Windows 7 Contracts in the Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 21 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 Midlands 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 13 29 30
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 13 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 7.602% 0.735% 0.588%
As % of the Operating Systems category 65.00% 5.714% 4.878%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £280 £275
% change year-on-year
-5.35% +1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £20.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year
+3.44% +7.40%
All Operating Systems
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 20 35 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 11.70% 12.87% 12.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 7
Average daily rate £325 £300 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £210 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 11
Average hourly rate - £37.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +78.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows 7
England

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows 7 across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 7
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (88.24%) Microsoft
3 13 (76.47%) SCCM
4 11 (64.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (41.18%) MS Excel
5 7 (41.18%) Microsoft App-V
6 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
6 6 (35.29%) HP
6 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (35.29%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 6 (35.29%) MSI
6 6 (35.29%) QA
7 5 (29.41%) Migration
7 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
7 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (29.41%) SCOM
7 5 (29.41%) SQL
7 5 (29.41%) MS Office
7 5 (29.41%) MS Exchange
8 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
9 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
9 2 (11.76%) Information Security
10 1 (5.882%) VB
10 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
10 1 (5.882%) Wise Package Studio
10 1 (5.882%) BC Cleared

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 Platforms
1 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (29.41%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (41.18%) MS Excel
2 5 (29.41%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) MSI
2 1 (5.882%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Applications Packager
2 5 (29.41%) Security Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Help Desk Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Rollout Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Security Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Build Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (64.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Migration
2 2 (11.76%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.882%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) QA
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft App-V
2 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (76.47%) SCCM
2 6 (35.29%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 5 (29.41%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) HP
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