The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 20 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 Derbyshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 14 19 29
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +10
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 9 17 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 6.667% 7.763% 2.182%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.27% 26.56% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 1
Average daily rate £170 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-47.69% -18.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £280 £275
% change year-on-year
-5.35% +1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year
+3.44% +7.40%
All Operating Systems
Derbyshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
33 64 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 24.44% 29.22% 18.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 30 24
Average daily rate £245 £331 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.98% -10.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £200 £88
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £455 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 9
Average hourly rate £13.50 £44.25 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-69.49% +268.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £57.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows 7
East Midlands

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Derby +6 4 £200 -38.46%
Windows 7
East Midlands

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
4 4 (22.22%) Migration
4 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
6 2 (11.11%) HTTP
6 2 (11.11%) Information Security
6 2 (11.11%) MS Office
6 2 (11.11%) Windows XP
6 2 (11.11%) Change Control
6 2 (11.11%) SCCM
6 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
7 1 (5.556%) vSphere
7 1 (5.556%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (5.556%) BC Cleared
7 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (5.556%) Hyper-V
7 1 (5.556%) Asset Management
7 1 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (5.556%) MCITP
7 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (5.556%) Mathematics
7 1 (5.556%) German Language
7 1 (5.556%) LANDesk
7 1 (5.556%) VMware Server
7 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 (5.556%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (11.11%) MS Office
3 1 (5.556%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) HTTP
General
1 1 (5.556%) German Language
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Desktop Support
2 5 (27.78%) Support Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Help Desk Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Rollout Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Security Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Coordinator
4 3 (16.67%) Project Coordinator
4 3 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (11.11%) Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Build Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) VMware Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Test Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Customer Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (11.11%) Information Security
2 2 (11.11%) Change Control
3 1 (5.556%) Asset Management
3 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) C
1 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.556%) BC Cleared
4 1 (5.556%) MCP
4 1 (5.556%) MCSE
4 1 (5.556%) ISEB
4 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (5.556%) MCITP
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Server
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.556%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.556%) vSphere
2 1 (5.556%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.556%) Adobe
2 1 (5.556%) Citrix
2 1 (5.556%) Remedy
2 1 (5.556%) VMware
2 1 (5.556%) LANDesk
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