The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 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 Glasgow 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 7
Rank 55 32 47
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +15
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 27 25 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 2.854% 3.234% 2.260%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.33% 16.23% 10.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 5
Average daily rate £338 £275 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.72% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £108 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £408 £259
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
-6.08% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £14.00 £65.00 £97.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-78.46% -32.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.81 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+2.15% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
219 154 155
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 23.15% 19.92% 21.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 46 63
Average daily rate £350 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £105 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £390 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 6
Average hourly rate £14.00 £26.00 £107.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.15% -75.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 7
Scotland

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Windows 7 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Glasgow Windows 7 Daily Rate Histogram

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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (61.11%) Windows XP
3 13 (36.11%) Microsoft
4 11 (30.56%) MS Excel
4 11 (30.56%) Migration
5 10 (27.78%) SCCM
6 9 (25.00%) MS Office
7 8 (22.22%) Finance
8 7 (19.44%) ITIL
8 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (16.67%) MCP
9 6 (16.67%) Service Management
10 5 (13.89%) PRINCE2
10 5 (13.89%) MCSA
10 5 (13.89%) Active Directory
11 4 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (11.11%) Sophos
11 4 (11.11%) MS Project
11 4 (11.11%) XML
11 4 (11.11%) VBScript
11 4 (11.11%) .NET
11 4 (11.11%) PowerShell
11 4 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (11.11%) Altiris
11 4 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
12 3 (8.333%) Document Management
12 3 (8.333%) XML Schema
12 3 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (8.333%) SC Cleared
12 3 (8.333%) Security Cleared

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 4 (11.11%) XML
1 4 (11.11%) .NET
2 3 (8.333%) XML Schema
2 3 (8.333%) .NET Framework
3 2 (5.556%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.778%) Application Packaging
4 1 (2.778%) HTML
4 1 (2.778%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.333%) SharePoint Server
1 3 (8.333%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.778%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.778%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (2.778%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 11 (30.56%) MS Excel
2 9 (25.00%) MS Office
3 4 (11.11%) MS Project
3 4 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.778%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.556%) Internet
1 2 (5.556%) LAN
2 1 (2.778%) SMS
2 1 (2.778%) HTTP
2 1 (2.778%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (2.778%) MySQL
1 1 (2.778%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.778%) MS Access
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Rational Rhapsody
1 1 (2.778%) Wise Package Studio
1 1 (2.778%) MSI
1 1 (2.778%) InstallShield
General
1 8 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (19.44%) Desktop Support
1 7 (19.44%) Analyst
2 5 (13.89%) Project Manager
2 5 (13.89%) Desktop Technician
3 3 (8.333%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (8.333%) Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (8.333%) Deployment Analyst
3 3 (8.333%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 3 (8.333%) Support Technician
3 3 (8.333%) Support Analyst
4 2 (5.556%) Architect
4 2 (5.556%) Internal Communications Manager
4 2 (5.556%) Desktop Support Technician
4 2 (5.556%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (5.556%) Desktop Analyst
4 2 (5.556%) Communications Manager
4 2 (5.556%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (5.556%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 2 (5.556%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.556%) Taxonomies
1 2 (5.556%) Cryptography
2 1 (2.778%) PDA
2 1 (2.778%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.778%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.778%) NHS
2 1 (2.778%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (61.11%) Windows XP
3 3 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (8.333%) Linux
3 3 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (5.556%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.778%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (2.778%) UNIX
5 1 (2.778%) Windows NT
5 1 (2.778%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Migration
2 7 (19.44%) ITIL
3 6 (16.67%) Service Management
4 5 (13.89%) PRINCE2
5 3 (8.333%) Document Management
5 3 (8.333%) Security Architecture
5 3 (8.333%) Project Management
6 2 (5.556%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (2.778%) Supplier Management
7 1 (2.778%) Business Continuity
7 1 (2.778%) Information Security
7 1 (2.778%) Project Planning
7 1 (2.778%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) VBScript
1 4 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.556%) C#
2 2 (5.556%) VB
2 2 (5.556%) VB.NET
3 1 (2.778%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.778%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (16.67%) MCP
3 5 (13.89%) MCSA
4 4 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (8.333%) SC Cleared
5 3 (8.333%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.556%) MCSE
7 1 (2.778%) CISSP
7 1 (2.778%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (5.556%) XenApp
4 1 (2.778%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.778%) MetaFrame
4 1 (2.778%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (27.78%) SCCM
2 1 (2.778%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (2.778%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 13 (36.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) Sophos
2 4 (11.11%) Altiris
3 3 (8.333%) Citrix
4 2 (5.556%) Remedy
5 1 (2.778%) VMware
5 1 (2.778%) Oracle
5 1 (2.778%) McAfee
5 1 (2.778%) HP
5 1 (2.778%) Novell
5 1 (2.778%) Lotus
Glasgow, Scotland
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Posted: 10 May 2013