Wales Windows Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Aldershot Amersham Andover Ascot Aylesbury Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Beverley Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bognor Regis Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Castleford Chalfont St Giles Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clapham Cleethorpes Cobham Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Ayrshire East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenwich Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highland Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverclyde Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kegworth Kent Kilmarnock King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Lothian Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Monmouthshire Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newry Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Pembrokeshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochdale Rochester Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Slough Snodland Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark St Albans St Helens St Neots Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Strathclyde Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tipton Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wymondham York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	2	6
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	118	76
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.151 %	0.085 %
As % of the category below	70.24 %	37.44 %
Daily rates quoted	20	9
Average minimum daily rate	£463	£252
Average daily rate	£498	£277
% change on same period last year	+79.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£533	£302
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£314
% change on same period last year	+3.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	45	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.74	£16.35
Average hourly rate	£28.65	£18.18
% change on same period last year	+57.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.55	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.80	£20.20
% change on same period last year	-1.98 %
Operating Systems Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	168	203
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.216 %	0.228 %
Daily rates quoted	35	34
Average minimum daily rate	£445	£366
Average daily rate	£475	£386
% change on same period last year	+22.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£505	£406
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£332
% change on same period last year	+3.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	54	51
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.24	£22.38
Average hourly rate	£27.65	£23.20
% change on same period last year	+19.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.05	£24.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.81	£23.07
% change on same period last year	-5.48 %
Windows UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Wales region.

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Wales region over the past 3 months.

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Wales region.

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Wales region over the past 3 months.

Windows
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Wales region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	South Wales	+3	94	£523	+67.19 %
2	West Wales	-6	7	£476	+296.45 %
3	North Wales	+3	6	-	-

Windows UK

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Wales region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

1 78 (35.14 %) Microsoft 2 52 (23.42 %) Windows XP 3 50 (22.52 %) Active Directory 4 49 (22.07 %) MS Office 5 41 (18.47 %) SQL Server 6 39 (17.57 %) .NET 7 36 (16.22 %) SQL 8 35 (15.77 %) C# 8 35 (15.77 %) XML 9 34 (15.32 %) Windows 2000 10 31 (13.96 %) ASP.NET 10 31 (13.96 %) Government 11 28 (12.61 %) VB.NET 12 26 (11.71 %) MS Exchange 13 25 (11.26 %) Exchange Server 2003

14 23 (10.36 %) WinForms 14 23 (10.36 %) Windows Server 2003 15 22 (9.910 %) SharePoint Server 2007 16 21 (9.459 %) Microsoft Certification 16 21 (9.459 %) SharePoint 17 20 (9.009 %) AIX 17 20 (9.009 %) Oracle 17 20 (9.009 %) AJAX 18 19 (8.559 %) Visual Studio 19 18 (8.108 %) XSLT 20 17 (7.658 %) Unix 20 17 (7.658 %) BizTalk Server 21 16 (7.207 %) Middleware 21 16 (7.207 %) VB 21 16 (7.207 %) C++

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Wales region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 39 (17.57 %) .NET 2 35 (15.77 %) XML 3 31 (13.96 %) ASP.NET 4 23 (10.36 %) WinForms 5 20 (9.009 %) AJAX 6 18 (8.108 %) XSLT 7 16 (7.207 %) HTML 7 16 (7.207 %) Middleware 8 13 (5.856 %) WebServices 8 13 (5.856 %) SOAP 9 9 (4.054 %) CSS 10 6 (2.703 %) XSD 10 6 (2.703 %) JMS 10 6 (2.703 %) WSDL 10 6 (2.703 %) SAML 11 5 (2.252 %) .NET Framework 12 3 (1.351 %) WF 12 3 (1.351 %) SAP Basis 12 3 (1.351 %) NetBeans 12 3 (1.351 %) SAP XI	Application Platforms 1 26 (11.71 %) MS Exchange 2 25 (11.26 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 22 (9.910 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 21 (9.459 %) SharePoint 5 17 (7.658 %) BizTalk Server 6 13 (5.856 %) IIS 7 12 (5.405 %) Exchange Server 2000 8 10 (4.505 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 4 (1.802 %) Lotus Notes 9 4 (1.802 %) WebLogic 10 3 (1.351 %) NetWeaver 10 3 (1.351 %) Apache 10 3 (1.351 %) Tomcat 11 2 (0.901 %) Oracle Application Server 11 2 (0.901 %) Exchange Server 2007 12 1 (0.450 %) CMS 12 1 (0.450 %) LiveLink
Applications 1 49 (22.07 %) MS Office 2 14 (6.306 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 2 (0.901 %) SAP PLM 2 1 (0.450 %) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking 1 12 (5.405 %) SAN 2 11 (4.955 %) Internet 3 9 (4.054 %) LAN 4 7 (3.153 %) TCP/IP 4 7 (3.153 %) DNS 5 6 (2.703 %) DHCP 6 5 (2.252 %) VPN 7 4 (1.802 %) WAN 8 3 (1.351 %) HTTP 9 2 (0.901 %) IIOP 9 2 (0.901 %) SSL 9 2 (0.901 %) VLAN 10 1 (0.450 %) Intranet 10 1 (0.450 %) 3G 10 1 (0.450 %) Firewall 10 1 (0.450 %) IP Telephony 10 1 (0.450 %) SMS 10 1 (0.450 %) UMTS 10 1 (0.450 %) GPRS 10 1 (0.450 %) GSM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 41 (18.47 %) SQL Server 2 11 (4.955 %) SQL Server 2005 3 10 (4.505 %) SQL Server 2000 4 4 (1.802 %) MS Access 5 3 (1.351 %) DB2 5 3 (1.351 %) DB2 UDB 6 2 (0.901 %) Oracle 9i 6 2 (0.901 %) Oracle Reports 6 2 (0.901 %) Oracle Discoverer 7 1 (0.450 %) RDBMS 7 1 (0.450 %) EDRMS 7 1 (0.450 %) GIS 7 1 (0.450 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 19 (8.559 %) Visual Studio 2 5 (2.252 %) Rational Rose 3 4 (1.802 %) ClearQuest 3 4 (1.802 %) ClearCase 4 3 (1.351 %) Ant 4 3 (1.351 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 2 (0.901 %) Oracle Forms 6 1 (0.450 %) MSI 6 1 (0.450 %) NUnit 6 1 (0.450 %) XDoclet	General 1 31 (13.96 %) Government 2 15 (6.757 %) Health 3 7 (3.153 %) Military 4 4 (1.802 %) Manufacturing 4 4 (1.802 %) Finance 5 3 (1.351 %) Aerospace 5 3 (1.351 %) Electronics 6 2 (0.901 %) Auditing 7 1 (0.450 %) Pharmaceutical 7 1 (0.450 %) Telecoms 7 1 (0.450 %) Banking 7 1 (0.450 %) Retail 7 1 (0.450 %) Insurance 7 1 (0.450 %) Local Government 7 1 (0.450 %) Marketing 7 1 (0.450 %) Education 7 1 (0.450 %) Electric 7 1 (0.450 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 47 (21.17 %) Developer 2 25 (11.26 %) .NET Developer 3 20 (9.009 %) Software Engineer 4 19 (8.559 %) Analyst 4 19 (8.559 %) Support Engineer 4 19 (8.559 %) VB.NET Developer 5 13 (5.856 %) Desktop Support 6 12 (5.405 %) Architect 6 12 (5.405 %) 2nd Line Support 7 11 (4.955 %) Integration Engineer 8 10 (4.505 %) Administrator 9 9 (4.054 %) Senior Software Engineer 10 8 (3.604 %) Helpdesk Support 10 8 (3.604 %) Support Analyst 11 7 (3.153 %) Systems Engineer 11 7 (3.153 %) DBA 11 7 (3.153 %) C# Software Engineer 11 7 (3.153 %) Server Specialist 12 6 (2.703 %) Senior C# Software Engineer 12 6 (2.703 %) Systems Integration Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 9 (4.054 %) NHS 2 8 (3.604 %) Clustering 3 4 (1.802 %) Thin Client 3 4 (1.802 %) Mainframe 3 4 (1.802 %) Management Information System 3 4 (1.802 %) Fat Client 4 3 (1.351 %) AS400 4 3 (1.351 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 4 3 (1.351 %) Blackberry 4 3 (1.351 %) Replication 5 2 (0.901 %) Smartcard 5 2 (0.901 %) Data Extraction 6 1 (0.450 %) PKI 6 1 (0.450 %) Pocket PC 6 1 (0.450 %) Welsh Language 6 1 (0.450 %) N-Tier 6 1 (0.450 %) Firmware 6 1 (0.450 %) Handset
Operating Systems 1 52 (23.42 %) Windows XP 2 34 (15.32 %) Windows 2000 3 23 (10.36 %) Windows Server 2003 4 20 (9.009 %) AIX 5 17 (7.658 %) Unix 6 8 (3.604 %) Windows NT 7 6 (2.703 %) Windows Mobile 8 4 (1.802 %) Linux 9 2 (0.901 %) Windows Vista 10 1 (0.450 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (7.207 %) E-business 2 13 (5.856 %) SOA 3 11 (4.955 %) OO 3 11 (4.955 %) ITIL 4 9 (4.054 %) Migration 5 8 (3.604 %) UML 6 7 (3.153 %) RAD 6 7 (3.153 %) Test Scripting 7 5 (2.252 %) Unit Testing 7 5 (2.252 %) Integration Testing 7 5 (2.252 %) Workflow 7 5 (2.252 %) BPEL 8 4 (1.802 %) Document Management 8 4 (1.802 %) RUP 8 4 (1.802 %) Configuration Management 8 4 (1.802 %) Service Management 9 3 (1.351 %) ITSM 10 2 (0.901 %) Information Security 10 2 (0.901 %) PLM 10 2 (0.901 %) Web Development
Programming Languages 1 36 (16.22 %) SQL 2 35 (15.77 %) C# 3 28 (12.61 %) VB.NET 4 16 (7.207 %) C++ 4 16 (7.207 %) Java 4 16 (7.207 %) VB 5 13 (5.856 %) C 6 6 (2.703 %) JavaScript 7 5 (2.252 %) Perl 8 4 (1.802 %) VB6 9 3 (1.351 %) VBScript 9 3 (1.351 %) ABAP 10 2 (0.901 %) VC++ 10 2 (0.901 %) LINC 10 2 (0.901 %) PL/SQL 10 2 (0.901 %) DHTML 11 1 (0.450 %) Transact-SQL 11 1 (0.450 %) Embedded C 11 1 (0.450 %) Assembly Language	Qualifications 1 21 (9.459 %) Microsoft Certification 2 14 (6.306 %) MCTS 3 12 (5.405 %) MCSE 4 9 (4.054 %) MCP 5 3 (1.351 %) HNC 5 3 (1.351 %) Oracle Certification 6 2 (0.901 %) MCSA 7 1 (0.450 %) MCDBA 7 1 (0.450 %) ITIL Certification 7 1 (0.450 %) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.802 %) SLA 2 2 (0.901 %) QA 2 2 (0.901 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 50 (22.52 %) Active Directory 2 6 (2.703 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 3 3 (1.351 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 3 (1.351 %) VMware ESX 3 3 (1.351 %) Terminal Server 4 2 (0.901 %) Squid 5 1 (0.450 %) Terminal Services 5 1 (0.450 %) MetaFrame 5 1 (0.450 %) NFS
Systems Management 1 6 (2.703 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (0.450 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 1 (0.450 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 2 1 (0.450 %) OpenView 2 1 (0.450 %) Legato 2 1 (0.450 %) Tivoli 2 1 (0.450 %) MOM	Vendors 1 78 (35.14 %) Microsoft 2 20 (9.009 %) Oracle 3 12 (5.405 %) Citrix 4 11 (4.955 %) VERITAS 5 10 (4.505 %) Remedy 6 8 (3.604 %) VMware 7 7 (3.153 %) Dell 7 7 (3.153 %) SAP 7 7 (3.153 %) HP 8 4 (1.802 %) Compaq 8 4 (1.802 %) Sybase 8 4 (1.802 %) Siemens 8 4 (1.802 %) Lotus 8 4 (1.802 %) Fujitsu Siemens 9 3 (1.351 %) SurfControl 9 3 (1.351 %) Cisco 10 2 (0.901 %) KANA 10 2 (0.901 %) QNX 11 1 (0.450 %) Wyse 11 1 (0.450 %) IBM