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Windows 8 Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills
Browse 8 Windows 8 job vacancies in the North West

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 8 over the 3 months to 20 June 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 West 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
20 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 104 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 22 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.909% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.710% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 0
Average daily rate £420 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £213
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +48.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 - -
All Operating Systems
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 593 621 658
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 24.49% 20.80% 22.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 222 341
Average daily rate £318 £318 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £199 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £449 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 74 77
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +50.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Windows 8 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 8
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West Windows 8 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows 8
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire - 13 £420 -
Lancashire - 3 £338 - 2
Manchester - 3 £350 - 6
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (38.24%) Android
2 13 (38.24%) Windows 7
2 13 (38.24%) Apple iOS
3 11 (32.35%) Blackberry
4 8 (23.53%) Security Architecture
5 6 (17.65%) SCCM
5 6 (17.65%) Project Management
5 6 (17.65%) Finance
5 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
6 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
7 4 (11.76%) Migration
7 4 (11.76%) Windows XP
7 4 (11.76%) ITIL
7 4 (11.76%) HTML
7 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
7 4 (11.76%) Data Migration
7 4 (11.76%) Mobile App
8 3 (8.824%) HTML5
8 3 (8.824%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (8.824%) CSS3
8 3 (8.824%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (8.824%) XenApp
8 3 (8.824%) jQuery
8 3 (8.824%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (8.824%) Banking
8 3 (8.824%) Network Design
8 3 (8.824%) Ajax
8 3 (8.824%) Cryptography

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 4 (11.76%) HTML
2 3 (8.824%) HTML5
2 3 (8.824%) CSS3
2 3 (8.824%) jQuery
2 3 (8.824%) Ajax
2 3 (8.824%) Application Packaging
2 3 (8.824%) J2EE
2 3 (8.824%) CSS
3 2 (5.882%) .NET
4 1 (2.941%) Silverlight
4 1 (2.941%) JSON
4 1 (2.941%) SOAP
4 1 (2.941%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.824%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (8.824%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (8.824%) MS Exchange
2 2 (5.882%) Lync
2 2 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (2.941%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.941%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.882%) SAN
1 2 (5.882%) DHCP
1 2 (5.882%) DNS
1 2 (5.882%) NFC
2 1 (2.941%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.941%) LAN
2 1 (2.941%) SMS
2 1 (2.941%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MSI
General
1 6 (17.65%) Finance
2 3 (8.824%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Project Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Security Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Developer
4 4 (11.76%) Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 4 (11.76%) Deployment Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (8.824%) Security Consultant
5 3 (8.824%) Desktop Support
6 2 (5.882%) Web Developer
6 2 (5.882%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Web Designer
6 2 (5.882%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Deployment Project Manager
6 2 (5.882%) Designer
7 1 (2.941%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Mobile Developer
7 1 (2.941%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.941%) Solutions Consultant
7 1 (2.941%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Blackberry
2 4 (11.76%) Mobile App
3 3 (8.824%) Cryptography
4 2 (5.882%) EMV
5 1 (2.941%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (38.24%) Android
2 13 (38.24%) Windows 7
2 13 (38.24%) Apple iOS
3 4 (11.76%) Windows XP
4 2 (5.882%) Windows Vista
4 2 (5.882%) Windows Phone
5 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.941%) Windows Phone 8
5 1 (2.941%) Windows Phone 7
5 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.941%) UNIX
5 1 (2.941%) AIX
5 1 (2.941%) Linux
5 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (23.53%) Security Architecture
2 6 (17.65%) Project Management
2 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (11.76%) Migration
3 4 (11.76%) ITIL
3 4 (11.76%) Data Migration
4 3 (8.824%) Network Design
4 3 (8.824%) PRINCE2
4 3 (8.824%) Web Design
5 2 (5.882%) Programme Management
5 2 (5.882%) Data Protection
5 2 (5.882%) Change Control
6 1 (2.941%) Software Distribution
6 1 (2.941%) TOGAF
6 1 (2.941%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.941%) SOA
6 1 (2.941%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.824%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.882%) SQL
3 1 (2.941%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (2.941%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (2.941%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (2.941%) PMP
1 1 (2.941%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.824%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (8.824%) XenApp
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (2.941%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) SCCM
2 2 (5.882%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.824%) Citrix
2 3 (8.824%) VMware
3 2 (5.882%) HP
3 2 (5.882%) Dell
3 2 (5.882%) Altiris
3 2 (5.882%) Veeam
3 2 (5.882%) LANDesk
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle
4 1 (2.941%) SAP
4 1 (2.941%) EMC
4 1 (2.941%) Hitachi
4 1 (2.941%) NetApp
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