The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 20 42 34
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 31 16 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 7.176% 2.500% 4.054%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.63% 14.41% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 4
Average daily rate £270 £278 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% +38.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £278 £275
% change year-on-year
-2.70% +0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 8
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.00 £11.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% +40.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.75 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.00 £19.04 £13.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.81 £14.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year
+2.15% +7.40%
All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
98 111 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 22.69% 17.34% 34.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 35 62
Average daily rate £305 £325 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £225 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 26 34
Average hourly rate £14.81 £16.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.22% +17.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.75 £11.50 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.25 £23.00 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows 7
South East

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire Windows 7 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxford +18 22 £285 +58.33%
Banbury - 1 - -
Windows 7
South East

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 29 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 27 (46.55%) Windows XP
4 25 (43.10%) Windows Server 2008
5 22 (37.93%) SCCM
6 20 (34.48%) Active Directory
7 17 (29.31%) MS Office
8 14 (24.14%) Microsoft App-V
9 12 (20.69%) DNS
10 10 (17.24%) VMware
11 9 (15.52%) MS Excel
12 8 (13.79%) MS Exchange
12 8 (13.79%) Wise Package Studio
13 7 (12.07%) VPN
13 7 (12.07%) Citrix
13 7 (12.07%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (8.621%) Degree
14 5 (8.621%) Firewall
14 5 (8.621%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (8.621%) Cisco
14 5 (8.621%) CCNA
14 5 (8.621%) LAN
14 5 (8.621%) WAN
14 5 (8.621%) ITIL
15 4 (6.897%) TCP/IP
15 4 (6.897%) Exchange Server 2007
16 3 (5.172%) Wireshark
16 3 (5.172%) VMware Infrastructure
16 3 (5.172%) Windows 8
16 3 (5.172%) Blackberry

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 8 (13.79%) MS Exchange
2 4 (6.897%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 17 (29.31%) MS Office
2 9 (15.52%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.724%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.448%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.69%) DNS
2 7 (12.07%) VPN
3 5 (8.621%) Firewall
3 5 (8.621%) LAN
3 5 (8.621%) WAN
4 4 (6.897%) TCP/IP
5 3 (5.172%) DHCP
5 3 (5.172%) VoIP
5 3 (5.172%) Wireshark
6 2 (3.448%) Broadband
7 1 (1.724%) Internet
7 1 (1.724%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.724%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (13.79%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 2 (3.448%) Electronics
1 2 (3.448%) Telecoms
1 2 (3.448%) Finance
1 2 (3.448%) Manufacturing
1 2 (3.448%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (22.41%) Applications Packager
2 12 (20.69%) Support Engineer
3 6 (10.34%) Desktop Support
3 6 (10.34%) Analyst
3 6 (10.34%) IT Support
4 5 (8.621%) Support Technician
5 4 (6.897%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (5.172%) Server Support
6 3 (5.172%) Network Engineer
6 3 (5.172%) Support Analyst
6 3 (5.172%) Help Desk Support
6 3 (5.172%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (5.172%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (5.172%) IT Support Technician
6 3 (5.172%) Server Engineer
7 2 (3.448%) Senior Support Engineer
7 2 (3.448%) Server Support Engineer
7 2 (3.448%) Senior Server Engineer
7 2 (3.448%) Citrix Support
7 2 (3.448%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.172%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.448%) DTV
2 2 (3.448%) iPad
3 1 (1.724%) PDA
3 1 (1.724%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (46.55%) Windows XP
3 25 (43.10%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (12.07%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (5.172%) Windows 8
6 2 (3.448%) NetWare
6 2 (3.448%) Apple iOS
6 2 (3.448%) UNIX
6 2 (3.448%) Android
7 1 (1.724%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (8.621%) ITIL
2 2 (3.448%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (3.448%) Benchmarking
2 2 (3.448%) Programme Management
2 2 (3.448%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (3.448%) Performance Testing
2 2 (3.448%) Test Scripting
2 2 (3.448%) Change Control
3 1 (1.724%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.448%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.621%) CCNA
1 5 (8.621%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (8.621%) Degree
2 3 (5.172%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.448%) CCA
3 2 (3.448%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (3.448%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.724%) MCP
4 1 (1.724%) MCSE
4 1 (1.724%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.724%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (34.48%) Active Directory
2 14 (24.14%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (5.172%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.724%) vSphere
4 1 (1.724%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.724%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 22 (37.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.24%) VMware
3 7 (12.07%) Citrix
4 5 (8.621%) Cisco
5 2 (3.448%) SAP
6 1 (1.724%) Altiris
6 1 (1.724%) LANDesk
6 1 (1.724%) Apple
6 1 (1.724%) Remedy
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