The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 21 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 Bradford 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 18 22 20
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 8 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 5.161% 4.321% 3.419%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.00% 16.67% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
Average daily rate £175 £215 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.60% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £280 £275
% change year-on-year
-5.35% +1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year
+3.44% +7.40%
All Operating Systems
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
40 42 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 25.81% 25.93% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 2
Average daily rate £250 £164 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.67% -56.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
Average hourly rate £15.25 £32.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.07% +51.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows 7
West Yorkshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows 7 across the Bradford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Bradford Windows 7 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 7
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows 7 across the Bradford region.

Bradford Windows 7 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows 7 across the Bradford region.

Bradford Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford region citing Windows 7 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 7.

1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (29.41%) Application Packaging
3 4 (23.53%) Migration
3 4 (23.53%) Altiris
3 4 (23.53%) Windows 8
4 3 (17.65%) UNIX
4 3 (17.65%) Wise Package Studio
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle
5 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
5 2 (11.76%) MS Exchange
5 2 (11.76%) MS Office
5 2 (11.76%) SAN
5 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (5.882%) VMware
6 1 (5.882%) VLAN
6 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (5.882%) Change Management
6 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
6 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (5.882%) Avaya
6 1 (5.882%) SAP
6 1 (5.882%) ITIL
6 1 (5.882%) MCP
6 1 (5.882%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
6 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
6 1 (5.882%) Windows XP

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford region citing Windows 7 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 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (29.41%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) MS Exchange
1 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (5.882%) Lotus Domino
2 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Office
2 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
1 2 (11.76%) SAN
2 1 (5.882%) VLAN
2 1 (5.882%) LAN
2 1 (5.882%) WAN
2 1 (5.882%) DHCP
2 1 (5.882%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Applications Packager
2 5 (29.41%) Service Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Architect
3 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (11.76%) Project Leader
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Support Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows 8
3 3 (17.65%) UNIX
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Migration
2 1 (5.882%) Change Management
2 1 (5.882%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (5.882%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Altiris
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
3 1 (5.882%) VMware
3 1 (5.882%) Avaya
3 1 (5.882%) SAP
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