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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Bristol 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank67
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads71115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.095 %0.116 %
As % of the category below20.34 %30.50 %
Daily rates quoted1330
Average minimum daily rate£308£291
Average daily rate£338£298
% change on same period last year+13.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£313
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Hourly rates quoted2729
Average minimum hourly rate£22.01£21.81
Average hourly rate£23.20£23.88
% change on same period last year-2.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.38£25.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.52£20.80
% change on same period last year-6.18 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads349377
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.465 %0.381 %
Daily rates quoted93102
Average minimum daily rate£315£288
Average daily rate£343£299
% change on same period last year+14.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£309
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted6963
Average minimum hourly rate£23.62£21.15
Average hourly rate£25.58£22.94
% change on same period last year+11.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.53£24.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
Microsoft South WestMicrosoft
South West

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Bristol Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Bristol Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

141 (24.85 %)MS Office
240 (24.24 %)MS Excel
333 (20.00 %)Windows
333 (20.00 %)Finance
430 (18.18 %).NET
525 (15.15 %)SQL Server
624 (14.55 %)Visual Studio
722 (13.33 %)Citrix
821 (12.73 %)Microsoft Certification
821 (12.73 %)XML
920 (12.12 %)MS Exchange
920 (12.12 %)Active Directory
1017 (10.30 %)Novell
1017 (10.30 %)C#
1115 (9.091 %)C++
1115 (9.091 %)SQL
1214 (8.485 %)ASP.NET
1214 (8.485 %)MS Project
1214 (8.485 %)Agile Software Development
1313 (7.879 %)MCP
1313 (7.879 %)MS PowerPoint
1412 (7.273 %)Windows 2000
1412 (7.273 %)UNIX
1412 (7.273 %)DNS
1412 (7.273 %)Migration
1412 (7.273 %)Project Management
1511 (6.667 %)Oracle
1511 (6.667 %)Music
1610 (6.061 %)MCSE
1610 (6.061 %)E-Commerce

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (18.18 %).NET
221 (12.73 %)XML
314 (8.485 %)ASP.NET
47 (4.242 %)SOAP
47 (4.242 %)HTML
47 (4.242 %)WSDL
56 (3.636 %)ASP
56 (3.636 %)CSS
56 (3.636 %)XHTML
65 (3.030 %)DOM
65 (3.030 %)XSL
65 (3.030 %)WAP
65 (3.030 %)AJAX
74 (2.424 %)MFC
83 (1.818 %)COM+
83 (1.818 %)XSLT
83 (1.818 %)WebServices
92 (1.212 %)STL
92 (1.212 %)Windows SharePoint Services
92 (1.212 %).NET Framework
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (12.12 %)MS Exchange
29 (5.455 %)Exchange Server 2003
38 (4.848 %)SharePoint
47 (4.242 %)IIS
47 (4.242 %)GroupWise
54 (2.424 %)Exchange Server 2000
63 (1.818 %)Exchange Server 2007
72 (1.212 %)SharePoint Server 2007
72 (1.212 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.606 %)WebLogic
81 (0.606 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
141 (24.85 %)MS Office
240 (24.24 %)MS Excel
314 (8.485 %)MS Project
413 (7.879 %)MS PowerPoint
56 (3.636 %)MS Visio
63 (1.818 %)CA Clarity
63 (1.818 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.606 %)AutoCAD
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.212 %)SAP SRM
21 (0.606 %)GoldMine
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (7.273 %)DNS
29 (5.455 %)Internet
37 (4.242 %)TCP/IP
46 (3.636 %)LAN
46 (3.636 %)WAN
55 (3.030 %)SAN
55 (3.030 %)Firewall
64 (2.424 %)SNMP
64 (2.424 %)DHCP
73 (1.818 %)VLAN
81 (0.606 %)LLU
81 (0.606 %)Wireless
81 (0.606 %)FTP
81 (0.606 %)VoIP
81 (0.606 %)Intranet
81 (0.606 %)VPN
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (15.15 %)SQL Server
26 (3.636 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (3.030 %)SQL Server Integration Services
35 (3.030 %)MS Access
35 (3.030 %)VLDB
44 (2.424 %)OLTP
53 (1.818 %)RDBMS
62 (1.212 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (1.212 %)Datawarehouse
62 (1.212 %)OLAP
71 (0.606 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.606 %)GIS
71 (0.606 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
124 (14.55 %)Visual Studio
22 (1.212 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (1.212 %)Flash
22 (1.212 %)TestDirector
22 (1.212 %)NUnit
31 (0.606 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (0.606 %)Ant
31 (0.606 %)JUnit
31 (0.606 %)WinRunner
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
133 (20.00 %)Finance
211 (6.667 %)Music
39 (5.455 %)Telecoms
48 (4.848 %)Retail
55 (3.030 %)Insurance
55 (3.030 %)Pensions
55 (3.030 %)Government
55 (3.030 %)Law
64 (2.424 %)Aerospace
64 (2.424 %)Multimedia
73 (1.818 %)Military
73 (1.818 %)Banking
73 (1.818 %)Legal
82 (1.212 %)Games
91 (0.606 %)Health
91 (0.606 %)Back Office
91 (0.606 %)Marketing
91 (0.606 %)Auditing
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (16.36 %)Analyst
224 (14.55 %)Developer
320 (12.12 %)Support Engineer
416 (9.697 %)Technical Support
511 (6.667 %)Technical Support Engineer
511 (6.667 %)Technical Engineer
68 (4.848 %)Desktop Engineer
68 (4.848 %)Project Manager
77 (4.242 %)Software Engineer
77 (4.242 %)C# Developer
77 (4.242 %)Novell Engineer
86 (3.636 %)Security Engineer
86 (3.636 %).NET Developer
86 (3.636 %)Test Engineer
86 (3.636 %)Consultant
86 (3.636 %)Desktop Support
86 (3.636 %)Programmer
95 (3.030 %)Support Analyst
95 (3.030 %)Analyst Programmer
95 (3.030 %)DBA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (3.636 %)W3C
25 (3.030 %)Replication
25 (3.030 %)Web 2.0
34 (2.424 %)Equities
43 (1.818 %)Mathematics
43 (1.818 %)Management Information System
52 (1.212 %)Blackberry
61 (0.606 %)Client/Server
61 (0.606 %)N-Tier
61 (0.606 %)SecurID
61 (0.606 %)CLARiiON
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
133 (20.00 %)Windows
212 (7.273 %)Windows 2000
212 (7.273 %)UNIX
39 (5.455 %)Windows NT
48 (4.848 %)Windows XP
48 (4.848 %)NetWare
55 (3.030 %)Mac OS X
55 (3.030 %)VMS
64 (2.424 %)OpenVMS
64 (2.424 %)VxWorks
73 (1.818 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (1.212 %)AIX
82 (1.212 %)Solaris
82 (1.212 %)Linux
91 (0.606 %)HPUX
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (8.485 %)Agile Software Development
212 (7.273 %)Migration
212 (7.273 %)Project Management
310 (6.061 %)E-Commerce
47 (4.242 %)PRINCE2
56 (3.636 %)Data Analysis
56 (3.636 %)Unit Testing
65 (3.030 %)Test Scripting
65 (3.030 %)Security Cleared
65 (3.030 %)Penetration Testing
65 (3.030 %)UML
74 (2.424 %)Software Testing
83 (1.818 %)ITIL
83 (1.818 %)SC Cleared
83 (1.818 %)Time Management
92 (1.212 %)Performance Management
92 (1.212 %)Supplier Management
92 (1.212 %)Project Planning
92 (1.212 %)ERP
92 (1.212 %)SOA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (10.30 %)C#
215 (9.091 %)C++
215 (9.091 %)SQL
37 (4.242 %)VB
37 (4.242 %)C
45 (3.030 %)VB.NET
45 (3.030 %)Transact-SQL
45 (3.030 %)JavaScript
45 (3.030 %)DHTML
45 (3.030 %)XPath
54 (2.424 %)VB6
54 (2.424 %)VC++
63 (1.818 %)Fortran
72 (1.212 %)ActionScript
81 (0.606 %)Tcl
81 (0.606 %)Shell Script
81 (0.606 %)AWK
81 (0.606 %)Java
81 (0.606 %)Perl
81 (0.606 %)VBScript
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
121 (12.73 %)Microsoft Certification
213 (7.879 %)MCP
310 (6.061 %)MCSE
48 (4.848 %)MCSA
57 (4.242 %)CNA
57 (4.242 %)CNE
57 (4.242 %)Novell Certification
65 (3.030 %)Degree
74 (2.424 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
74 (2.424 %)ISEB
81 (0.606 %)Cisco Certification
81 (0.606 %)CCNA
81 (0.606 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.606 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.606 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
81 (0.606 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
81 (0.606 %)MCDST
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (3.636 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
25 (3.030 %)WAI
25 (3.030 %)BS7799
32 (1.212 %)QA
41 (0.606 %)COBIT
41 (0.606 %)ISO9000
41 (0.606 %)SLA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
120 (12.12 %)Active Directory
29 (5.455 %)NDS
37 (4.242 %)Citrix Presentation Server
46 (3.636 %)Backup Exec
54 (2.424 %)MSMQ
63 (1.818 %)VMware Infrastructure
72 (1.212 %)NetBackup
81 (0.606 %)Terminal Services
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (4.242 %)ARCserve
24 (2.424 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.606 %)Tivoli
31 (0.606 %)MOM
31 (0.606 %)DameWare
31 (0.606 %)EMC Navisphere
31 (0.606 %)SCOM
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (13.33 %)Citrix
217 (10.30 %)Novell
311 (6.667 %)Oracle
48 (4.848 %)HP
48 (4.848 %)VMware
55 (3.030 %)Apple
55 (3.030 %)Compaq
64 (2.424 %)SAP
73 (1.818 %)Cisco
73 (1.818 %)Niku
82 (1.212 %)ESRI
82 (1.212 %)Symantec
82 (1.212 %)Sybase
82 (1.212 %)VERITAS
82 (1.212 %)Lotus
82 (1.212 %)EMC
91 (0.606 %)Nortel
91 (0.606 %)Avaya
91 (0.606 %)CommVault
91 (0.606 %)StorageTek
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