The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Crewe region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 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 Crewe 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank - 9 14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 0 12 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crewe - 17.39% 9.434%
As % of the Vendors category - 42.86% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.98 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.13% -
All Vendors
Crewe
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
7 28 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crewe 18.42% 40.58% 39.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 3
Average daily rate £110 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-68.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Microsoft
Cheshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crewe 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 Crewe region.

Crewe 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 Crewe region.

Crewe Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crewe 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 (88.89%) MS Excel
2 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows 7
3 6 (66.67%) Wise Package Studio
3 6 (66.67%) Microsoft App-V
3 6 (66.67%) Application Packaging
3 6 (66.67%) Software Packaging
3 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) Windows XP
3 6 (66.67%) MSI
3 6 (66.67%) InstallShield
3 6 (66.67%) AdminStudio
4 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (22.22%) QA
5 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (22.22%) MS Office
6 1 (11.11%) SAP
6 1 (11.11%) VBScript
6 1 (11.11%) VB
6 1 (11.11%) .NET
6 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
6 1 (11.11%) ISO 9000
6 1 (11.11%) Adobe
6 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
6 1 (11.11%) Dell
6 1 (11.11%) Acrobat
6 1 (11.11%) Internet
6 1 (11.11%) Remedy
6 1 (11.11%) Blackberry

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crewe 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 6 (66.67%) Application Packaging
1 6 (66.67%) Software Packaging
2 1 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 8 (88.89%) MS Excel
2 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (22.22%) MS Office
3 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (11.11%) Acrobat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Wise Package Studio
1 6 (66.67%) MSI
1 6 (66.67%) InstallShield
1 6 (66.67%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Applications Packager
2 4 (44.44%) Software Packager
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
1 1 (11.11%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
1 7 (77.78%) Windows 7
2 6 (66.67%) Windows XP
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Compatibility Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) VBScript
1 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) SAP
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe
1 1 (11.11%) Dell
1 1 (11.11%) Remedy
1 1 (11.11%) VMware