The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dunstable region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 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 Dunstable 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 7
Rank 2 8 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 6 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dunstable 60.00% 11.11% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 50.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £287 £265
% change year-on-year
-5.84% +8.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.44% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
Dunstable
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
6 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dunstable 60.00% 22.22% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
Average daily rate £450 £335 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.32% +57.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 7
Bedfordshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dunstable 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 Dunstable region.

Dunstable 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 Dunstable region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Dunstable Windows 7 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dunstable 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) Citrix
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
3 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (71.43%) XenApp
4 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
4 4 (57.14%) VMware Server
4 4 (57.14%) XenDesktop
4 4 (57.14%) Retail
4 4 (57.14%) IVR
4 4 (57.14%) Finance
4 4 (57.14%) IIS
4 4 (57.14%) MS Visio
5 3 (42.86%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (42.86%) Cisco
5 3 (42.86%) Oracle
5 3 (42.86%) Nortel
5 3 (42.86%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (42.86%) Nortel Meridian
6 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (28.57%) Mercator
7 1 (14.29%) MSI
7 1 (14.29%) InstallShield
7 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
7 1 (14.29%) HP
7 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
7 1 (14.29%) DHCP
7 1 (14.29%) NFS

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dunstable 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 (14.29%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (14.29%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (14.29%) Lync
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Nortel Meridian
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) NAS
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MSI
1 1 (14.29%) InstallShield
General
1 4 (57.14%) Retail
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Support
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Packager
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Server Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Wintel Support
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Wintel Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Wintel Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Wintel Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
2 1 (14.29%) Network Load Balancing
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (71.43%) XenApp
2 4 (57.14%) VMware Server
2 4 (57.14%) XenDesktop
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (14.29%) NFS
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 1 (14.29%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (14.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Citrix
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle
3 3 (42.86%) Nortel
4 2 (28.57%) Mercator
5 1 (14.29%) HP
5 1 (14.29%) LANDesk
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
450M+ IT Solutions Company requires as suitably experienced. App-V Application Packager. for their established client based in Dunstable. This will be an initial 3 month contract working...
Kelway Ltd
Rate: From £350 to £350 per day £350 Day Rate
Posted: 23 May 2013
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
required by my financial services client based in the Dunstable area of Bedfordshire. Essential skills include. 3 + years application packaging which must include strong App-V experience sequencing...
Unite Human Resources
Rate: From £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013