The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Mobile skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Mobile 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 Staffordshire 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 Mobile
Rank 16 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Contract jobs citing Windows Mobile 3 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 3.409% 2.804% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.08% 15.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 0
Average daily rate £330 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £325 £238
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £31.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year
+16.12% +10.71%
All Operating Systems
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
13 38 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 14.77% 17.76% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 11
Average daily rate £330 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
Average hourly rate £15.21 £16.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.84% +17.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows Mobile
West Midlands

Windows Mobile
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Windows Mobile Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Mobile within the Staffordshire 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
Stoke-on-Trent +5 3 £330 +1.53%
Windows Mobile
West Midlands

Windows Mobile
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) XHTML
2 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (75.00%) SEO
2 3 (75.00%) Games
2 3 (75.00%) TDD
2 3 (75.00%) Document Management
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) VB.NET
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
2 3 (75.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) XSLT
2 3 (75.00%) N-Tier
2 3 (75.00%) SOA
2 3 (75.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (75.00%) Ajax
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) jQuery
2 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Android
2 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 3 (75.00%) AccuRev
2 3 (75.00%) HTML5
2 3 (75.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (75.00%) WURFL

Windows Mobile
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 3 (75.00%) XHTML
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
1 3 (75.00%) XML
1 3 (75.00%) XSLT
1 3 (75.00%) Ajax
1 3 (75.00%) jQuery
1 3 (75.00%) HTML5
1 3 (75.00%) CSS3
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Web Developer
1 3 (75.00%) .NET Developer
1 3 (75.00%) VB.NET Developer
1 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET Developer
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Developer
1 3 (75.00%) .NET Web Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) C# Web Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) N-Tier
1 3 (75.00%) Blackberry
1 3 (75.00%) WURFL
2 1 (25.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Android
2 3 (75.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (75.00%) BlackBerry OS
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (25.00%) Windows CE
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (75.00%) SEO
1 3 (75.00%) TDD
1 3 (75.00%) Document Management
1 3 (75.00%) SOA
1 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) AccuRev
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix