North East Windows CE Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows CE (WinCE) skills within the North East 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 CE over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows CE (WinCE)
Location Berkshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheadle Cheshire City of London East Midlands East of England England Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Scotland South East South Wales South West Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Wales	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	46	61
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	2	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	1.695 %	0.532 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£200	£248
% change on same period last year	-19.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.17	£36.54
% change on same period last year	-1.00 %
Operating Systems North East
Matching contract IT job ads	118	188
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.190 %	0.202 %
Daily rates quoted	10	48
Average minimum daily rate	£290	£333
Average daily rate	£307	£342
% change on same period last year	-10.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£324	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£321
% change on same period last year	-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	36	49
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.03	£19.68
Average hourly rate	£15.72	£20.58
% change on same period last year	-23.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.41	£21.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.91	£21.94
% change on same period last year	-0.17 %
Windows CE England

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 CE
Demand Trend

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

Windows CE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows CE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows CE within the North East region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Tyne and Wear	-	2	-	-

Windows CE England

Windows CE
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Windows CE 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 CE.

1 2 (100.00 %) C# 1 2 (100.00 %) .NET 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows

Windows CE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Windows CE 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 CE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (100.00 %) .NET	Job Titles 1 1 (50.00 %) Developer 1 1 (50.00 %) Programmer 1 1 (50.00 %) C# Developer
Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows	Programming Languages 1 2 (100.00 %) C#