The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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 26 31 26
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 4 11 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.587% 2.632% 2.166%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.81% 19.30% 10.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 3
Average daily rate - £123 £188
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -34.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
-6.08% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
Average hourly rate £10.75 £13.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.37% +8.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.81 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+2.15% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
27 57 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 10.71% 13.64% 19.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 31 25
Average daily rate £243 £306 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.81% -23.43%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 11
Average hourly rate £11.50 £14.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.00 £9.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.10 £18.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 7
East Midlands

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 7
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) Windows XP
3 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
4 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (33.33%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) WSUS
5 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (33.33%) Migration
5 3 (33.33%) Intranet
6 2 (22.22%) LAN
6 2 (22.22%) DHCP
6 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
6 2 (22.22%) DNS
6 2 (22.22%) Cisco
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
6 2 (22.22%) SAN
6 2 (22.22%) MS Office
6 2 (22.22%) ITIL
6 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (11.11%) MCP
7 1 (11.11%) VMware

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
1 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Intranet
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) DHCP
2 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) SAN
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Support Technician
2 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) Windows XP
3 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) VMware