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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Basildon region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1611
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.006 %
As % of the category below2.381 %13.33 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£305
% change on same period last year+6.06 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£9.50
Average hourly rate£15.00£12.75
% change on same period last year+17.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.67£20.05
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Basildon
Matching contract IT job ads4245
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted49
Average minimum daily rate£404£321
Average daily rate£407£345
% change on same period last year+17.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted214
Average minimum hourly rate£20.50£25.86
Average hourly rate£20.50£26.57
% change on same period last year-22.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.50£27.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
Microsoft EssexMicrosoft
Essex

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the Basildon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Basildon Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft across the Basildon region.

Basildon Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the Basildon region.

Basildon Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon region citing Microsoft 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 Microsoft.

13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)ITIL
22 (50.00 %)VPN
22 (50.00 %)Active Directory
22 (50.00 %)MS Office
31 (25.00 %)Firewall
31 (25.00 %)Spreadsheet
31 (25.00 %)HP
31 (25.00 %)Compaq
31 (25.00 %)Dell
31 (25.00 %)CA
31 (25.00 %)Unicenter
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (25.00 %)3G
31 (25.00 %)Blackberry
31 (25.00 %)Cisco
31 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (25.00 %)MS Excel
31 (25.00 %)Windows XP
31 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (25.00 %)LAN

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon region citing Microsoft 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 Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel
21 (25.00 %)Spreadsheet
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)VPN
21 (25.00 %)3G
21 (25.00 %)Firewall
21 (25.00 %)LAN
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Support Technician
21 (25.00 %)Administrator
21 (25.00 %)LAN Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Blackberry
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (25.00 %)Windows XP
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)ITIL
21 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (25.00 %)Unicenter
11 (25.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Cisco
11 (25.00 %)HP
11 (25.00 %)Compaq
11 (25.00 %)Dell
11 (25.00 %)CA