Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the County Antrim 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1312
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads1422
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.024 %
As % of the category below18.92 %29.73 %
Daily rates quoted45
Average minimum daily rate£315£300
Average daily rate£331£360
% change on same period last year-8.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£308£290
% change on same period last year+6.25 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£21.67£40.00
Average hourly rate£25.83£40.00
% change on same period last year-35.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.73£18.83
% change on same period last year-0.55 %
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
County Antrim
Matching contract IT job ads7474
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.119 %0.079 %
Daily rates quoted2824
Average minimum daily rate£277£400
Average daily rate£299£437
% change on same period last year-31.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£349
% change on same period last year+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted92
Average minimum hourly rate£19.22£36.92
Average hourly rate£21.49£36.92
% change on same period last year-41.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.77£36.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.78£24.08
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Microsoft Northern IrelandMicrosoft
Northern Ireland

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

County Antrim Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BelfastDown-214£331-8.15 %
CarrickfergusNew entry-1--
Microsoft Northern IrelandMicrosoft
Northern Ireland

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

117 (53.13 %)Windows
212 (37.50 %)Finance
311 (34.38 %)MS Excel
311 (34.38 %)SQL Server
410 (31.25 %)MS Office
59 (28.13 %)SQL
59 (28.13 %)Active Directory
68 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
68 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
77 (21.88 %).NET
77 (21.88 %)Education
86 (18.75 %)MOS
95 (15.63 %)Altiris
95 (15.63 %)VMware
95 (15.63 %)Windows 2000 Server
95 (15.63 %)Citrix
104 (12.50 %)BizTalk Server
104 (12.50 %)Oracle
104 (12.50 %)VBScript
104 (12.50 %)VB
104 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
104 (12.50 %)HTML
104 (12.50 %)PRINCE2
104 (12.50 %)Statistics
104 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
104 (12.50 %)Logistics
113 (9.375 %)Business Analysis
113 (9.375 %)SQL Server Integration Services
113 (9.375 %)Technical Architecture
113 (9.375 %)Clustering

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (21.88 %).NET
24 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
24 (12.50 %)HTML
32 (6.250 %).NET Framework
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (12.50 %)BizTalk Server
23 (9.375 %)SharePoint
32 (6.250 %)MS Exchange
32 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (3.125 %)IIS
41 (3.125 %)Lotus Notes
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (34.38 %)MS Excel
210 (31.25 %)MS Office
31 (3.125 %)Photoshop
31 (3.125 %)MS Project
31 (3.125 %)Acrobat
31 (3.125 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (3.125 %)MS PowerPoint
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (9.375 %)Oracle Financials
21 (3.125 %)Oracle Applications
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.125 %)VoIP
11 (3.125 %)TCP/IP
11 (3.125 %)VPN
11 (3.125 %)SNA
11 (3.125 %)Internet
11 (3.125 %)Wireless
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (34.38 %)SQL Server
24 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (9.375 %)SQL Server Integration Services
33 (9.375 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
33 (9.375 %)SQL Server 2008
33 (9.375 %)Oracle 8/8i
33 (9.375 %)DTS
42 (6.250 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
42 (6.250 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (3.125 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (3.125 %)MS Access
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (9.375 %)Visual Studio
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (37.50 %)Finance
27 (21.88 %)Education
31 (3.125 %)Publishing
31 (3.125 %)Auditing
31 (3.125 %)Telecoms
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (21.88 %)Analyst
25 (15.63 %)Helpdesk Engineer
34 (12.50 %)Consultant
43 (9.375 %)Architect
43 (9.375 %)DBA
43 (9.375 %)Developer
43 (9.375 %)SQL Server DBA
43 (9.375 %)SQL DBA
52 (6.250 %)SQL Developer
52 (6.250 %)Infrastructure Consultant
52 (6.250 %).NET Developer
52 (6.250 %)Technical Consultant
52 (6.250 %)Information Architect
52 (6.250 %)Support Analyst
52 (6.250 %)Desktop Support
61 (3.125 %)Junior
61 (3.125 %)Project Manager
61 (3.125 %)Systems Administrator
61 (3.125 %)Technical Architect
61 (3.125 %)Applications Packager
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (12.50 %)Statistics
23 (9.375 %)Replication
23 (9.375 %)Clustering
31 (3.125 %)Blackberry
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (53.13 %)Windows
28 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
28 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (15.63 %)Windows 2000 Server
43 (9.375 %)Windows XP
51 (3.125 %)Windows Mobile
51 (3.125 %)Windows Vista
51 (3.125 %)Windows NT
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (12.50 %)PRINCE2
14 (12.50 %)Logistics
23 (9.375 %)Business Analysis
23 (9.375 %)Technical Architecture
23 (9.375 %)ITIL
23 (9.375 %)Project Management
23 (9.375 %)Service Management
32 (6.250 %)Information Management
32 (6.250 %)Security Cleared
41 (3.125 %)Problem Management
41 (3.125 %)DV Cleared
41 (3.125 %)Document Management
41 (3.125 %)Business Intelligence
41 (3.125 %)Change Management
41 (3.125 %)Migration
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (28.13 %)SQL
24 (12.50 %)VBScript
24 (12.50 %)VB
33 (9.375 %)VB.NET
41 (3.125 %)FoxPro (VFP)
41 (3.125 %)C
41 (3.125 %)C#
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (18.75 %)MOS
23 (9.375 %)MCSE
23 (9.375 %)CCNA
23 (9.375 %)Cisco Certification
23 (9.375 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (6.250 %)Degree
41 (3.125 %)A+ Certification
41 (3.125 %)Network+ Certification
41 (3.125 %)Server+ Certification
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.125 %)SLA
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (28.13 %)Active Directory
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (3.125 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (3.125 %)DameWare
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (15.63 %)Citrix
15 (15.63 %)VMware
15 (15.63 %)Altiris
24 (12.50 %)Oracle
32 (6.250 %)Dell
41 (3.125 %)SAP
41 (3.125 %)Cognos
41 (3.125 %)Siebel
41 (3.125 %)Adobe
41 (3.125 %)Compaq
41 (3.125 %)Avaya
41 (3.125 %)Lotus
41 (3.125 %)Remedy
41 (3.125 %)McAfee Security