The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 23 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 Qualifications for the Devon 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 27 31 28
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 4 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 2.339% 0.552% 1.307%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.349% 1.250% 3.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £175
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £265
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -11.42%
All Qualifications
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
63 80 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 36.84% 44.20% 34.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 40 21
Average daily rate £350 £324 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.02% -16.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £211 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £418 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 18 1
Average hourly rate £40.50 £17.00 £11.07
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.23% +53.56%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Microsoft Certification
South West

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon Microsoft Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Devon region.

Devon Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Devon Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Devon region over the 3 months to 23 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
Exeter -2 4 £350 -
Microsoft Certification
South West

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification.

1 8 (100.00%) HTML
1 8 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 8 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle
1 8 (100.00%) CSS
1 8 (100.00%) Web Services
1 8 (100.00%) XML
1 8 (100.00%) XSLT
1 8 (100.00%) MCAD
1 8 (100.00%) MCSD
1 8 (100.00%) SOA
1 8 (100.00%) XQuery
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
2 7 (87.50%) XPath
2 7 (87.50%) Git (software)
2 7 (87.50%) ASP.NET
2 7 (87.50%) C#
3 4 (50.00%) OO
3 4 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (37.50%) Back Office
4 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
4 3 (37.50%) B2B
4 3 (37.50%) B2C
5 2 (25.00%) C
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) HTML
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) CSS
1 8 (100.00%) Web Services
1 8 (100.00%) XML
1 8 (100.00%) XSLT
2 7 (87.50%) ASP.NET
3 4 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
Business Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (37.50%) Back Office
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
1 8 (100.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
2 1 (12.50%) VB.NET Developer
2 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) SOA
2 4 (50.00%) OO
3 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
3 3 (37.50%) B2B
3 3 (37.50%) B2C
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 8 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 8 (100.00%) XQuery
2 7 (87.50%) XPath
2 7 (87.50%) C#
3 2 (25.00%) C
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) MCAD
1 8 (100.00%) MCSD
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle