The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Azure over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Application Platforms category 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Azure 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 2.000% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.556% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £230
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +73.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £15.00 -
All Application Platforms
Croydon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
18 19 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 36.00% 14.18% 28.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 23
Average daily rate £390 £225 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+73.33% -49.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £435 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Windows Azure
London

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#