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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 Cheltenham 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1620
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads1911
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.011 %
As % of the category below18.27 %14.47 %
Daily rates quoted69
Average minimum daily rate£288£333
Average daily rate£305£342
% change on same period last year-11.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£306
% change on same period last year+5.67 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.63£19.89
% change on same period last year-1.31 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads10476
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.147 %0.077 %
Daily rates quoted4029
Average minimum daily rate£386£383
Average daily rate£392£389
% change on same period last year+0.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£398£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£354
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted76
Average minimum hourly rate£19.74£26.09
Average hourly rate£20.56£26.77
% change on same period last year-23.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.37£27.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.41£24.34
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
Microsoft GloucestershireMicrosoft
Gloucestershire

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

129 (74.36 %)Security Cleared
218 (46.15 %)DV Cleared
316 (41.03 %)Windows
412 (30.77 %)Migration
510 (25.64 %)Active Directory
510 (25.64 %)MS Exchange
69 (23.08 %)HTML
69 (23.08 %)MS Project
69 (23.08 %)MS PowerPoint
69 (23.08 %)Windows Vista
78 (20.51 %)UNIX
87 (17.95 %)Windows 2000
87 (17.95 %)Dreamweaver
87 (17.95 %)Adobe
87 (17.95 %)RoboHelp
87 (17.95 %)MS Visio
87 (17.95 %)FrontPage
87 (17.95 %)GoLive
96 (15.38 %)FrameMaker
96 (15.38 %)Finance
96 (15.38 %)Degree
96 (15.38 %)SQL Server
105 (12.82 %)Solaris
105 (12.82 %)ITIL
105 (12.82 %)SC Cleared
105 (12.82 %)QA
105 (12.82 %)PKI
105 (12.82 %)Exchange Server 2003
105 (12.82 %)Project Planning
105 (12.82 %)Legal

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (23.08 %)HTML
21 (2.564 %).NET
21 (2.564 %)ASP.NET
21 (2.564 %)CSS
21 (2.564 %)XML
21 (2.564 %)AJAX
21 (2.564 %).NET Framework
21 (2.564 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (25.64 %)MS Exchange
25 (12.82 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2007
42 (5.128 %)Documentum
51 (2.564 %)BizTalk Server
51 (2.564 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (2.564 %)SharePoint
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (23.08 %)MS Project
19 (23.08 %)MS PowerPoint
27 (17.95 %)MS Visio
27 (17.95 %)RoboHelp
36 (15.38 %)FrameMaker
44 (10.26 %)MS Excel
53 (7.692 %)MS Office
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (7.692 %)DMZ
22 (5.128 %)iSCSI
31 (2.564 %)LDAP
31 (2.564 %)Intranet
31 (2.564 %)Internet
31 (2.564 %)Extranet
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (15.38 %)SQL Server
21 (2.564 %)SQL Server 2005
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (17.95 %)Dreamweaver
17 (17.95 %)GoLive
17 (17.95 %)FrontPage
22 (5.128 %)PVCS
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (15.38 %)Finance
25 (12.82 %)Legal
34 (10.26 %)Electric
43 (7.692 %)Government
43 (7.692 %)Pensions
43 (7.692 %)Telecoms
52 (5.128 %)Education
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (28.21 %)Consultant
27 (17.95 %)Author
27 (17.95 %)Technical Author
35 (12.82 %)Technical Writer
35 (12.82 %)Microsoft Consultant
35 (12.82 %)UNIX Support
44 (10.26 %)Support Specialist
44 (10.26 %)UNIX Specialist
53 (7.692 %)Exchange Specialist
53 (7.692 %)Architect
62 (5.128 %)Project Manager
62 (5.128 %)Administrator
62 (5.128 %)Infrastructure Consultant
62 (5.128 %)Microsoft Infrastructure Consultant
62 (5.128 %)Vista Consultant
62 (5.128 %)Analyst
71 (2.564 %)PMO Analyst
71 (2.564 %)Security Architect
71 (2.564 %)Citrix Engineer
71 (2.564 %)Service Analyst
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (12.82 %)PKI
21 (2.564 %)Fat Client
21 (2.564 %)Thin Client
21 (2.564 %)Smartcard
21 (2.564 %)Replication
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (41.03 %)Windows
29 (23.08 %)Windows Vista
38 (20.51 %)UNIX
47 (17.95 %)Windows 2000
55 (12.82 %)Solaris
64 (10.26 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (7.692 %)Windows Server 2008
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
129 (74.36 %)Security Cleared
218 (46.15 %)DV Cleared
312 (30.77 %)Migration
45 (12.82 %)ITIL
45 (12.82 %)SC Cleared
45 (12.82 %)Project Planning
54 (10.26 %)Problem Management
54 (10.26 %)Service Management
62 (5.128 %)Change Management
62 (5.128 %)Data Migration
62 (5.128 %)Resource Management
71 (2.564 %)Business Development
71 (2.564 %)Business Desktop Deployment
71 (2.564 %)Web Design
71 (2.564 %)Incident Management
71 (2.564 %)PRINCE2
71 (2.564 %)CRM
71 (2.564 %)SOA
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (5.128 %)SQL
21 (2.564 %)Transact-SQL
21 (2.564 %)VBScript
21 (2.564 %)C#
21 (2.564 %)DHTML
21 (2.564 %)JavaScript
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (15.38 %)Degree
24 (10.26 %)HNC
32 (5.128 %)HND
41 (2.564 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (2.564 %)MCTS
41 (2.564 %)MCPD
41 (2.564 %)MCP
41 (2.564 %)MCAD
41 (2.564 %)MCSD
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (12.82 %)QA
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (25.64 %)Active Directory
23 (7.692 %)MailMarshal
32 (5.128 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (5.128 %)MetaFrame
32 (5.128 %)NFS
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (10.26 %)OVSD
21 (2.564 %)OpenView
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (17.95 %)Adobe
24 (10.26 %)Altiris
33 (7.692 %)Clearswift
42 (5.128 %)VMware
42 (5.128 %)Intel
42 (5.128 %)Citrix
51 (2.564 %)Oracle