The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 23 13 27
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +14
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 3 14 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 1.961% 8.092% 1.053%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.71% 36.84% 4.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £116 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -45.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
-6.08% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 1
Average hourly rate £21.50 £13.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+65.38% -18.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.81 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+2.15% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
28 38 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 18.30% 21.97% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 22
Average daily rate £363 £270 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.25% -28.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £169 £95 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £386 £366 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 3
Average hourly rate £18.00 £14.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £19.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 7
Yorkshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire Windows 7 Daily Rate Trend

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 North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 7
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
York -8 1 - -
Harrogate - 1 - -
Windows 7
Yorkshire

Windows 7
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (72.22%) MS Office
2 13 (72.22%) Windows XP
3 11 (61.11%) Active Directory
4 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
5 4 (22.22%) Windows 2000
5 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 1 (5.556%) Windows Vista
6 1 (5.556%) Problem Management
6 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
6 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (5.556%) Hyper-V
6 1 (5.556%) Software Deployment
6 1 (5.556%) Legal
6 1 (5.556%) SQL
6 1 (5.556%) Dell
6 1 (5.556%) Citrix
6 1 (5.556%) NHS
6 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (5.556%) LAN
6 1 (5.556%) WAN
6 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
6 1 (5.556%) SLA
6 1 (5.556%) Cisco
6 1 (5.556%) HNC
6 1 (5.556%) Linux

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 13 (72.22%) MS Office
2 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) LAN
1 1 (5.556%) WAN
1 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (5.556%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Analyst
2 8 (44.44%) Support Analyst
2 8 (44.44%) 1st Line Support
3 7 (38.89%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) IT Support
5 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.556%) Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (5.556%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (72.22%) Windows XP
3 4 (22.22%) Windows 2000
4 1 (5.556%) Windows Vista
4 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.556%) Problem Management
1 1 (5.556%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
1 1 (5.556%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (61.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.556%) Dell
2 1 (5.556%) Citrix
2 1 (5.556%) Cisco
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Posted: 10 May 2013