The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Mobile 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 Mobile over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Mobile
Rank 90 - 73
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Mobile 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.079% - 0.089%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.300% - 0.505%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £325 £250
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £31.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
-13.70% +13.76%
All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
333 290 198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 26.24% 17.92% 17.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 126 65
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £155 £193
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 39
Average hourly rate £12.75 £12.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £8.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £30.00 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows Mobile
Yorkshire

Windows Mobile
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Windows Mobile Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Mobile
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Windows Mobile Daily Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows Mobile across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Windows Mobile Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Mobile
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Mobile within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wakefield - 1 - -
Windows Mobile
Yorkshire

Windows Mobile
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Windows Mobile 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 Mobile.

1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) Windows CE
3 4 (57.14%) CSS
4 3 (42.86%) OO
4 3 (42.86%) VC++
4 3 (42.86%) C++
4 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
4 3 (42.86%) Multithreading
4 3 (42.86%) Mobile App
5 2 (28.57%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 2
5 2 (28.57%) CSS3
5 2 (28.57%) AS400
5 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (28.57%) Domain-Driven Design
5 2 (28.57%) HTML5
5 2 (28.57%) Windows 2000
5 2 (28.57%) Scrum
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (28.57%) Windows Vista
5 2 (28.57%) WCF
5 2 (28.57%) LINQ
5 2 (28.57%) jQuery
5 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (28.57%) HTML
5 2 (28.57%) .NET
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server

Windows Mobile
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Windows Mobile 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 Mobile. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (57.14%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) Web Services
2 2 (28.57%) XML
2 2 (28.57%) XSLT
2 2 (28.57%) WCF
2 2 (28.57%) LINQ
2 2 (28.57%) jQuery
2 2 (28.57%) HTML5
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 2
2 2 (28.57%) CSS3
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Mobile Applications Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Mobile Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Mobile Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Software Developer
3 2 (28.57%) IT Support
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Mobile App
2 2 (28.57%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows CE
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Vista
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (28.57%) Windows 2000
3 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) OO
1 3 (42.86%) Multithreading
2 2 (28.57%) Domain-Driven Design
2 2 (28.57%) Mobile Application Development
2 2 (28.57%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) VC++
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Citrix