The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification 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 Qualifications for the Docklands, London 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 26 16 60
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +44
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 3 15 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 1.754% 6.849% 0.508%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.50% 34.09% 5.357%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
Average daily rate £275 £460 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.21% +41.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £288 £265
% change year-on-year
+3.47% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +36.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
-4.83% -13.88%
All Qualifications
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
24 44 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 14.04% 20.09% 9.492%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 18
Average daily rate £394 £475 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.10% -2.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £600 £583
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +73.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
Microsoft Certification
London

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Docklands, London Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Histogram

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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) NetScaler
2 2 (66.67%) Software Distribution
2 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Vista
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) Bugzilla
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESX
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) SCOM
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) XenServer
2 2 (66.67%) XenDesktop
2 2 (66.67%) SolarWinds
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) Tivoli
2 2 (66.67%) MOM
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
1 2 (66.67%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) WinRunner
1 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
1 2 (66.67%) MSI
1 2 (66.67%) InstallShield
1 2 (66.67%) Bugzilla
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Vista
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 2000
2 2 (66.67%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) MCSE
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
1 2 (66.67%) CCA
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB Practitioner
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware ESX
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) XenApp
1 2 (66.67%) XenServer
1 2 (66.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Tivoli
1 2 (66.67%) MOM
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
1 2 (66.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) Compaq
1 2 (66.67%) Dell
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) NetApp
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
1 2 (66.67%) SolarWinds