The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Mobile skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Mobile over the 3 months to 17 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 London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Mobile
Rank 362 364 412
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +48
Contract jobs citing Windows Mobile 23 42 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.107% 0.157% 0.080%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.523% 0.771% 0.396%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 7
Average daily rate £343 £306 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.83% -9.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £516 £393 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £325 £250
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
Average hourly rate £45.00 £34.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.35% -24.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £31.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
-13.70% +13.76%
All Operating Systems
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
4398 5448 6315
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 20.37% 20.34% 20.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2883 3280 3803
Average daily rate £400 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 313 341
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £13.00 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Mobile
England

Windows Mobile
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Windows Mobile Daily Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Mobile across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Windows Mobile Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London Windows Mobile Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Mobile within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London +3 6 £488 +62.50%
Docklands, London - 1 £240 -
Windows Mobile
England

Windows Mobile
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 72 (100.00%) Windows
2 44 (61.11%) Android
3 36 (50.00%) iPhone
3 36 (50.00%) Blackberry
4 32 (44.44%) Apple iOS
5 29 (40.28%) Mobile App
6 26 (36.11%) HTML5
7 25 (34.72%) JavaScript
8 22 (30.56%) Java
9 19 (26.39%) Web Services
10 15 (20.83%) .NET
10 15 (20.83%) PhoneGap
11 14 (19.44%) Objective-C
12 13 (18.06%) J2ME
12 13 (18.06%) Appcelerator Titanium
13 12 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
13 12 (16.67%) JSON
13 12 (16.67%) Active Directory
13 12 (16.67%) MS Exchange
13 12 (16.67%) Microsoft
14 11 (15.28%) DNS
14 11 (15.28%) OO
14 11 (15.28%) ASP.NET
14 11 (15.28%) Handset
14 11 (15.28%) Scrum
14 11 (15.28%) Agile Software Development
14 11 (15.28%) Silverlight
14 11 (15.28%) Windows Azure
14 11 (15.28%) Mobile Application Development
15 10 (13.89%) OOP

Windows Mobile
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 26 (36.11%) HTML5
2 19 (26.39%) Web Services
3 15 (20.83%) .NET
4 13 (18.06%) J2ME
5 12 (16.67%) JSON
6 11 (15.28%) Silverlight
6 11 (15.28%) ASP.NET
7 8 (11.11%) XML
8 6 (8.333%) Java ME
9 5 (6.944%) WML
9 5 (6.944%) XHTML
9 5 (6.944%) jQuery
10 4 (5.556%) REST
10 4 (5.556%) Flash
10 4 (5.556%) HTML
10 4 (5.556%) CSS
11 3 (4.167%) Cocoa
11 3 (4.167%) Google Maps API
11 3 (4.167%) BREW
11 3 (4.167%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 12 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 12 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 11 (15.28%) Windows Azure
3 10 (13.89%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 8 (11.11%) Lync
4 8 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (8.333%) IIS
5 6 (8.333%) SharePoint
6 2 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (2.778%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 10 (13.89%) MS Office
2 2 (2.778%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.389%) Fireworks
3 1 (1.389%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.389%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.28%) DNS
2 10 (13.89%) SMTP
3 4 (5.556%) HTTP
4 3 (4.167%) SAN
5 2 (2.778%) NFC
5 2 (2.778%) SSL
6 1 (1.389%) DHCP
6 1 (1.389%) CDMA
6 1 (1.389%) GSM
6 1 (1.389%) SMS
6 1 (1.389%) UMTS
6 1 (1.389%) LTE
6 1 (1.389%) Internet
6 1 (1.389%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.89%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.11%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 15 (20.83%) PhoneGap
2 13 (18.06%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 6 (8.333%) Ant
3 6 (8.333%) JUnit
3 6 (8.333%) Maven
3 6 (8.333%) Git (software)
4 5 (6.944%) Eclipse
5 4 (5.556%) Subversion
6 3 (4.167%) Xcode
6 3 (4.167%) Mercurial
7 2 (2.778%) Hudson
7 2 (2.778%) Jenkins
8 1 (1.389%) Flash Builder
8 1 (1.389%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (1.389%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (12.50%) Finance
2 8 (11.11%) Law
3 7 (9.722%) Publishing
4 5 (6.944%) Banking
5 3 (4.167%) Music
6 2 (2.778%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.778%) Advertising
7 1 (1.389%) Electronics
7 1 (1.389%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.389%) Music Industry
7 1 (1.389%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 45 (62.50%) Developer
2 24 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
3 10 (13.89%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 10 (13.89%) Administrator
3 10 (13.89%) .NET Developer
4 9 (12.50%) Applications Developer
4 9 (12.50%) ASP.NET Developer
5 8 (11.11%) Senior Developer
6 7 (9.722%) Development Manager
7 6 (8.333%) Exchange Administrator
8 4 (5.556%) Senior Applications Developer
8 4 (5.556%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
8 4 (5.556%) iOS Developer
8 4 (5.556%) Windows Mobile Developer
9 3 (4.167%) Android Developer
9 3 (4.167%) Junior ASP.NET Developer
9 3 (4.167%) Junior
9 3 (4.167%) Junior .NET Developer
9 3 (4.167%) Junior Developer
10 2 (2.778%) Contracts Manager
Miscellaneous
1 36 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 36 (50.00%) iPhone
2 29 (40.28%) Mobile App
3 11 (15.28%) Handset
4 9 (12.50%) Social Network
5 7 (9.722%) iPad
6 6 (8.333%) Digital Media
6 6 (8.333%) Clustering
6 6 (8.333%) Computer Science
7 4 (5.556%) Smartphone
8 3 (4.167%) Flash Lite
8 3 (4.167%) Mobile Banking
9 2 (2.778%) Java Card
9 2 (2.778%) Management Information System
9 2 (2.778%) Replication
9 2 (2.778%) Statistics
9 2 (2.778%) Animation
9 2 (2.778%) Open Source
9 2 (2.778%) Video on Demand
10 1 (1.389%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 72 (100.00%) Windows
2 44 (61.11%) Android
3 32 (44.44%) Apple iOS
4 7 (9.722%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (2.778%) Windows 8
5 2 (2.778%) Windows Phone
6 1 (1.389%) Windows Phone 8
6 1 (1.389%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.389%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.28%) OO
1 11 (15.28%) Scrum
1 11 (15.28%) Agile Software Development
1 11 (15.28%) Mobile Application Development
2 10 (13.89%) OOP
3 9 (12.50%) Content Management
4 7 (9.722%) Project Management
4 7 (9.722%) MVC
4 7 (9.722%) ITIL
5 6 (8.333%) Business Continuity
5 6 (8.333%) TDD
6 5 (6.944%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (6.944%) Multithreading
6 5 (6.944%) Mobile Commerce
6 5 (6.944%) Data Modelling
7 4 (5.556%) E-Commerce
7 4 (5.556%) Configuration Management
7 4 (5.556%) B2B
7 4 (5.556%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (5.556%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 25 (34.72%) JavaScript
2 22 (30.56%) Java
3 14 (19.44%) Objective-C
4 6 (8.333%) C++
4 6 (8.333%) C
5 2 (2.778%) C#
5 2 (2.778%) SQL
5 2 (2.778%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.389%) ActionScript 3.0
6 1 (1.389%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (1.389%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.389%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.389%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (6.944%) Degree
2 2 (2.778%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.944%) QA
System Software
1 12 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.778%) ISA Server
2 2 (2.778%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (1.389%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.389%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.944%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (1.389%) MOM
2 1 (1.389%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.389%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 12 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.50%) Sencha
3 8 (11.11%) Apple
4 7 (9.722%) Postini
5 6 (8.333%) Symantec
6 4 (5.556%) Google
7 3 (4.167%) Facebook
7 3 (4.167%) Twitter
8 2 (2.778%) Adobe
8 2 (2.778%) Dell
9 1 (1.389%) Symbian
9 1 (1.389%) HP
9 1 (1.389%) IronPort
9 1 (1.389%) VMware
9 1 (1.389%) RightFax
9 1 (1.389%) DevExpress
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