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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Brentford 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank85
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below5.882 %25.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£315
% change on same period last year+2.30 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£20.66
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Brentford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Brentford
Matching contract IT job ads178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.008 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£480£312
Average daily rate£500£312
% change on same period last year+60.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£520£312
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£359
% change on same period last year+0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£12.00
Average hourly rate£32.50£12.00
% change on same period last year+170.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.24£24.71
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Microsoft LondonMicrosoft
London

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 Brentford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Brentford 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 Brentford region.

Brentford 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 Brentford region.

Brentford Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Brentford 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 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)Windows XP
23 (75.00 %)MS Exchange
23 (75.00 %)Cisco
23 (75.00 %)Citrix
23 (75.00 %)MS Office
32 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
32 (50.00 %)MS Excel
32 (50.00 %)SharePoint
32 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (50.00 %)Cisco IPT
41 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (25.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
41 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
41 (25.00 %)Cisco ASA
41 (25.00 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (25.00 %)Linux
41 (25.00 %)Active Directory
41 (25.00 %)Symantec
41 (25.00 %)NetScreen
41 (25.00 %)Firewall
41 (25.00 %)Government
41 (25.00 %)NetBackup
41 (25.00 %)Altiris
41 (25.00 %)Juniper
41 (25.00 %)Red Hat

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Brentford 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.

Brentford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (50.00 %)SharePoint
31 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
Brentford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (75.00 %)MS Office
22 (50.00 %)MS Excel
Brentford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)Cisco IPT
21 (25.00 %)Cisco ASA
21 (25.00 %)NetScreen
21 (25.00 %)Firewall
Brentford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Government
Brentford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Analyst
14 (100.00 %)Support Analyst
23 (75.00 %)Desktop Support Analyst
23 (75.00 %)Desktop Analyst
23 (75.00 %)Desktop Support
31 (25.00 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
31 (25.00 %)2nd Line Support
31 (25.00 %)Data Analyst
Brentford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)Windows XP
32 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (25.00 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (25.00 %)Linux
Brentford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
11 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
Brentford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
11 (25.00 %)NetBackup
11 (25.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Brentford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Cisco
13 (75.00 %)Citrix
21 (25.00 %)Juniper
21 (25.00 %)Red Hat
21 (25.00 %)Symantec
21 (25.00 %)Altiris