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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the East Anglia region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1211
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads910
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.010 %
As % of the category below18.37 %17.86 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£225-
Average daily rate£288-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£316
% change on same period last year+0.39 %
Hourly rates quoted18
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£28.25
Average hourly rate£20.00£31.94
% change on same period last year-37.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00£35.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.87£20.89
% change on same period last year-4.86 %
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
East Anglia
Matching contract IT job ads4956
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.056 %
Daily rates quoted117
Average minimum daily rate£288£346
Average daily rate£316£358
% change on same period last year-11.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£371
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted39
Average minimum hourly rate£18.75£29.00
Average hourly rate£21.38£32.56
% change on same period last year-34.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.00£36.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Microsoft East of EnglandMicrosoft
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the East Anglia region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

East Anglia Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft across the East Anglia region.

East Anglia Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the East Anglia region.

East Anglia Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

16 (40.00 %)Windows
24 (26.67 %)C
24 (26.67 %).NET
24 (26.67 %)SQL Server
24 (26.67 %)MS Excel
33 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
33 (20.00 %)C#
33 (20.00 %)C++
33 (20.00 %)SQL
33 (20.00 %)UNIX
33 (20.00 %)MS Office
33 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (13.33 %)ASP.NET
42 (13.33 %)XML
42 (13.33 %)HNC
42 (13.33 %)HND
42 (13.33 %)PHP
42 (13.33 %)VC++
42 (13.33 %)JavaScript
42 (13.33 %)Active Directory
42 (13.33 %)SharePoint
42 (13.33 %)Windows XP
42 (13.33 %)EMC
51 (6.667 %)NPfIT
51 (6.667 %)MVC
51 (6.667 %)Telecoms
51 (6.667 %)Finance
51 (6.667 %)Chemicals
51 (6.667 %)Construction
51 (6.667 %)Electric

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (26.67 %).NET
22 (13.33 %)ASP.NET
22 (13.33 %)XML
31 (6.667 %)MVC
31 (6.667 %)HTML
31 (6.667 %)MFC
31 (6.667 %)CSS
31 (6.667 %)WebServices
31 (6.667 %)ASP
31 (6.667 %)AJAX
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (13.33 %)SharePoint
21 (6.667 %)QuickPlace
21 (6.667 %)MS Exchange
21 (6.667 %)IIS
21 (6.667 %)Lotus Notes
21 (6.667 %)Lotus Domino
21 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2007
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (26.67 %)MS Excel
23 (20.00 %)MS Office
31 (6.667 %)MS Project
31 (6.667 %)MS PowerPoint
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (6.667 %)Cisco IOS
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (26.67 %)SQL Server
21 (6.667 %)PostgreSQL
21 (6.667 %)MS Access
21 (6.667 %)DB2
21 (6.667 %)MySQL
21 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)LoadRunner
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Telecoms
11 (6.667 %)Finance
11 (6.667 %)Chemicals
11 (6.667 %)Construction
11 (6.667 %)Electric
11 (6.667 %)Health
11 (6.667 %)Manufacturing
11 (6.667 %)Insurance
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (33.33 %)Developer
22 (13.33 %)Architect
22 (13.33 %)Consultant
22 (13.33 %)C++ Developer
22 (13.33 %)Test Engineer
22 (13.33 %)Mechanical Engineer
22 (13.33 %)2nd Line Support
31 (6.667 %).NET Developer
31 (6.667 %)Messaging Consultant
31 (6.667 %)Messaging Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Technical Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Junior Developer
31 (6.667 %)Programme Planner
31 (6.667 %)PHP Developer
31 (6.667 %)Performance Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Junior .NET Developer
31 (6.667 %).NET Architect
31 (6.667 %)Support Assistant
31 (6.667 %)Security Consultant
31 (6.667 %)Analyst
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)NPfIT
11 (6.667 %)Multithreading
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (40.00 %)Windows
23 (20.00 %)UNIX
23 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (13.33 %)Windows XP
41 (6.667 %)HPUX
41 (6.667 %)Solaris
41 (6.667 %)Linux
41 (6.667 %)Windows 2000 Server
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (6.667 %)Migration
11 (6.667 %)Programme Management
11 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
11 (6.667 %)Load Testing
11 (6.667 %)Security Testing
11 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
11 (6.667 %)Security Cleared
11 (6.667 %)Project Management
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (26.67 %)C
23 (20.00 %)C#
23 (20.00 %)C++
23 (20.00 %)SQL
32 (13.33 %)PHP
32 (13.33 %)VC++
32 (13.33 %)JavaScript
41 (6.667 %)LotusScript
41 (6.667 %)Formula Language
41 (6.667 %)Assembly Language
41 (6.667 %)Tcl
41 (6.667 %)Perl
41 (6.667 %)VB.NET
41 (6.667 %)DHTML
41 (6.667 %)Java
41 (6.667 %)Python
41 (6.667 %)Ruby
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (13.33 %)HNC
12 (13.33 %)HND
21 (6.667 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (6.667 %)MCSE
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (13.33 %)Active Directory
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (13.33 %)EMC
21 (6.667 %)VMware
21 (6.667 %)Intel
21 (6.667 %)Alcatel
21 (6.667 %)Novell
21 (6.667 %)Siemens
21 (6.667 %)Lotus
21 (6.667 %)HP
21 (6.667 %)Cisco
21 (6.667 %)Sybase
21 (6.667 %)Oracle
21 (6.667 %)IronPort