The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 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 Sussex 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 7
Rank 16 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 16 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 6.897% 1.520% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 50.00% 11.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £210 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £286 £275
% change year-on-year
-7.34% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 0
Average hourly rate £17.00 £13.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.76% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.81 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+2.15% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
32 42 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 13.79% 12.77% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 7
Average daily rate £288 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.73% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £200 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £488 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 1
Average hourly rate £18.50 £17.63 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.96% +25.89%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows 7
South East

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex 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
Hastings - 10 £150 -
Brighton +9 4 £210 -
Windows 7
South East

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (58.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (54.17%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
4 11 (45.83%) TCP/IP
4 11 (45.83%) Active Directory
4 11 (45.83%) MS Office
5 10 (41.67%) SC Cleared
6 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 7 (29.17%) Windows XP
8 6 (25.00%) Firewall
8 6 (25.00%) VMware
8 6 (25.00%) MS Excel
8 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
9 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2008
9 5 (20.83%) vSphere
9 5 (20.83%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (20.83%) SAN
9 5 (20.83%) EMC
9 5 (20.83%) Cisco
9 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (20.83%) CCNA
9 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
9 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
9 5 (20.83%) IIS
9 5 (20.83%) LAN
9 5 (20.83%) WAN
9 5 (20.83%) COM+
9 5 (20.83%) NetScreen

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 5 (20.83%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 5 (20.83%) SharePoint 2010
1 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
1 5 (20.83%) IIS
2 4 (16.67%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (4.167%) MS Exchange
3 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 11 (45.83%) MS Office
2 6 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 4 (16.67%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (45.83%) TCP/IP
2 6 (25.00%) Firewall
3 5 (20.83%) SAN
3 5 (20.83%) LAN
3 5 (20.83%) WAN
3 5 (20.83%) NetScreen
4 4 (16.67%) ADSL
4 4 (16.67%) Internet
5 1 (4.167%) VPN
5 1 (4.167%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (20.83%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Publishing
2 2 (8.333%) Local Government
3 1 (4.167%) Marketing
3 1 (4.167%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 8 (33.33%) IT Support
3 7 (29.17%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (25.00%) Desktop Support
5 5 (20.83%) Architect
5 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (16.67%) Analyst
6 4 (16.67%) Support Analyst
6 4 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
6 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 3 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
8 2 (8.333%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 2 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 1 (4.167%) Windows Support Engineer
9 1 (4.167%) IT Architect
9 1 (4.167%) Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.167%) CMDB
2 1 (4.167%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (58.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (54.17%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (29.17%) Windows XP
5 2 (8.333%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Migration
2 3 (12.50%) ITIL
3 2 (8.333%) TQM
3 2 (8.333%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
2 10 (41.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (20.83%) CCNA
4 5 (20.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (20.83%) MCTS
4 5 (20.83%) MCITP
5 1 (4.167%) MCP
5 1 (4.167%) MCSE
5 1 (4.167%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (45.83%) Active Directory
2 6 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (20.83%) vSphere
4 2 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) EMC NetWorker
2 2 (8.333%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (25.00%) VMware
3 5 (20.83%) EMC
3 5 (20.83%) Cisco
4 4 (16.67%) Lotus
5 2 (8.333%) AppSense
5 2 (8.333%) CA
5 2 (8.333%) Citrix
5 2 (8.333%) Lumension
6 1 (4.167%) HP
6 1 (4.167%) Fujitsu
6 1 (4.167%) Mitel