The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 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 Warwickshire 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
Rank 2 5 2
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 41 28 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 18.55% 12.39% 17.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 82.00% 62.22% 84.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 15
Average daily rate £252 £275 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.36% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £98 £196 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £392 £337
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £311 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.66% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 14
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -38.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £12.60 £12.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.40 £16.68 £27.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.38 £16.72 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-8.04% +11.46%
All Operating Systems
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
50 45 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 22.62% 19.91% 20.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 16
Average daily rate £254 £263 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.23% -4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £183 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £361 £318 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 14
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -45.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.50 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £17.50 £28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
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Job
Vacancies
Warwick -4 6 £93 - 3
Rugby 0 4 - - 1
Leamington Spa 0 2 £93 - 1
Stratford-upon-Avon - 2 £250 - 2
Kenilworth - 1 - -
Nuneaton - - - -
Southam - - - -
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 30 (41.10%) Windows XP
1 30 (41.10%) Windows 7
2 28 (38.36%) Active Directory
3 25 (34.25%) Windows Server 2008
4 24 (32.88%) Microsoft
5 20 (27.40%) Migration
6 19 (26.03%) VMware
7 18 (24.66%) MS Office
8 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (20.55%) Windows Server 2003
10 12 (16.44%) Citrix
10 12 (16.44%) SCCM
11 10 (13.70%) XenApp
11 10 (13.70%) MS Exchange
12 9 (12.33%) Windows 2000
13 8 (10.96%) HP
13 8 (10.96%) DNS
13 8 (10.96%) Project Management
14 7 (9.589%) MSI
14 7 (9.589%) Cisco
14 7 (9.589%) SQL
14 7 (9.589%) DHCP
14 7 (9.589%) TCP/IP
14 7 (9.589%) MCSE
14 7 (9.589%) Finance
14 7 (9.589%) Exchange Server 2010
14 7 (9.589%) VMware Infrastructure
15 6 (8.219%) MCITP
15 6 (8.219%) Windows Vista
15 6 (8.219%) Supplier Management

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 1 (1.370%) CGI
1 1 (1.370%) COM
1 1 (1.370%) .NET
1 1 (1.370%) WinForms
1 1 (1.370%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.370%) WCF
1 1 (1.370%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 10 (13.70%) MS Exchange
2 7 (9.589%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (6.849%) IBM Notes
3 5 (6.849%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.740%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.370%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (24.66%) MS Office
2 4 (5.479%) Office 365
2 4 (5.479%) MS Visio
3 3 (4.110%) MS Excel
4 2 (2.740%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.740%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.370%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.96%) DNS
2 7 (9.589%) DHCP
2 7 (9.589%) TCP/IP
3 5 (6.849%) SAN
3 5 (6.849%) VPN
4 3 (4.110%) LAN
5 2 (2.740%) Firewall
6 1 (1.370%) Internet
6 1 (1.370%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.740%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (2.740%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (2.740%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (9.589%) MSI
General
1 7 (9.589%) Finance
2 1 (1.370%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (1.370%) Multimedia
2 1 (1.370%) Back Office
2 1 (1.370%) Automotive
2 1 (1.370%) Manufacturing
2 1 (1.370%) German Language
Job Titles
1 10 (13.70%) Analyst
2 6 (8.219%) Consultant
2 6 (8.219%) Support Analyst
2 6 (8.219%) Support Engineer
2 6 (8.219%) Desktop Support
3 5 (6.849%) Architect
3 5 (6.849%) Server Support
3 5 (6.849%) 1st Line Support
4 4 (5.479%) IT Support
4 4 (5.479%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (5.479%) Technical Architect
4 4 (5.479%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (5.479%) Server Engineer
4 4 (5.479%) Coordinator
5 3 (4.110%) Project Manager
5 3 (4.110%) Helpdesk Technician
5 3 (4.110%) Technical Consultant
5 3 (4.110%) Design Engineer
5 3 (4.110%) Technical Support
5 3 (4.110%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.849%) Mainframe
2 4 (5.479%) Blackberry
3 3 (4.110%) IBM Mainframe
3 3 (4.110%) iSeries
4 2 (2.740%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.370%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.370%) Clustering
5 1 (1.370%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (41.10%) Windows XP
1 30 (41.10%) Windows 7
2 25 (34.25%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (20.55%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (12.33%) Windows 2000
5 6 (8.219%) Windows Vista
6 5 (6.849%) VMS
7 3 (4.110%) Linux
8 1 (1.370%) zOS
8 1 (1.370%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.40%) Migration
2 8 (10.96%) Project Management
3 6 (8.219%) Supplier Management
4 5 (6.849%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (4.110%) PRINCE2
5 3 (4.110%) ITIL
5 3 (4.110%) Programme Management
6 2 (2.740%) Incident Management
6 2 (2.740%) Manual Testing
6 2 (2.740%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (2.740%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (2.740%) Software Testing
7 1 (1.370%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (1.370%) OOD
7 1 (1.370%) OO
7 1 (1.370%) TOGAF
7 1 (1.370%) ITSM
7 1 (1.370%) Security Management
7 1 (1.370%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (1.370%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.589%) SQL
2 3 (4.110%) VBScript
3 1 (1.370%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (9.589%) MCSE
3 6 (8.219%) MCITP
4 5 (6.849%) Degree
5 2 (2.740%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.740%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.740%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.740%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (2.740%) MCP
5 2 (2.740%) CCIE
5 2 (2.740%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.740%) ISEB
6 1 (1.370%) HNC
6 1 (1.370%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.740%) SLA
2 1 (1.370%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.370%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.370%) COBIT
2 1 (1.370%) QA
System Software
1 28 (38.36%) Active Directory
2 10 (13.70%) XenApp
3 7 (9.589%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (5.479%) VMware Server
4 4 (5.479%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (2.740%) vSphere
5 2 (2.740%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.370%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.370%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 12 (16.44%) SCCM
2 5 (6.849%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 24 (32.88%) Microsoft
2 19 (26.03%) VMware
3 12 (16.44%) Citrix
4 8 (10.96%) HP
5 7 (9.589%) Cisco
6 5 (6.849%) Lotus
6 5 (6.849%) EMC
6 5 (6.849%) Panasonic
7 4 (5.479%) AppSense
7 4 (5.479%) NetApp
7 4 (5.479%) CheckPoint
8 3 (4.110%) IBM
9 2 (2.740%) Remedy
10 1 (1.370%) Intel
10 1 (1.370%) Cognos
10 1 (1.370%) DevExpress
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