The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 8 over the 3 months to 23 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 Essex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.756% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.885% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £245 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £315 £213
% change year-on-year
-3.17% +48.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 - -
All Operating Systems
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
104 118 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 26.20% 28.92% 28.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 52 51
Average daily rate £305 £265 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.09% +17.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £181 £135 £164
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 24 31
Average hourly rate £22.66 £20.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.30% +8.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.80 £30.00 £31.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 8
East of England

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows 8 across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Essex Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows 8 across the Essex region.

Essex Windows 8 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 8
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Essex region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Essex Windows 8 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows 8
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Windows 8 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 8.

1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) NHS

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Windows 8 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 8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Rollout Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft