The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 20 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 Derbyshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 6 2 14
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 20 46 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 14.81% 21.00% 8.000%
As % of the Vendors category 28.57% 35.94% 21.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 8
Average daily rate £238 £385 £336
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.31% +14.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £85 £150 £236
10% offered a daily rate of more than £411 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 3
Average hourly rate £9.12 £33.50 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-72.77% +28.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.74 £10.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £57.50 £101.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Derbyshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
70 128 104
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 51.85% 58.45% 37.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 46 36
Average daily rate £315 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.86% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £150 £93
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 20 12
Average hourly rate £15.50 £33.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.73% -4.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.02 £10.50 £11.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £57.50 £120.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chesterfield -3 8 £151 +101.48%
Derby -4 8 £315 -21.25%
Buxton - 1 - -
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 17 (38.64%) Windows
2 14 (31.82%) VMware
3 13 (29.55%) Active Directory
4 12 (27.27%) MS Excel
5 11 (25.00%) MS Exchange
5 11 (25.00%) MS Office
6 8 (18.18%) SQL
6 8 (18.18%) HP
6 8 (18.18%) Cisco
7 7 (15.91%) Oracle
7 7 (15.91%) Riverbed
8 6 (13.64%) Sun
8 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
9 5 (11.36%) WSUS
9 5 (11.36%) Brocade
9 5 (11.36%) Exchange Server 2003
9 5 (11.36%) Marketing
9 5 (11.36%) Migration
9 5 (11.36%) SLA
9 5 (11.36%) IBM
9 5 (11.36%) Nortel
9 5 (11.36%) Citrix
9 5 (11.36%) ISA Server
9 5 (11.36%) SharePoint
9 5 (11.36%) Windows 7
9 5 (11.36%) Hyper-V
9 5 (11.36%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server
10 4 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (9.091%) vSphere

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 4 (9.091%) .NET
2 3 (6.818%) COM
3 2 (4.545%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.273%) X-Windows
4 1 (2.273%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (2.273%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 11 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (11.36%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (11.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (9.091%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (6.818%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (6.818%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (4.545%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (4.545%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (4.545%) Lync
6 1 (2.273%) IIS
6 1 (2.273%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (2.273%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 12 (27.27%) MS Excel
2 11 (25.00%) MS Office
3 2 (4.545%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.273%) InfoPath
4 1 (2.273%) Photoshop
4 1 (2.273%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.545%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.273%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.273%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.273%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.818%) WAN
1 3 (6.818%) DNS
2 2 (4.545%) SAN
2 2 (4.545%) LAN
2 2 (4.545%) iSCSI
3 1 (2.273%) Internet
3 1 (2.273%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.545%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.273%) MS Access
2 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 5 (11.36%) Marketing
2 4 (9.091%) Advertising
3 1 (2.273%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.273%) Finance
3 1 (2.273%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (11.36%) Consultant
1 5 (11.36%) Account Manager
1 5 (11.36%) Sales Manager
2 4 (9.091%) Administrator
2 4 (9.091%) Service Desk Analyst
2 4 (9.091%) Support Engineer
2 4 (9.091%) Service Analyst
2 4 (9.091%) Developer
2 4 (9.091%) Analyst
3 3 (6.818%) Coordinator
3 3 (6.818%) Project Manager
3 3 (6.818%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (6.818%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (6.818%) Security Engineer
3 3 (6.818%) Help Desk Engineer
4 2 (4.545%) Dynamics NAV Consultant
4 2 (4.545%) CRM Developer
4 2 (4.545%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 2 (4.545%) Desktop Support
4 2 (4.545%) Security Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.091%) Blackberry
1 4 (9.091%) Clustering
2 1 (2.273%) SCADA
2 1 (2.273%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (2.273%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 17 (38.64%) Windows
2 5 (11.36%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (11.36%) Windows 7
3 4 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server
3 4 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (6.818%) Windows 2000
4 3 (6.818%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.273%) Solaris
5 1 (2.273%) Linux
5 1 (2.273%) UNIX
5 1 (2.273%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.273%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (11.36%) Migration
2 3 (6.818%) ITIL
3 2 (4.545%) CRM
3 2 (4.545%) Project Management
3 2 (4.545%) WAN Optimisation
3 2 (4.545%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (4.545%) Information Security
3 2 (4.545%) Load Balancing
3 2 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (4.545%) Workflow
4 1 (2.273%) Capacity Management
4 1 (2.273%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (2.273%) Service Management
4 1 (2.273%) Service Delivery
4 1 (2.273%) Change Management
4 1 (2.273%) MVC
4 1 (2.273%) Risk Management
4 1 (2.273%) E-Commerce
4 1 (2.273%) ERP
4 1 (2.273%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) SQL
2 3 (6.818%) C#
3 1 (2.273%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (9.091%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.818%) MCSE
3 3 (6.818%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (4.545%) MCP
4 2 (4.545%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.273%) BC Cleared
5 1 (2.273%) MCDST
5 1 (2.273%) MCITP
5 1 (2.273%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) SLA
2 1 (2.273%) QA
System Software
1 13 (29.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.36%) ISA Server
2 5 (11.36%) Hyper-V
3 4 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.091%) vSphere
4 2 (4.545%) Forefront TMG
4 2 (4.545%) NFS
4 2 (4.545%) XenApp
5 1 (2.273%) XenServer
5 1 (2.273%) VMware Server
5 1 (2.273%) Terminal Server
5 1 (2.273%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) WSUS
2 4 (9.091%) SCCM
3 3 (6.818%) SCOM
4 2 (4.545%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (4.545%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (4.545%) NetBackup
4 2 (4.545%) Backup Exec
5 1 (2.273%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 14 (31.82%) VMware
2 8 (18.18%) HP
2 8 (18.18%) Cisco
3 7 (15.91%) Oracle
3 7 (15.91%) Riverbed
4 6 (13.64%) Sun
5 5 (11.36%) IBM
5 5 (11.36%) Nortel
5 5 (11.36%) Citrix
5 5 (11.36%) Brocade
6 3 (6.818%) NetApp
6 3 (6.818%) EMC
7 2 (4.545%) Symantec
7 2 (4.545%) McAfee
7 2 (4.545%) Veritas
7 2 (4.545%) MobileIron
8 1 (2.273%) Lotus
8 1 (2.273%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.273%) Adobe
8 1 (2.273%) SAP