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Microsoft Contracts in the East Midlands
 
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The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 18 June 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 East Midlands 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
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 5 6 10
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 189 159 142
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 14.62% 11.80% 9.556%
As % of the Vendors category 31.61% 27.70% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 56 57
Average daily rate £300 £275 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -25.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £123 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £344 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 32 21
Average hourly rate £11.84 £12.50 £16.55
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.28% -24.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.64 £8.50 £9.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.30 £53.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
All Vendors
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 598 574 661
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 46.25% 42.58% 44.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 262 274
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £452
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 56 70
Average hourly rate £17.50 £13.25 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.07% -33.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.15 £8.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.50 £55.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

East Midlands Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Nottinghamshire +4 56 £300 - 30
Northamptonshire +5 25 £330 +46.66% 19
Leicestershire -8 24 £438 +45.59% 20
Derbyshire -3 15 £238 -5.00% 7
Lincolnshire 0 10 £263 +0.96% 15
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England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 179 (46.98%) Windows
2 132 (34.65%) MS Excel
3 126 (33.07%) Active Directory
4 100 (26.25%) MS Office
5 80 (21.00%) SQL Server
6 76 (19.95%) Windows Server 2008
7 75 (19.69%) SQL
8 71 (18.64%) .NET
9 70 (18.37%) MS Exchange
10 62 (16.27%) Windows 7
11 60 (15.75%) C#
12 55 (14.44%) VMware
13 54 (14.17%) Windows XP
14 52 (13.65%) Migration
15 46 (12.07%) ASP.NET
15 46 (12.07%) Windows Server 2003
16 45 (11.81%) Microsoft Certification
17 38 (9.974%) Cisco
18 37 (9.711%) Citrix
19 36 (9.449%) Visual Studio
19 36 (9.449%) SharePoint
19 36 (9.449%) .NET Framework
19 36 (9.449%) Exchange Server 2010
20 34 (8.924%) MS PowerPoint
20 34 (8.924%) SCCM
20 34 (8.924%) Security Cleared
20 34 (8.924%) Finance
21 33 (8.661%) TCP/IP
22 28 (7.349%) Oracle
22 28 (7.349%) SC Cleared

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 71 (18.64%) .NET
2 46 (12.07%) ASP.NET
3 36 (9.449%) .NET Framework
4 21 (5.512%) Ajax
4 21 (5.512%) jQuery
5 16 (4.199%) Web Services
6 14 (3.675%) LINQ
7 12 (3.150%) ASP.NET MVC
7 12 (3.150%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 11 (2.887%) WCF
8 11 (2.887%) XML
9 10 (2.625%) WPF
10 9 (2.362%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 9 (2.362%) COM
10 9 (2.362%) HTML
11 7 (1.837%) Application Packaging
12 6 (1.575%) WinForms
12 6 (1.575%) Managed Extensibility Framework
13 5 (1.312%) .NET Compact Framework
13 5 (1.312%) Reactive Extensions
Application Platforms
1 70 (18.37%) MS Exchange
2 36 (9.449%) SharePoint
2 36 (9.449%) Exchange Server 2010
3 21 (5.512%) Exchange Server 2003
4 17 (4.462%) IIS
5 15 (3.937%) Exchange Server 2007
6 13 (3.412%) Lync
7 12 (3.150%) IBM Notes
8 11 (2.887%) SharePoint 2010
9 8 (2.100%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 5 (1.312%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.787%) SharePoint Server
11 3 (0.787%) ESB
11 3 (0.787%) SharePoint 2013
12 2 (0.525%) Office Communications Server
12 2 (0.525%) Windows Azure
12 2 (0.525%) Documentum
13 1 (0.262%) Lotus Domino
13 1 (0.262%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 132 (34.65%) MS Excel
2 100 (26.25%) MS Office
3 34 (8.924%) MS PowerPoint
4 14 (3.675%) MS Project
5 7 (1.837%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.787%) InfoPath
6 3 (0.787%) Google Apps
6 3 (0.787%) Office 365
7 2 (0.525%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.262%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.262%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (2.887%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (2.100%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (1.575%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.525%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.525%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.262%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.262%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 33 (8.661%) TCP/IP
2 25 (6.562%) LAN
3 23 (6.037%) Firewall
4 21 (5.512%) WAN
5 17 (4.462%) Internet
6 16 (4.199%) DNS
6 16 (4.199%) SAN
7 11 (2.887%) VPN
7 11 (2.887%) VoIP
7 11 (2.887%) Wireless
8 9 (2.362%) DHCP
9 8 (2.100%) SNMP
9 8 (2.100%) Intranet
10 6 (1.575%) Unified Communications
10 6 (1.575%) NetScaler
11 5 (1.312%) VLAN
12 4 (1.050%) Modbus
13 3 (0.787%) PABX
13 3 (0.787%) iSCSI
13 3 (0.787%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (21.00%) SQL Server
2 28 (7.349%) SQL Server 2008
3 25 (6.562%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 20 (5.249%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (4.199%) SQL Server 2005
6 12 (3.150%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (2.625%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 7 (1.837%) SQL Server 2012
8 7 (1.837%) Oracle 8/8i
8 7 (1.837%) SQL Server 2000
9 3 (0.787%) GIS
9 3 (0.787%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.787%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.525%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.525%) QlikView
11 1 (0.262%) Oracle 11g
11 1 (0.262%) BusinessObjects XI
11 1 (0.262%) Xcelsius
11 1 (0.262%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.262%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 36 (9.449%) Visual Studio
2 9 (2.362%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 7 (1.837%) Microsoft Blend
4 6 (1.575%) Subversion
4 6 (1.575%) MSI
5 1 (0.262%) CruiseControl
5 1 (0.262%) Talend Open Studio
5 1 (0.262%) StyleCop
5 1 (0.262%) MbUnit
General
1 34 (8.924%) Finance
2 13 (3.412%) Advertising
3 11 (2.887%) Retail
4 9 (2.362%) Marketing
5 8 (2.100%) Telecoms
6 7 (1.837%) Banking
7 5 (1.312%) Legal
8 3 (0.787%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.787%) Games
8 3 (0.787%) Billing
9 2 (0.525%) Local Government
9 2 (0.525%) German Language
9 2 (0.525%) Publishing
10 1 (0.262%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.262%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (14.70%) Analyst
2 54 (14.17%) Developer
3 34 (8.924%) Support Engineer
4 31 (8.136%) Project Manager
5 23 (6.037%) Administrator
6 18 (4.724%) .NET Developer
6 18 (4.724%) Consultant
7 17 (4.462%) 2nd Line Support
8 16 (4.199%) Desktop Support
9 12 (3.150%) Architect
9 12 (3.150%) C# Developer
9 12 (3.150%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (2.887%) Support Analyst
10 11 (2.887%) Desktop Engineer
11 10 (2.625%) Data Analyst
12 9 (2.362%) Senior Developer
12 9 (2.362%) Trainer
12 9 (2.362%) Designer
13 8 (2.100%) Build Engineer
13 8 (2.100%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.150%) Clustering
2 10 (2.625%) Client/Server
2 10 (2.625%) Blackberry
3 9 (2.362%) NHS
4 7 (1.837%) Management Information System
4 7 (1.837%) Computer Science
5 6 (1.575%) CESG
6 5 (1.312%) PKI
7 4 (1.050%) Credit Risk
8 3 (0.787%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.787%) EPoS
9 2 (0.525%) PMI
9 2 (0.525%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.525%) Mathematics
9 2 (0.525%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.262%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.262%) Data Conversion
10 1 (0.262%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.262%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.262%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 179 (46.98%) Windows
2 76 (19.95%) Windows Server 2008
3 62 (16.27%) Windows 7
4 54 (14.17%) Windows XP
5 46 (12.07%) Windows Server 2003
6 26 (6.824%) Windows 2000
7 17 (4.462%) Linux
8 13 (3.412%) Windows Vista
9 9 (2.362%) UNIX
10 8 (2.100%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (1.575%) Apple iOS
11 6 (1.575%) Windows 8
11 6 (1.575%) Windows Mobile
12 4 (1.050%) Windows NT
12 4 (1.050%) NetWare
13 3 (0.787%) Windows 2000 Server
13 3 (0.787%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.262%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (13.65%) Migration
2 26 (6.824%) Change Management
3 24 (6.299%) Project Management
4 21 (5.512%) PRINCE2
5 15 (3.937%) Configuration Management
6 14 (3.675%) CRM
6 14 (3.675%) ERP
6 14 (3.675%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (3.412%) UML
7 13 (3.412%) ITIL
8 11 (2.887%) Performance Management
9 10 (2.625%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (2.625%) MVC
10 9 (2.362%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (2.100%) SOA
11 8 (2.100%) Business Analysis
11 8 (2.100%) MVVM
11 8 (2.100%) Change Control
12 7 (1.837%) OO
12 7 (1.837%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 75 (19.69%) SQL
2 60 (15.75%) C#
3 27 (7.087%) PowerShell
4 20 (5.249%) JavaScript
5 16 (4.199%) VBScript
6 15 (3.937%) VB
7 8 (2.100%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.575%) VB6
9 5 (1.312%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.787%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.787%) C
11 2 (0.525%) VBA
11 2 (0.525%) C++
11 2 (0.525%) Java
Qualifications
1 45 (11.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (8.924%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.349%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.774%) MCSE
5 14 (3.675%) MCP
6 11 (2.887%) Degree
7 8 (2.100%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (1.837%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.575%) MCITP
10 5 (1.312%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.312%) MCSA
10 5 (1.312%) CCNA
10 5 (1.312%) ISEB
10 5 (1.312%) BC Cleared
11 4 (1.050%) CCA
11 4 (1.050%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (0.525%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.525%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.525%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.525%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.150%) SLA
2 9 (2.362%) QA
3 7 (1.837%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.837%) TickIT
4 3 (0.787%) BS25999
5 1 (0.262%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.262%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.262%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 126 (33.07%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.987%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.625%) vSphere
4 7 (1.837%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.837%) XenApp
5 6 (1.575%) XenDesktop
6 4 (1.050%) ISA Server
6 4 (1.050%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 2 (0.525%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.525%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.525%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.525%) Forefront TMG
7 2 (0.525%) NFS
7 2 (0.525%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.262%) IAG
8 1 (0.262%) UAG
8 1 (0.262%) XenServer
8 1 (0.262%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.262%) VMware ESX
8 1 (0.262%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 34 (8.924%) SCCM
2 28 (7.349%) SCOM
3 5 (1.312%) WMI
3 5 (1.312%) WSUS
3 5 (1.312%) ServiceCenter
4 4 (1.050%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.787%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.525%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.525%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.525%) Tivoli
6 2 (0.525%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.262%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 1 (0.262%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.262%) MOM
7 1 (0.262%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 55 (14.44%) VMware
2 38 (9.974%) Cisco
3 37 (9.711%) Citrix
4 28 (7.349%) Oracle
5 26 (6.824%) HP
6 13 (3.412%) Lotus
7 12 (3.150%) IBM
8 9 (2.362%) Remedy
9 8 (2.100%) Business Objects
10 7 (1.837%) Nortel
10 7 (1.837%) Novell
10 7 (1.837%) Riverbed
11 6 (1.575%) Telerik
11 6 (1.575%) Altiris
12 5 (1.312%) Blue Coat
12 5 (1.312%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.312%) Sun
12 5 (1.312%) Juniper
12 5 (1.312%) Nokia
12 5 (1.312%) SAP
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