Windows 7 Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 22 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 West Midlands 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 33 59 59
Rank change year-on-year
+26 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 74 52 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.413% 2.276% 2.165%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.56% 12.15% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 19 8
Average daily rate £225 £265 £233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.09% +13.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £103 £140 £96
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £286 £275
% change year-on-year
-7.34% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 15
Average hourly rate £12.75 £14.25 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -1.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.15 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £17.42 £24.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.81 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+2.15% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 328 428 314
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.56% 18.73% 16.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 178 125
Average daily rate £300 £300 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.08% +5.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £180 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £422 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 65 58
Average hourly rate £15.35 £14.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.87% +7.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £27.60 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows 7
England

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Windows 7 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands Windows 7 Daily Rate Histogram

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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Birmingham +16 19 £175 +16.66%
Warwickshire +1 15 £245 -23.43%
Coventry +8 9 £95 +1.60%
Shropshire +4 8 £250 -5.66%
Worcestershire -6 5 £263 -
Staffordshire - 4 £125 -
Wolverhampton - 2 £100 -
Herefordshire 0 1 £135 -
Dudley - 1 - -
Windows 7
England

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 139 (100.00%) Windows
2 77 (55.40%) Windows XP
3 61 (43.88%) Active Directory
4 59 (42.45%) Microsoft
5 49 (35.25%) MS Office
6 36 (25.90%) MS Excel
7 33 (23.74%) Windows Server 2008
8 31 (22.30%) MS Exchange
9 30 (21.58%) VMware
10 27 (19.42%) SCCM
11 25 (17.99%) Windows Server 2003
12 23 (16.55%) Citrix
13 22 (15.83%) Microsoft Certification
14 21 (15.11%) Migration
15 19 (13.67%) ITIL
16 18 (12.95%) Windows Vista
17 15 (10.79%) Exchange Server 2003
18 14 (10.07%) Exchange Server 2010
19 13 (9.353%) TCP/IP
20 11 (7.914%) VMware Infrastructure
20 11 (7.914%) XenApp
21 10 (7.194%) Exchange Server 2007
21 10 (7.194%) DNS
21 10 (7.194%) MCSE
22 9 (6.475%) Windows 2000
22 9 (6.475%) SQL Server
22 9 (6.475%) DHCP
22 9 (6.475%) LAN
22 9 (6.475%) Cisco
23 8 (5.755%) Symantec

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 Development
1 8 (5.755%) .NET
2 5 (3.597%) .NET Framework
3 4 (2.878%) Web Services
3 4 (2.878%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 4 (2.878%) Managed Extensibility Framework
3 4 (2.878%) WCF
3 4 (2.878%) Silverlight
4 3 (2.158%) Software Packaging
5 2 (1.439%) WebCenter
6 1 (0.719%) Application Packaging
6 1 (0.719%) XSLT
6 1 (0.719%) ActiveX
6 1 (0.719%) XHTML
6 1 (0.719%) ADO
6 1 (0.719%) ASP
6 1 (0.719%) COM
Application Platforms
1 31 (22.30%) MS Exchange
2 15 (10.79%) Exchange Server 2003
3 14 (10.07%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (7.194%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (4.317%) IIS
6 4 (2.878%) ArcGIS
6 4 (2.878%) Lotus Notes
7 2 (1.439%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.439%) Documentum
7 2 (1.439%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 49 (35.25%) MS Office
2 36 (25.90%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.719%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.719%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.719%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.353%) TCP/IP
2 10 (7.194%) DNS
3 9 (6.475%) DHCP
3 9 (6.475%) LAN
4 8 (5.755%) Firewall
5 7 (5.036%) SAN
6 6 (4.317%) WAN
7 5 (3.597%) VPN
8 2 (1.439%) Internet
8 2 (1.439%) LDAP
8 2 (1.439%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.719%) VLAN
9 1 (0.719%) VoIP
9 1 (0.719%) HTTP
9 1 (0.719%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.475%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.755%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.439%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (5.755%) MSI
2 4 (2.878%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.878%) MSTest
2 4 (2.878%) Moq
3 2 (1.439%) InstallShield
3 2 (1.439%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (3.597%) Finance
2 3 (2.158%) Automotive
3 2 (1.439%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.439%) Back Office
4 1 (0.719%) Banking
4 1 (0.719%) Local Government
4 1 (0.719%) Financial Institution
4 1 (0.719%) Front Office
4 1 (0.719%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (16.55%) 2nd Line Support
2 20 (14.39%) Desktop Support
3 18 (12.95%) Analyst
4 15 (10.79%) Support Engineer
5 12 (8.633%) Support Analyst
6 9 (6.475%) Architect
7 7 (5.036%) 1st Line Support
7 7 (5.036%) Technical Architect
7 7 (5.036%) Developer
8 6 (4.317%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (4.317%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 6 (4.317%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (4.317%) Desktop Analyst
9 5 (3.597%) .NET Developer
9 5 (3.597%) Technical Support
9 5 (3.597%) Server Support
9 5 (3.597%) Project Manager
10 4 (2.878%) Software Engineer
10 4 (2.878%) Software Developer
10 4 (2.878%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.036%) Blackberry
2 6 (4.317%) NHS
3 5 (3.597%) iPad
4 4 (2.878%) Client/Server
4 4 (2.878%) Thin Client
4 4 (2.878%) Fat Client
4 4 (2.878%) RIA
5 2 (1.439%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.719%) PDA
6 1 (0.719%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.719%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 139 (100.00%) Windows
2 77 (55.40%) Windows XP
3 33 (23.74%) Windows Server 2008
4 25 (17.99%) Windows Server 2003
5 18 (12.95%) Windows Vista
6 9 (6.475%) Windows 2000
7 5 (3.597%) VMS
8 4 (2.878%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.719%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.719%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (15.11%) Migration
2 19 (13.67%) ITIL
3 6 (4.317%) Change Management
4 5 (3.597%) Supplier Management
4 5 (3.597%) Configuration Management
4 5 (3.597%) Project Management
5 4 (2.878%) UML
5 4 (2.878%) Unit Testing
5 4 (2.878%) Technical Architecture
5 4 (2.878%) Software Testing
6 3 (2.158%) Programme Management
6 3 (2.158%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (2.158%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (2.158%) Software Deployment
6 3 (2.158%) Validation
7 2 (1.439%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (1.439%) PRINCE2
7 2 (1.439%) Performance Management
8 1 (0.719%) Problem Management
8 1 (0.719%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.755%) C#
2 5 (3.597%) SQL
3 4 (2.878%) C++
4 3 (2.158%) C
4 3 (2.158%) T-SQL
4 3 (2.158%) VB
5 2 (1.439%) VB.NET
5 2 (1.439%) VBA
5 2 (1.439%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.439%) VB6
6 1 (0.719%) Java
6 1 (0.719%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (15.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (7.194%) MCSE
3 7 (5.036%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.597%) MCITP
4 5 (3.597%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.878%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.439%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.439%) ISEB
6 2 (1.439%) MCP
6 2 (1.439%) Degree
7 1 (0.719%) MCDST
7 1 (0.719%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.719%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.719%) APMP
7 1 (0.719%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.597%) QA
2 3 (2.158%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.158%) TickIT
3 2 (1.439%) SLA
System Software
1 61 (43.88%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.914%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (7.914%) XenApp
3 8 (5.755%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (2.878%) VMware ESX
4 4 (2.878%) VMware Server
4 4 (2.878%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.439%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (0.719%) vSphere
6 1 (0.719%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.719%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.719%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 27 (19.42%) SCCM
2 7 (5.036%) SCOM
3 6 (4.317%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 6 (4.317%) Backup Exec
4 5 (3.597%) WSUS
4 5 (3.597%) DameWare
4 5 (3.597%) MOM
4 5 (3.597%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 5 (3.597%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.719%) OpenView
5 1 (0.719%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.719%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 59 (42.45%) Microsoft
2 30 (21.58%) VMware
3 23 (16.55%) Citrix
4 9 (6.475%) Cisco
5 8 (5.755%) Symantec
6 6 (4.317%) HP
7 4 (2.878%) Lotus
7 4 (2.878%) ESRI
8 3 (2.158%) AppSense
9 2 (1.439%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.439%) Remedy
9 2 (1.439%) Avaya
9 2 (1.439%) Oracle
10 1 (0.719%) WatchGuard
10 1 (0.719%) SAP
10 1 (0.719%) Dell
10 1 (0.719%) Nortel
10 1 (0.719%) IBM
10 1 (0.719%) Novell
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