The first table below looks at the demand for Windows CE skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows CE over the 3 months to 22 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 East of England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows CE (WinCE)
Rank 113 129 126
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows CE 3 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.138% 0.067% 0.153%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.524% 0.273% 0.612%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £325 £238
% change year-on-year
-23.07% +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £31.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+16.12% -1.58%
All Operating Systems
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
573 733 654
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 26.32% 24.59% 25.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 296 244
Average daily rate £305 £325 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% +10.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £111 £170 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £424 £421
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 130 159
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% +23.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £35.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows CE
England

Windows CE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Windows CE Jobs Demand Trend

Windows CE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows CE across the East of England region.

East of England Windows CE Daily Rate Trend

Windows CE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows CE across the East of England region.

East of England Windows CE Hourly Rate Trend

Windows CE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows CE within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cambridgeshire +16 3 - -
Windows CE
England

Windows CE
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Windows CE 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 CE.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) Android
3 2 (50.00%) Qt
3 2 (50.00%) GTK+
3 2 (50.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) Terminal Services
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared

Windows CE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Windows CE 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 CE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) Qt
1 2 (50.00%) GTK+
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Android
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) C
1 3 (75.00%) C++
1 3 (75.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) HP