Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Windows Vista 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 Vista 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 Vista
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank195188
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads250609
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.728 %0.791 %
As % of the Operating Systems category4.064 %3.932 %
Daily rates quoted83149
Average daily rate£290£338
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-14.07 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£99£154
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£409£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300
Hourly rates quoted76150
Average hourly rate£17.25£15.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+15.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.25£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.10£25.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£15.00
% change on same period last year+16.66 %
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 Vista
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Windows Vista Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows Vista Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Windows Vista Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows Vista
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 Vista 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-9228£300-12.72 %
South EastDown-1176£394-7.35 %
LondonUp+3372£275-21.42 %
Milton KeynesUp+1634£343-19.29 %
BuckinghamshireDown-234£343-19.29 %
City of LondonUp+4928£331-1.85 %
East of EnglandUp+6021£80-60.25 %
BerkshireUp+221£400-5.88 %
North WestUp+5618£160-50.95 %
HampshireUp+5013£413-
South WestUp+2713£308-26.78 %
West MidlandsUp+3012£190-33.33 %
CheshireUp+499£165-
ScotlandUp+429£98-13.33 %
ReadingUp+39£400+36.17 %
WalesUp+288--
EssexUp+258£80-
North EastUp+327--
MacclesfieldNew entry-7£165-
ChelmsfordNew entry-7£80-
CambridgeshireUp+236£125-
GloucestershireNo change06£318-25.29 %
Tyne and WearUp+265--
CambridgeUp+225--
South WalesUp+225--
YorkshireUp+55--
SolihullNew entry-5--
BelfastUp+184£173-1.14 %
County AntrimUp+184£173-1.14 %
LancashireUp+164£75-

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1604 (100.00 %)Windows
2240 (39.74 %)Windows XP
3232 (38.41 %)Active Directory
4231 (38.25 %)Windows Server 2003
5229 (37.91 %)Microsoft
6195 (32.28 %)Security Cleared
7140 (23.18 %)Windows Server 2008
8118 (19.54 %)Windows 2000
9113 (18.71 %)MS Office
10108 (17.88 %)SC Cleared
11102 (16.89 %)MS Exchange
1295 (15.73 %)MS Excel
1380 (13.25 %)Microsoft Certification
1478 (12.91 %)VMware Infrastructure
1478 (12.91 %)VMware
1577 (12.75 %)Government
1670 (11.59 %)SQL
1768 (11.26 %)SQL Server
1864 (10.60 %)TCP/IP
1961 (10.10 %)HP
2059 (9.768 %)VB
2059 (9.768 %)DV Cleared
2059 (9.768 %)Exchange Server 2003
2156 (9.272 %)ITIL
2255 (9.106 %)Migration
2354 (8.940 %)Citrix
2451 (8.444 %)OpenView Configuration Management
2547 (7.781 %)MCSE
2644 (7.285 %)Exchange Server 2007
2742 (6.954 %)SharePoint

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (4.470 %)Application Packaging
214 (2.318 %)HTML
214 (2.318 %).NET
38 (1.325 %)XML
46 (0.993 %)WMI
55 (0.828 %)CSS
64 (0.662 %)ASP.NET
64 (0.662 %)J2EE
73 (0.497 %).NET Framework
73 (0.497 %)EDI
82 (0.331 %)WDK
82 (0.331 %)X-Windows
82 (0.331 %)WinForms
82 (0.331 %)XHTML
82 (0.331 %)Software Packaging
82 (0.331 %)WPF
91 (0.166 %)ASP
91 (0.166 %)JSF
91 (0.166 %)AJAX
91 (0.166 %)ADSI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1102 (16.89 %)MS Exchange
259 (9.768 %)Exchange Server 2003
344 (7.285 %)Exchange Server 2007
442 (6.954 %)SharePoint
519 (3.146 %)IIS
617 (2.815 %)Exchange Server 5.5
710 (1.656 %)Lotus Notes
89 (1.490 %)SharePoint Server 2007
98 (1.325 %)Exchange Server 2000
105 (0.828 %)GroupWise
114 (0.662 %)WebLogic
122 (0.331 %)Documentum
122 (0.331 %)Office Communications Server
131 (0.166 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
131 (0.166 %)SAS
131 (0.166 %)NetWeaver
131 (0.166 %)Apache
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1113 (18.71 %)MS Office
295 (15.73 %)MS Excel
315 (2.483 %)MS Visio
48 (1.325 %)MS Project
55 (0.828 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.497 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.331 %)Photoshop
72 (0.331 %)QuarkXPress
81 (0.166 %)AutoCAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
123 (3.808 %)SoftGrid
22 (0.331 %)Teamcenter
22 (0.331 %)ENOVIA
22 (0.331 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.166 %)WebTrends
31 (0.166 %)TIBCO BusinessEvents
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
164 (10.60 %)TCP/IP
238 (6.291 %)DNS
334 (5.629 %)DHCP
433 (5.464 %)SAN
433 (5.464 %)Firewall
523 (3.808 %)Internet
523 (3.808 %)VPN
620 (3.311 %)WAN
719 (3.146 %)LAN
818 (2.980 %)SMS
916 (2.649 %)Ethernet
1013 (2.152 %)NAS
1111 (1.821 %)Wireless
127 (1.159 %)ADSL
135 (0.828 %)VoIP
135 (0.828 %)Intranet
135 (0.828 %)X.400
135 (0.828 %)X.500
144 (0.662 %)Extranet
144 (0.662 %)LDAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
168 (11.26 %)SQL Server
214 (2.318 %)MS Access
310 (1.656 %)BusinessObjects
49 (1.490 %)SQL Server 2005
57 (1.159 %)Oracle 10g
66 (0.993 %)SQL Server 2000
75 (0.828 %)BusinessObjects XI
75 (0.828 %)Datawarehouse
75 (0.828 %)MySQL
84 (0.662 %)Oracle 9i
84 (0.662 %)Crystal Reports
84 (0.662 %)TOAD
93 (0.497 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (0.497 %)Oracle Reports
102 (0.331 %)ETL
102 (0.331 %)FileMaker
102 (0.331 %)Oracle OWB
111 (0.166 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
111 (0.166 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
111 (0.166 %)Base SAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (3.642 %)MSI
25 (0.828 %)InstallShield
34 (0.662 %)VSS/SourceSafe
42 (0.331 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.166 %)ClearCase
51 (0.166 %)Dreamweaver
51 (0.166 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
177 (12.75 %)Government
237 (6.126 %)Finance
328 (4.636 %)Banking
416 (2.649 %)Insurance
416 (2.649 %)Pharmaceutical
515 (2.483 %)Auditing
613 (2.152 %)Investment Banking
710 (1.656 %)Electric
710 (1.656 %)Retail
710 (1.656 %)Telecoms
89 (1.490 %)Legal
89 (1.490 %)Front Office
97 (1.159 %)Education
106 (0.993 %)Financial Institution
106 (0.993 %)Local Government
115 (0.828 %)Health
124 (0.662 %)Marketing
133 (0.497 %)Automotive
142 (0.331 %)Chemicals
142 (0.331 %)Aerospace
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1107 (17.72 %)Analyst
260 (9.934 %)Desktop Support
359 (9.768 %)Support Analyst
457 (9.437 %)Support Engineer
553 (8.775 %)Consultant
647 (7.781 %)Desktop Engineer
728 (4.636 %)Desktop Support Engineer
827 (4.470 %)2nd Line Support
925 (4.139 %)Technical Support
1023 (3.808 %)3rd Line Support
1121 (3.477 %)Administrator
1121 (3.477 %)Support Specialist
1220 (3.311 %)Service Analyst
1319 (3.146 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1418 (2.980 %)Service Desk Analyst
1418 (2.980 %)Deployment Engineer
1516 (2.649 %)Technical Engineer
1516 (2.649 %)Systems Engineer
1615 (2.483 %)Systems Administrator
1615 (2.483 %)Server Support
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (3.146 %)Client/Server
119 (3.146 %)Blackberry
218 (2.980 %)PDA
315 (2.483 %)Replication
49 (1.490 %)Clustering
57 (1.159 %)Thin Client
57 (1.159 %)PKI
57 (1.159 %)Fat Client
66 (0.993 %)Management Information System
66 (0.993 %)NHS
75 (0.828 %)CESG
83 (0.497 %)Dutch Language
92 (0.331 %)French Language
92 (0.331 %)German Language
92 (0.331 %)PACS
92 (0.331 %)Video Conferencing
92 (0.331 %)Taxonomies
92 (0.331 %)Arabic Language
101 (0.166 %)Data Protection Act
101 (0.166 %)Device Driver
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1604 (100.00 %)Windows
2240 (39.74 %)Windows XP
3231 (38.25 %)Windows Server 2003
4140 (23.18 %)Windows Server 2008
5118 (19.54 %)Windows 2000
638 (6.291 %)Solaris
735 (5.795 %)Windows 2000 Server
834 (5.629 %)UNIX
930 (4.967 %)Linux
1014 (2.318 %)Windows NT
117 (1.159 %)HPUX
126 (0.993 %)Mac OS X
135 (0.828 %)NetWare
143 (0.497 %)Windows Mobile
143 (0.497 %)Red Hat Linux
152 (0.331 %)SUSE
161 (0.166 %)OS/390
161 (0.166 %)VMS
161 (0.166 %)AIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
156 (9.272 %)ITIL
255 (9.106 %)Migration
325 (4.139 %)Project Management
416 (2.649 %)Time Management
513 (2.152 %)Change Management
611 (1.821 %)Incident Management
710 (1.656 %)PRINCE2
89 (1.490 %)Risk Management
98 (1.325 %)Business Desktop Deployment
107 (1.159 %)Service Management
115 (0.828 %)Configuration Management
115 (0.828 %)CRM
115 (0.828 %)Performance Management
124 (0.662 %)Algorithmic Trading
124 (0.662 %)Test Scripting
124 (0.662 %)Web Development
124 (0.662 %)Performance Testing
124 (0.662 %)ERP
124 (0.662 %)Service Delivery
124 (0.662 %)Disaster Recovery
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
170 (11.59 %)SQL
259 (9.768 %)VB
320 (3.311 %)VBScript
419 (3.146 %)Tcl
517 (2.815 %)C
612 (1.987 %)Perl
711 (1.821 %)REXX
810 (1.656 %)PL/SQL
99 (1.490 %)VB.NET
99 (1.490 %)Java
108 (1.325 %)C#
117 (1.159 %)VBA
117 (1.159 %)PowerShell
126 (0.993 %)Shell Script
134 (0.662 %)AWK
134 (0.662 %)T-SQL
134 (0.662 %)JavaScript
143 (0.497 %)VB6
152 (0.331 %)C++
161 (0.166 %)COBOL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1195 (32.28 %)Security Cleared
2108 (17.88 %)SC Cleared
380 (13.25 %)Microsoft Certification
459 (9.768 %)DV Cleared
547 (7.781 %)MCSE
627 (4.470 %)MCP
710 (1.656 %)Cisco Certification
710 (1.656 %)Degree
89 (1.490 %)CCNA
97 (1.159 %)MCSA
106 (0.993 %)MCDST
115 (0.828 %)MOS
115 (0.828 %)CCA
115 (0.828 %)Citrix Certification
124 (0.662 %)ITIL Certification
124 (0.662 %)MCITP
133 (0.497 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
133 (0.497 %)CNE
133 (0.497 %)Novell Certification
142 (0.331 %)CISM
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (3.477 %)SLA
27 (1.159 %)QA
33 (0.497 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.166 %)ISO27001
41 (0.166 %)BS7799
41 (0.166 %)HMG Infosec
41 (0.166 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.166 %)ISO17799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1232 (38.41 %)Active Directory
278 (12.91 %)VMware Infrastructure
327 (4.470 %)VMware ESX
413 (2.152 %)VMware Workstation
512 (1.987 %)Backup Exec
610 (1.656 %)NetBackup
77 (1.159 %)Xen
86 (0.993 %)NDS
94 (0.662 %)Terminal Services
94 (0.662 %)Citrix Presentation Server
94 (0.662 %)XenApp
103 (0.497 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
112 (0.331 %)MetaFrame
112 (0.331 %)Terminal Server
112 (0.331 %)MailMarshal
121 (0.166 %)Hyper-V
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
151 (8.444 %)OpenView Configuration Management
241 (6.788 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
337 (6.126 %)SCCM
49 (1.490 %)SCOM
58 (1.325 %)Norton AntiVirus
66 (0.993 %)DameWare
75 (0.828 %)OVSD
75 (0.828 %)ZENworks
75 (0.828 %)OpenView
84 (0.662 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
84 (0.662 %)WSUS
93 (0.497 %)MOM
102 (0.331 %)Tivoli
111 (0.166 %)Tivoli Monitoring
111 (0.166 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
111 (0.166 %)Netcool
111 (0.166 %)ServiceCenter
111 (0.166 %)OVOW
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1229 (37.91 %)Microsoft
278 (12.91 %)VMware
361 (10.10 %)HP
454 (8.940 %)Citrix
528 (4.636 %)Dell
627 (4.470 %)Altiris
726 (4.305 %)Oracle
824 (3.974 %)Cisco
918 (2.980 %)IBM
1017 (2.815 %)Remedy
1113 (2.152 %)Symantec
1210 (1.656 %)Lotus
1210 (1.656 %)Business Objects
139 (1.490 %)Veritas
148 (1.325 %)Sophos
157 (1.159 %)Apple
165 (0.828 %)Novell
165 (0.828 %)Sybase
165 (0.828 %)Compaq
174 (0.662 %)Sun