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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Yorkshire 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank54
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads421411
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.540 %0.462 %
As % of the category below62.00 %56.77 %
Daily rates quoted5934
Average minimum daily rate£256£226
Average daily rate£272£243
% change on same period last year+12.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£288£260
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£313
% change on same period last year+2.88 %
Hourly rates quoted8881
Average minimum hourly rate£17.75£16.51
Average hourly rate£18.35£17.07
% change on same period last year+7.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.94£17.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.70£20.16
% change on same period last year-2.29 %
Operating Systems YorkshireOperating Systems
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads679724
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.871 %0.813 %
Daily rates quoted9478
Average minimum daily rate£293£273
Average daily rate£306£286
% change on same period last year+7.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£298
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£333
% change on same period last year+3.62 %
Hourly rates quoted160113
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£19.42
Average hourly rate£22.76£20.06
% change on same period last year+13.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.52£20.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.74£23.06
% change on same period last year-5.72 %
Windows EnglandWindows
England

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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Yorkshire Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the past 3 months.

Yorkshire Windows Daily Rate Histogram

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the past 3 months.

Yorkshire Windows Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Yorkshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1West YorkshireDown-2237£285+18.67 %
2South YorkshireNo change091£212-23.14 %
3North YorkshireUp+665£321-
4East YorkshireNo change018£400+93.35 %
Windows EnglandWindows
England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

1283 (35.46 %)Active Directory
2204 (25.56 %)Windows XP
3190 (23.81 %)Windows 2000
4179 (22.43 %)Microsoft
5165 (20.68 %)MS Office
6117 (14.66 %)Unix
7103 (12.91 %)Windows Server 2003
892 (11.53 %)MS Excel
989 (11.15 %)Citrix
1087 (10.90 %)Microsoft Certification
1186 (10.78 %)MS Exchange
1280 (10.03 %).NET
1375 (9.398 %)TCP/IP
1471 (8.897 %)Exchange Server 2003
1471 (8.897 %)SQL Server
1471 (8.897 %)SQL
1568 (8.521 %)Oracle
1568 (8.521 %)MCSE
1663 (7.895 %)ITIL
1762 (7.769 %)Linux
1762 (7.769 %)VERITAS
1861 (7.644 %)Finance
1861 (7.644 %)Health
1958 (7.268 %)SAN
1958 (7.268 %)DNS
2056 (7.018 %)NetBackup
2056 (7.018 %)Firewall
2150 (6.266 %)C#
2249 (6.140 %)Cisco
2249 (6.140 %)Windows NT

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
180 (10.03 %).NET
236 (4.511 %)ASP.NET
333 (4.135 %)WebServices
430 (3.759 %)XML
519 (2.381 %)Middleware
617 (2.130 %)WinForms
715 (1.880 %)HTML
814 (1.754 %)CSS
913 (1.629 %)XSLT
1010 (1.253 %)WCF
119 (1.128 %).NET Framework
128 (1.003 %)ADO.NET
137 (0.877 %)ASP
146 (0.752 %)WebSphere
155 (0.627 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
155 (0.627 %)X-Windows
155 (0.627 %)WPF
164 (0.501 %)J2EE
173 (0.376 %)EJB
173 (0.376 %)ODBC
Application Platforms
186 (10.78 %)MS Exchange
271 (8.897 %)Exchange Server 2003
341 (5.138 %)Lotus Notes
439 (4.887 %)Exchange Server 2000
531 (3.885 %)SharePoint
626 (3.258 %)IIS
718 (2.256 %)GroupWise
812 (1.504 %)SharePoint Server 2007
99 (1.128 %)Lotus Domino
107 (0.877 %)Exchange Server 2007
116 (0.752 %)Exchange Server 5.5
116 (0.752 %)BizTalk Server
123 (0.376 %)WebSphere MQ
132 (0.251 %)WebLogic
132 (0.251 %)CMS
132 (0.251 %)Tomcat
132 (0.251 %)MQSeries
132 (0.251 %)Documentum
132 (0.251 %)CICS
132 (0.251 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
1165 (20.68 %)MS Office
292 (11.53 %)MS Excel
35 (0.627 %)MS Project
44 (0.501 %)MS Visio
53 (0.376 %)AutoCAD
61 (0.125 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.125 %)InfoPath
61 (0.125 %)Photoshop
Business Applications
16 (0.752 %)SoftGrid
23 (0.376 %)assyst
32 (0.251 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.125 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
41 (0.125 %)TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
175 (9.398 %)TCP/IP
258 (7.268 %)DNS
258 (7.268 %)SAN
356 (7.018 %)Firewall
448 (6.015 %)WAN
547 (5.890 %)VPN
644 (5.514 %)LAN
725 (3.133 %)Internet
820 (2.506 %)DHCP
912 (1.504 %)Broadband
1011 (1.378 %)WINS
1110 (1.253 %)SSL
1110 (1.253 %)Network Security
129 (1.128 %)Intranet
129 (1.128 %)VoIP
137 (0.877 %)SMS
137 (0.877 %)LDAP
146 (0.752 %)MPLS
146 (0.752 %)VLAN
154 (0.501 %)iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
171 (8.897 %)SQL Server
238 (4.762 %)SQL Server 2005
320 (2.506 %)SQL Server 2000
414 (1.754 %)Oracle 9i
510 (1.253 %)SQL Server 7
69 (1.128 %)Oracle 10g
77 (0.877 %)TOAD
86 (0.752 %)RDBMS
86 (0.752 %)EDRMS
94 (0.501 %)MS Access
94 (0.501 %)Oracle Reports
103 (0.376 %)Oracle 8/8i
103 (0.376 %)DB2
112 (0.251 %)EDMS
112 (0.251 %)GIS
112 (0.251 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
121 (0.125 %)SQLPlus
121 (0.125 %)SQL Server Integration Services
121 (0.125 %)Oracle 11g
121 (0.125 %)Oracle OWB
Development Applications
115 (1.880 %)Visual Studio
29 (1.128 %)MSI
38 (1.003 %)Oracle Forms
43 (0.376 %)VSS/SourceSafe
43 (0.376 %)InstallShield
43 (0.376 %)AdminStudio
43 (0.376 %)ProC
51 (0.125 %)NUnit
51 (0.125 %)CruiseControl
51 (0.125 %)Subversion
51 (0.125 %)Flash
51 (0.125 %)Eclipse
General
161 (7.644 %)Finance
161 (7.644 %)Health
219 (2.381 %)Telecoms
314 (1.754 %)Back Office
314 (1.754 %)Government
412 (1.504 %)Legal
54 (0.501 %)Manufacturing
54 (0.501 %)Publishing
54 (0.501 %)Banking
54 (0.501 %)Insurance
54 (0.501 %)Construction
54 (0.501 %)Education
62 (0.251 %)Automotive
62 (0.251 %)Financial Institution
62 (0.251 %)Law
62 (0.251 %)Retail
71 (0.125 %)Retail Banking
71 (0.125 %)Graphic Design
71 (0.125 %)Electronics
71 (0.125 %)Electric
Job Titles
1183 (22.93 %)Analyst
2113 (14.16 %)Support Engineer
386 (10.78 %)Support Analyst
476 (9.524 %)Developer
573 (9.148 %)2nd Line Support
670 (8.772 %)Desktop Support
738 (4.762 %)Service Analyst
738 (4.762 %)Service Desk Analyst
837 (4.637 %)Administrator
936 (4.511 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1034 (4.261 %)Desktop Engineer
1130 (3.759 %)1st Line Support
1130 (3.759 %)Technical Support
1229 (3.634 %)Consultant
1328 (3.509 %)3rd Line Support
1426 (3.258 %)Project Manager
1426 (3.258 %)Desktop Support Engineer
1525 (3.133 %)Systems Engineer
1623 (2.882 %)Server Support
1722 (2.757 %)Support Technician
Miscellaneous
142 (5.263 %)NHS
220 (2.506 %)Smartcard
319 (2.381 %)PKI
415 (1.880 %)Clustering
511 (1.378 %)AS400
610 (1.253 %)Blackberry
610 (1.253 %)Celerra
79 (1.128 %)PDA
86 (0.752 %)Replication
95 (0.627 %)Video Conferencing
104 (0.501 %)Mainframe
113 (0.376 %)N-Tier
113 (0.376 %)Asset Management
113 (0.376 %)Freedom of Information
113 (0.376 %)Data Protection Act
113 (0.376 %)Freedom of Information Act
113 (0.376 %)Computer Science
122 (0.251 %)Dutch Language
122 (0.251 %)German Language
122 (0.251 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
1204 (25.56 %)Windows XP
2190 (23.81 %)Windows 2000
3117 (14.66 %)Unix
4103 (12.91 %)Windows Server 2003
562 (7.769 %)Linux
649 (6.140 %)Windows NT
742 (5.263 %)Solaris
819 (2.381 %)HPUX
917 (2.130 %)NetWare
1014 (1.754 %)AIX
1110 (1.253 %)Windows Mobile
129 (1.128 %)Windows Vista
134 (0.501 %)Mac OS X
143 (0.376 %)Ubuntu
152 (0.251 %)zOS
161 (0.125 %)Mac OS X Server
161 (0.125 %)OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
163 (7.895 %)ITIL
240 (5.013 %)Change Management
334 (4.261 %)PRINCE2
431 (3.885 %)Project Management
520 (2.506 %)Migration
619 (2.381 %)Configuration Management
713 (1.629 %)Network Design
810 (1.253 %)Service Delivery
810 (1.253 %)Disaster Recovery
98 (1.003 %)ITSM
98 (1.003 %)Unit Testing
98 (1.003 %)Time Management
107 (0.877 %)Supplier Management
107 (0.877 %)Network Load Balancing
107 (0.877 %)PRINCE
107 (0.877 %)Workflow
107 (0.877 %)Agile Software Development
107 (0.877 %)OO
116 (0.752 %)Document Management
116 (0.752 %)Load Balancing
Programming Languages
171 (8.897 %)SQL
250 (6.266 %)C#
316 (2.005 %)VB
413 (1.629 %)PL/SQL
413 (1.629 %)Java
413 (1.629 %)JavaScript
512 (1.504 %)VB.NET
512 (1.504 %)VB6
610 (1.253 %)C++
77 (0.877 %)C
85 (0.627 %)Shell Script
94 (0.501 %)Perl
102 (0.251 %)VBScript
102 (0.251 %)VC++
111 (0.125 %)Assembly Language
111 (0.125 %)XAML
111 (0.125 %)RPG
111 (0.125 %)ActionScript
111 (0.125 %)VBA
111 (0.125 %)PHP
Qualifications
187 (10.90 %)Microsoft Certification
268 (8.521 %)MCSE
330 (3.759 %)MCP
419 (2.381 %)Cisco Certification
516 (2.005 %)Degree
612 (1.504 %)CCNA
711 (1.378 %)CCNP
88 (1.003 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
97 (0.877 %)Citrix Certification
97 (0.877 %)PRINCE2 Certification
105 (0.627 %)MCSA
105 (0.627 %)MCDST
113 (0.376 %)Network+ Certification
113 (0.376 %)CCEA
113 (0.376 %)CCDP
122 (0.251 %)MCDBA
122 (0.251 %)Novell Certification
122 (0.251 %)CCA
131 (0.125 %)ISEB
131 (0.125 %)A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
115 (1.880 %)SLA
27 (0.877 %)QA
32 (0.251 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.125 %)ISO17799
41 (0.125 %)ISO9001
System Software
1283 (35.46 %)Active Directory
256 (7.018 %)NetBackup
313 (1.629 %)MetaFrame
313 (1.629 %)VMware ESX
48 (1.003 %)Terminal Services
56 (0.752 %)NFS
56 (0.752 %)Novell eDirectory
64 (0.501 %)Backup Exec
64 (0.501 %)Oracle RMAN
64 (0.501 %)NDS
64 (0.501 %)ISA Server
73 (0.376 %)Oracle RAC
81 (0.125 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (0.125 %)Xen
81 (0.125 %)Samba
81 (0.125 %)MSMQ
Systems Management
122 (2.757 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
213 (1.629 %)OpenView
311 (1.378 %)ZENworks
311 (1.378 %)WSUS
410 (1.253 %)MOM
410 (1.253 %)EMC Navisphere
57 (0.877 %)SCOM
66 (0.752 %)Norton AntiVirus
73 (0.376 %)SCCM
73 (0.376 %)ARCserve
82 (0.251 %)TIBCO Hawk
91 (0.125 %)OpenView Configuration Management
91 (0.125 %)CiscoWorks
91 (0.125 %)Unicenter
91 (0.125 %)Legato
91 (0.125 %)Tivoli
91 (0.125 %)OVIS
Vendors
1179 (22.43 %)Microsoft
289 (11.15 %)Citrix
368 (8.521 %)Oracle
462 (7.769 %)VERITAS
549 (6.140 %)Cisco
647 (5.890 %)HP
744 (5.514 %)Novell
843 (5.388 %)Lotus
922 (2.757 %)VMware
1021 (2.632 %)NetApp
1118 (2.256 %)Sun
1217 (2.130 %)Remedy
1316 (2.005 %)EMC
1415 (1.880 %)Brocade
159 (1.128 %)Intel
159 (1.128 %)Dell
159 (1.128 %)IBM
168 (1.003 %)McAfee Security
168 (1.003 %)Symantec
176 (0.752 %)CheckPoint
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