The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the Uxbridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Uxbridge region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 2.041% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £190 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £216 £210
% change year-on-year
+27.61% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £12.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -
All Operating Systems
Uxbridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
16 13 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 16.33% 9.630% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 6
Average daily rate £490 £600 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.33% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £600 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
Average hourly rate £16.00 £13.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% +20.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £13.00 £11.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Vista
London

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the Uxbridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Uxbridge Windows Vista Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Vista across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Uxbridge Windows Vista Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WLAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Lotus
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Life Science
2 1 (50.00%) LANDesk
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Lotus Notes

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Lotus Notes
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WLAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Lotus
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy
1 1 (50.00%) LANDesk