The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 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 Warrington 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
Rank 11 11 12
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 11 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 9.016% 7.447% 7.692%
As % of the Operating Systems category 50.00% 50.00% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
Average daily rate £225 £355 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.61% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.58% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.45 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.36% +6.45%
All Operating Systems
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
22 14 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 18.03% 14.89% 8.974%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 1
Average daily rate £283 £355 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.42% +18.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows
Cheshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington Windows Jobs Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Warrington Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Warrington region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Warrington Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warrington Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington region citing Windows 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.

1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 9 (47.37%) Windows XP
3 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
3 8 (42.11%) Windows 7
4 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
5 5 (26.32%) ITIL
5 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (21.05%) OpenView
6 4 (21.05%) HP
6 4 (21.05%) MS Visio
6 4 (21.05%) ISO 9000
6 4 (21.05%) MCP
6 4 (21.05%) SAP
6 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
6 4 (21.05%) Lotus Notes
6 4 (21.05%) MCSE
6 4 (21.05%) Oracle 8/8i
6 4 (21.05%) Java
6 4 (21.05%) SQL
6 4 (21.05%) .NET
6 4 (21.05%) Oracle
6 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
6 4 (21.05%) MS Project
6 4 (21.05%) MS Office
6 4 (21.05%) Lotus
6 4 (21.05%) LiveLink
6 4 (21.05%) MS PowerPoint
6 4 (21.05%) MCDST
6 4 (21.05%) BS25999
6 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington region citing Windows 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (21.05%) .NET
2 3 (15.79%) WCF
2 3 (15.79%) WPF
2 3 (15.79%) WebSphere
2 3 (15.79%) .NET Framework
2 3 (15.79%) Java EE
2 3 (15.79%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
1 4 (21.05%) Lotus Notes
1 4 (21.05%) LiveLink
2 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.263%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
2 4 (21.05%) MS Visio
2 4 (21.05%) MS Project
2 4 (21.05%) MS Office
2 4 (21.05%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.53%) LAN
2 2 (10.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (5.263%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Support Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Software Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Field Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Service Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support
4 2 (10.53%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Storage Architect
5 1 (5.263%) Android Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Solutions Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) VMware Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Rollout Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Project Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (47.37%) Windows XP
2 8 (42.11%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (5.263%) Android
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.263%) Windows 8
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) ITIL
2 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
3 3 (15.79%) Feature Driven Development
3 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (15.79%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
3 3 (15.79%) Data Management
3 3 (15.79%) Scrum
3 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.263%) Time Management
4 1 (5.263%) TOGAF
4 1 (5.263%) Service Management
4 1 (5.263%) Migration
4 1 (5.263%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) Java
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
2 3 (15.79%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (21.05%) MCP
2 4 (21.05%) MCSE
2 4 (21.05%) MCDST
2 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) MCITP
3 3 (15.79%) Degree
4 1 (5.263%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) ISO 9000
1 4 (21.05%) BS25999
1 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) XenApp
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (5.263%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) OpenView
1 4 (21.05%) ServiceCenter
2 2 (10.53%) Tivoli
2 2 (10.53%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (10.53%) NetBackup
3 1 (5.263%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) HP
2 4 (21.05%) SAP
2 4 (21.05%) Oracle
2 4 (21.05%) Lotus
3 3 (15.79%) IBM
3 3 (15.79%) EMC
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix
4 2 (10.53%) VMware
4 2 (10.53%) Fujitsu
5 1 (5.263%) Acronis
5 1 (5.263%) Hitachi
5 1 (5.263%) NetApp
5 1 (5.263%) Dell