The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Wakefield 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 4.167% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £258 £225
% change year-on-year
-9.70% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £12.38 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+25.25% -1.00%
All Operating Systems
Wakefield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 41.67% 20.69% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £275 £150 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+83.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £12.00 £16.27 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.22% +71.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows Vista
West Yorkshire

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield Windows Vista Jobs Demand 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield Windows Vista Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield 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 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 10 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (60.00%) MS Office
4 5 (50.00%) Blackberry
4 5 (50.00%) LAN
4 5 (50.00%) WAN
5 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (30.00%) MCP
5 3 (30.00%) HNC
5 3 (30.00%) UNIX
5 3 (30.00%) MCSE
5 3 (30.00%) MCSA
5 3 (30.00%) Internet
5 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
5 3 (30.00%) Performance Management
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (20.00%) AS400
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
6 2 (20.00%) Windows CE
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (20.00%) Citrix
7 1 (10.00%) SCCM
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield 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.

Applications
1 6 (60.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) LAN
1 5 (50.00%) WAN
2 3 (30.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Support Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) IT Support
2 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Support Officer
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Support
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (20.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 10 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (30.00%) UNIX
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (20.00%) Windows CE
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (30.00%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (30.00%) MCP
1 3 (30.00%) HNC
1 3 (30.00%) MCSE
1 3 (30.00%) MCSA
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix