The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Phone 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 Phone 8 over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Phone 8 (WinPhone8, WP8)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Windows Phone 8 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
325 424 323
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.55% 18.84% 17.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 180 124
Average daily rate £275 £310 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.29% +8.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £183 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £440 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 66 63
Average hourly rate £15.21 £15.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.36% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £28.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows Phone 8
England