The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 20 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 Bracknell 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 5 2 5
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 55 33 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 23.21% 22.92% 12.28%
As % of the Vendors category 38.73% 45.21% 25.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 5
Average daily rate £165 £263 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.14% +31.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £151 £205 £136
10% offered a daily rate of more than £384 £370 £245
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 5
Average hourly rate £14.50 £28.00 £41.60
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.21% -32.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.21 £28.00 £28.64
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £28.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
142 73 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 59.92% 50.69% 47.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 19 27
Average daily rate £375 £350 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £213 £149
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £388 £426
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £27.75 £36.60
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.92% -24.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £27.55 £29.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £150.00 £27.95 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Berkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 41 (53.95%) Security Cleared
2 40 (52.63%) SC Cleared
3 31 (40.79%) Windows
4 24 (31.58%) SQL
5 22 (28.95%) Active Directory
6 21 (27.63%) MS Excel
7 16 (21.05%) SQL Server
7 16 (21.05%) SLA
7 16 (21.05%) VMware
8 15 (19.74%) VMware Infrastructure
9 14 (18.42%) SAN
10 13 (17.11%) PowerShell
10 13 (17.11%) SCOM
11 12 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
11 12 (15.79%) Firewall
12 11 (14.47%) Configuration Management
12 11 (14.47%) Oracle
12 11 (14.47%) ITIL
12 11 (14.47%) Windows XP
12 11 (14.47%) Xen
13 10 (13.16%) SCCM
13 10 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
13 10 (13.16%) LAN
13 10 (13.16%) Internet
13 10 (13.16%) Incident Management
14 9 (11.84%) Citrix
14 9 (11.84%) MS Office
14 9 (11.84%) VB
15 8 (10.53%) Blackberry
15 8 (10.53%) Migration

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 3 (3.947%) Web Services
2 1 (1.316%) WPF
2 1 (1.316%) HTML
2 1 (1.316%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (7.895%) MS Exchange
2 5 (6.579%) Lync
2 5 (6.579%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (2.632%) Lotus Notes
3 2 (2.632%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.316%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.316%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.316%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.316%) MS Project Server
4 1 (1.316%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (27.63%) MS Excel
2 9 (11.84%) MS Office
3 4 (5.263%) Office 365
3 4 (5.263%) MS Visio
4 3 (3.947%) MS Project
5 1 (1.316%) FrameMaker
5 1 (1.316%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 14 (18.42%) SAN
2 12 (15.79%) Firewall
3 10 (13.16%) Internet
3 10 (13.16%) LAN
4 6 (7.895%) VPN
4 6 (7.895%) IPsec
5 5 (6.579%) DNS
6 3 (3.947%) OSPF
6 3 (3.947%) BGP
6 3 (3.947%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (2.632%) WAN
8 1 (1.316%) DHCP
8 1 (1.316%) Intranet
8 1 (1.316%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.316%) BSS
8 1 (1.316%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.263%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (3.947%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.947%) OLAP
3 3 (3.947%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.632%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.632%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.316%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.632%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (2.632%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (2.632%) Marketing
2 1 (1.316%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (1.316%) Back Office
2 1 (1.316%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.316%) Finance
2 1 (1.316%) Retail
2 1 (1.316%) Billing
Job Titles
1 12 (15.79%) Architect
2 9 (11.84%) Analyst
2 9 (11.84%) Network Engineer
3 8 (10.53%) 1st Line Support
4 7 (9.211%) Support Engineer
5 6 (7.895%) Infrastructure Architect
6 5 (6.579%) Server Engineer
7 4 (5.263%) Messaging Support Engineer
7 4 (5.263%) Messaging Engineer
7 4 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (3.947%) Service Analyst
8 3 (3.947%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (3.947%) Senior Network Engineer
8 3 (3.947%) Consultant
8 3 (3.947%) Support Analyst
8 3 (3.947%) Coordinator
8 3 (3.947%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
8 3 (3.947%) Integration Engineer
9 2 (2.632%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (2.632%) 1st Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.53%) Blackberry
2 4 (5.263%) N-Tier
3 3 (3.947%) PKI
4 2 (2.632%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.316%) Replication
5 1 (1.316%) Clustering
5 1 (1.316%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (40.79%) Windows
2 12 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (14.47%) Windows XP
4 10 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (6.579%) Linux
6 3 (3.947%) UNIX
7 2 (2.632%) Solaris
7 2 (2.632%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.632%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.632%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (1.316%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (1.316%) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (14.47%) ITIL
1 11 (14.47%) Configuration Management
2 10 (13.16%) Incident Management
3 8 (10.53%) Change Control
3 8 (10.53%) ITSM
3 8 (10.53%) Migration
4 6 (7.895%) Document Management
4 6 (7.895%) Release Management
5 4 (5.263%) Project Management
5 4 (5.263%) Service Management
6 3 (3.947%) ETL
6 3 (3.947%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (2.632%) PRINCE2
7 2 (2.632%) UML
7 2 (2.632%) Asset Management
7 2 (2.632%) Validation
7 2 (2.632%) Data Migration
7 2 (2.632%) Reverse Engineering
8 1 (1.316%) Information Architecture
8 1 (1.316%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 24 (31.58%) SQL
2 13 (17.11%) PowerShell
3 9 (11.84%) VB
4 1 (1.316%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.316%) VBScript
4 1 (1.316%) C#
4 1 (1.316%) C++
Qualifications
1 41 (53.95%) Security Cleared
2 40 (52.63%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.895%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (7.895%) CCNA
4 4 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.947%) Degree
5 3 (3.947%) MCSE
5 3 (3.947%) CCIE
5 3 (3.947%) CCNP
6 1 (1.316%) ISEB
6 1 (1.316%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (21.05%) SLA
2 2 (2.632%) QA
System Software
1 22 (28.95%) Active Directory
2 15 (19.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (14.47%) Xen
4 4 (5.263%) vSphere
5 2 (2.632%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (2.632%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (2.632%) VMware ESX
6 1 (1.316%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.316%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.316%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (17.11%) SCOM
2 10 (13.16%) SCCM
3 7 (9.211%) MIMEsweeper
4 3 (3.947%) Opalis
Vendors
1 16 (21.05%) VMware
2 11 (14.47%) Oracle
3 9 (11.84%) Citrix
4 6 (7.895%) Cisco
5 5 (6.579%) CA
6 3 (3.947%) Remedy
7 2 (2.632%) Dell
7 2 (2.632%) Lotus
7 2 (2.632%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.632%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.316%) Adobe
8 1 (1.316%) Genesys
Bracknell, Berkshire
A Global IT Services Company requires a Server Engineer, SC Cleared - Description of project: Experience in a Windows Enterprise environment - ideally 3rd line. Experience of formal change control...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £1 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013