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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 Canary Wharf 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2522
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads2340
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.040 %
As % of the category below13.14 %13.42 %
Daily rates quoted118
Average minimum daily rate£330£314
Average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£305
% change on same period last year+6.06 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.00
Average hourly rate-£22.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.67£20.05
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads175298
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.246 %0.301 %
Daily rates quoted72125
Average minimum daily rate£409£442
Average daily rate£425£465
% change on same period last year-8.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£488
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted56
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£15.92
Average hourly rate£23.60£17.79
% change on same period last year+32.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.20£19.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
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 Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

123 (42.59 %)MS Excel
222 (40.74 %)SQL
318 (33.33 %)Finance
416 (29.63 %)SQL Server
416 (29.63 %)Windows
514 (25.93 %)Banking
611 (20.37 %)C#
710 (18.52 %)C++
710 (18.52 %).NET
710 (18.52 %)Derivative
89 (16.67 %)UNIX
98 (14.81 %)Front Office
107 (12.96 %)VB
107 (12.96 %)MS Office
107 (12.96 %)Visual Studio
107 (12.96 %)Degree
116 (11.11 %)BusinessObjects XI
116 (11.11 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
116 (11.11 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
116 (11.11 %)Investment Banking
116 (11.11 %)Business Objects
116 (11.11 %)Sybase
116 (11.11 %)ETL
116 (11.11 %)BusinessObjects
125 (9.259 %)Active Directory
125 (9.259 %)Windows Server 2003
125 (9.259 %)OLAP
125 (9.259 %)VBA
125 (9.259 %)Agile Software Development
125 (9.259 %)Subversion

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (18.52 %).NET
24 (7.407 %)ASP.NET
24 (7.407 %)XML
33 (5.556 %)WinForms
33 (5.556 %)MFC
33 (5.556 %)ASP
33 (5.556 %)Middleware
42 (3.704 %)COM+
42 (3.704 %).NET Remoting
42 (3.704 %)HTML
42 (3.704 %)WebServices
51 (1.852 %)XSL
51 (1.852 %)XHTML
51 (1.852 %)JSTL
51 (1.852 %)FIX Protocol
51 (1.852 %)CSS
51 (1.852 %)JSP
51 (1.852 %)STL
51 (1.852 %)Struts
51 (1.852 %)J2EE
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (7.407 %)MS Exchange
23 (5.556 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
23 (5.556 %)Exchange Server 2003
23 (5.556 %)Exchange Server 2007
32 (3.704 %)TIBCO EMS
32 (3.704 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (3.704 %)SharePoint
32 (3.704 %)Exchange Server 2000
32 (3.704 %)CMS
41 (1.852 %)Exchange Server 5.5
41 (1.852 %)Office Communications Server
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
123 (42.59 %)MS Excel
27 (12.96 %)MS Office
35 (9.259 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (3.704 %)MS Project
51 (1.852 %)MS Visio
51 (1.852 %)AutoCAD
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (5.556 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
21 (1.852 %)SAP HR
21 (1.852 %)Endur
21 (1.852 %)RMDS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (5.556 %)TCP/IP
13 (5.556 %)Internet
22 (3.704 %)SAN
31 (1.852 %)Intranet
31 (1.852 %)FirePass
31 (1.852 %)VPN
31 (1.852 %)DNS
31 (1.852 %)LDAP
31 (1.852 %)DHCP
31 (1.852 %)HTTP
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (29.63 %)SQL Server
26 (11.11 %)ETL
26 (11.11 %)BusinessObjects
26 (11.11 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
26 (11.11 %)BusinessObjects XI
26 (11.11 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
35 (9.259 %)OLAP
43 (5.556 %)RDBMS
43 (5.556 %)MS Access
43 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (3.704 %)SAP BW
61 (1.852 %)Hyperion Essbase
61 (1.852 %)PerformancePoint
61 (1.852 %)DTS
61 (1.852 %)Oracle 10g
61 (1.852 %)Crystal Reports
61 (1.852 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (1.852 %)Oracle 9i
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (12.96 %)Visual Studio
25 (9.259 %)Subversion
33 (5.556 %)ClearCase
33 (5.556 %)ClearQuest
33 (5.556 %)NUnit
33 (5.556 %)CruiseControl
42 (3.704 %)MSI
42 (3.704 %)PVCS
42 (3.704 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (1.852 %)Rational Rose
51 (1.852 %)RequisitePro
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (33.33 %)Finance
214 (25.93 %)Banking
38 (14.81 %)Front Office
46 (11.11 %)Investment Banking
52 (3.704 %)Back Office
52 (3.704 %)Education
61 (1.852 %)International Banking
61 (1.852 %)Retail
61 (1.852 %)Financial Institution
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (38.89 %)Analyst
27 (12.96 %)Developer
27 (12.96 %)Support Analyst
34 (7.407 %)Programmer
43 (5.556 %)MI Analyst
43 (5.556 %)Front Office Developer
43 (5.556 %)Project Manager
43 (5.556 %)Administrator
43 (5.556 %)Senior Analyst
43 (5.556 %)Data Analyst
43 (5.556 %)C# Developer
52 (3.704 %)Technical Analyst
52 (3.704 %)Project Administrator
52 (3.704 %)Software Development Manager
52 (3.704 %)Analyst Programmer
52 (3.704 %)Consultant
52 (3.704 %)Technical Project Manager
52 (3.704 %)DBA
52 (3.704 %)Development Manager
52 (3.704 %)SQL Server Analyst
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (18.52 %)Derivative
24 (7.407 %)Equity Derivative
33 (5.556 %)Client/Server
33 (5.556 %)Blackberry
42 (3.704 %)N-Tier
42 (3.704 %)AS400
51 (1.852 %)Replication
51 (1.852 %)Fixed Income
51 (1.852 %)Equities
51 (1.852 %)VAX
51 (1.852 %)W3C
51 (1.852 %)Management Information System
51 (1.852 %)Ergonomics
51 (1.852 %)Computer Science
51 (1.852 %)Interest Rate Derivative
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (29.63 %)Windows
29 (16.67 %)UNIX
35 (9.259 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (5.556 %)Windows XP
52 (3.704 %)Windows Vista
52 (3.704 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (1.852 %)Windows Mobile
61 (1.852 %)VMS
61 (1.852 %)Solaris
61 (1.852 %)Linux
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (9.259 %)Agile Software Development
24 (7.407 %)PRINCE2
24 (7.407 %)OO
33 (5.556 %)Change Management
33 (5.556 %)Migration
33 (5.556 %)Data Analysis
42 (3.704 %)Business Analysis
42 (3.704 %)Resource Management
42 (3.704 %)Content Management
42 (3.704 %)Data Architecture
42 (3.704 %)Scrum
42 (3.704 %)Project Management
42 (3.704 %)RAD
42 (3.704 %)SOA
51 (1.852 %)Business Intelligence
51 (1.852 %)RDF
51 (1.852 %)PRINCE
51 (1.852 %)CAD
51 (1.852 %)RUP
51 (1.852 %)UML
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (40.74 %)SQL
211 (20.37 %)C#
310 (18.52 %)C++
47 (12.96 %)VB
55 (9.259 %)VBA
64 (7.407 %)Java
73 (5.556 %)Transact-SQL
82 (3.704 %)VB.NET
91 (1.852 %)VBScript
91 (1.852 %)JavaScript
91 (1.852 %)VC++
91 (1.852 %)Shell Script
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (12.96 %)Degree
23 (5.556 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (3.704 %)PMP
32 (3.704 %)PMI Certification
32 (3.704 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
32 (3.704 %)MCSE
41 (1.852 %)MCP
41 (1.852 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
41 (1.852 %)MCTS
41 (1.852 %)MCITP
41 (1.852 %)OCP
41 (1.852 %)Oracle Certification
41 (1.852 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.852 %)SLA
11 (1.852 %)QA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (9.259 %)Active Directory
24 (7.407 %)VMware ESX
24 (7.407 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (1.852 %)MailMarshal
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (11.11 %)Sybase
16 (11.11 %)Business Objects
25 (9.259 %)VMware
34 (7.407 %)IBM
43 (5.556 %)PeopleSoft
43 (5.556 %)Oracle
52 (3.704 %)Perforce
52 (3.704 %)TIBCO
52 (3.704 %)SAP
52 (3.704 %)HP
61 (1.852 %)EMC
61 (1.852 %)Citrix
61 (1.852 %)Macromedia
61 (1.852 %)Sun
61 (1.852 %)Reuters
61 (1.852 %)Bloomberg
61 (1.852 %)Remedy
61 (1.852 %)OpenLink
61 (1.852 %)Niku
61 (1.852 %)ION Trading