The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Mobile skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Mobile 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 Cambridgeshire 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 Mobile
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Mobile 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.097% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.448% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £360 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £325 £238
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £31.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year
+16.12% +10.71%
All Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
174 195 174
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 31.81% 28.43% 32.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 90 72
Average daily rate £310 £325 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% +12.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £149 £174 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £425 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 44 47
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% +76.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £52.50 £28.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Mobile
East of England

Windows Mobile
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Windows Mobile Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Mobile
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Windows Mobile Daily Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Windows Mobile Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Mobile within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge - 4 - -
Windows Mobile
East of England

Windows Mobile
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Windows Mobile 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 Mobile.

1 7 (100.00%) C
1 7 (100.00%) C++
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Android
2 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 7
2 5 (71.43%) Objective-C
2 5 (71.43%) Python
2 5 (71.43%) Windows XP
2 5 (71.43%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) Mac OS X
2 5 (71.43%) Regression Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
3 4 (57.14%) Apple iOS
3 4 (57.14%) Games
4 3 (42.86%) iOS SDK
4 3 (42.86%) QA
4 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 3 (42.86%) C#
5 2 (28.57%) Bluetooth
5 2 (28.57%) Symbian
5 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (28.57%) QNX
5 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
5 2 (28.57%) Project Management
5 2 (28.57%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 2 (28.57%) Device Driver

Windows Mobile
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Windows Mobile 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 Mobile. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) iOS SDK
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Bluetooth
1 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 4 (57.14%) Games
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Test Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Tester
2 2 (28.57%) QA Tester
2 2 (28.57%) QA Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Embedded Software Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (28.57%) Device Driver
2 2 (28.57%) Handset
3 1 (14.29%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Android
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 7
2 5 (71.43%) Windows XP
2 5 (71.43%) Mac OS X
3 4 (57.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
1 5 (71.43%) Regression Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (28.57%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C
1 7 (100.00%) C++
2 5 (71.43%) Objective-C
2 5 (71.43%) Python
2 5 (71.43%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Symbian
1 2 (28.57%) QNX