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Windows Azure Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Azure 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 of the Application Platforms category 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 Windows Azure
Rank 87 132 129
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows Azure 34 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.452% 0.189% 0.033%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.995% 1.429% 0.242%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 1
Average daily rate £400 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £375 £275
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £15.00 -
All Application Platforms
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		 378 420 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 16.15% 13.25% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 211 171
Average daily rate £388 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £200 £236
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 20 36
Average hourly rate £19.00 £27.00 £23.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.62% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £17.40 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £35.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Windows Azure
South East

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Azure across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Berkshire Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Windows Azure Daily Rate Trend

Windows Azure
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Windows Azure Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Azure
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Windows Azure Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Azure
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Azure within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +14 9 £450 -
Windsor - - - -
Maidenhead - - - -
Windows Azure
South East

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows Azure 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 Azure.

1 56 (87.50%) C#
2 49 (76.56%) .NET
3 39 (60.94%) SQL Server
4 36 (56.25%) Microsoft
5 30 (46.88%) Visual Studio
6 25 (39.06%) SQL
7 21 (32.81%) Windows
7 21 (32.81%) .NET Framework
7 21 (32.81%) WCF
8 19 (29.69%) Test Automation
9 17 (26.56%) HTML
10 16 (25.00%) ASP.NET
11 15 (23.44%) MVC
12 14 (21.88%) MS Excel
12 14 (21.88%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 13 (20.31%) CSS
13 13 (20.31%) BizTalk Server
13 13 (20.31%) JavaScript
13 13 (20.31%) IIS
13 13 (20.31%) LINQ
13 13 (20.31%) SQL Server 2005
14 12 (18.75%) WF
15 11 (17.19%) XML
16 10 (15.63%) Web Testing
16 10 (15.63%) ASP.NET MVC
16 10 (15.63%) AppFabric
17 9 (14.06%) Enterprise Software
17 9 (14.06%) Agile Software Development
17 9 (14.06%) TDD
17 9 (14.06%) Automated Testing

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows Azure 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 Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 49 (76.56%) .NET
2 21 (32.81%) .NET Framework
2 21 (32.81%) WCF
3 17 (26.56%) HTML
4 16 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 14 (21.88%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 13 (20.31%) CSS
6 13 (20.31%) LINQ
7 12 (18.75%) WF
8 11 (17.19%) XML
9 10 (15.63%) ASP.NET MVC
9 10 (15.63%) AppFabric
10 8 (12.50%) Ajax
10 8 (12.50%) jQuery
10 8 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 8 (12.50%) Razor View Engine
11 7 (10.94%) Web Services
12 4 (6.250%) Middleware
12 4 (6.250%) Silverlight
13 3 (4.688%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 13 (20.31%) BizTalk Server
1 13 (20.31%) IIS
2 4 (6.250%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.563%) ESB
3 1 (1.563%) CMS
3 1 (1.563%) Orchard CMS
Applications
1 14 (21.88%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.688%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.688%) MS Project
2 3 (4.688%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.250%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (6.250%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.125%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (60.94%) SQL Server
2 13 (20.31%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (10.94%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (6.250%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (46.88%) Visual Studio
2 7 (10.94%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (6.250%) Visual Studio Team System
4 3 (4.688%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 7 (10.94%) Games
2 5 (7.813%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 33 (51.56%) Developer
2 11 (17.19%) .NET Developer
3 9 (14.06%) Consultant
4 8 (12.50%) Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) Software Engineer
5 7 (10.94%) Development Engineer
5 7 (10.94%) Software Development Engineer
6 6 (9.375%) BizTalk Developer
7 5 (7.813%) Test Analyst
8 4 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
8 4 (6.250%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
8 4 (6.250%) Automation Analyst
8 4 (6.250%) BizTalk Consultant
8 4 (6.250%) Automation Test Analyst
8 4 (6.250%) CRM Consultant
8 4 (6.250%) Microsoft Consultant
9 3 (4.688%) Agile Business Analyst
9 3 (4.688%) SQL DBA
9 3 (4.688%) .NET Web Developer
9 3 (4.688%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.06%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (10.94%) Open Source
4 4 (6.250%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.563%) Inversion of Control
5 1 (1.563%) Handset
5 1 (1.563%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (32.81%) Windows
2 2 (3.125%) Windows 8
3 1 (1.563%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.69%) Test Automation
2 15 (23.44%) MVC
3 10 (15.63%) Web Testing
4 9 (14.06%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (14.06%) TDD
4 9 (14.06%) Automated Testing
4 9 (14.06%) Scrum
5 7 (10.94%) Performance Testing
5 7 (10.94%) Workflow
6 6 (9.375%) SOA
7 5 (7.813%) Load Testing
7 5 (7.813%) Information Architecture
7 5 (7.813%) Manual Testing
7 5 (7.813%) Scalability Testing
7 5 (7.813%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (7.813%) Test Strategy
8 4 (6.250%) Automation Testing
8 4 (6.250%) Project Management
8 4 (6.250%) EAI
8 4 (6.250%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 56 (87.50%) C#
2 25 (39.06%) SQL
3 13 (20.31%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.125%) C
4 2 (3.125%) C++
4 2 (3.125%) VB
5 1 (1.563%) Groovy
5 1 (1.563%) Java
5 1 (1.563%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.813%) Degree
2 4 (6.250%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.250%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.688%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.563%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (1.563%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.125%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.250%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 36 (56.25%) Microsoft
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