The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the Woking region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista 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 Woking 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 Vista
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 4.545% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £183 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £216 £210
% change year-on-year
+27.61% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £12.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -
All Operating Systems
Woking
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
4 18 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 9.091% 29.03% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 8
Average daily rate £190 £300 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% -20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £40.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +233.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Vista
Surrey

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Woking Windows Vista Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Trend

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

Woking Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Backup Exec
2 3 (75.00%) Symantec
2 3 (75.00%) McAfee
2 3 (75.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) MCP
3 2 (50.00%) SLA
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) WSUS
4 1 (25.00%) iPhone
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) iPad
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Office 365
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) DHCP

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (75.00%) LAN
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) iPhone
1 1 (25.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (50.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Backup Exec
1 3 (75.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Symantec
2 3 (75.00%) McAfee