The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 8 over the 3 months to 24 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 North East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 1.071% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.348% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £315 £213
% change year-on-year
- +48.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.75 - -
All Operating Systems
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
69 102 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 24.64% 20.65% 29.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 48 46
Average daily rate £263 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% -15.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £232 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £450 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 13
Average hourly rate £10.63 £12.66 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.07% -4.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £9.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £20.00 £25.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) AIX
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Project Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) AIX
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL Certification