The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Phone 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 Phone 7 over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WinPhone7, WP7)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows Phone 7 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 £301 £323 £363
% change year-on-year
-6.82% -11.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
66 78 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 32.51% 18.31% 28.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 30 25
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 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £501 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 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 £16.30 £18.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Phone 7
North West