The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 8 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 Hampshire 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 8
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 16 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.048% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.587% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
Average daily rate £365 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £315 £213
% change year-on-year
- +48.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £36.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.75 - -
All Operating Systems
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
446 436 517
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 29.23% 27.40% 27.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 188 182
Average daily rate £325 £340 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.41% +6.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 90 103
Average hourly rate £25.00 £23.75 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.35 £11.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 8
South East

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire Windows 8 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows 8
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the Hampshire 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
Farnborough - 5 £325 -
Portsmouth - 2 £370 -
Ringwood - 2 £290 -
Southampton - 1 - -
Windows 8
South East

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 8 (50.00%) Windows Vista
4 7 (43.75%) SCCM
4 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
5 5 (31.25%) Software Distribution
5 5 (31.25%) Windows XP
6 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 4 (25.00%) C
6 4 (25.00%) Internet
7 3 (18.75%) Remedy
7 3 (18.75%) Blackberry
7 3 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (18.75%) Lotus
7 3 (18.75%) C#
7 3 (18.75%) VBScript
7 3 (18.75%) MS Office
7 3 (18.75%) Windows NT
7 3 (18.75%) Windows 2000
7 3 (18.75%) Lotus Notes
7 3 (18.75%) Application Packaging
7 3 (18.75%) Smartphone
7 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
7 3 (18.75%) Service Management
7 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
7 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (18.75%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (18.75%) ITIL
7 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
7 3 (18.75%) Windows 7

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) Application Packaging
2 2 (12.50%) .NET Framework
2 2 (12.50%) WPF
2 2 (12.50%) Silverlight
2 2 (12.50%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (18.75%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Internet
2 2 (12.50%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) FDDI
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (12.50%) Ethernet
2 2 (12.50%) SNMP
2 2 (12.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Visual Studio
2 1 (6.250%) MSI
2 1 (6.250%) InstallShield
General
1 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Delivery Manager
1 3 (18.75%) Developer
1 3 (18.75%) Services Delivery Manager
1 3 (18.75%) Service Manager
1 3 (18.75%) Applications Packager
2 2 (12.50%) SCCM Specialist
2 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (12.50%) C# Developer
2 2 (12.50%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Network Architect
3 1 (6.250%) Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.250%) Principle Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Applications Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Services Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Blackberry
1 3 (18.75%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Windows Vista
3 5 (31.25%) Windows XP
4 3 (18.75%) Windows NT
4 3 (18.75%) Windows 2000
4 3 (18.75%) Windows 7
5 2 (12.50%) Android
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Phone
5 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (12.50%) Windows CE
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Software Distribution
2 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
2 3 (18.75%) Service Management
2 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
2 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (18.75%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) MVVM
3 2 (12.50%) Time Management
4 1 (6.250%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) Release Management
4 1 (6.250%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) C
2 3 (18.75%) C#
2 3 (18.75%) VBScript
3 2 (12.50%) XAML
3 2 (12.50%) C++
3 2 (12.50%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) Embedded C
3 2 (12.50%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) SCCM
2 2 (12.50%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (12.50%) SCOM
2 2 (12.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Remedy
2 3 (18.75%) Lotus
3 2 (12.50%) 3PAR
3 2 (12.50%) Lumension
3 2 (12.50%) Blue Coat
3 2 (12.50%) Brocade
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco
3 2 (12.50%) HP
3 2 (12.50%) McAfee
4 1 (6.250%) Citrix