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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Mobile skills within the Middlesex region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Mobile over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows Mobile
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3853
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads71
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.001 %
As % of the category below5.785 %0.676 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£283£300
Average daily rate£283£313
% change on same period last year-9.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£283£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£237
% change on same period last year+46.26 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£37.50-
Average hourly rate£37.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£37.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.47£34.05
% change on same period last year-42.82 %
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads121148
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.160 %0.147 %
Daily rates quoted3443
Average minimum daily rate£306£266
Average daily rate£325£289
% change on same period last year+12.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£312
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.14 %
Hourly rates quoted1726
Average minimum hourly rate£25.22£19.87
Average hourly rate£25.87£20.25
% change on same period last year+27.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.53£20.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.93£22.83
% change on same period last year-3.96 %
Windows Mobile South EastWindows Mobile
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Windows Mobile
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Mobile across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Middlesex Windows Mobile Demand Trend

Windows Mobile
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Mobile across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex Windows Mobile Daily Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Mobile across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Middlesex Windows Mobile Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Mobile
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows Mobile across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex Windows Mobile Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

118 (100.00 %)Windows
28 (44.44 %)AJAX
37 (38.89 %)Java
37 (38.89 %)C
37 (38.89 %)C++
37 (38.89 %)GSM
37 (38.89 %)Symbian
37 (38.89 %)Blackberry
46 (33.33 %)Internet
46 (33.33 %)HTML
46 (33.33 %)JavaScript
46 (33.33 %)Perl
46 (33.33 %)Oracle
55 (27.78 %)J2EE
55 (27.78 %)GPRS
64 (22.22 %)CDMA
64 (22.22 %)Degree
64 (22.22 %)Computer Science
73 (16.67 %)TAPI
73 (16.67 %)ClearCase
73 (16.67 %)MFC
73 (16.67 %)SQL
73 (16.67 %)Wi-Fi
73 (16.67 %)Electronics
73 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
73 (16.67 %)RTCP
73 (16.67 %)RTP
73 (16.67 %)WLAN
82 (11.11 %)3GPP
82 (11.11 %)Windows CE

Windows Mobile
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (44.44 %)AJAX
26 (33.33 %)HTML
35 (27.78 %)J2EE
43 (16.67 %)TAPI
43 (16.67 %)MFC
52 (11.11 %).NET
52 (11.11 %)ASP.NET
52 (11.11 %)J2ME
61 (5.556 %)XML
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (38.89 %)GSM
26 (33.33 %)Internet
35 (27.78 %)GPRS
44 (22.22 %)CDMA
53 (16.67 %)Wi-Fi
53 (16.67 %)RTCP
53 (16.67 %)RTP
53 (16.67 %)WLAN
62 (11.11 %)3GPP
71 (5.556 %)UPnP
71 (5.556 %)TCP/IP
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (16.67 %)ClearCase
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (16.67 %)Electronics
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (66.67 %)Developer
26 (33.33 %)Web Developer
35 (27.78 %)Software Engineer
42 (11.11 %)Applications Developer
51 (5.556 %)Senior Software Engineer
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (38.89 %)Blackberry
24 (22.22 %)Computer Science
31 (5.556 %)PDA
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (11.11 %)Windows CE
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (38.89 %)Java
17 (38.89 %)C
17 (38.89 %)C++
26 (33.33 %)JavaScript
26 (33.33 %)Perl
33 (16.67 %)SQL
41 (5.556 %)PHP
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (22.22 %)Degree
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (38.89 %)Symbian
26 (33.33 %)Oracle