The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services 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 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 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.

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 20 9 23
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 9 32 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 5.389% 14.48% 7.358%
As % of the Vendors category 12.86% 31.07% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 24
Average daily rate £400 £484 £429
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.35% +12.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £231 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £500 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +13.04%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
70 103 264
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 41.92% 46.61% 44.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 64 110
Average daily rate £400 £485 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.44% +14.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £600 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +15.55%
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 Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Docklands, London Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 12 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 11 (55.00%) MS Office
2 11 (55.00%) Finance
3 9 (45.00%) MS Access
3 9 (45.00%) PRINCE2
4 8 (40.00%) Project Management
4 8 (40.00%) ITIL
5 7 (35.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 7 (35.00%) MS Visio
5 7 (35.00%) MS PowerPoint
6 6 (30.00%) MS Project
7 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
7 4 (20.00%) Investment Banking
7 4 (20.00%) Banking
7 4 (20.00%) SQL
7 4 (20.00%) Windows
7 4 (20.00%) Linux
7 4 (20.00%) Degree
7 4 (20.00%) Release Management
8 3 (15.00%) ITIL V3
8 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
9 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
9 2 (10.00%) Workflow
9 2 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (10.00%) Web Design
9 2 (10.00%) ClearQuest
9 2 (10.00%) CMS
9 2 (10.00%) OO
9 2 (10.00%) VC++
9 2 (10.00%) RUP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 1 (5.000%) .NET
1 1 (5.000%) XML
1 1 (5.000%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Documentum
1 2 (10.00%) CMS
2 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 11 (55.00%) MS Office
3 7 (35.00%) MS Visio
3 7 (35.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 6 (30.00%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Intranet
2 1 (5.000%) Firewall
2 1 (5.000%) LDAP
2 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (45.00%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) ClearQuest
1 2 (10.00%) Maven
1 2 (10.00%) TeamCity
1 2 (10.00%) Artifactory
2 1 (5.000%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Banking
2 4 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.000%) Financial Institution
3 1 (5.000%) Front Office
3 1 (5.000%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) C++ Developer
4 2 (10.00%) VBA Developer
5 1 (5.000%) QA Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Technical Leader
5 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (5.000%) UNIX Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (5.000%) UNIX Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Access Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Tester
5 1 (5.000%) Junior
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Performance Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) New Media
2 2 (10.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (10.00%) Physics
2 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.000%) SWIFT
3 1 (5.000%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.000%) SUSE
2 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) PRINCE2
2 8 (40.00%) Project Management
2 8 (40.00%) ITIL
3 4 (20.00%) Release Management
4 3 (15.00%) ITIL V3
4 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
5 2 (10.00%) Workflow
5 2 (10.00%) Web Design
5 2 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (10.00%) OO
5 2 (10.00%) RUP
6 1 (5.000%) CRM
6 1 (5.000%) BCP
6 1 (5.000%) Service Management
6 1 (5.000%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.000%) Change Management
6 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.000%) Data Management
6 1 (5.000%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) VBA
2 2 (10.00%) VC++
2 2 (10.00%) C++
3 1 (5.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.000%) Veritas Volume Manager
1 1 (5.000%) Veritas Cluster Server
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) EMC
2 1 (5.000%) Citrix
2 1 (5.000%) Veritas
2 1 (5.000%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.000%) Reuters
2 1 (5.000%) Bloomberg
2 1 (5.000%) Cisco
2 1 (5.000%) IBM