The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills 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 Windows Azure over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Application Platforms category 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Azure 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.313% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.914% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £238 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £375 £275
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £15.00 -
All Application Platforms
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
209 195 209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 16.33% 14.60% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 109 96
Average daily rate £290 £250 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £200 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £435 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 22 16
Average hourly rate £15.50 £20.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.50% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £55.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Windows Azure
England

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Azure across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Windows Azure Daily Rate Trend

Windows Azure
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Azure within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 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
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Job
Vacancies
Leicestershire - 2 - - 1
Northamptonshire - 2 £238 -
Nottinghamshire - - - - 1
Derbyshire - - - - 1
Windows Azure
England

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure.

1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (60.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Games
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) HTML
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Load Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Amazon AWS
4 1 (20.00%) HTML5
4 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (20.00%) LINQ to SQL
4 1 (20.00%) REST
4 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (20.00%) SCCM
4 1 (20.00%) WCF
4 1 (20.00%) LINQ
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) HP

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) HTML5
2 1 (20.00%) LINQ to SQL
2 1 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) WCF
2 1 (20.00%) LINQ
2 1 (20.00%) ADO.NET
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Amazon AWS
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Development Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Development Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Server Support
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) C# Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Server Support Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Server Support
3 1 (20.00%) Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Support Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Scrum
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Load Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) HP
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