The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 20 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 Qualifications for the Bedfordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 24 26 33
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 6 9 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 3.191% 3.169% 3.114%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.00% 16.67% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
Average daily rate £188 £368 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.97% +56.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £288 £265
% change year-on-year
+3.47% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
-4.83% -13.88%
All Qualifications
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
24 54 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 12.77% 19.01% 14.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 32 17
Average daily rate £400 £335 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.40% +42.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 £35.50 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.70% +63.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
Microsoft Certification
East of England

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bedfordshire Microsoft Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Luton - 2 - -
Microsoft Certification
East of England

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification.

1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) MCSE
3 6 (60.00%) Windows
3 6 (60.00%) MS Exchange
4 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (40.00%) SQL
5 4 (40.00%) Firewall
5 4 (40.00%) VMware
5 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (30.00%) Symantec
6 3 (30.00%) LAN
6 3 (30.00%) CCNP
6 3 (30.00%) CCNA
6 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (30.00%) Cisco
6 3 (30.00%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (30.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 2 (20.00%) SolarWinds
7 2 (20.00%) Cisco UCCE
7 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
7 2 (20.00%) VCP4
7 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
7 2 (20.00%) Adobe
7 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
7 2 (20.00%) DHCP

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (10.00%) IIS
5 1 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (10.00%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) LAN
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (20.00%) DHCP
3 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (20.00%) DNS
3 2 (20.00%) SAN
4 1 (10.00%) VoIP
4 1 (10.00%) WAN
4 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (30.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Server Support
3 1 (10.00%) Network Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Server Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Server Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Server Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Wintel Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Replication
1 1 (10.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (10.00%) ERP
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) MCSE
2 3 (30.00%) CCNP
2 3 (30.00%) CCNA
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (20.00%) VCP4
4 1 (10.00%) HND
4 1 (10.00%) MCITP
4 1 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (10.00%) MCSA
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (10.00%) ECDL
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (10.00%) VMware ESX
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (20.00%) NetBackup
2 2 (20.00%) WSUS
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) VMware
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco
3 3 (30.00%) Symantec
4 2 (20.00%) SolarWinds
4 2 (20.00%) Adobe
4 2 (20.00%) HP
4 2 (20.00%) Citrix
5 1 (10.00%) Twitter