The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 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 8 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 96 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.292% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £213
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +48.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 - -
All Operating Systems
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
343 413 320
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 20.44% 18.19% 16.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 178 125
Average daily rate £325 £280 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.07% +1.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £150 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £413 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 66 55
Average hourly rate £15.21 £14.75 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.08% +9.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £24.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows 8 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Midlands Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows 8 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Windows 8 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 8
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the West Midlands 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
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Job
Vacancies
Birmingham - 1 - -
Coventry - - - -
Dudley - - - -
Solihull - - - -
Staffordshire - - - - 1
Worcestershire - - - -
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows 8 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 8.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (60.00%) SCCM
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Firewall
4 2 (40.00%) Migration
4 2 (40.00%) AppSense
5 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (20.00%) MS Office
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (20.00%) Back Office
5 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (20.00%) Dell
5 1 (20.00%) Avaya
5 1 (20.00%) 3G
5 1 (20.00%) Blackberry

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows 8 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 8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) 3G
General
1 1 (20.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) AppSense
3 1 (20.00%) Dell
3 1 (20.00%) Avaya
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