The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 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 8 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 12 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.943% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.448% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £125 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £213
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +48.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 - -
All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
348 296 196
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 27.34% 18.29% 17.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 130 65
Average daily rate £275 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £150 £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 33 37 33
Average hourly rate £12.75 £12.75 £16.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -23.74%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £30.00 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows 8
Yorkshire

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds - 3 £125 -
Wakefield - 3 - -
Bradford - 2 - -
Windows 8
Yorkshire

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (85.71%) Windows 7
3 11 (52.38%) Migration
4 9 (42.86%) SCCM
5 7 (33.33%) Active Directory
6 6 (28.57%) UNIX
7 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
7 4 (19.05%) SAN
7 4 (19.05%) Oracle
8 3 (14.29%) Service Management
8 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
8 3 (14.29%) VBScript
8 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
9 2 (9.524%) ITIL
9 2 (9.524%) Windows XP
9 2 (9.524%) VB
9 2 (9.524%) Lotus Notes
9 2 (9.524%) Lotus Domino
9 2 (9.524%) Lotus
9 2 (9.524%) Avaya
9 2 (9.524%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (9.524%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (9.524%) Customer Engagement
9 2 (9.524%) PCI DSS
9 2 (9.524%) Retail
9 2 (9.524%) VLAN
9 2 (9.524%) Service Delivery
9 2 (9.524%) Project Management
10 1 (4.762%) VMware
10 1 (4.762%) Firewall

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) Lotus Notes
1 2 (9.524%) Lotus Domino
2 1 (4.762%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (4.762%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.762%) MS Project
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) SAN
2 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 2 (9.524%) VLAN
4 1 (4.762%) Firewall
4 1 (4.762%) VPN
4 1 (4.762%) DNS
4 1 (4.762%) SSL
General
1 2 (9.524%) Retail
2 1 (4.762%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Architect
2 5 (23.81%) Desktop Support
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Rollout Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (9.524%) Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Support Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Project Leader
5 2 (9.524%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (4.762%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Support Technician
6 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Fat Client
1 1 (4.762%) iPhone
1 1 (4.762%) Blackberry
1 1 (4.762%) Thin Client
1 1 (4.762%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 21 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (85.71%) Windows 7
3 6 (28.57%) UNIX
4 2 (9.524%) Windows XP
4 2 (9.524%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (9.524%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (4.762%) Mac OS X
5 1 (4.762%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Migration
2 3 (14.29%) Service Management
3 2 (9.524%) ITIL
3 2 (9.524%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (9.524%) Service Delivery
3 2 (9.524%) Project Management
4 1 (4.762%) ITSM
4 1 (4.762%) Project Planning
4 1 (4.762%) Problem Management
4 1 (4.762%) Network Design
4 1 (4.762%) Logistics
4 1 (4.762%) Incident Management
4 1 (4.762%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 3 (14.29%) VBScript
2 2 (9.524%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (4.762%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (4.762%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.524%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.762%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.762%) Xen
2 1 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (19.05%) Oracle
2 2 (9.524%) Lotus
2 2 (9.524%) Avaya
3 1 (4.762%) VMware
3 1 (4.762%) Wyse
3 1 (4.762%) Citrix
3 1 (4.762%) Apple
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