The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cornwall region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 22 May 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 Cornwall 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank - 3 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cornwall - 15.79% -
As % of the Vendors category - 37.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £9.32 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Cornwall
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
0 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cornwall - 42.11% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £225 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -40.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £9.32 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cornwall 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 Cornwall region.

Cornwall 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 Cornwall region.

Cornwall Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cornwall 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 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (42.86%) ETL
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (42.86%) Citrix
2 3 (42.86%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) VMware ESX
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (42.86%) XenApp
3 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) .NET
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) OLAP
4 1 (14.29%) MS Office
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Summit
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cornwall 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 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Summit
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) OLAP
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Citrix Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) ETL Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Helpdesk Technician
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ETL
1 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Citrix Certification
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (42.86%) VMware ESX
1 3 (42.86%) XenApp
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Citrix
1 3 (42.86%) VMware