The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 23 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 Brighton 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 24 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 4 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 2.759% 1.158% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.36% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £210 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
-6.08% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £13.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.81 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+2.15% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
11 27 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 7.586% 10.42% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 2
Average daily rate £210 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-47.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £221 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £488 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Average hourly rate - £17.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +23.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 7
East Sussex

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) TCP/IP
3 5 (55.56%) Finance
4 4 (44.44%) Migration
4 4 (44.44%) VMware
4 4 (44.44%) Firewall
4 4 (44.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (44.44%) MCTS
4 4 (44.44%) MCITP
4 4 (44.44%) EMC NetWorker
4 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (44.44%) vSphere
4 4 (44.44%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (44.44%) Office 365
4 4 (44.44%) Cisco
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 4 (44.44%) CCNA
4 4 (44.44%) EMC
4 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (44.44%) SAN
4 4 (44.44%) Lotus
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (44.44%) Internet
4 4 (44.44%) NetScreen
4 4 (44.44%) Lotus Notes
4 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
4 4 (44.44%) SharePoint

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 4 (44.44%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) SharePoint 2010
1 4 (44.44%) Lotus Notes
1 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
1 4 (44.44%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Office 365
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) TCP/IP
2 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) SAN
2 4 (44.44%) Internet
2 4 (44.44%) NetScreen
2 4 (44.44%) ADSL
2 4 (44.44%) LAN
2 4 (44.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Support Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Architect
1 4 (44.44%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) IT Support
1 4 (44.44%) Architect
1 4 (44.44%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Migration
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (44.44%) MCTS
1 4 (44.44%) MCITP
1 4 (44.44%) CCNA
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (44.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) VMware
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
1 4 (44.44%) EMC
1 4 (44.44%) Lotus