The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Huddersfield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Huddersfield 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Huddersfield 11.11% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £275 £260
% change year-on-year
+3.63% +5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Huddersfield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Huddersfield 33.33% 27.27% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £340 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +23.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
Average hourly rate £11.35 £10.30 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.19% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows 7
West Yorkshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Huddersfield 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 Huddersfield region.

Huddersfield Windows 7 Daily Rate Trend

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 Huddersfield region.

Huddersfield Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 7
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Huddersfield 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Avaya
3 1 (33.33%) Lotus
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) 3G
3 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) DameWare
3 1 (33.33%) Altiris
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (33.33%) iPhone
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) iPad
3 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (33.33%) IBM Notes
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Huddersfield 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 Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 3G
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Help Desk Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (33.33%) iPhone
1 1 (33.33%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Management
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) DameWare
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Avaya
1 1 (33.33%) Lotus
1 1 (33.33%) Altiris
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft