The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 35 47 44
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 58 47 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 4.622% 3.003% 3.200%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.38% 16.43% 17.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 5
Average daily rate £175 £275 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.36% +37.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £168 £137
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £370 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £287 £265
% change year-on-year
-5.84% +8.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 5
Average hourly rate £12.25 £11.40 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.45% -8.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £8.80 £10.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.63 £14.10 £15.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.44% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
354 286 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 28.21% 18.27% 18.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 126 73
Average daily rate £280 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £156 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 38 32
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.00 £16.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -28.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.75 £30.00 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 7
Yorkshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leeds -14 19 £150 -47.82%
Bradford +3 10 £175 -18.60%
Pontefract - 5 - -
Wakefield - 4 - -
Huddersfield +1 3 - -
Halifax - 2 - -
Windows 7
Yorkshire

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 120 (100.00%) Windows
2 48 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 42 (35.00%) Microsoft
4 31 (25.83%) Windows XP
5 30 (25.00%) MS Office
6 22 (18.33%) MS Exchange
6 22 (18.33%) Windows 8
7 20 (16.67%) MS Excel
8 19 (15.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (14.17%) Windows Server 2003
9 17 (14.17%) ITIL
9 17 (14.17%) Migration
9 17 (14.17%) SCCM
9 17 (14.17%) Windows Server 2008
10 16 (13.33%) MCP
11 14 (11.67%) Windows 2000
12 13 (10.83%) Internet
13 11 (9.167%) UNIX
13 11 (9.167%) Windows Vista
14 10 (8.333%) SAN
15 9 (7.500%) Oracle
15 9 (7.500%) Stakeholder Management
15 9 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2003
15 9 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2010
16 8 (6.667%) Blackberry
17 7 (5.833%) Finance
18 6 (5.000%) VMware
18 6 (5.000%) SQL
18 6 (5.000%) TCP/IP
18 6 (5.000%) DNS

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 5 (4.167%) Application Packaging
2 1 (0.833%) COM
Application Platforms
1 22 (18.33%) MS Exchange
2 9 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2003
2 9 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (4.167%) SharePoint
4 4 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (2.500%) Lotus Notes
5 3 (2.500%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (1.667%) SAS
7 1 (0.833%) Lotus Domino
7 1 (0.833%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 30 (25.00%) MS Office
2 20 (16.67%) MS Excel
3 3 (2.500%) MS Project
4 2 (1.667%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.833%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.500%) Line 500
1 3 (2.500%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.83%) Internet
2 10 (8.333%) SAN
3 6 (5.000%) TCP/IP
3 6 (5.000%) DNS
4 5 (4.167%) GPRS
5 4 (3.333%) LAN
5 4 (3.333%) WAN
5 4 (3.333%) DHCP
6 2 (1.667%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.667%) VPN
7 1 (0.833%) SSL
7 1 (0.833%) 3G
7 1 (0.833%) Firewall
7 1 (0.833%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.167%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.500%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (2.500%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (2.500%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (2.500%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 7 (5.833%) Finance
2 5 (4.167%) Retail
3 4 (3.333%) Legal
3 4 (3.333%) Manufacturing
3 4 (3.333%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.667%) Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (23.33%) Analyst
2 21 (17.50%) Help Desk Support
3 20 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
4 17 (14.17%) Service Analyst
4 17 (14.17%) Service Desk Analyst
5 16 (13.33%) Support Engineer
6 15 (12.50%) Desktop Support
7 14 (11.67%) Technical Support
8 12 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (10.00%) Support Analyst
9 9 (7.500%) Rollout Engineer
10 8 (6.667%) Project Manager
11 7 (5.833%) Architect
11 7 (5.833%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 7 (5.833%) Desktop Engineer
12 6 (5.000%) Technical Analyst
13 5 (4.167%) Applications Packager
13 5 (4.167%) Desktop Analyst
13 5 (4.167%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 4 (3.333%) Technical Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.667%) Blackberry
2 2 (1.667%) iPhone
2 2 (1.667%) Fat Client
2 2 (1.667%) iPad
2 2 (1.667%) NHS
2 2 (1.667%) Thin Client
3 1 (0.833%) E-Learning
3 1 (0.833%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.833%) PDA
3 1 (0.833%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 120 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (25.83%) Windows XP
3 22 (18.33%) Windows 8
4 17 (14.17%) Windows Server 2003
4 17 (14.17%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (11.67%) Windows 2000
6 11 (9.167%) UNIX
6 11 (9.167%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.833%) Linux
7 1 (0.833%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.833%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (14.17%) ITIL
1 17 (14.17%) Migration
2 9 (7.500%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (4.167%) Project Management
3 5 (4.167%) Service Management
4 4 (3.333%) Service Delivery
4 4 (3.333%) PRINCE2
5 3 (2.500%) CRM
5 3 (2.500%) ERP
5 3 (2.500%) Network Architecture
5 3 (2.500%) Software Distribution
5 3 (2.500%) Time Management
5 3 (2.500%) Performance Management
6 2 (1.667%) Project Planning
6 2 (1.667%) Waterfall
6 2 (1.667%) Customer Engagement
6 2 (1.667%) ITSM
6 2 (1.667%) Change Management
7 1 (0.833%) PRINCE
7 1 (0.833%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.000%) SQL
2 3 (2.500%) VBScript
2 3 (2.500%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.667%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (15.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (13.33%) MCP
3 5 (4.167%) MCSE
4 4 (3.333%) HNC
4 4 (3.333%) MCSA
5 3 (2.500%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.500%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.500%) MOS
5 3 (2.500%) MCDST
6 2 (1.667%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.833%) PMP
7 1 (0.833%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.833%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.833%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.833%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.167%) SLA
System Software
1 48 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.333%) vSphere
3 3 (2.500%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.833%) Xen
Systems Management
1 17 (14.17%) SCCM
2 3 (2.500%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.833%) DameWare
Vendors
1 42 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.500%) Oracle
3 6 (5.000%) VMware
4 5 (4.167%) Altiris
5 4 (3.333%) Cisco
5 4 (3.333%) NetApp
5 4 (3.333%) CheckPoint
6 3 (2.500%) Citrix
6 3 (2.500%) Lotus
6 3 (2.500%) Sage
6 3 (2.500%) HP
7 2 (1.667%) Barracuda Networks
7 2 (1.667%) Blue Coat
7 2 (1.667%) i2
7 2 (1.667%) Avaya
7 2 (1.667%) Symantec
7 2 (1.667%) Websense
8 1 (0.833%) SAP
8 1 (0.833%) Apple
8 1 (0.833%) Novell
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