The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 23 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 Qualifications for the Bristol 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 45 61 46
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 7 4 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.370% 0.478% 1.529%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.034% 2.367% 8.850%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
Average daily rate £388 £238 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+63.15% -32.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £238 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £238 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £265
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £9.60
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +66.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -11.42%
All Qualifications
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
116 169 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 22.70% 20.22% 17.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 98 61
Average daily rate £350 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £575 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 10
Average hourly rate £13.50 £16.75 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.40% +21.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £11.00 £7.66
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £37.95 £44.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Microsoft Certification
South West

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Microsoft Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bristol Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification.

1 12 (100.00%) MCSE
2 11 (91.67%) Windows
3 8 (66.67%) MS Exchange
3 8 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (66.67%) VMware
3 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (58.33%) MCTS
4 7 (58.33%) MCITP
4 7 (58.33%) VPN
5 6 (50.00%) DNS
5 6 (50.00%) LAN
5 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
5 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (41.67%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (41.67%) MCSA
6 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
6 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
6 5 (41.67%) IIS
6 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
6 5 (41.67%) WAN
6 5 (41.67%) Firewall
7 4 (33.33%) ITIL
7 4 (33.33%) MCP
8 3 (25.00%) VoIP
8 3 (25.00%) Citrix
8 3 (25.00%) Blackberry
8 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
8 3 (25.00%) MCDST

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (41.67%) IIS
4 2 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
5 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 7 (58.33%) VPN
3 6 (50.00%) DNS
3 6 (50.00%) LAN
4 5 (41.67%) WAN
4 5 (41.67%) Firewall
5 3 (25.00%) VoIP
6 1 (8.333%) SAN
6 1 (8.333%) DHCP
6 1 (8.333%) Internet
6 1 (8.333%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Network Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (16.67%) Handset
3 1 (8.333%) PKI
3 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
4 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (8.333%) CRM
3 1 (8.333%) Data Protection
3 1 (8.333%) Project Planning
3 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
3 1 (8.333%) Information Management
3 1 (8.333%) Service Management
3 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
3 1 (8.333%) Network Management
3 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (8.333%) Capacity Management
3 1 (8.333%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) MCSE
2 7 (58.33%) MCTS
2 7 (58.33%) MCITP
3 5 (41.67%) MCSA
4 4 (33.33%) MCP
5 3 (25.00%) MCDST
6 2 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (8.333%) CCA
7 1 (8.333%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (8.333%) DV Cleared
7 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
7 1 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (16.67%) vSphere
4 1 (8.333%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 8 (66.67%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco
3 2 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (8.333%) Dell
4 1 (8.333%) Avaya
4 1 (8.333%) Juniper
4 1 (8.333%) CheckPoint