Chessington Microsoft Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Chessington region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£313	£315
% change on same period last year	-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.54	£21.06
% change on same period last year	-7.21 %
Vendors Chessington
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£250
Average daily rate	-	£275
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£357
% change on same period last year	-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.18	£25.11
% change on same period last year	-7.68 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the Chessington region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chessington 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.

1 1 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows 1 1 (100.00 %) MS Excel 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows NT 1 1 (100.00 %) MVS 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows Server 2003

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chessington 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.

Applications 1 1 (100.00 %) MS Excel	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) 1st Line Support 1 1 (100.00 %) Helpdesk Support
Operating Systems 1 1 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows NT 1 1 (100.00 %) MVS 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows Server 2003