The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 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 Warrington 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 7
Rank 19 16 17
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 1.600% 2.062% 1.235%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.091% 11.76% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £110 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
-6.08% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.81 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+2.15% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
22 17 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 17.60% 17.53% 8.642%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 1
Average daily rate £283 £317 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.84% +5.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 7
Cheshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (87.50%) Windows XP
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
4 4 (50.00%) MS Visio
4 4 (50.00%) ISO 9000
4 4 (50.00%) OpenView
4 4 (50.00%) HP
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (50.00%) Lotus
4 4 (50.00%) Lotus Notes
4 4 (50.00%) MCSE
4 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 4 (50.00%) MS Project
4 4 (50.00%) MS Office
4 4 (50.00%) ITIL
4 4 (50.00%) MCP
4 4 (50.00%) LiveLink
4 4 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (50.00%) MCDST
4 4 (50.00%) MCITP
4 4 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (50.00%) ServiceCenter
4 4 (50.00%) BS25999
4 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Fujitsu
6 1 (12.50%) Acronis
6 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 4 (50.00%) Lotus Notes
1 4 (50.00%) LiveLink
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (50.00%) MS Project
1 4 (50.00%) MS Office
1 4 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Field Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Rollout Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Deployment Engineer
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Windows XP
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (50.00%) MCSE
1 4 (50.00%) MCP
1 4 (50.00%) MCDST
1 4 (50.00%) MCITP
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO 9000
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (50.00%) BS25999
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) OpenView
1 4 (50.00%) ServiceCenter
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) HP
2 4 (50.00%) Lotus
3 2 (25.00%) Fujitsu
4 1 (12.50%) Acronis