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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Crawley 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank410
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads2620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.020 %
As % of the category below31.33 %32.79 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£307
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£313
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£316
% change on same period last year+0.39 %
Hourly rates quoted128
Average minimum hourly rate£26.33£17.50
Average hourly rate£28.00£18.06
% change on same period last year+55.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.67£18.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.87£20.89
% change on same period last year-4.86 %
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Crawley
Matching contract IT job ads8361
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.110 %0.061 %
Daily rates quoted922
Average minimum daily rate£424£378
Average daily rate£439£388
% change on same period last year+12.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£454£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted1713
Average minimum hourly rate£24.40£17.82
Average hourly rate£26.39£18.73
% change on same period last year+40.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.39£19.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Microsoft West SussexMicrosoft
West Sussex

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

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Crawley 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 Crawley region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Crawley Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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.

133 (58.93 %)Windows
225 (44.64 %)MS Office
322 (39.29 %)Windows XP
420 (35.71 %)Windows Server 2003
517 (30.36 %)MS Excel
615 (26.79 %)SQL
713 (23.21 %)SQL Server
812 (21.43 %)C++
812 (21.43 %)Citrix
911 (19.64 %)UML
911 (19.64 %)VC++
911 (19.64 %)Rational Rose
911 (19.64 %)SQL Server 2005
911 (19.64 %)Degree
1010 (17.86 %)MS PowerPoint
1010 (17.86 %)Active Directory
119 (16.07 %)VSS/SourceSafe
119 (16.07 %).NET
128 (14.29 %)Insurance
128 (14.29 %)VB
128 (14.29 %)Transact-SQL
128 (14.29 %)DTS
128 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
128 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
137 (12.50 %)NetWare
137 (12.50 %)WSH
137 (12.50 %)MS Visio
137 (12.50 %)LAN
137 (12.50 %)WAN
137 (12.50 %)Microsoft Analysis Services

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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.

Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (16.07 %).NET
27 (12.50 %)WSH
35 (8.929 %)XML
41 (1.786 %)WinForms
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (8.929 %)MS Exchange
24 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (5.357 %)Lotus Notes
41 (1.786 %)BizTalk Server
41 (1.786 %)IIS
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
125 (44.64 %)MS Office
217 (30.36 %)MS Excel
310 (17.86 %)MS PowerPoint
47 (12.50 %)MS Visio
56 (10.71 %)MS Project
65 (8.929 %)CA Clarity
71 (1.786 %)InfoPath
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.571 %)VisionPLUS
21 (1.786 %)Teamcenter
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (12.50 %)LAN
17 (12.50 %)WAN
24 (7.143 %)Internet
33 (5.357 %)Intranet
33 (5.357 %)TCP/IP
41 (1.786 %)DNS
41 (1.786 %)DHCP
41 (1.786 %)Network Security
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (23.21 %)SQL Server
211 (19.64 %)SQL Server 2005
38 (14.29 %)DTS
38 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (12.50 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
47 (12.50 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
47 (12.50 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
54 (7.143 %)SQL Server Integration Services
62 (3.571 %)MS Access
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (19.64 %)Rational Rose
29 (16.07 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (1.786 %)ProC
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (14.29 %)Insurance
23 (5.357 %)Military
23 (5.357 %)Aerospace
23 (5.357 %)Health
32 (3.571 %)Legal
32 (3.571 %)Education
32 (3.571 %)Finance
32 (3.571 %)Banking
41 (1.786 %)Government
41 (1.786 %)Front Office
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (37.50 %)Analyst
29 (16.07 %)Helpdesk Analyst
38 (14.29 %)Software Engineer
38 (14.29 %)Support Analyst
46 (10.71 %)1st Line Support
55 (8.929 %)Helpdesk Support
64 (7.143 %)Applications Manager
73 (5.357 %)Infrastructure Analyst
73 (5.357 %)Administrator
82 (3.571 %)Server Support
82 (3.571 %)Support Engineer
82 (3.571 %)Applications Support
82 (3.571 %)Service Analyst
82 (3.571 %)Developer
82 (3.571 %)Systems Engineer
82 (3.571 %)Service Desk Analyst
82 (3.571 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
82 (3.571 %)IT Trainer
82 (3.571 %)Trainer
82 (3.571 %)Desktop Support
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.786 %)Mathematics
11 (1.786 %)Japanese Language
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
133 (58.93 %)Windows
222 (39.29 %)Windows XP
320 (35.71 %)Windows Server 2003
48 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
57 (12.50 %)NetWare
66 (10.71 %)Windows Vista
75 (8.929 %)Windows 2000
83 (5.357 %)UNIX
83 (5.357 %)Linux
92 (3.571 %)Windows NT
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (19.64 %)UML
26 (10.71 %)Project Management
35 (8.929 %)Requirements Management
35 (8.929 %)Release Management
44 (7.143 %)Security Cleared
53 (5.357 %)Time Management
53 (5.357 %)BCP
53 (5.357 %)Software Engineering
62 (3.571 %)Change Management
62 (3.571 %)ITIL
71 (1.786 %)SC Cleared
71 (1.786 %)BC Cleared
71 (1.786 %)Configuration Management
71 (1.786 %)PRINCE2
71 (1.786 %)Incident Management
71 (1.786 %)Service Management
71 (1.786 %)Service Delivery
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (26.79 %)SQL
212 (21.43 %)C++
311 (19.64 %)VC++
48 (14.29 %)VB
48 (14.29 %)Transact-SQL
57 (12.50 %)VB6
66 (10.71 %)VBScript
74 (7.143 %)C
81 (1.786 %)C#
81 (1.786 %)VB.NET
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (19.64 %)Degree
22 (3.571 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (1.786 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (1.786 %)MCP
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.786 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (17.86 %)Active Directory
23 (5.357 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (5.357 %)NetBackup
32 (3.571 %)VMware ESX
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (3.571 %)Norton AntiVirus
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (21.43 %)Citrix
25 (8.929 %)HP
25 (8.929 %)Novell
33 (5.357 %)Lotus
33 (5.357 %)IBM
33 (5.357 %)Intel
33 (5.357 %)VMware
42 (3.571 %)Symantec
42 (3.571 %)Interwoven
51 (1.786 %)Compaq
51 (1.786 %)Websense
51 (1.786 %)Oracle