Bracknell Microsoft Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Bracknell 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Rank	11	8
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	21	54
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.028 %	0.054 %
As % of the category below	18.10 %	22.31 %
Daily rates quoted	6	20
Average minimum daily rate	£453	£346
Average daily rate	£461	£357
% change on same period last year	+29.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£469	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£316
% change on same period last year	+0.39 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.78	£24.00
Average hourly rate	£13.22	£25.61
% change on same period last year	-48.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£13.67	£27.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.87	£20.89
% change on same period last year	-4.86 %
Vendors Bracknell
Matching contract IT job ads	116	242
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.153 %	0.241 %
Daily rates quoted	36	66
Average minimum daily rate	£380	£351
Average daily rate	£390	£369
% change on same period last year	+5.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£401	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	29	55
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.24	£28.48
Average hourly rate	£19.47	£29.36
% change on same period last year	-33.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.71	£30.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.70	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.50 %
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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.

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

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Bracknell region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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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 across the Bracknell region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Bracknell region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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 15 (45.45 %) MS Office 2 14 (42.42 %) MS Excel 3 9 (27.27 %) Windows 4 8 (24.24 %) Government 5 7 (21.21 %) Active Directory 5 7 (21.21 %) Security Cleared 6 6 (18.18 %) Migration 7 4 (12.12 %) Windows 2000 7 4 (12.12 %) Spreadsheet 7 4 (12.12 %) Logistics 8 3 (9.091 %) SC Cleared 8 3 (9.091 %) DV Cleared 8 3 (9.091 %) Windows Server 2003 8 3 (9.091 %) DHCP 8 3 (9.091 %) DNS

8 3 (9.091 %) Project Management 9 2 (6.061 %) Risk Management 9 2 (6.061 %) McAfee Security 9 2 (6.061 %) Blackberry 9 2 (6.061 %) MS Project 9 2 (6.061 %) TCP/IP 9 2 (6.061 %) SharePoint 9 2 (6.061 %) Windows XP 9 2 (6.061 %) Internet 9 2 (6.061 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 9 2 (6.061 %) HP 9 2 (6.061 %) Microsoft Certification 9 2 (6.061 %) SQL 9 2 (6.061 %) VB 9 2 (6.061 %) Data Migration

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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 1 (3.030 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 2 (6.061 %) SharePoint 2 1 (3.030 %) IIS 2 1 (3.030 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 15 (45.45 %) MS Office 2 14 (42.42 %) MS Excel 3 4 (12.12 %) Spreadsheet 4 2 (6.061 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 1 (3.030 %) Dynamics AX 1 1 (3.030 %) BPCS
Communications & Networking 1 3 (9.091 %) DHCP 1 3 (9.091 %) DNS 2 2 (6.061 %) TCP/IP 2 2 (6.061 %) Internet 3 1 (3.030 %) LAN 3 1 (3.030 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (3.030 %) SQL Server 1 1 (3.030 %) MS Access 1 1 (3.030 %) EDRMS
General 1 8 (24.24 %) Government 2 2 (6.061 %) Construction 3 1 (3.030 %) Telecoms 3 1 (3.030 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 4 (12.12 %) Support Engineer 2 3 (9.091 %) 2nd Line Support Engineer 2 3 (9.091 %) 2nd Line Support 2 3 (9.091 %) Desktop Engineer 2 3 (9.091 %) Desktop Support Engineer 2 3 (9.091 %) Desktop Support 2 3 (9.091 %) Analyst 2 3 (9.091 %) Support Analyst 3 2 (6.061 %) Quality Manager 3 2 (6.061 %) Project Manager 3 2 (6.061 %) Developer 3 2 (6.061 %) Data Migration Specialist 4 1 (3.030 %) Messaging Consultant 4 1 (3.030 %) Messaging Engineer 4 1 (3.030 %) Junior Analyst 4 1 (3.030 %) Junior Support Analyst 4 1 (3.030 %) Data Administrator 4 1 (3.030 %) Administrator 4 1 (3.030 %) Technical Engineer 4 1 (3.030 %) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (6.061 %) Blackberry 2 1 (3.030 %) Computer Science 2 1 (3.030 %) Data Conversion	Operating Systems 1 9 (27.27 %) Windows 2 4 (12.12 %) Windows 2000 3 3 (9.091 %) Windows Server 2003 4 2 (6.061 %) Windows XP 4 2 (6.061 %) Windows Vista 5 1 (3.030 %) UNIX 5 1 (3.030 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (21.21 %) Security Cleared 2 6 (18.18 %) Migration 3 4 (12.12 %) Logistics 4 3 (9.091 %) SC Cleared 4 3 (9.091 %) DV Cleared 4 3 (9.091 %) Project Management 5 2 (6.061 %) Risk Management 5 2 (6.061 %) Data Migration 6 1 (3.030 %) Project Planning 6 1 (3.030 %) ITIL 6 1 (3.030 %) ERP	Programming Languages 1 2 (6.061 %) SQL 1 2 (6.061 %) VB 2 1 (3.030 %) C 2 1 (3.030 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 2 (6.061 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (3.030 %) MCP 2 1 (3.030 %) MCSE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (6.061 %) QA
System Software 1 7 (21.21 %) Active Directory 2 1 (3.030 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 2 (6.061 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 2 (6.061 %) McAfee Security 1 2 (6.061 %) HP 2 1 (3.030 %) Lotus 2 1 (3.030 %) Dell 2 1 (3.030 %) Symantec