Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Blackburn region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank54
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.003 %
As % of the category below50.00 %25.00 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£210£170
Average daily rate£210£170
% change on same period last year+23.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£210£170
UK excluding London average daily rate£304£290
% change on same period last year+4.77 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.94£18.34
% change on same period last year+3.26 %
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Blackburn
Matching contract IT job ads48
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted23
Average minimum daily rate£322£286
Average daily rate£342£319
% change on same period last year+7.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£353
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£8.00
Average hourly rate-£11.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.83£23.31
% change on same period last year+2.22 %
Microsoft LancashireMicrosoft
Lancashire

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

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

Blackburn Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

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

Blackburn Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Blackburn Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn 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.

14 (80.00 %)MS Office
23 (60.00 %)MS Excel
32 (40.00 %)Project Planning
32 (40.00 %)MS Project
32 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
32 (40.00 %)Project Management
41 (20.00 %)Management Information System
41 (20.00 %)Government
41 (20.00 %)Local Government
41 (20.00 %)Windows
41 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (20.00 %)VB.NET
41 (20.00 %).NET
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server
41 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
41 (20.00 %)XML
41 (20.00 %)XSLT
41 (20.00 %)ITIL
41 (20.00 %)XPath
41 (20.00 %)Datawarehouse
41 (20.00 %)Windows XP
41 (20.00 %)Active Directory
41 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn 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.

Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %).NET
11 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (20.00 %)XML
11 (20.00 %)XSLT
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (80.00 %)MS Office
23 (60.00 %)MS Excel
32 (40.00 %)MS Project
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
11 (20.00 %)Datawarehouse
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Government
11 (20.00 %)Local Government
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Project Manager
21 (20.00 %)Developer
21 (20.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Service Analyst
21 (20.00 %)2nd Line Support
21 (20.00 %).NET Developer
21 (20.00 %)VB.NET Developer
21 (20.00 %)Service Desk Analyst
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Management Information System
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (20.00 %)Windows XP
11 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
12 (40.00 %)Project Management
12 (40.00 %)Project Planning
21 (20.00 %)ITIL
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)VB.NET
11 (20.00 %)XPath
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (20.00 %)Active Directory