Microsoft Contracts in Birmingham
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors for the Birmingham 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 4 5 4
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 61 94 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 13.90% 15.14% 16.57%
As % of the Vendors category 28.37% 31.33% 34.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 51 31
Average daily rate £320 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £190 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 14 16
Average hourly rate £13.00 £12.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.73 £10.45 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £14.85 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 215 300 243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 48.97% 48.31% 47.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 135 119
Average daily rate £340 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £163 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £485 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 22
Average hourly rate £20.00 £15.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.76 £10.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £38.80 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
West Midlands

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Microsoft Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 56 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 49 (31.82%) SQL Server
3 43 (27.92%) C#
4 42 (27.27%) Windows
5 38 (24.68%) .NET
6 31 (20.13%) SQL
7 30 (19.48%) Active Directory
8 25 (16.23%) Finance
9 24 (15.58%) MS Office
10 19 (12.34%) Web Services
10 19 (12.34%) CRM
11 18 (11.69%) ASP.NET
11 18 (11.69%) VMware
11 18 (11.69%) Dynamics CRM
12 17 (11.04%) SharePoint
13 16 (10.39%) Windows XP
13 16 (10.39%) MS Exchange
14 15 (9.740%) ITIL
14 15 (9.740%) OO
14 15 (9.740%) Citrix
15 14 (9.091%) Migration
15 14 (9.091%) Workflow
16 13 (8.442%) JavaScript
16 13 (8.442%) Windows Server 2008
17 12 (7.792%) XML
17 12 (7.792%) Agile Software Development
18 11 (7.143%) Dynamics AX
19 10 (6.494%) Ajax
19 10 (6.494%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 10 (6.494%) Data Migration

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Development
1 38 (24.68%) .NET
2 19 (12.34%) Web Services
3 18 (11.69%) ASP.NET
4 12 (7.792%) XML
5 10 (6.494%) Ajax
6 9 (5.844%) HTML
7 8 (5.195%) WCF
8 7 (4.545%) SOAP
8 7 (4.545%) COM
8 7 (4.545%) CSS
9 6 (3.896%) .NET Framework
9 6 (3.896%) WSDL
10 5 (3.247%) WPF
11 4 (2.597%) Silverlight
11 4 (2.597%) jQuery
12 3 (1.948%) ASP
12 3 (1.948%) XSLT
12 3 (1.948%) MDX
13 2 (1.299%) ASP.NET MVC
13 2 (1.299%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 17 (11.04%) SharePoint
2 16 (10.39%) MS Exchange
3 6 (3.896%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (3.896%) BizTalk Server
4 5 (3.247%) Lync
5 4 (2.597%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (2.597%) IIS
6 3 (1.948%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (1.299%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.649%) WebSphere Process Server
8 1 (0.649%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.649%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.649%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (0.649%) Apache
8 1 (0.649%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.649%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.649%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.649%) ESB
8 1 (0.649%) SAP Portal
8 1 (0.649%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 56 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 24 (15.58%) MS Office
3 8 (5.195%) MS Project
3 8 (5.195%) MS Visio
4 7 (4.545%) InfoPath
5 6 (3.896%) MS PowerPoint
6 4 (2.597%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (1.299%) PowerPivot
7 2 (1.299%) S-PLUS
8 1 (0.649%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 18 (11.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (7.143%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.649%) CODA-Financials
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.494%) SAN
2 9 (5.844%) TCP/IP
3 8 (5.195%) DNS
4 7 (4.545%) DHCP
5 6 (3.896%) LAN
5 6 (3.896%) WAN
6 5 (3.247%) MPLS
6 5 (3.247%) Intranet
7 4 (2.597%) Internet
7 4 (2.597%) Firewall
8 3 (1.948%) HTTP
9 2 (1.299%) VLAN
9 2 (1.299%) iSCSI
9 2 (1.299%) SNMP
9 2 (1.299%) FTP
10 1 (0.649%) IPsec
10 1 (0.649%) Wireless
10 1 (0.649%) H.323
10 1 (0.649%) NetScreen
10 1 (0.649%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (31.82%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.494%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (5.844%) SQL Server 2008
4 8 (5.195%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (3.896%) MS Access
6 4 (2.597%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (1.948%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (1.299%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (1.299%) OLAP
8 2 (1.299%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.299%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.299%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.299%) GIS
8 2 (1.299%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (0.649%) DTS
9 1 (0.649%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.649%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (3.247%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.948%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.649%) NUnit
3 1 (0.649%) CruiseControl
3 1 (0.649%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (0.649%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.649%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (16.23%) Finance
2 10 (6.494%) Telecoms
3 4 (2.597%) Advertising
4 3 (1.948%) Banking
4 3 (1.948%) Retail
4 3 (1.948%) Investment Banking
4 3 (1.948%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (1.299%) Law
5 2 (1.299%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.299%) Games
6 1 (0.649%) Legal
6 1 (0.649%) Automotive
6 1 (0.649%) French Language
6 1 (0.649%) German Language
6 1 (0.649%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 34 (22.08%) Developer
2 27 (17.53%) Analyst
3 14 (9.091%) Consultant
4 13 (8.442%) Project Manager
4 13 (8.442%) Business Analyst
5 12 (7.792%) .NET Developer
6 10 (6.494%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (5.195%) Administrator
8 7 (4.545%) Architect
9 6 (3.896%) 1st Line Support
9 6 (3.896%) C# Developer
10 5 (3.247%) SQL Developer
10 5 (3.247%) SQL DBA
10 5 (3.247%) Systems Analyst
10 5 (3.247%) DBA
10 5 (3.247%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (3.247%) Teradata DBA
11 4 (2.597%) C# .NET Developer
11 4 (2.597%) IT Support
11 4 (2.597%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.896%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.247%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.597%) iPad
3 4 (2.597%) Blackberry
3 4 (2.597%) Clustering
4 3 (1.948%) Computer Science
4 3 (1.948%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.299%) EqualLogic
5 2 (1.299%) Open Source
5 2 (1.299%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.649%) Replication
6 1 (0.649%) E-Learning
6 1 (0.649%) PMI
6 1 (0.649%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.649%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.649%) Statistics
6 1 (0.649%) Pocket PC
6 1 (0.649%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.649%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 42 (27.27%) Windows
2 16 (10.39%) Windows XP
3 13 (8.442%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (6.494%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (5.844%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.597%) Windows Vista
6 4 (2.597%) Windows 2000
7 3 (1.948%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.299%) Linux
9 1 (0.649%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (12.34%) CRM
2 15 (9.740%) ITIL
2 15 (9.740%) OO
3 14 (9.091%) Migration
3 14 (9.091%) Workflow
4 12 (7.792%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (6.494%) Data Migration
5 10 (6.494%) ERP
5 10 (6.494%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (5.195%) Release Management
6 8 (5.195%) UML
6 8 (5.195%) Project Management
7 7 (4.545%) PRINCE2
7 7 (4.545%) Business Analysis
8 6 (3.896%) Time Management
8 6 (3.896%) Data Modelling
8 6 (3.896%) ETL
9 5 (3.247%) Content Management
9 5 (3.247%) Logistics
9 5 (3.247%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 43 (27.92%) C#
2 31 (20.13%) SQL
3 13 (8.442%) JavaScript
4 9 (5.844%) T-SQL
5 7 (4.545%) C
6 6 (3.896%) VB.NET
7 5 (3.247%) VB
8 3 (1.948%) C++
9 2 (1.299%) VBA
10 1 (0.649%) Jython
10 1 (0.649%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.649%) ABAP
10 1 (0.649%) Delphi
10 1 (0.649%) Java
10 1 (0.649%) PHP
10 1 (0.649%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.649%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 7 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (4.545%) SC Cleared
1 7 (4.545%) Degree
1 7 (4.545%) Security Cleared
2 3 (1.948%) CCNA
2 3 (1.948%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (1.948%) MCSE
3 2 (1.299%) DV Cleared
3 2 (1.299%) MCITP
3 2 (1.299%) CCNP
3 2 (1.299%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.299%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (0.649%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.649%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.649%) MCP
4 1 (0.649%) HND
4 1 (0.649%) MCSA
4 1 (0.649%) BC Cleared
4 1 (0.649%) MCDST
4 1 (0.649%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.948%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 3 (1.948%) SLA
1 3 (1.948%) QA
System Software
1 30 (19.48%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.494%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.948%) VMware Server
4 2 (1.299%) XenServer
4 2 (1.299%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.649%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.649%) XenApp
5 1 (0.649%) vSphere
5 1 (0.649%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.597%) DameWare
2 2 (1.299%) WSUS
2 2 (1.299%) SCOM
3 1 (0.649%) WMI
3 1 (0.649%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 18 (11.69%) VMware
2 15 (9.740%) Citrix
3 9 (5.844%) Cisco
3 9 (5.844%) NetApp
4 7 (4.545%) HP
5 5 (3.247%) IBM
5 5 (3.247%) Oracle
6 4 (2.597%) SAP
7 3 (1.948%) Epicor
8 2 (1.299%) Veeam
8 2 (1.299%) DevExpress
8 2 (1.299%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.299%) Dell
8 2 (1.299%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.649%) Remedy
9 1 (0.649%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.649%) CODA
9 1 (0.649%) Sage
9 1 (0.649%) Juniper
9 1 (0.649%) Lotus
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