Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Buckinghamshire 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank78
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads176158
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.286 %0.172 %
As % of the category below33.98 %23.98 %
Daily rates quoted5845
Average minimum daily rate£286£204
Average daily rate£298£213
% change on same period last year+39.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£222
UK excluding London average daily rate£307£290
% change on same period last year+5.99 %
Hourly rates quoted3535
Average minimum hourly rate£15.92£14.11
Average hourly rate£17.11£15.19
% change on same period last year+12.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.31£16.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.70£18.80
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads518659
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.841 %0.719 %
Daily rates quoted177145
Average minimum daily rate£303£252
Average daily rate£316£265
% change on same period last year+18.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£328£279
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£348
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
Hourly rates quoted74113
Average minimum hourly rate£18.60£21.73
Average hourly rate£19.87£23.07
% change on same period last year-13.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.13£24.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.89£24.00
% change on same period last year-0.42 %
Microsoft South EastMicrosoft
South East

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Buckinghamshire Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesUp+2116£297+21.85 %
High WycombeUp+411£425-
AylesburyUp+72£210-44.00 %
MarlowUp+22--
AmershamUp+131--
Microsoft South EastMicrosoft
South East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1164 (51.74 %)Windows
290 (28.39 %)Security Cleared
384 (26.50 %)MS Excel
474 (23.34 %)MS Office
573 (23.03 %)Finance
671 (22.40 %)Windows XP
768 (21.45 %)SC Cleared
859 (18.61 %)MS Exchange
859 (18.61 %)SQL
954 (17.03 %).NET
1047 (14.83 %)Government
1144 (13.88 %)Active Directory
1243 (13.56 %)SQL Server
1243 (13.56 %)Windows Vista
1342 (13.25 %)Windows 2000
1436 (11.36 %)C#
1535 (11.04 %)Microsoft Certification
1633 (10.41 %)Oracle
1731 (9.779 %)Citrix
1731 (9.779 %)Windows Server 2003
1824 (7.571 %)ASP.NET
1824 (7.571 %)CRM
1921 (6.625 %)MCSE
1921 (6.625 %)HP
2020 (6.309 %)Terminal Server
2119 (5.994 %)XML
2119 (5.994 %)ITIL
2218 (5.678 %)Migration
2218 (5.678 %)Rational Rose
2317 (5.363 %)Cisco

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
154 (17.03 %).NET
224 (7.571 %)ASP.NET
319 (5.994 %)XML
417 (5.363 %).NET Framework
510 (3.155 %)WinForms
510 (3.155 %)XSLT
68 (2.524 %)HTML
77 (2.208 %)WebServices
85 (1.577 %)Hibernate
85 (1.577 %)JSP
85 (1.577 %)EJB
94 (1.262 %)J2EE
94 (1.262 %)ADO.NET
94 (1.262 %)ASP
94 (1.262 %)SOAP
94 (1.262 %)Spring
94 (1.262 %)AJAX
94 (1.262 %)ASP.NET 2.0
103 (0.946 %)WPF
112 (0.631 %)Windows SharePoint Services
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
159 (18.61 %)MS Exchange
217 (5.363 %)SharePoint
316 (5.047 %)Exchange Server 2003
411 (3.470 %)Exchange Server 5.5
411 (3.470 %)IIS
57 (2.208 %)Lotus Notes
57 (2.208 %)Exchange Server 2000
57 (2.208 %)SharePoint Server 2007
66 (1.893 %)BizTalk Server
73 (0.946 %)ArcGIS
73 (0.946 %)Apache
73 (0.946 %)Exchange Server 2007
73 (0.946 %)SharePoint Portal Server
82 (0.631 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
91 (0.315 %)SAS
91 (0.315 %)Oracle Spatial
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
184 (26.50 %)MS Excel
274 (23.34 %)MS Office
313 (4.101 %)MS Visio
411 (3.470 %)MS Project
58 (2.524 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.631 %)Spreadsheet
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
115 (4.732 %)Microsoft CRM
210 (3.155 %)Dynamics CRM
36 (1.893 %)Dynamics GP
42 (0.631 %)WebTrends
51 (0.315 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.315 %)Pivotal CRM
51 (0.315 %)SalesLogix
51 (0.315 %)GoldMine
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (5.363 %)SAN
211 (3.470 %)TCP/IP
310 (3.155 %)LAN
310 (3.155 %)Firewall
49 (2.839 %)DNS
56 (1.893 %)WAN
56 (1.893 %)DHCP
56 (1.893 %)Ethernet
65 (1.577 %)3G
74 (1.262 %)Wireless
83 (0.946 %)2G
83 (0.946 %)Internet
92 (0.631 %)FirePass
92 (0.631 %)Intranet
92 (0.631 %)VPN
92 (0.631 %)ATM
101 (0.315 %)Broadband
101 (0.315 %)Kerberos
101 (0.315 %)SNMP
101 (0.315 %)SSL
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
143 (13.56 %)SQL Server
216 (5.047 %)SQL Server 2005
314 (4.416 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
413 (4.101 %)Data Mart
413 (4.101 %)PowerCenter
413 (4.101 %)ETL
57 (2.208 %)Oracle Reports
57 (2.208 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (2.208 %)Oracle 10g
66 (1.893 %)Datawarehouse
75 (1.577 %)Oracle 8/8i
83 (0.946 %)MS Access
83 (0.946 %)GIS
92 (0.631 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
92 (0.631 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
92 (0.631 %)Oracle Discoverer
101 (0.315 %)MySQL
101 (0.315 %)Oracle BI EE
101 (0.315 %)SQL Server 2008
101 (0.315 %)SQL Server 7
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (5.678 %)Rational Rose
29 (2.839 %)Visual Studio
34 (1.262 %)Ant
34 (1.262 %)JUnit
34 (1.262 %)Eclipse
43 (0.946 %)Oracle Forms
52 (0.631 %)Flash
52 (0.631 %)Visual Studio Team System
52 (0.631 %)NetAdvantage
52 (0.631 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.315 %)Telelogic DOORS
61 (0.315 %)NUnit
61 (0.315 %)Subversion
61 (0.315 %)ClearCase
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
173 (23.03 %)Finance
247 (14.83 %)Government
317 (5.363 %)Legal
414 (4.416 %)Banking
57 (2.208 %)Pharmaceutical
65 (1.577 %)Telecoms
65 (1.577 %)Electric
65 (1.577 %)Marketing
65 (1.577 %)Auditing
74 (1.262 %)Automotive
74 (1.262 %)Retail
74 (1.262 %)Health
83 (0.946 %)Investment Banking
83 (0.946 %)Back Office
92 (0.631 %)Education
101 (0.315 %)Construction
101 (0.315 %)Financial Institution
101 (0.315 %)Insurance
101 (0.315 %)Local Government
101 (0.315 %)Advertising
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
194 (29.65 %)Analyst
247 (14.83 %)Developer
339 (12.30 %)Helpdesk Analyst
426 (8.202 %)Messaging Specialist
525 (7.886 %)Support Analyst
621 (6.625 %)Helpdesk Support
720 (6.309 %)Consultant
819 (5.994 %).NET Developer
918 (5.678 %)Service Desk Analyst
918 (5.678 %)Service Analyst
918 (5.678 %)1st Line Support
1015 (4.732 %)Administrator
1015 (4.732 %)C# Developer
1113 (4.101 %)2nd Line Support
1211 (3.470 %)Project Manager
1310 (3.155 %)Desktop Support
1310 (3.155 %)Microsoft Developer
148 (2.524 %)Data Mart Analyst
148 (2.524 %)Support Engineer
148 (2.524 %)Support Specialist
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (2.839 %)German Language
28 (2.524 %)Dutch Language
37 (2.208 %)Clustering
46 (1.893 %)Computer Science
54 (1.262 %)French Language
54 (1.262 %)Client/Server
54 (1.262 %)Mainframe
63 (0.946 %)AS400
63 (0.946 %)NHS
72 (0.631 %)Thin Client
72 (0.631 %)Blackberry
72 (0.631 %)EPoS
72 (0.631 %)Management Information System
72 (0.631 %)VHDL
72 (0.631 %)CESG
72 (0.631 %)Fat Client
81 (0.315 %)Celerra
81 (0.315 %)Data Integration
81 (0.315 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
81 (0.315 %)Italian Language
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1164 (51.74 %)Windows
271 (22.40 %)Windows XP
343 (13.56 %)Windows Vista
442 (13.25 %)Windows 2000
531 (9.779 %)Windows Server 2003
611 (3.470 %)UNIX
79 (2.839 %)Windows 2000 Server
88 (2.524 %)Windows Server 2008
95 (1.577 %)Linux
95 (1.577 %)Windows NT
104 (1.262 %)HPUX
104 (1.262 %)Solaris
104 (1.262 %)NetWare
112 (0.631 %)AIX
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
190 (28.39 %)Security Cleared
268 (21.45 %)SC Cleared
324 (7.571 %)CRM
419 (5.994 %)ITIL
518 (5.678 %)Migration
613 (4.101 %)Data Modelling
712 (3.785 %)Project Management
712 (3.785 %)PRINCE2
712 (3.785 %)DV Cleared
811 (3.470 %)Agile Software Development
910 (3.155 %)ITSM
910 (3.155 %)Use Case
109 (2.839 %)Operations Management
118 (2.524 %)Release Management
118 (2.524 %)ERP
127 (2.208 %)UML
127 (2.208 %)Data Migration
136 (1.893 %)User Acceptance Testing
145 (1.577 %)Project Planning
154 (1.262 %)RUP
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
159 (18.61 %)SQL
236 (11.36 %)C#
314 (4.416 %)VB
411 (3.470 %)Transact-SQL
510 (3.155 %)VBScript
69 (2.839 %)JavaScript
69 (2.839 %)C
78 (2.524 %)VB.NET
78 (2.524 %)PL/SQL
85 (1.577 %)Java
85 (1.577 %)C++
94 (1.262 %)VBA
103 (0.946 %)Shell Script
112 (0.631 %)XAML
112 (0.631 %)ActionScript
121 (0.315 %)Python
121 (0.315 %)Tcl
121 (0.315 %)COBOL
121 (0.315 %)Perl
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
135 (11.04 %)Microsoft Certification
221 (6.625 %)MCSE
311 (3.470 %)CNE
311 (3.470 %)Novell Certification
410 (3.155 %)Degree
56 (1.893 %)MCSA
56 (1.893 %)MCP
65 (1.577 %)PRINCE2 Certification
74 (1.262 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
74 (1.262 %)Cisco Certification
74 (1.262 %)CCNP
83 (0.946 %)MCSD
92 (0.631 %)MCAD
92 (0.631 %)ISEB
92 (0.631 %)HP APS
101 (0.315 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
101 (0.315 %)DCSE
101 (0.315 %)A+ Certification
101 (0.315 %)MOS
101 (0.315 %)CCA
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.577 %)SLA
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
144 (13.88 %)Active Directory
220 (6.309 %)Terminal Server
35 (1.577 %)VMware ESX
35 (1.577 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.631 %)Citrix Presentation Server
42 (0.631 %)NetBackup
42 (0.631 %)ISA Server
42 (0.631 %)RACF
51 (0.315 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.315 %)Xen
51 (0.315 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
51 (0.315 %)Oracle RAC
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (4.732 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
211 (3.470 %)OpenView Configuration Management
39 (2.839 %)OVOW
44 (1.262 %)WSUS
44 (1.262 %)Tivoli
44 (1.262 %)OVPI
53 (0.946 %)OpenView
53 (0.946 %)Tivoli Monitoring
53 (0.946 %)MOM
53 (0.946 %)OMEGAMON
53 (0.946 %)ARCserve
62 (0.631 %)MIMEsweeper
71 (0.315 %)DameWare
71 (0.315 %)OVSD
71 (0.315 %)EMC NetWorker
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
133 (10.41 %)Oracle
231 (9.779 %)Citrix
321 (6.625 %)HP
417 (5.363 %)Cisco
59 (2.839 %)Remedy
68 (2.524 %)VMware
77 (2.208 %)Lotus
77 (2.208 %)Sun
86 (1.893 %)Novell
95 (1.577 %)IBM
95 (1.577 %)Compaq
95 (1.577 %)Dell
104 (1.262 %)EMC
104 (1.262 %)VERITAS
104 (1.262 %)BEA
104 (1.262 %)Symantec
113 (0.946 %)BMC
113 (0.946 %)StorageTek
122 (0.631 %)Adobe
122 (0.631 %)Unisys