The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Mobile skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Mobile over the 3 months to 22 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 Oxford 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Mobile
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Mobile 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 0.429% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.083% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £260 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £244
% change year-on-year
- +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £31.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
-13.70% +13.76%
All Operating Systems
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
48 52 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 20.60% 15.34% 33.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 19
Average daily rate £300 £338 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +1.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £236 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 15
Average hourly rate £13.75 £16.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% -13.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.88 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £20.06 £27.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows Mobile
Oxfordshire

Windows Mobile
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford Windows Mobile Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Mobile
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Mobile across the Oxford region.

Oxford Windows Mobile Daily Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows Mobile across the Oxford region.

Oxford Windows Mobile Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Windows Mobile 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 Mobile.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) MonoTouch
3 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (33.33%) Xamarin
3 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Android
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management

Windows Mobile
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Windows Mobile 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 Mobile. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) MonoTouch
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) XML Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
3 1 (33.33%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Xamarin