The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Croydon 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 1 11 14
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 15 14 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 30.00% 10.45% 12.32%
As % of the Vendors category 48.39% 23.33% 24.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 15
Average daily rate £255 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £129 £225 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £480 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Croydon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
31 60 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 62.00% 44.78% 49.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 31 57
Average daily rate £338 £435 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.41% +2.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £495 £550 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% -17.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Croydon Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Croydon Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 15 (48.39%) Windows
1 15 (48.39%) Active Directory
2 12 (38.71%) SQL
3 10 (32.26%) LAN
3 10 (32.26%) WAN
3 10 (32.26%) Finance
4 9 (29.03%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (25.81%) VPN
5 8 (25.81%) MS Office
6 7 (22.58%) MS Excel
6 7 (22.58%) MS Exchange
6 7 (22.58%) Management Information System
6 7 (22.58%) VMware
6 7 (22.58%) Windows 7
7 6 (19.35%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (19.35%) Exchange Server 2003
7 6 (19.35%) VBScript
7 6 (19.35%) DNS
7 6 (19.35%) DHCP
7 6 (19.35%) TCP/IP
7 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (19.35%) Citrix
8 5 (16.13%) CISSP
8 5 (16.13%) McAfee
8 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (16.13%) LDAP
8 5 (16.13%) VB
8 5 (16.13%) Perl
8 5 (16.13%) Client/Server
8 5 (16.13%) Windows XP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 (16.13%) Application Packaging
2 1 (3.226%) .NET
2 1 (3.226%) Web Services
2 1 (3.226%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 7 (22.58%) MS Exchange
2 6 (19.35%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (19.35%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (9.677%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (9.677%) SharePoint
4 2 (6.452%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (6.452%) Lync
5 1 (3.226%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (3.226%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (3.226%) SAS
5 1 (3.226%) WebLogic
5 1 (3.226%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (25.81%) MS Office
2 7 (22.58%) MS Excel
3 3 (9.677%) Photoshop
4 2 (6.452%) MS Project
5 1 (3.226%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (32.26%) LAN
1 10 (32.26%) WAN
2 8 (25.81%) VPN
3 6 (19.35%) DNS
3 6 (19.35%) DHCP
3 6 (19.35%) TCP/IP
4 5 (16.13%) LDAP
5 2 (6.452%) Firewall
5 2 (6.452%) IPsec
5 2 (6.452%) VLAN
6 1 (3.226%) Extranet
6 1 (3.226%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.677%) SQL Server
1 3 (9.677%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.226%) Ingres
2 1 (3.226%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (3.226%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.226%) dBASE
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) MSI
2 3 (9.677%) AdminStudio
3 1 (3.226%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 10 (32.26%) Finance
2 2 (6.452%) Retail
3 1 (3.226%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Analyst
2 5 (16.13%) Administrator
2 5 (16.13%) IT Administrator
2 5 (16.13%) Security Administrator
2 5 (16.13%) IT Security Administrator
3 3 (9.677%) Network Manager
3 3 (9.677%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (9.677%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (9.677%) Service Analyst
4 2 (6.452%) Support Analyst
4 2 (6.452%) Team Leader
4 2 (6.452%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (6.452%) Support Manager
4 2 (6.452%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (6.452%) Deskside Support
4 2 (6.452%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 2 (6.452%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
4 2 (6.452%) Infrastructure Support Manager
5 1 (3.226%) SharePoint Designer
5 1 (3.226%) Wintel Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Management Information System
2 5 (16.13%) SecurID
2 5 (16.13%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.226%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.226%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 15 (48.39%) Windows
2 9 (29.03%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (22.58%) Windows 7
4 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (16.13%) Windows XP
6 2 (6.452%) UNIX
6 2 (6.452%) AIX
6 2 (6.452%) Linux
7 1 (3.226%) Windows 2000
7 1 (3.226%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.13%) Security Management
1 5 (16.13%) Network Design
1 5 (16.13%) SIEM
2 3 (9.677%) HOOD
2 3 (9.677%) Migration
2 3 (9.677%) ITIL
3 2 (6.452%) Project Management
4 1 (3.226%) Change Management
4 1 (3.226%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.226%) Change Control
4 1 (3.226%) Capacity Management
4 1 (3.226%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (3.226%) RAD
4 1 (3.226%) E-Commerce
4 1 (3.226%) DNA
4 1 (3.226%) SOA
4 1 (3.226%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.226%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (3.226%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (3.226%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) SQL
2 6 (19.35%) VBScript
3 5 (16.13%) VB
3 5 (16.13%) Perl
4 1 (3.226%) Java
4 1 (3.226%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.226%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) CISSP
1 5 (16.13%) Security+ Certification
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.452%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (6.452%) MCP
3 1 (3.226%) CCNA
3 1 (3.226%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.226%) MCDST
3 1 (3.226%) MCITP
3 1 (3.226%) Degree
3 1 (3.226%) HP AIS
3 1 (3.226%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (6.452%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.226%) QA
3 1 (3.226%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.226%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (48.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (9.677%) VMware Server
4 2 (6.452%) XenApp
4 2 (6.452%) vSphere
5 1 (3.226%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (3.226%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (9.677%) SCCM
3 1 (3.226%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (3.226%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) VMware
2 6 (19.35%) Citrix
3 5 (16.13%) McAfee
4 4 (12.90%) Oracle
4 4 (12.90%) Cisco
5 3 (9.677%) Adobe
6 2 (6.452%) Business Objects
6 2 (6.452%) Intel
6 2 (6.452%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.226%) Symantec
7 1 (3.226%) Informatica
7 1 (3.226%) Sophos
7 1 (3.226%) SAP
7 1 (3.226%) Sybase
7 1 (3.226%) HP
7 1 (3.226%) IBM
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