The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Mobile skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Mobile over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Mobile
Rank 450 465 495
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +30
Contract jobs citing Windows Mobile 60 93 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.144% 0.174% 0.136%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.669% 0.847% 0.648%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 47 16
Average daily rate £325 £325 £289
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +12.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £400 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £325 £250
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 9
Average hourly rate £36.00 £31.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.12% +10.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £26.00 £26.28
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £38.10 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £31.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
-13.70% +13.76%
All Operating Systems
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
8967 10980 11886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 21.57% 20.58% 21.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4854 5639 5947
Average daily rate £370 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 933 1096 1187
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Mobile
UK

Windows Mobile
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Windows Mobile Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Mobile
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Windows Mobile Daily Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Mobile across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Windows Mobile Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Mobile
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Windows Mobile Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Mobile across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Windows Mobile Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows Mobile
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Mobile within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London +2 23 £343 +11.83%
South East +14 9 £135 -55.00%
East of England +14 9 £350 +33.33%
West Midlands +7 9 £325 -
East Midlands +6 5 £300 -7.69%
North West +7 3 £275 -31.25%
South West +25 2 £301 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Windows Mobile
UK

Windows Mobile
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Windows Mobile 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 Mobile.

1 144 (100.00%) Windows
2 71 (49.31%) Android
3 53 (36.81%) Apple iOS
3 53 (36.81%) Mobile App
4 48 (33.33%) Blackberry
5 47 (32.64%) .NET
6 43 (29.86%) iPhone
7 39 (27.08%) JavaScript
8 37 (25.69%) C#
9 34 (23.61%) ASP.NET
10 33 (22.92%) Java
10 33 (22.92%) HTML5
11 32 (22.22%) Web Services
12 30 (20.83%) XML
13 25 (17.36%) SQL Server
14 22 (15.28%) C
14 22 (15.28%) Microsoft
14 22 (15.28%) Objective-C
15 20 (13.89%) Scrum
15 20 (13.89%) C++
15 20 (13.89%) SQL
16 19 (13.19%) MS Office
16 19 (13.19%) jQuery
17 18 (12.50%) WCF
17 18 (12.50%) Active Directory
18 17 (11.81%) CSS
18 17 (11.81%) JSON
19 15 (10.42%) Visual Studio
19 15 (10.42%) HTML
19 15 (10.42%) MS Exchange

Windows Mobile
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Windows Mobile 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 Mobile. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 47 (32.64%) .NET
2 34 (23.61%) ASP.NET
3 33 (22.92%) HTML5
4 32 (22.22%) Web Services
5 30 (20.83%) XML
6 19 (13.19%) jQuery
7 18 (12.50%) WCF
8 17 (11.81%) JSON
8 17 (11.81%) CSS
9 15 (10.42%) HTML
10 13 (9.028%) J2ME
11 12 (8.333%) XSLT
12 11 (7.639%) Ajax
12 11 (7.639%) Silverlight
13 10 (6.944%) .NET Framework
14 8 (5.556%) XHTML
14 8 (5.556%) CSS3
15 7 (4.861%) iOS SDK
15 7 (4.861%) WinForms
16 6 (4.167%) Java ME
Application Platforms
1 15 (10.42%) MS Exchange
2 12 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (7.639%) Windows Azure
4 10 (6.944%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 8 (5.556%) Lync
5 8 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (4.167%) IIS
6 6 (4.167%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (1.389%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 19 (13.19%) MS Office
2 5 (3.472%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.694%) Fireworks
3 1 (0.694%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.694%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.694%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.389%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.639%) DNS
2 10 (6.944%) SMTP
3 7 (4.861%) HTTP
4 3 (2.083%) LAN
4 3 (2.083%) SAN
4 3 (2.083%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.083%) Wireless
4 3 (2.083%) WAN
5 2 (1.389%) NFC
5 2 (1.389%) SSL
5 2 (1.389%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.389%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.694%) DHCP
6 1 (0.694%) CDMA
6 1 (0.694%) GSM
6 1 (0.694%) SMS
6 1 (0.694%) UMTS
6 1 (0.694%) Internet
6 1 (0.694%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (17.36%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.250%) SQLite
3 5 (3.472%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (3.472%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (3.472%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (1.389%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.389%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (10.42%) Visual Studio
1 15 (10.42%) PhoneGap
2 13 (9.028%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 9 (6.250%) Subversion
4 7 (4.861%) Eclipse
5 6 (4.167%) Xcode
5 6 (4.167%) Ant
5 6 (4.167%) JUnit
5 6 (4.167%) Maven
5 6 (4.167%) Git (software)
6 4 (2.778%) JIRA
7 3 (2.083%) Mercurial
7 3 (2.083%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.389%) Hudson
8 2 (1.389%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (1.389%) Selenium
8 2 (1.389%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.694%) Firebug
9 1 (0.694%) Flash Builder
9 1 (0.694%) Robotium
General
1 11 (7.639%) Finance
2 10 (6.944%) Telecoms
3 8 (5.556%) Law
3 8 (5.556%) Games
4 7 (4.861%) Publishing
5 5 (3.472%) Banking
6 3 (2.083%) Music
7 2 (1.389%) Retail
7 2 (1.389%) Advertising
8 1 (0.694%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.694%) Electronics
8 1 (0.694%) Music Industry
8 1 (0.694%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 85 (59.03%) Developer
2 43 (29.86%) Mobile Developer
3 25 (17.36%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 18 (12.50%) .NET Developer
5 14 (9.722%) ASP.NET Developer
5 14 (9.722%) Applications Developer
6 12 (8.333%) Test Engineer
7 10 (6.944%) Administrator
7 10 (6.944%) Windows Mobile Developer
8 9 (6.250%) Development Manager
9 8 (5.556%) Senior Developer
9 8 (5.556%) Analyst
10 7 (4.861%) Software Developer
11 6 (4.167%) Support Engineer
11 6 (4.167%) Exchange Administrator
12 5 (3.472%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 5 (3.472%) Desktop Engineer
12 5 (3.472%) Desktop Support
12 5 (3.472%) Software Engineer
12 5 (3.472%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 53 (36.81%) Mobile App
2 48 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 43 (29.86%) iPhone
4 14 (9.722%) Handset
5 10 (6.944%) Computer Science
6 9 (6.250%) Social Network
7 7 (4.861%) iPad
8 6 (4.167%) Digital Media
8 6 (4.167%) Clustering
9 5 (3.472%) N-Tier
9 5 (3.472%) iSeries
10 4 (2.778%) Smartphone
11 3 (2.083%) Flash Lite
11 3 (2.083%) AS400
11 3 (2.083%) WURFL
11 3 (2.083%) Mobile Banking
12 2 (1.389%) Replication
12 2 (1.389%) Augmented Reality
12 2 (1.389%) Open Source
12 2 (1.389%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 144 (100.00%) Windows
2 71 (49.31%) Android
3 53 (36.81%) Apple iOS
4 13 (9.028%) Linux
4 13 (9.028%) Windows XP
5 12 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
6 11 (7.639%) Windows 7
7 10 (6.944%) Windows CE
8 9 (6.250%) Mac OS X
9 6 (4.167%) Windows 8
10 5 (3.472%) Windows Phone
10 5 (3.472%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (2.778%) bada
11 4 (2.778%) Maemo
12 3 (2.083%) Windows Phone 7
12 3 (2.083%) Windows 2000
12 3 (2.083%) Windows Vista
12 3 (2.083%) BlackBerry OS
12 3 (2.083%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (13.89%) Scrum
2 14 (9.722%) Agile Software Development
2 14 (9.722%) OO
3 13 (9.028%) TDD
3 13 (9.028%) Mobile Application Development
4 12 (8.333%) MVC
4 12 (8.333%) OOP
5 9 (6.250%) ITIL
5 9 (6.250%) E-Commerce
5 9 (6.250%) Project Management
5 9 (6.250%) Content Management
6 8 (5.556%) Multithreading
7 7 (4.861%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (4.861%) SOA
8 6 (4.167%) Business Continuity
8 6 (4.167%) Software Testing
8 6 (4.167%) Test Automation
9 5 (3.472%) Domain-Driven Design
9 5 (3.472%) Continuous Integration
9 5 (3.472%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (27.08%) JavaScript
2 37 (25.69%) C#
3 33 (22.92%) Java
4 22 (15.28%) C
4 22 (15.28%) Objective-C
5 20 (13.89%) C++
5 20 (13.89%) SQL
6 5 (3.472%) VB
6 5 (3.472%) Python
6 5 (3.472%) VB6
7 3 (2.083%) VC++
7 3 (2.083%) Embedded C++
7 3 (2.083%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.389%) Embedded C
8 2 (1.389%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.389%) PHP
8 2 (1.389%) XAML
8 2 (1.389%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.694%) ActionScript 3.0
9 1 (0.694%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 11 (7.639%) Degree
2 4 (2.778%) ISEB
2 4 (2.778%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.389%) MCITP
4 1 (0.694%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.250%) QA
2 2 (1.389%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.389%) TickIT
System Software
1 18 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.389%) ISA Server
2 2 (1.389%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (0.694%) VMware ESX
3 1 (0.694%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.167%) Backup Exec
2 5 (3.472%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (0.694%) MOM
3 1 (0.694%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 22 (15.28%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.250%) Sencha
3 8 (5.556%) Citrix
3 8 (5.556%) Apple
4 7 (4.861%) Symbian
4 7 (4.861%) Postini
5 6 (4.167%) Symantec
6 4 (2.778%) Google
7 3 (2.083%) AccuRev
7 3 (2.083%) Facebook
7 3 (2.083%) Twitter
8 2 (1.389%) DevExpress
8 2 (1.389%) QNX
8 2 (1.389%) Cognos
8 2 (1.389%) Adobe
8 2 (1.389%) Dell
8 2 (1.389%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.694%) HP
9 1 (0.694%) VMware
9 1 (0.694%) IronPort
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