The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Phone 7 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Phone 7 over the 3 months to 20 June 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.

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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WinPhone7, WP7)
Rank 527 535 557
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +22
Contract jobs citing Windows Phone 7 14 44 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.029% 0.077% 0.053%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.129% 0.375% 0.252%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 36 22
Average daily rate £325 £350 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -4.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £418 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £320 £365
% change year-on-year
-13.98% -12.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10817 11728 13102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 22.12% 20.52% 21.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5862 5764 6526
Average daily rate £350 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £187 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 988 1195 1243
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.62 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.49% +3.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.37 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%

Windows Phone 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Windows Phone 7 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Phone 7
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Phone 7 within the UK.

Windows Phone 7 Daily Rate Trend

Windows Phone 7
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Phone 7 within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Windows Phone 7 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Phone 7
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Phone 7 within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +1 14 £325 -7.14% 4
London +1 8 £350 -9.09% 2
City of London -10 4 £325 -21.21%
South West +22 2 £301 -7.53% 1
South East +19 1 - -
West Midlands - - - -
East of England - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - -
Warwickshire - - - -
West Yorkshire - - - - 1
Yorkshire - - - - 1
Bristol - - - -
Cambridge - - - -
Leamington Spa - - - -
Leeds - - - - 1

Windows Phone 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Windows Phone 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 Phone 7.

1 21 (100.00%) Windows
1 21 (100.00%) Windows Phone
2 16 (76.19%) Windows Phone 8
3 13 (61.90%) C#
4 9 (42.86%) .NET
4 9 (42.86%) Silverlight
5 8 (38.10%) Android
5 8 (38.10%) JavaScript
5 8 (38.10%) HTML
6 7 (33.33%) Windows 8
7 6 (28.57%) Apple iOS
7 6 (28.57%) CSS
8 5 (23.81%) Blackberry
8 5 (23.81%) Mobile App
9 4 (19.05%) XML
9 4 (19.05%) Python
9 4 (19.05%) XAML
9 4 (19.05%) Visual Studio
9 4 (19.05%) ASP.NET
9 4 (19.05%) Java
9 4 (19.05%) Windows Mobile
9 4 (19.05%) Django
10 3 (14.29%) Degree
10 3 (14.29%) Digital Media
10 3 (14.29%) iPhone
11 2 (9.524%) iPad
11 2 (9.524%) Waterfall
11 2 (9.524%) Stress Testing
11 2 (9.524%) Test Strategy
11 2 (9.524%) Windows Azure

Windows Phone 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Windows Phone 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 Phone 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (42.86%) .NET
1 9 (42.86%) Silverlight
2 8 (38.10%) HTML
3 6 (28.57%) CSS
4 4 (19.05%) XML
4 4 (19.05%) ASP.NET
4 4 (19.05%) Django
5 2 (9.524%) JSON
5 2 (9.524%) WCF
5 2 (9.524%) Adobe AIR
5 2 (9.524%) jQuery
5 2 (9.524%) XSLT
6 1 (4.762%) Flash
6 1 (4.762%) Web Services
6 1 (4.762%) LINQ
6 1 (4.762%) WinRT
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Visual Studio
2 2 (9.524%) Selenium
3 1 (4.762%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (4.762%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Mobile Developer
3 2 (9.524%) Windows Mobile Developer
3 2 (9.524%) Django Developer
3 2 (9.524%) Windows 8 Developer
3 2 (9.524%) Python Developer
3 2 (9.524%) .NET Developer
3 2 (9.524%) Technical Manager
3 2 (9.524%) Python/Django Developer
4 1 (4.762%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Blackberry
1 5 (23.81%) Mobile App
2 3 (14.29%) Digital Media
2 3 (14.29%) iPhone
3 2 (9.524%) iPad
3 2 (9.524%) Smartphone
3 2 (9.524%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (100.00%) Windows
1 21 (100.00%) Windows Phone
2 16 (76.19%) Windows Phone 8
3 8 (38.10%) Android
4 7 (33.33%) Windows 8
5 6 (28.57%) Apple iOS
6 4 (19.05%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (9.524%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (9.524%) Waterfall
1 2 (9.524%) Stress Testing
1 2 (9.524%) Test Strategy
1 2 (9.524%) Responsive Web Design
1 2 (9.524%) MVC
1 2 (9.524%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (9.524%) Supplier Management
1 2 (9.524%) Web Development
1 2 (9.524%) RAD
1 2 (9.524%) Scrum
1 2 (9.524%) Web Design
2 1 (4.762%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (4.762%) Performance Testing
2 1 (4.762%) Multithreading
2 1 (4.762%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) C#
2 8 (38.10%) JavaScript
3 4 (19.05%) Python
3 4 (19.05%) XAML
3 4 (19.05%) Java
4 2 (9.524%) C++
4 2 (9.524%) PHP
4 2 (9.524%) VB
4 2 (9.524%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.524%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
1 2 (9.524%) Adobe
2 1 (4.762%) Facebook
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