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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Windsor 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank711
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads73
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.003 %
As % of the category below77.78 %100.00 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£425
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£306
% change on same period last year+4.06 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£14.00-
Average hourly rate£16.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£18.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.89£20.47
% change on same period last year+2.08 %
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Windsor
Matching contract IT job ads93
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.003 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£425
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£331
% change on same period last year-1.66 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£14.00-
Average hourly rate£16.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£18.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.97£22.20
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Windows BerkshireWindows
Berkshire

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 Windsor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windsor 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 Windsor region.

Windsor Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windsor Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Windsor 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.

110 (40.00 %)SQL Server
28 (32.00 %)Oracle
28 (32.00 %)SQL
37 (28.00 %)HP
46 (24.00 %)C#
46 (24.00 %).NET
46 (24.00 %)ASP.NET
46 (24.00 %)ITIL
55 (20.00 %)UNIX
55 (20.00 %)RUP
55 (20.00 %)MS Office
55 (20.00 %)Microsoft
55 (20.00 %)Data Modelling
55 (20.00 %)Scrum
55 (20.00 %)OpenView
55 (20.00 %)ITIL Certification
64 (16.00 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (16.00 %)MS Exchange
64 (16.00 %)LAN
64 (16.00 %)TCP/IP
64 (16.00 %)IIS
73 (12.00 %)VB
73 (12.00 %)VBA
73 (12.00 %)RAD
73 (12.00 %)WAN
73 (12.00 %)TestDirector
73 (12.00 %)BizTalk Server
73 (12.00 %)Change Management
73 (12.00 %)Service Management
73 (12.00 %)VB6

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Windsor 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.

Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (24.00 %).NET
16 (24.00 %)ASP.NET
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (16.00 %)MS Exchange
14 (16.00 %)IIS
23 (12.00 %)BizTalk Server
31 (4.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (4.000 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (4.000 %)Lotus Notes
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (20.00 %)MS Office
21 (4.000 %)MS Excel
21 (4.000 %)MS Visio
21 (4.000 %)MS Project
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (16.00 %)TCP/IP
14 (16.00 %)LAN
23 (12.00 %)WAN
31 (4.000 %)DHCP
31 (4.000 %)VPN
31 (4.000 %)DNS
31 (4.000 %)SAN
31 (4.000 %)Firewall
31 (4.000 %)Wireless
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (40.00 %)SQL Server
22 (8.000 %)MS Access
31 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2005
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (12.00 %)TestDirector
21 (4.000 %)Dreamweaver
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.000 %)Back Office
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (56.00 %)Analyst
25 (20.00 %)Support Analyst
25 (20.00 %)Developer
25 (20.00 %)C# Developer
25 (20.00 %)Change Analyst
33 (12.00 %)Applications Support Analyst
33 (12.00 %)Support Engineer
33 (12.00 %)Applications Support
42 (8.000 %)2nd Line Support
42 (8.000 %)Test Analyst
42 (8.000 %)Desktop Support
51 (4.000 %)Software Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Project Manager
51 (4.000 %)Business Analyst
51 (4.000 %)Systems Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Helpdesk Analyst
51 (4.000 %)1st Line Support
51 (4.000 %)3rd Line Support
51 (4.000 %)Desktop Support Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Test Engineer
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (20.00 %)UNIX
24 (16.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (12.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (8.000 %)Windows XP
42 (8.000 %)Windows Vista
51 (4.000 %)Windows 2000
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (24.00 %)ITIL
25 (20.00 %)RUP
25 (20.00 %)Data Modelling
25 (20.00 %)Scrum
33 (12.00 %)Incident Management
33 (12.00 %)Migration
33 (12.00 %)Data Migration
33 (12.00 %)Problem Management
33 (12.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
33 (12.00 %)RAD
33 (12.00 %)Service Management
33 (12.00 %)Change Management
42 (8.000 %)Validation
42 (8.000 %)Service Delivery
42 (8.000 %)Test Scripting
51 (4.000 %)System Testing
51 (4.000 %)Project Planning
51 (4.000 %)Project Management
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (32.00 %)SQL
26 (24.00 %)C#
33 (12.00 %)VB
33 (12.00 %)VBA
33 (12.00 %)VB6
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (20.00 %)ITIL Certification
22 (8.000 %)MCSE
22 (8.000 %)ISEB
22 (8.000 %)Microsoft Certification
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (8.000 %)QA
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (8.000 %)Active Directory
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (20.00 %)OpenView
Windsor IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (32.00 %)Oracle
27 (28.00 %)HP
35 (20.00 %)Microsoft
42 (8.000 %)Dell
51 (4.000 %)Citrix
51 (4.000 %)Lotus
51 (4.000 %)Quark
51 (4.000 %)Remedy
51 (4.000 %)VMware
51 (4.000 %)Adobe
51 (4.000 %)IBM