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

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 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 Manchester 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 7
Rank 48 58 60
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 27 30 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 2.866% 2.285% 0.879%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.79% 10.49% 6.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 6
Average daily rate £375 £200 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -42.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £286 £275
% change year-on-year
-7.34% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 2
Average hourly rate £13.00 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.71% -12.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.81 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+2.15% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 171 286 149
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 18.15% 21.78% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 104 59
Average daily rate £275 £300 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £175 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 39 34
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +36.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £25.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Windows 7 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Manchester Windows 7 Daily Rate Histogram

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 Manchester region.

Manchester Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 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
Salford +1 4 - -
Wigan +2 2 - -
Altrincham - 2 - -
Windows 7
North West

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 29 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 22 (37.93%) Windows XP
4 19 (32.76%) Microsoft
5 16 (27.59%) MS Excel
6 13 (22.41%) MS Office
6 13 (22.41%) Windows Server 2008
7 11 (18.97%) ITIL
8 10 (17.24%) VPN
9 9 (15.52%) MS Exchange
9 9 (15.52%) Linux
10 8 (13.79%) SSL
10 8 (13.79%) UNIX
10 8 (13.79%) TCP/IP
10 8 (13.79%) Clearswift
10 8 (13.79%) CheckPoint
10 8 (13.79%) Firewall
10 8 (13.79%) Kaspersky
10 8 (13.79%) SurfControl
11 7 (12.07%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (10.34%) Citrix
12 6 (10.34%) Local Government
13 5 (8.621%) DHCP
13 5 (8.621%) DNS
14 4 (6.897%) Legal
14 4 (6.897%) Stakeholder Management
14 4 (6.897%) Project Management
14 4 (6.897%) SAN
15 3 (5.172%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (5.172%) Ethernet

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (5.172%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.724%) COM
Application Platforms
1 9 (15.52%) MS Exchange
2 3 (5.172%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.724%) Lync
3 1 (1.724%) WorkSite
3 1 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 16 (27.59%) MS Excel
2 13 (22.41%) MS Office
3 1 (1.724%) MS Project
3 1 (1.724%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.24%) VPN
2 8 (13.79%) SSL
2 8 (13.79%) TCP/IP
2 8 (13.79%) Firewall
3 5 (8.621%) DHCP
3 5 (8.621%) DNS
4 4 (6.897%) SAN
5 3 (5.172%) Ethernet
5 3 (5.172%) LAN
6 2 (3.448%) Intranet
6 2 (3.448%) WAN
6 2 (3.448%) ADSL
7 1 (1.724%) Internet
7 1 (1.724%) IP Telephony
Development Applications
1 2 (3.448%) InstallShield
General
1 6 (10.34%) Local Government
2 4 (6.897%) Legal
3 3 (5.172%) Marketing
4 2 (3.448%) Retail
4 2 (3.448%) Law
4 2 (3.448%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.724%) Finance
5 1 (1.724%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (25.86%) Analyst
2 7 (12.07%) Technical Analyst
3 5 (8.621%) Customer Support Engineer
3 5 (8.621%) Customer Engineer
3 5 (8.621%) Support Engineer
4 4 (6.897%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (6.897%) Support Analyst
4 4 (6.897%) Project Manager
4 4 (6.897%) Trainer
5 3 (5.172%) Desktop Support
5 3 (5.172%) Service Analyst
5 3 (5.172%) Applications Packager
5 3 (5.172%) Deployment Engineer
5 3 (5.172%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (5.172%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.448%) Citrix Consultant
6 2 (3.448%) PC Engineer
6 2 (3.448%) ICT Trainer
6 2 (3.448%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 2 (3.448%) IT Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.448%) Fat Client
1 2 (3.448%) iPad
1 2 (3.448%) NHS
1 2 (3.448%) Thin Client
1 2 (3.448%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.724%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.724%) E-Learning
2 1 (1.724%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (37.93%) Windows XP
3 13 (22.41%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (15.52%) Linux
5 8 (13.79%) UNIX
6 7 (12.07%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (5.172%) Windows 2000
8 2 (3.448%) Windows 8
9 1 (1.724%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.724%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.724%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.97%) ITIL
2 4 (6.897%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (6.897%) Project Management
3 3 (5.172%) PRINCE2
3 3 (5.172%) Migration
4 2 (3.448%) Computer Security
4 2 (3.448%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (1.724%) Practice Management
5 1 (1.724%) Project Planning
5 1 (1.724%) Programme Management
5 1 (1.724%) Waterfall
5 1 (1.724%) ITIL V3
5 1 (1.724%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (1.724%) Capacity Management
5 1 (1.724%) Change Control
5 1 (1.724%) Data Migration
5 1 (1.724%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.724%) VBScript
1 1 (1.724%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (5.172%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (5.172%) MCSA
1 3 (5.172%) MCDST
2 2 (3.448%) CCEE
2 2 (3.448%) CCIA
2 2 (3.448%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (3.448%) CCEA
3 1 (1.724%) ISEB
3 1 (1.724%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.724%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.724%) QA
System Software
1 29 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.448%) XenApp
2 2 (3.448%) XenDesktop
2 2 (3.448%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.724%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.172%) SCCM
2 1 (1.724%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 19 (32.76%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.79%) Clearswift
2 8 (13.79%) CheckPoint
2 8 (13.79%) Kaspersky
2 8 (13.79%) SurfControl
3 6 (10.34%) Citrix
4 2 (3.448%) Apple
4 2 (3.448%) Cisco
5 1 (1.724%) HP
5 1 (1.724%) Remedy
5 1 (1.724%) McAfee
5 1 (1.724%) VMware
Desktop Support Engineer 'software upgrades'
Wigan, Lancashire
The successful Engineer will have atleast 3 years solid PC upgrade knowledge in a commercial 'Microsoft Software applications' environment. Skills and knowledge: VDI, Active Directory Upgrades, MS Windows...
Bullit Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: From £13 to £14 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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