The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Winchester 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 Winchester 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 8 9 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 3 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Winchester 5.556% 6.667% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.00% 16.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £250 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £287 £265
% change year-on-year
-5.84% +8.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 £33.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-54.54% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.44% +3.57%
All Operating Systems
Winchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
12 12 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Winchester 22.22% 40.00% 6.383%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 2
Average daily rate £313 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
Average hourly rate £13.35 £33.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-59.54% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 7
Hampshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Winchester 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 Winchester region.

Winchester Windows 7 Daily Rate Trend

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 Winchester region.

Winchester Windows 7 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 7
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Winchester 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 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) iPhone
4 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) Lotus
4 1 (20.00%) McAfee
4 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
4 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) VPN

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Winchester 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 Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) iPhone
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) HP
1 1 (20.00%) Dell
1 1 (20.00%) Lotus
1 1 (20.00%) McAfee