Windows 7 Contracts in Lancashire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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 11 34 31
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 20 11 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 9.615% 2.638% 0.426%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.41% 14.29% 1.538%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 0
Average daily rate £175 £345 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-49.27% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
-6.08% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 1
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.75 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.79% +97.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.81 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+2.15% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 68 77 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 32.69% 18.47% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 30 26
Average daily rate £275 £380 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.63% +41.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £290 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £501 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 13
Average hourly rate £19.00 £25.50 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.49% -16.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.90 £18.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 7
North West

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Lancashire Windows 7 Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows 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 7 within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Preston +25 14 £175 -44.00%
Lancaster - 1 - -
Windows 7
North West

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (59.38%) Windows XP
3 18 (56.25%) SCCM
4 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
5 15 (46.88%) MS Office
6 13 (40.63%) Active Directory
6 13 (40.63%) Citrix
7 12 (37.50%) Microsoft App-V
8 11 (34.38%) SC Cleared
8 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
9 10 (31.25%) Windows Vista
9 10 (31.25%) Blackberry
10 9 (28.13%) CA
10 9 (28.13%) Lumension
10 9 (28.13%) Software Deployment
11 8 (25.00%) SLA
11 8 (25.00%) AppSense
12 7 (21.88%) ITIL
13 5 (15.63%) Application Packaging
14 4 (12.50%) TQM
14 4 (12.50%) MS Excel
14 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
14 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (9.375%) Sage
15 3 (9.375%) MCSE
15 3 (9.375%) MCDST
15 3 (9.375%) XenServer
16 2 (6.250%) XenDesktop
16 2 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (6.250%) XenApp

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 5 (15.63%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.125%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 15 (46.88%) MS Office
2 4 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.125%) SAN
1 1 (3.125%) SMS
1 1 (3.125%) DHCP
1 1 (3.125%) DNS
General
1 1 (3.125%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.125%) Finance
1 1 (3.125%) Banking
1 1 (3.125%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Support Engineer
1 15 (46.88%) 2nd Line Support
2 12 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (9.375%) Analyst
3 3 (9.375%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (9.375%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 2 (6.250%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Technical Support
5 1 (3.125%) Help Desk Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Consultant
5 1 (3.125%) Support Technician
5 1 (3.125%) Coordinator
5 1 (3.125%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Desktop Support
5 1 (3.125%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.125%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (3.125%) Server Engineer
5 1 (3.125%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.125%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (59.38%) Windows XP
3 10 (31.25%) Windows Vista
4 2 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.125%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Software Deployment
2 7 (21.88%) ITIL
3 4 (12.50%) TQM
4 1 (3.125%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.125%) Information Security
4 1 (3.125%) Service Management
4 1 (3.125%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.125%) Customer Engagement
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) SC Cleared
1 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (9.375%) MCSE
3 3 (9.375%) MCDST
4 1 (3.125%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (40.63%) Active Directory
2 12 (37.50%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (9.375%) XenServer
4 2 (6.250%) XenDesktop
4 2 (6.250%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (56.25%) SCCM
2 1 (3.125%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
2 13 (40.63%) Citrix
3 9 (28.13%) CA
3 9 (28.13%) Lumension
4 8 (25.00%) AppSense
5 3 (9.375%) Sage
6 2 (6.250%) VMware
6 2 (6.250%) Cisco
7 1 (3.125%) McAfee
7 1 (3.125%) NetApp
7 1 (3.125%) HP
7 1 (3.125%) EMC
SCCM SUPPORT ENGINEER - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
DESKTOP SUPPORT ENGINEER / 2ND LINE SUPPORT - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
Application Packager
Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire
Our major client based in Lytham currently require an Application Packager for an initial 3 month contract. Role: The programme is replacing 160,000 desktops as part of...
Advanced Resource Managers
Posted: 22 May 2013
Application Packager App-V, 4.5, 4.6 (wise msi)
Preston, Lancashire
Skills: Wise, MSI, APPV, ORCA, Packaging, Enterprise Desktop Deployment, AdminStudio, InstallSheild, Windows 7, SCCM, SCOM... * Good knowledge of VB Scripting and Citrix... * MCDST qualification essential, MCITP / MCSE qualification...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Rate: From £250 to £300 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
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