The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 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 Northern Ireland 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 7
Rank 31 27 42
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +15
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 2 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 0.858% 1.523% 1.099%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.714% 6.667% 5.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £287 £265
% change year-on-year
-5.84% +8.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.44% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
35 45 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 15.02% 22.84% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 23
Average daily rate £300 £260 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -25.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £260 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £18.71
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +95.08%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 7
UK

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 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
County Antrim -5 2 - -
Windows 7
UK

Windows 7
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Support
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Support Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy