The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 19 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 for the Warwickshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 16 17 22
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +5
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 16 11 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 7.240% 4.867% 3.540%
As % of the Operating Systems category 32.00% 24.44% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
Average daily rate £250 £320 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.87% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £275 £260
% change year-on-year
+3.63% +5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 6
Average hourly rate £12.25 £13.25 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.54% -44.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.05 £12.85 £14.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.45 £16.95 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% +7.14%
All Operating Systems
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
50 45 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 22.62% 19.91% 20.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 16
Average daily rate £254 £263 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.23% -4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £183 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £361 £318 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 14
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -45.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.50 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £17.50 £28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows 7
West Midlands

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Rugby -1 2 - -
Warwick -9 1 - -
Leamington Spa - - - -
Nuneaton - - - -
Windows 7
West Midlands

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (56.67%) Windows XP
3 11 (36.67%) MS Office
3 11 (36.67%) Migration
3 11 (36.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (30.00%) VMware
4 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
5 8 (26.67%) Citrix
5 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (26.67%) MS Exchange
5 8 (26.67%) SCCM
6 7 (23.33%) XenApp
6 7 (23.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (23.33%) Windows 2000
6 7 (23.33%) MSI
7 6 (20.00%) Finance
7 6 (20.00%) MCSE
8 5 (16.67%) VMS
8 5 (16.67%) Project Management
8 5 (16.67%) Backup Exec
8 5 (16.67%) MCITP
9 4 (13.33%) Technical Architecture
9 4 (13.33%) VMware Server
9 4 (13.33%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (13.33%) Supplier Management
10 3 (10.00%) Mainframe
10 3 (10.00%) Lotus
10 3 (10.00%) IBM Notes
10 3 (10.00%) VBScript

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 (26.67%) MS Exchange
2 7 (23.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (10.00%) IBM Notes
3 3 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 11 (36.67%) MS Office
2 1 (3.333%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.333%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) DHCP
1 2 (6.667%) TCP/IP
1 2 (6.667%) VPN
1 2 (6.667%) DNS
1 2 (6.667%) LAN
1 2 (6.667%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) MSI
General
1 6 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Technical Architect
3 4 (13.33%) Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Coordinator
4 3 (10.00%) Server Support
4 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Support Specialist
4 3 (10.00%) Server Support Specialist
4 3 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Server Specialist
5 2 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Test Coordinator
5 2 (6.667%) Network Support Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Server Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Network Support
5 2 (6.667%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.333%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (56.67%) Windows XP
3 11 (36.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (23.33%) Windows 2000
5 5 (16.67%) VMS
6 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (6.667%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Migration
2 5 (16.67%) Project Management
3 4 (13.33%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (13.33%) Supplier Management
4 3 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (6.667%) Manual Testing
5 2 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (6.667%) Software Testing
6 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.333%) Matrix Management
6 1 (3.333%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (20.00%) MCSE
3 5 (16.67%) MCITP
4 2 (6.667%) ISTQB
4 2 (6.667%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (6.667%) Degree
4 2 (6.667%) ISEB
5 1 (3.333%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) QA
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 7 (23.33%) XenApp
3 4 (13.33%) VMware Server
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (3.333%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) SCCM
2 5 (16.67%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) VMware
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Citrix
3 3 (10.00%) Lotus
4 2 (6.667%) Cisco
4 2 (6.667%) CheckPoint
4 2 (6.667%) HP
5 1 (3.333%) IBM
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