The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Bradford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 10 16 16
Rank change year-on-year
+6 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 21 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 11.60% 6.627% 5.556%
As % of the Vendors category 21.00% 10.58% 8.861%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 1
Average daily rate £245 £175 £65
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% +169.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Average hourly rate £12.42 £32.50 £10.80
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-61.78% +200.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.98 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.13% -
All Vendors
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
100 104 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 55.25% 62.65% 62.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 36 15
Average daily rate £250 £220 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £150 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £397 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 6
Average hourly rate £15.25 £32.50 £104.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.07% -68.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.82 £27.25 £15.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £159.03 £32.50 £187.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Microsoft
West Yorkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford 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 Bradford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford 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 Bradford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bradford Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 12 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (36.67%) Windows
3 10 (33.33%) Oracle
4 9 (30.00%) SQL
4 9 (30.00%) MS Excel
5 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
5 8 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (26.67%) DTS
5 8 (26.67%) ETL
5 8 (26.67%) PL/SQL
5 8 (26.67%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (26.67%) Oracle OWB
5 8 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (26.67%) Data Integration
5 8 (26.67%) Data Transformation
6 7 (23.33%) Oracle ODI
6 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (23.33%) T-SQL
6 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (20.00%) MS Office
7 6 (20.00%) Windows XP
7 6 (20.00%) SharePoint
8 5 (16.67%) VoIP
8 5 (16.67%) ITIL
8 5 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
8 5 (16.67%) Wireless
9 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (13.33%) VMware
9 4 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (13.33%) Windows 7

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 (3.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (13.33%) IBM Notes
3 3 (10.00%) Lotus Domino
3 3 (10.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (3.333%) Lync
Applications
1 9 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (20.00%) MS Office
3 5 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (13.33%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) VoIP
1 5 (16.67%) Wireless
2 4 (13.33%) SAN
3 3 (10.00%) DHCP
3 3 (10.00%) DNS
3 3 (10.00%) Firewall
4 1 (3.333%) MPLS
4 1 (3.333%) SSL
4 1 (3.333%) Broadband
4 1 (3.333%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.333%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (26.67%) DTS
2 8 (26.67%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (26.67%) Oracle OWB
3 7 (23.33%) Oracle ODI
4 3 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (3.333%) MS Access
5 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (10.00%) Retail
2 2 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Analyst
1 9 (30.00%) Developer
2 5 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) SQL Developer
3 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (13.33%) Desktop Support
4 3 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Support Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Architect
6 1 (3.333%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Junior
6 1 (3.333%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.333%) Customer Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (3.333%) Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Data Integration
2 3 (10.00%) Replication
3 1 (3.333%) NHS
3 1 (3.333%) PMI
3 1 (3.333%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (36.67%) Windows
2 8 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 4 (13.33%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) ETL
1 8 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 8 (26.67%) Data Transformation
2 5 (16.67%) ITIL
3 4 (13.33%) Data Modelling
3 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2
4 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.667%) Project Management
6 1 (3.333%) Service Management
6 1 (3.333%) CMMI
6 1 (3.333%) Change Management
6 1 (3.333%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.333%) Business Analysis
6 1 (3.333%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.333%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.333%) Migration
6 1 (3.333%) Change Control
6 1 (3.333%) Business Transformation
6 1 (3.333%) Kimball Methodology
6 1 (3.333%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) SQL
2 8 (26.67%) PL/SQL
3 7 (23.33%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.333%) C
4 1 (3.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (13.33%) CCNA
2 4 (13.33%) MCSE
2 4 (13.33%) MCSA
3 3 (10.00%) MCP
4 2 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (3.333%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.333%) APMP
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Oracle
2 4 (13.33%) VMware
2 4 (13.33%) Lotus
3 3 (10.00%) Citrix
3 3 (10.00%) Remedy
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco
3 3 (10.00%) LANDesk
4 1 (3.333%) Adobe
4 1 (3.333%) Juniper