The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Phone 7 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 Phone 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WinPhone7, WP7)
Rank 500 511 551
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +40
Contract jobs citing Windows Phone 7 13 48 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.031% 0.090% 0.036%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.144% 0.439% 0.169%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 38 11
Average daily rate £325 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £323 £363
% change year-on-year
-6.82% -11.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9027 10937 11856
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 21.71% 20.50% 21.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4889 5558 5946
Average daily rate £366 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.57% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 924 1122 1185
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 £11.35 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Phone 7
UK

Windows Phone 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Windows Phone 7 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Phone 7
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Phone 7 across the England region.

England Windows Phone 7 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Phone 7
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Phone 7 across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Windows Phone 7 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Phone 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 Phone 7 within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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 +11 8 £338 -8.78%
South West +25 2 £301 -7.53%
South East +12 2 - -
North West - 1 - -
Windows Phone 7
UK

Windows Phone 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Windows Phone 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 Phone 7.

1 23 (100.00%) Windows
1 23 (100.00%) Windows Phone
2 16 (69.57%) Windows Phone 8
3 13 (56.52%) C#
4 10 (43.48%) Android
5 9 (39.13%) Silverlight
5 9 (39.13%) .NET
6 8 (34.78%) Windows 8
6 8 (34.78%) Apple iOS
7 7 (30.43%) Mobile App
7 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
7 7 (30.43%) HTML
8 6 (26.09%) Blackberry
9 5 (21.74%) Visual Studio
9 5 (21.74%) CSS
9 5 (21.74%) Digital Media
10 4 (17.39%) XML
10 4 (17.39%) Java
10 4 (17.39%) XAML
10 4 (17.39%) iPhone
11 3 (13.04%) Django
11 3 (13.04%) Objective-C
11 3 (13.04%) Web Design
11 3 (13.04%) Penetration Testing
11 3 (13.04%) Supplier Management
11 3 (13.04%) Windows Mobile
11 3 (13.04%) Python
11 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
11 3 (13.04%) PHP
11 3 (13.04%) RAD

Windows Phone 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Windows Phone 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 Phone 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (39.13%) Silverlight
1 9 (39.13%) .NET
2 7 (30.43%) HTML
3 5 (21.74%) CSS
4 4 (17.39%) XML
5 3 (13.04%) Django
5 3 (13.04%) ASP.NET
6 2 (8.696%) XSLT
6 2 (8.696%) MIDP
6 2 (8.696%) Adobe AIR
6 2 (8.696%) JSON
6 2 (8.696%) WCF
7 1 (4.348%) LINQ
7 1 (4.348%) RESTful
7 1 (4.348%) Cocoa
7 1 (4.348%) J2ME
7 1 (4.348%) Flash
7 1 (4.348%) Web Services
7 1 (4.348%) Cocoa Touch
7 1 (4.348%) WinRT
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) Windows Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Visual Studio
2 2 (8.696%) Subversion
2 2 (8.696%) Ant
2 2 (8.696%) Maven
2 2 (8.696%) Selenium
3 1 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (4.348%) Xcode
General
1 2 (8.696%) Banking
2 1 (4.348%) Retail
2 1 (4.348%) Retail Banking
2 1 (4.348%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 16 (69.57%) Developer
2 4 (17.39%) Mobile Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Technical Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Windows 8 Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Windows Mobile Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 1 (4.348%) .NET Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Tester
5 1 (4.348%) Applications Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.348%) iOS Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Mobile App
2 6 (26.09%) Blackberry
3 5 (21.74%) Digital Media
4 4 (17.39%) iPhone
5 2 (8.696%) Replication
6 1 (4.348%) Handset
6 1 (4.348%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Windows
1 23 (100.00%) Windows Phone
2 16 (69.57%) Windows Phone 8
3 10 (43.48%) Android
4 8 (34.78%) Windows 8
4 8 (34.78%) Apple iOS
5 3 (13.04%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.04%) Web Design
1 3 (13.04%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (13.04%) Supplier Management
1 3 (13.04%) RAD
1 3 (13.04%) Waterfall
1 3 (13.04%) Responsive Web Design
2 2 (8.696%) Test Strategy
2 2 (8.696%) MVC
2 2 (8.696%) Scrum
2 2 (8.696%) Web Development
2 2 (8.696%) TDD
2 2 (8.696%) Pair Programming
2 2 (8.696%) Stress Testing
3 1 (4.348%) Multithreading
3 1 (4.348%) Performance Testing
3 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.348%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 13 (56.52%) C#
2 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
3 4 (17.39%) Java
3 4 (17.39%) XAML
4 3 (13.04%) Objective-C
4 3 (13.04%) Python
4 3 (13.04%) PHP
5 2 (8.696%) VB
5 2 (8.696%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) Adobe
3 1 (4.348%) Facebook
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