The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Mobile skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Mobile over the 3 months to 20 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 Leicestershire 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
20 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 Leicestershire - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £250
% change year-on-year
- +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £31.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
-13.70% +13.76%
All Operating Systems
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
38 35 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 18.18% 16.28% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 3
Average daily rate £300 £200 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -38.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 7
Average hourly rate £12.50 £11.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -60.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.85 £8.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £18.00 £36.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows Mobile
East Midlands

Windows Mobile
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Windows Mobile Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region citing Windows Mobile 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 Mobile.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) TickIT
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office

Windows Mobile
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region citing Windows Mobile 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 Mobile. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Development Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Development Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Development Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (100.00%) TickIT
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft