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Windows 7 Contracts in Cheshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Cheshire 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
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 45 45 57
Rank change year-on-year
0 +12
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 24 22 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 3.274% 2.706% 1.603%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.96% 10.23% 5.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 3
Average daily rate £283 £342 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.39% +14.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £168 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £351 £356 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £275 £265
% change year-on-year
+1.81% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +40.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £13.90
% change year-on-year
-3.33% +7.91%
All Operating Systems
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 219 215 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 29.88% 26.45% 31.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 89 174
Average daily rate £325 £336 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.12% -4.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £441 £475 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 8
Average hourly rate £24.25 £20.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.25% +31.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.42 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.70 £30.00 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
Windows 7
North West

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cheshire Windows 7 Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows 7
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Chester 0 6 £358 -
Knutsford - 5 £325 - 2
Warrington - 2 - - 1
Macclesfield - 1 - -
Crewe - - - -
Wilmslow - - - -
Windows 7
North West

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 73 (100.00%) Windows
2 44 (60.27%) Windows XP
3 23 (31.51%) Migration
3 23 (31.51%) SCCM
4 21 (28.77%) Microsoft App-V
4 21 (28.77%) ITIL
4 21 (28.77%) Citrix
5 20 (27.40%) Active Directory
6 18 (24.66%) Microsoft
7 17 (23.29%) Finance
8 15 (20.55%) MS Excel
8 15 (20.55%) AppSense
9 14 (19.18%) Security Cleared
10 13 (17.81%) XenApp
10 13 (17.81%) SC Cleared
10 13 (17.81%) MS Office
10 13 (17.81%) VB
10 13 (17.81%) MSI
11 12 (16.44%) Application Packaging
12 11 (15.07%) Banking
12 11 (15.07%) InstallShield
13 10 (13.70%) Incident Management
13 10 (13.70%) Wise Package Studio
14 9 (12.33%) BS25999
14 9 (12.33%) Local Government
14 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (12.33%) PRINCE2
14 9 (12.33%) HP
15 8 (10.96%) MCSE
15 8 (10.96%) ISO 9000

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 12 (16.44%) Application Packaging
2 8 (10.96%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 7 (9.589%) IBM Notes
1 7 (9.589%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.479%) LiveLink
3 1 (1.370%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 15 (20.55%) MS Excel
2 13 (17.81%) MS Office
3 7 (9.589%) MS Project
3 7 (9.589%) MS Visio
3 7 (9.589%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.110%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.740%) Wireless
3 1 (1.370%) VPN
3 1 (1.370%) DNS
3 1 (1.370%) Firewall
3 1 (1.370%) ADSL
3 1 (1.370%) Broadband
3 1 (1.370%) ISDN
3 1 (1.370%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.370%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (17.81%) MSI
2 11 (15.07%) InstallShield
3 10 (13.70%) Wise Package Studio
4 8 (10.96%) AdminStudio
General
1 17 (23.29%) Finance
2 11 (15.07%) Banking
3 9 (12.33%) Local Government
4 6 (8.219%) Investment Banking
5 3 (4.110%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.740%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (21.92%) Analyst
2 12 (16.44%) Applications Packager
3 10 (13.70%) Support Analyst
4 8 (10.96%) Build Engineer
5 7 (9.589%) Desktop Support
5 7 (9.589%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 6 (8.219%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 5 (6.849%) Technical Support
8 4 (5.479%) Test Manager
8 4 (5.479%) Project Manager
8 4 (5.479%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (5.479%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (5.479%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 4 (5.479%) Software Packager
9 3 (4.110%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 3 (4.110%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (4.110%) Technical Engineer
9 3 (4.110%) Support Engineer
10 2 (2.740%) Support Specialist
10 2 (2.740%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) Blackberry
2 2 (2.740%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.370%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.370%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.370%) Handset
3 1 (1.370%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 73 (100.00%) Windows
2 44 (60.27%) Windows XP
3 8 (10.96%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (10.96%) Linux
4 7 (9.589%) UNIX
4 7 (9.589%) Windows 8
5 4 (5.479%) Windows Vista
5 4 (5.479%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.370%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.370%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.51%) Migration
2 21 (28.77%) ITIL
3 10 (13.70%) Incident Management
4 9 (12.33%) PRINCE2
5 6 (8.219%) Service Management
6 5 (6.849%) Project Management
6 5 (6.849%) Software Deployment
7 3 (4.110%) Data Migration
7 3 (4.110%) Data Analysis
7 3 (4.110%) Service Delivery
7 3 (4.110%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (2.740%) Business Continuity
8 2 (2.740%) PRINCE
8 2 (2.740%) IT Governance
8 2 (2.740%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (2.740%) Test Management
9 1 (1.370%) Time Management
9 1 (1.370%) Software Architecture
9 1 (1.370%) Software Distribution
9 1 (1.370%) Compatibility Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.81%) VB
2 6 (8.219%) VBScript
3 4 (5.479%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.740%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (19.18%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.81%) SC Cleared
3 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (10.96%) MCSE
5 7 (9.589%) MCDST
5 7 (9.589%) MCITP
5 7 (9.589%) MCP
6 3 (4.110%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.370%) CISA
7 1 (1.370%) CISM
7 1 (1.370%) CISSP
7 1 (1.370%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.33%) BS25999
2 8 (10.96%) ISO 9000
3 7 (9.589%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (4.110%) QA
5 2 (2.740%) COSO
5 2 (2.740%) COBIT
5 2 (2.740%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (28.77%) Microsoft App-V
2 20 (27.40%) Active Directory
3 13 (17.81%) XenApp
4 5 (6.849%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 5 (6.849%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (31.51%) SCCM
2 7 (9.589%) OpenView
2 7 (9.589%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (5.479%) ZENworks
4 1 (1.370%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.370%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (28.77%) Citrix
2 18 (24.66%) Microsoft
3 15 (20.55%) AppSense
4 9 (12.33%) HP
5 7 (9.589%) Lotus
5 7 (9.589%) Symantec
6 6 (8.219%) Red Hat
7 5 (6.849%) VMware
8 4 (5.479%) Novell
9 3 (4.110%) Remedy
10 2 (2.740%) McAfee
10 2 (2.740%) Fujitsu
11 1 (1.370%) LANDesk
11 1 (1.370%) Altiris
11 1 (1.370%) SAP
11 1 (1.370%) Dell
11 1 (1.370%) Avaya
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