The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 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 8 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.328% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.840% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £213
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +48.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 - -
All Operating Systems
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
163 284 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 17.83% 21.83% 14.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 104 60
Average daily rate £275 £300 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +12.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £175 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £429
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 38 32
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 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows 8
North West

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows 8 across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Manchester Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows 8 across the Manchester region.

Manchester Windows 8 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 8
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Windows 8 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 8.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Silverlight
3 1 (25.00%) SCCM
3 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) VBScript
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) SOAP
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone 8
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone 7
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) SOA

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Windows 8 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 8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
1 1 (25.00%) XML
1 1 (25.00%) Silverlight
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone 8
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) SOA
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) VBScript
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft