The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Specialist role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Specialist
Rank 120 137 129
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.043% 0.032% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.035% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £381 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.98% +8.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £42.50 -
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2133 2885 2713
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.11% 91.01% 89.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 923 1058 1043
Average daily rate £370 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 111 175
Average hourly rate £23.50 £19.00 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.68% -12.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.25 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Microsoft Specialist
South East

Microsoft Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Specialist across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Microsoft Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Microsoft Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Specialist
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Microsoft Specialist in their job title 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 with Microsoft Specialist in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience Design
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 8
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Software Distribution
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow

Microsoft Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Microsoft Specialist in their job title 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 with Microsoft Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 8
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience Design
1 1 (100.00%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow