The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 25 44 28
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -16
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 14 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 4.167% 1.446% 2.066%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.08% 4.511% 6.757%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
Average daily rate £225 - £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £280 £275
% change year-on-year
-5.35% +1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 0
Average hourly rate £24.90 £10.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+149.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year
+3.44% +7.40%
All Operating Systems
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
107 133 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 31.85% 32.05% 30.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 59 30
Average daily rate £310 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £160 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £408 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 31 19
Average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +177.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.83 £10.00 £11.08
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows 7
Cambridgeshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Windows 7 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridge Windows 7 Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridge Windows 7 Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (46.67%) Active Directory
3 12 (40.00%) Windows XP
3 12 (40.00%) MS Exchange
3 12 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (36.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (23.33%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (23.33%) Citrix
6 7 (23.33%) SQL
6 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
7 6 (20.00%) Linux
7 6 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
7 6 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (20.00%) SCCM
8 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
8 5 (16.67%) ITIL
8 5 (16.67%) Blackberry
8 5 (16.67%) Migration
9 4 (13.33%) XenApp
10 3 (10.00%) Hyper-V
10 3 (10.00%) Test Automation
10 3 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (10.00%) NetScaler
10 3 (10.00%) SCOM
10 3 (10.00%) PowerShell
10 3 (10.00%) Android
10 3 (10.00%) WSUS
10 3 (10.00%) PKI
10 3 (10.00%) Windows Mobile

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 1 (3.333%) iOS SDK
1 1 (3.333%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 12 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 10 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (6.667%) Lync
6 1 (3.333%) CMS
6 1 (3.333%) GroupWise
6 1 (3.333%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.333%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (3.333%) XMetaL
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) NetScaler
1 3 (10.00%) Wireless
1 3 (10.00%) LAN
1 3 (10.00%) WAN
2 2 (6.667%) VPN
2 2 (6.667%) DNS
2 2 (6.667%) Intranet
2 2 (6.667%) Internet
2 2 (6.667%) Firewall
2 2 (6.667%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (6.667%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.333%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) MSI
1 3 (10.00%) InstallShield
2 2 (6.667%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 2 (6.667%) Telecoms
1 2 (6.667%) Games
2 1 (3.333%) Local Government
2 1 (3.333%) Front Office
2 1 (3.333%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (16.67%) Analyst
2 4 (13.33%) Support Analyst
2 4 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (10.00%) Test Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (10.00%) Administrator
3 3 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (6.667%) Desktop Support
4 2 (6.667%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.667%) Field Engineer
4 2 (6.667%) Applications Packager
4 2 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Senior Desktop Support
5 1 (3.333%) IT Trainer
5 1 (3.333%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (3.333%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Installations Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Rollout Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 3 (10.00%) PKI
2 3 (10.00%) Clustering
3 2 (6.667%) Computer Science
3 2 (6.667%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (6.667%) iPad
4 1 (3.333%) iPhone
4 1 (3.333%) Fat Client
4 1 (3.333%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (40.00%) Windows XP
2 12 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (36.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (20.00%) Linux
5 3 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (10.00%) Android
5 3 (10.00%) Windows Mobile
5 3 (10.00%) Windows Vista
5 3 (10.00%) Mac OS X
6 2 (6.667%) Apple iOS
7 1 (3.333%) Windows 8
7 1 (3.333%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) ITIL
1 5 (16.67%) Migration
2 3 (10.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (10.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (6.667%) Benchmarking
3 2 (6.667%) Project Management
3 2 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (6.667%) Game Development
4 1 (3.333%) Software Testing
4 1 (3.333%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) SQL
2 3 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (10.00%) Objective-C
2 3 (10.00%) Python
2 3 (10.00%) C
2 3 (10.00%) C++
2 3 (10.00%) Java
3 2 (6.667%) VBScript
4 1 (3.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.333%) MOS
2 1 (3.333%) MCTS
2 1 (3.333%) Degree
2 1 (3.333%) CCA
2 1 (3.333%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) QA
System Software
1 14 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 7 (23.33%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (13.33%) XenApp
4 3 (10.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (3.333%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) SCCM
2 3 (10.00%) SCOM
2 3 (10.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Citrix
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Cisco
2 3 (10.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (10.00%) Oracle
3 2 (6.667%) HP
3 2 (6.667%) Dell
3 2 (6.667%) VMware
3 2 (6.667%) Altiris
3 2 (6.667%) Riverbed
3 2 (6.667%) Exinda
4 1 (3.333%) Lotus