsoft Certification
1833 (11.19 %)TCP/IP
1932 (10.85 %)ITIL
2031 (10.51 %)MCSE
2130 (10.17 %)Solaris
2130 (10.17 %)Java
2130 (10.17 %)MS Excel
2228 (9.492 %)Migration
2327 (9.153 %)Citrix
2327 (9.153 %)HP
2426 (8.814 %)DNS
2426 (8.814 %)LAN
2426 (8.814 %)Exchange Server 2003
2525 (8.475 %)Cisco

Windows NT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Windows NT 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 NT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (6.102 %)XML
217 (5.763 %).NET
315 (5.085 %)HTML
315 (5.085 %)XSLT
411 (3.729 %)NetBeans
411 (3.729 %)Java EE
411 (3.729 %)Grails
58 (2.712 %)ASP
64 (1.356 %)DHTML
64 (1.356 %)CGI
64 (1.356 %)XSL
64 (1.356 %)JSP
64 (1.356 %)Servlets
73 (1.017 %)JAXP
73 (1.017 %)DCOM
73 (1.017 %)XML Schema
73 (1.017 %)WebSphere
73 (1.017 %).NET Framework
82 (0.678 %)AJAX
82 (0.678 %)OLE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
158 (19.66 %)MS Exchange
226 (8.814 %)Exchange Server 2003
323 (7.797 %)IIS
422 (7.458 %)Exchange Server 5.5
518 (6.102 %)Exchange Server 2000
610 (3.390 %)Lotus Notes
76 (2.034 %)SharePoint Server 2007
85 (1.695 %)Exchange Server 2007
85 (1.695 %)CMS
85 (1.695 %)BizTalk Server
94 (1.356 %)iPlanet
94 (1.356 %)Tomcat
94 (1.356 %)TIBCO EMS
103 (1.017 %)WebLogic
103 (1.017 %)Tuxedo
103 (1.017 %)SAS
103 (1.017 %)Lotus Domino
103 (1.017 %)Apache
112 (0.678 %)SharePoint
112 (0.678 %)LiveLink
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
154 (18.31 %)MS Office
230 (10.17 %)MS Excel
38 (2.712 %)MS Project
45 (1.695 %)Paint Shop Pro
45 (1.695 %)MS Visio
53 (1.017 %)Acrobat
53 (1.017 %)Spreadsheet
62 (0.678 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.678 %)Photoshop
71 (0.339 %)FrameMaker
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (3.051 %)RMDS
25 (1.695 %)Microsoft CRM
34 (1.356 %)BusinessWorks
34 (1.356 %)TIBCO iProcess
43 (1.017 %)assyst
51 (0.339 %)SoftGrid
51 (0.339 %)Summit
51 (0.339 %)Salerio
51 (0.339 %)WebTrends
51 (0.339 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.339 %)Oracle 11i
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
133 (11.19 %)TCP/IP
226 (8.814 %)DNS
226 (8.814 %)LAN
321 (7.119 %)WAN
417 (5.763 %)DHCP
514 (4.746 %)Firewall
611 (3.729 %)Internet
611 (3.729 %)VPN
710 (3.390 %)SMS
710 (3.390 %)SAN
86 (2.034 %)Intranet
86 (2.034 %)Wireless
86 (2.034 %)SSL
86 (2.034 %)FTP
86 (2.034 %)PPP
95 (1.695 %)VLAN
104 (1.356 %)HTTP
104 (1.356 %)POP3
104 (1.356 %)SMTP
113 (1.017 %)Cisco PIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (8.136 %)SQL Server
216 (5.424 %)MS Access
311 (3.729 %)SQL Server 2000
49 (3.051 %)Oracle Reports
57 (2.373 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (1.356 %)Oracle 10g
64 (1.356 %)Crystal Reports
73 (1.017 %)Oracle 8/8i
82 (0.678 %)Oracle 9i
91 (0.339 %)Datawarehouse
91 (0.339 %)Oracle Discoverer
91 (0.339 %)RDBMS
91 (0.339 %)BusinessObjects
91 (0.339 %)SQL Server 7
91 (0.339 %)GIS
91 (0.339 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (0.339 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (0.339 %)Base SAS
91 (0.339 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (4.746 %)Subversion
28 (2.712 %)ClearQuest
34 (1.356 %)StarTeam
34 (1.356 %)VSS/SourceSafe
34 (1.356 %)ClearCase
34 (1.356 %)Eclipse
43 (1.017 %)JUnit
43 (1.017 %)JIRA
43 (1.017 %)InstallShield
43 (1.017 %)Atlassian Bamboo
43 (1.017 %)CheckStyle
52 (0.678 %)Oracle APEX
52 (0.678 %)Dreamweaver
61 (0.339 %)PowerBuilder
61 (0.339 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.339 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.339 %)MSI
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
137 (12.54 %)Finance
236 (12.20 %)Banking
324 (8.136 %)Investment Banking
418 (6.102 %)Government
58 (2.712 %)Local Government
67 (2.373 %)Health
67 (2.373 %)Front Office
75 (1.695 %)Retail
82 (0.678 %)Legal
82 (0.678 %)Insurance
82 (0.678 %)Pharmaceutical
82 (0.678 %)Education
82 (0.678 %)Electric
82 (0.678 %)Games
91 (0.339 %)Law
91 (0.339 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.339 %)Back Office
91 (0.339 %)Telecoms
91 (0.339 %)Marketing
91 (0.339 %)Manufacturing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
167 (22.71 %)Analyst
240 (13.56 %)Support Analyst
331 (10.51 %)Support Engineer
429 (9.831 %)Developer
528 (9.492 %)Desktop Support
623 (7.797 %)2nd Line Support
716 (5.424 %)3rd Line Support
716 (5.424 %)Rollout Engineer
814 (4.746 %)Desktop Engineer
911 (3.729 %)Java Developer
911 (3.729 %)Applications Support
1010 (3.390 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1010 (3.390 %)Desktop Support Engineer
1010 (3.390 %)Desktop Analyst
119 (3.051 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
119 (3.051 %)Administrator
119 (3.051 %)Support Technician
128 (2.712 %)Technical Support
128 (2.712 %)DBA
137 (2.373 %)Server Support
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
117 (5.763 %)Blackberry
214 (4.746 %)PDA
214 (4.746 %)Clustering
310 (3.390 %)Fixed Income
48 (2.712 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
57 (2.373 %)NHS
57 (2.373 %)Management Information System
66 (2.034 %)Market Risk
75 (1.695 %)Derivative
75 (1.695 %)Interest Rate Derivative
75 (1.695 %)EPoS
84 (1.356 %)Thin Client
84 (1.356 %)Fat Client
93 (1.017 %)Statistics
102 (0.678 %)Multithreading
102 (0.678 %)Device Driver
102 (0.678 %)Firmware
111 (0.339 %)Client/Server
111 (0.339 %)VAX
111 (0.339 %)Data Protection Act
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1295 (100.00 %)Windows
2154 (52.20 %)Windows XP
3145 (49.15 %)Windows 2000
4106 (35.93 %)Windows Server 2003
553 (17.97 %)UNIX
643 (14.58 %)Windows 2000 Server
730 (10.17 %)Solaris
824 (8.136 %)Linux
914 (4.746 %)Windows Vista
109 (3.051 %)Windows Server 2008
109 (3.051 %)VMS
115 (1.695 %)HPUX
124 (1.356 %)AIX
132 (0.678 %)NetWare
132 (0.678 %)OS/2
132 (0.678 %)Mac OS
141 (0.339 %)OS/390
141 (0.339 %)MVS
141 (0.339 %)Red Hat Linux
141 (0.339 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
132 (10.85 %)ITIL
228 (9.492 %)Migration
310 (3.390 %)UML
49 (3.051 %)RUP
58 (2.712 %)Business Analysis
67 (2.373 %)PRINCE2
76 (2.034 %)Project Management
76 (2.034 %)Service Delivery
76 (2.034 %)Disaster Recovery
85 (1.695 %)Risk Management
85 (1.695 %)Document Management
85 (1.695 %)Service Management
85 (1.695 %)Load Balancing
94 (1.356 %)Unit Testing
94 (1.356 %)SOA
94 (1.356 %)Business Continuity
103 (1.017 %)Configuration Management
103 (1.017 %)Validation
103 (1.017 %)PRINCE
103 (1.017 %)Change Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
145 (15.25 %)SQL
230 (10.17 %)Java
315 (5.085 %)VB
413 (4.407 %)JavaScript
413 (4.407 %)C++
511 (3.729 %)XQuery
511 (3.729 %)Groovy
610 (3.390 %)C#
79 (3.051 %)C
86 (2.034 %)PL/SQL
95 (1.695 %)COBOL
95 (1.695 %)VBA
104 (1.356 %)VB.NET
104 (1.356 %)Perl
104 (1.356 %)PowerShell
104 (1.356 %)XPath
113 (1.017 %)VB6
113 (1.017 %)VBScript
113 (1.017 %)VC++
113 (1.017 %)Assembly Language
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
169 (23.39 %)Security Cleared
251 (17.29 %)SC Cleared
334 (11.53 %)Microsoft Certification
431 (10.51 %)MCSE
521 (7.119 %)BC Cleared
68 (2.712 %)MCP
77 (2.373 %)CCNA
77 (2.373 %)Cisco Certification
85 (1.695 %)Degree
85 (1.695 %)DV Cleared
92 (0.678 %)ITIL Certification
92 (0.678 %)CCSP
101 (0.339 %)HNC
101 (0.339 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
101 (0.339 %)CTC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.695 %)SLA
21 (0.339 %)TickIT
21 (0.339 %)QA
21 (0.339 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
179 (26.78 %)Active Directory
219 (6.441 %)VMware Infrastructure
316 (5.424 %)Backup Exec
413 (4.407 %)VMware ESX
511 (3.729 %)NetBackup
66 (2.034 %)MetaFrame
66 (2.034 %)Terminal Services
75 (1.695 %)ISA Server
84 (1.356 %)Citrix Presentation Server
92 (0.678 %)Terminal Server
92 (0.678 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
92 (0.678 %)Oracle RAC
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (4.068 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
26 (2.034 %)Tivoli
33 (1.017 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
33 (1.017 %)TIBCO Hawk
42 (0.678 %)Norton AntiVirus
42 (0.678 %)DameWare
42 (0.678 %)ServiceCenter
42 (0.678 %)SCCM
51 (0.339 %)OpenView
51 (0.339 %)WSUS
51 (0.339 %)EMC NetWorker
51 (0.339 %)MOM
51 (0.339 %)CONTROL-M
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
172 (24.41 %)Microsoft
241 (13.90 %)Oracle
327 (9.153 %)HP
327 (9.153 %)Citrix
425 (8.475 %)Cisco
523 (7.797 %)VMware
611 (3.729 %)JBoss
611 (3.729 %)Dell
611 (3.729 %)Lotus
611 (3.729 %)Symantec
611 (3.729 %)Remedy
710 (3.390 %)Sybase
89 (3.051 %)Reuters
89 (3.051 %)Bloomberg
97 (2.373 %)Adobe
106 (2.034 %)Fidessa
106 (2.034 %)Veritas
106 (2.034 %)Telerate
115 (1.695 %)Compaq
124 (1.356 %)Novell