Windows Contracts in Wolverhampton
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton 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 3 6 2
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows 6 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 19.35% 10.00% 50.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.67% 75.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
Average daily rate £113 £150 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £103 £150 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £150 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.58% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.45 £16.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-6.36% +6.45%
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All Operating Systems
Wolverhampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 9 4 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 29.03% 13.33% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
Average daily rate £125 £150 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton Windows Daily Rate Trend

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wolverhampton Windows Hourly Rate Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 10 (62.50%) VMware
2 10 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (56.25%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (56.25%) MS Exchange
4 8 (50.00%) LAN
4 8 (50.00%) WAN
4 8 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 8 (50.00%) xDSL
5 7 (43.75%) Terminal Services
5 7 (43.75%) DNS
5 7 (43.75%) DHCP
6 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (18.75%) VMware Server
7 3 (18.75%) Windows 7
7 3 (18.75%) Windows XP
8 2 (12.50%) Cisco
8 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
8 2 (12.50%) HP
8 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (12.50%) Avaya
8 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (6.250%) iPhone
9 1 (6.250%) Hyper-V
9 1 (6.250%) EqualLogic
9 1 (6.250%) iPad
9 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (6.250%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (6.250%) Performance Testing
9 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 Platforms
1 9 (56.25%) MS Exchange
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) LAN
1 8 (50.00%) WAN
1 8 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 8 (50.00%) xDSL
2 7 (43.75%) DNS
2 7 (43.75%) DHCP
3 1 (6.250%) VLAN
3 1 (6.250%) SAN
3 1 (6.250%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
2 8 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
3 7 (43.75%) Systems Support
4 4 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (6.250%) Administrator
5 1 (6.250%) Performance Tester
5 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Server Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (6.250%) Tester
5 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) iPhone
1 1 (6.250%) EqualLogic
1 1 (6.250%) iPad
1 1 (6.250%) Statistics
1 1 (6.250%) NHS
1 1 (6.250%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 9 (56.25%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (18.75%) Windows 7
3 3 (18.75%) Windows XP
4 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (6.250%) Windows Vista
4 1 (6.250%) UNIX
4 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (6.250%) Performance Testing
1 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
1 1 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (6.250%) Business Continuity
1 1 (6.250%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) ISEB
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.250%) MCSE
System Software
1 11 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 7 (43.75%) Terminal Services
3 3 (18.75%) VMware Server
4 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (6.250%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (6.250%) SCOM
1 1 (6.250%) SCVMM
1 1 (6.250%) DameWare
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) VMware
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco
3 2 (12.50%) HP
3 2 (12.50%) Avaya
4 1 (6.250%) NetApp
4 1 (6.250%) EMC
4 1 (6.250%) Citrix
4 1 (6.250%) Symantec
4 1 (6.250%) Oracle
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Wolverhampton, West Midlands
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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