Birmingham Microsoft Consultant Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Microsoft Consultant role in IT contracts within the Birmingham region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Devon Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England England Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Knutsford Leicester Leicestershire London Midlands North East North West Plymouth Poole Reading Scotland South East South Wales South West Surrey Swindon UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	53	64
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	1	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.150 %	0.309 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£400
Average daily rate	-	£400
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£388	£367
% change on same period last year	+5.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.00
Average hourly rate	-	£32.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.50	£30.00
% change on same period last year	+25.00 %
Job Titles Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads	666	972
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.879 %	0.968 %
Daily rates quoted	165	236
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£329
Average daily rate	£321	£357
% change on same period last year	-10.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£346	£386
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	62	148
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.58	£15.86
Average hourly rate	£22.24	£16.85
% change on same period last year	+32.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.90	£17.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Microsoft Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 2 (100.00 %) CRM 1 2 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 2 (100.00 %) Dynamics CRM 2 1 (50.00 %) Finance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Microsoft Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications 1 2 (100.00 %) Dynamics CRM	General 1 1 (50.00 %) Finance
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (100.00 %) CRM	Vendors 1 2 (100.00 %) Microsoft