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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Winchester 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 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank16
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads158
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.008 %
As % of the category below100.00 %44.44 %
Daily rates quoted80
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£333-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£341-
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£313
% change on same period last year+0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£35.67£12.00
Average hourly rate£39.83£13.50
% change on same period last year+195.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£44.00£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.60£20.63
% change on same period last year-5.01 %
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Winchester
Matching contract IT job ads1518
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.018 %
Daily rates quoted82
Average minimum daily rate£338£300
Average daily rate£341£325
% change on same period last year+5.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£337
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted35
Average minimum hourly rate£36.80£31.27
Average hourly rate£40.80£32.68
% change on same period last year+24.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£44.80£34.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.11£23.45
% change on same period last year-5.72 %
Windows HampshireWindows
Hampshire

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the Winchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Winchester Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Winchester Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Winchester region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Winchester Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Winchester Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows across the Winchester region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Winchester Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Winchester 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.

121 (48.84 %)Windows Mobile
217 (39.53 %)C#
315 (34.88 %).NET
315 (34.88 %)Microsoft
315 (34.88 %).NET Framework
413 (30.23 %)CTC Cleared
413 (30.23 %)Security Cleared
59 (20.93 %)MS Exchange
59 (20.93 %)SQL
68 (18.60 %)Wireless
68 (18.60 %)Back Office
77 (16.28 %)Perl
77 (16.28 %)SQL Server
77 (16.28 %)UNIX
77 (16.28 %)AIX
77 (16.28 %)Linux
77 (16.28 %)PDA
77 (16.28 %)Windows XP
86 (13.95 %)Active Directory
86 (13.95 %)C++
95 (11.63 %)HPUX
95 (11.63 %)Solaris
95 (11.63 %)HP
95 (11.63 %)Citrix
95 (11.63 %)Windows 2000
95 (11.63 %)Korn
95 (11.63 %)Exchange Server 2003
104 (9.302 %)Citrix Presentation Server
104 (9.302 %)VMware Server
104 (9.302 %)MS Office

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Winchester 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.

Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (34.88 %).NET
115 (34.88 %).NET Framework
21 (2.326 %)HTML
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (20.93 %)MS Exchange
25 (11.63 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (2.326 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (2.326 %)SharePoint
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (9.302 %)MS Office
22 (4.651 %)MS Excel
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (18.60 %)Wireless
22 (4.651 %)LAN
22 (4.651 %)WAN
22 (4.651 %)TCP/IP
22 (4.651 %)SAN
22 (4.651 %)CTI
31 (2.326 %)SSH
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (16.28 %)SQL Server
22 (4.651 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (2.326 %)BusinessObjects
31 (2.326 %)BusinessObjects XI
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (18.60 %)Back Office
23 (6.977 %)Government
32 (4.651 %)Police
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (20.93 %)Software Developer
19 (20.93 %)Developer
26 (13.95 %)Tester
35 (11.63 %)Analyst
35 (11.63 %)Software Tester
44 (9.302 %)Test Engineer
44 (9.302 %)Helpdesk Support
44 (9.302 %)Citrix Support
53 (6.977 %)Software Manager
53 (6.977 %)Software Development Manager
53 (6.977 %)Development Manager
53 (6.977 %)Software Engineer
62 (4.651 %)Senior Software Engineer
62 (4.651 %)Support Analyst
62 (4.651 %)Helpdesk Analyst
62 (4.651 %)Technical Manager
62 (4.651 %)Delivery Manager
71 (2.326 %)Business Project Manager
71 (2.326 %)Business Manager
71 (2.326 %)Network Support
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (16.28 %)PDA
21 (2.326 %)Blackberry
21 (2.326 %)Clustering
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (48.84 %)Windows Mobile
27 (16.28 %)UNIX
27 (16.28 %)AIX
27 (16.28 %)Linux
27 (16.28 %)Windows XP
35 (11.63 %)Windows 2000
35 (11.63 %)HPUX
35 (11.63 %)Solaris
42 (4.651 %)Windows Server 2003
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (30.23 %)CTC Cleared
113 (30.23 %)Security Cleared
24 (9.302 %)ITIL
24 (9.302 %)Migration
32 (4.651 %)CRM
41 (2.326 %)Regression Testing
41 (2.326 %)PRINCE2
41 (2.326 %)Supplier Management
41 (2.326 %)Manual Testing
41 (2.326 %)System Testing
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (39.53 %)C#
29 (20.93 %)SQL
37 (16.28 %)Perl
46 (13.95 %)C++
55 (11.63 %)Korn
64 (9.302 %)Java
72 (4.651 %)C
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (6.977 %)CCA
13 (6.977 %)Citrix Certification
21 (2.326 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (2.326 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (13.95 %)Active Directory
24 (9.302 %)VMware ESX
24 (9.302 %)Citrix Presentation Server
24 (9.302 %)VMware Server
31 (2.326 %)MetaFrame
Winchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (34.88 %)Microsoft
25 (11.63 %)HP
25 (11.63 %)Citrix
34 (9.302 %)VMware
42 (4.651 %)Lagan
42 (4.651 %)Oracle
51 (2.326 %)Business Objects
51 (2.326 %)Genesys
51 (2.326 %)Red Hat
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