The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Chester region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 20 13 7
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 6 9 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 4.412% 8.036% 11.19%
As % of the Vendors category 7.792% 16.36% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 13
Average daily rate £123 £475 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-74.21% +55.73%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £44.90 £50.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.20% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
All Vendors
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
77 55 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 56.62% 49.11% 53.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 23
Average daily rate £358 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £157 £300 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £535 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 2
Average hourly rate £44.90 £14.00 £46.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.71% -69.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.87 £14.00 £45.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £21.20 £47.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Microsoft
Cheshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Chester Microsoft Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft across the Chester region.

Chester Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 8 (44.44%) Windows
1 8 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 7 (38.89%) MS Office
2 7 (38.89%) SharePoint
3 5 (27.78%) ITIL
3 5 (27.78%) HTML
3 5 (27.78%) JavaScript
4 4 (22.22%) CSS
4 4 (22.22%) Intranet
4 4 (22.22%) CMS
4 4 (22.22%) Digital Media
5 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (16.67%) NHS
5 3 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (16.67%) Legal
5 3 (16.67%) SQL
6 2 (11.11%) .NET
6 2 (11.11%) UNIX
6 2 (11.11%) CRM
6 2 (11.11%) AIX
6 2 (11.11%) Linux
6 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
6 2 (11.11%) Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Finance
6 2 (11.11%) Service Management
6 2 (11.11%) Remedy
6 2 (11.11%) Citrix

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Application Development
1 5 (27.78%) HTML
2 4 (22.22%) CSS
3 2 (11.11%) .NET
4 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET
4 1 (5.556%) COM
4 1 (5.556%) WCF
4 1 (5.556%) WPF
4 1 (5.556%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 7 (38.89%) SharePoint
2 4 (22.22%) CMS
3 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (5.556%) IIS
4 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 8 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 7 (38.89%) MS Office
3 1 (5.556%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Intranet
2 1 (5.556%) VLAN
2 1 (5.556%) LAN
2 1 (5.556%) WAN
2 1 (5.556%) SMTP
2 1 (5.556%) DHCP
2 1 (5.556%) HTTP
2 1 (5.556%) SNMP
2 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.556%) DNS
2 1 (5.556%) SSL
2 1 (5.556%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (16.67%) Legal
2 2 (11.11%) Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (5.556%) Law
3 1 (5.556%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) Content Editor
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Business Intelligence Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Web Editor
3 3 (16.67%) Web Content Editor
3 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Security Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) IT Support
5 1 (5.556%) CRM Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Senior IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Security Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.556%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.556%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Digital Media
2 3 (16.67%) NHS
3 1 (5.556%) CMDB
3 1 (5.556%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) AIX
2 2 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (11.11%) UNIX
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000
3 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) ITIL
2 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (11.11%) Service Management
3 2 (11.11%) CRM
3 2 (11.11%) Information Security
3 2 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (5.556%) Web Development
4 1 (5.556%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) Network Management
4 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
4 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.556%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) JavaScript
2 3 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (5.556%) C#
3 1 (5.556%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.556%) CCNA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) XenApp
2 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.556%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) SCCM
2 1 (5.556%) SCVMM
2 1 (5.556%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Citrix
1 2 (11.11%) Remedy
1 2 (11.11%) VMware
2 1 (5.556%) ArcSight
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle
2 1 (5.556%) SAP
2 1 (5.556%) Cisco