The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Mobile 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 Mobile 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Mobile
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows Mobile 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £325 £238
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £31.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year
+16.12% +10.71%
All Operating Systems
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
73 71 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 34.60% 17.23% 28.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 27 26
Average daily rate £275 £400 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.25% +49.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £292 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £505 £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 Mobile
North West

Windows Mobile
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Windows Mobile Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Mobile
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Windows Mobile Daily Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows Mobile across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire Windows Mobile Hourly Rate Trend