The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 23 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 East of England 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 66 43 48
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 50 115 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 2.358% 3.898% 3.249%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.62% 21.10% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 77 32
Average daily rate £155 £275 £122
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.63% +126.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £85 £105 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £350 £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £265
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 29
Average hourly rate £17.50 £27.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.18% +92.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.90 £14.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.40 £71.25 £56.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -11.42%
All Qualifications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
367 545 435
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.31% 18.47% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 269 153
Average daily rate £325 £320 £273
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% +17.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £169 £126 £80
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 60 78
Average hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +32.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £12.77 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.40 £47.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Essex -5 21 £95 -13.63%
Hertfordshire +3 13 £150 -38.46%
Bedfordshire +4 6 £188 -48.97%
Cambridgeshire -8 6 £225 -21.73%
Norfolk -11 3 - -
East Anglia +13 1 - -
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 59 (64.13%) Microsoft
2 57 (61.96%) Windows
3 50 (54.35%) MCSE
3 50 (54.35%) Active Directory
4 34 (36.96%) MCP
5 32 (34.78%) ITIL
6 29 (31.52%) SLA
7 26 (28.26%) HP
7 26 (28.26%) MS Exchange
7 26 (28.26%) VMware
8 21 (22.83%) McAfee
8 21 (22.83%) MCDST
9 18 (19.57%) OVSD
9 18 (19.57%) MS Office
9 18 (19.57%) OpenView
9 18 (19.57%) Cisco
9 18 (19.57%) Citrix
10 16 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
11 15 (16.30%) Exchange Server 2003
11 15 (16.30%) Exchange Server 2010
11 15 (16.30%) WAN
12 14 (15.22%) MS Excel
12 14 (15.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 13 (14.13%) Service Delivery
13 13 (14.13%) SQL
14 12 (13.04%) VB
14 12 (13.04%) LAN
14 12 (13.04%) TCP/IP
14 12 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 Development
1 1 (1.087%) CSS
1 1 (1.087%) Web Services
1 1 (1.087%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 26 (28.26%) MS Exchange
2 15 (16.30%) Exchange Server 2003
2 15 (16.30%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (7.609%) SharePoint
4 5 (5.435%) Lotus Notes
5 4 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (2.174%) Lync
7 1 (1.087%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (1.087%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (19.57%) MS Office
2 14 (15.22%) MS Excel
3 3 (3.261%) Acrobat
3 3 (3.261%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.261%) MS Project
4 2 (2.174%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.087%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.087%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (16.30%) WAN
2 12 (13.04%) LAN
2 12 (13.04%) TCP/IP
3 10 (10.87%) SAN
4 9 (9.783%) Firewall
5 8 (8.696%) DNS
6 6 (6.522%) DHCP
7 5 (5.435%) VPN
7 5 (5.435%) iSCSI
8 4 (4.348%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (4.348%) VoIP
8 4 (4.348%) Wireless
9 2 (2.174%) NAS
10 1 (1.087%) IPsec
10 1 (1.087%) MPLS
10 1 (1.087%) Intranet
10 1 (1.087%) Internet
10 1 (1.087%) Network Security
10 1 (1.087%) WAAS
10 1 (1.087%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.87%) SQL Server
2 8 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (6.522%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (5.435%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.087%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (1.087%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.087%) Oracle 9i
5 1 (1.087%) MySQL
5 1 (1.087%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (1.087%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.087%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.087%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (10.87%) MSI
2 7 (7.609%) InstallShield
3 5 (5.435%) AdminStudio
General
1 6 (6.522%) Retail
2 5 (5.435%) Telecoms
3 4 (4.348%) Welsh Language
4 3 (3.261%) Finance
4 3 (3.261%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (2.174%) Danish Language
5 2 (2.174%) French Language
5 2 (2.174%) German Language
5 2 (2.174%) Hebrew Language
5 2 (2.174%) Swedish Language
6 1 (1.087%) Back Office
6 1 (1.087%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.087%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 32 (34.78%) Analyst
2 17 (18.48%) Service Analyst
2 17 (18.48%) Service Desk Analyst
3 14 (15.22%) Help Desk Analyst
4 12 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (9.783%) Support Engineer
5 9 (9.783%) Support Analyst
6 7 (7.609%) Applications Packager
6 7 (7.609%) Consultant
7 5 (5.435%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (4.348%) Rollout Engineer
8 4 (4.348%) 1st Line Support
8 4 (4.348%) Migration Engineer
9 3 (3.261%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.261%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 3 (3.261%) Desktop Support
9 3 (3.261%) Network Engineer
9 3 (3.261%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 3 (3.261%) Service Desk Technician
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.609%) NHS
2 6 (6.522%) Clustering
3 4 (4.348%) Fat Client
3 4 (4.348%) PACS
3 4 (4.348%) Thin Client
4 2 (2.174%) Blackberry
4 2 (2.174%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.174%) Replication
5 1 (1.087%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.087%) iPhone
5 1 (1.087%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 57 (61.96%) Windows
2 12 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (11.96%) Windows 7
3 11 (11.96%) Windows XP
4 8 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (5.435%) UNIX
6 2 (2.174%) Windows 2000
7 1 (1.087%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.087%) Android
7 1 (1.087%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (34.78%) ITIL
2 13 (14.13%) Service Delivery
3 7 (7.609%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (7.609%) Migration
4 6 (6.522%) Validation
5 5 (5.435%) Time Management
5 5 (5.435%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (5.435%) Change Control
6 4 (4.348%) Build Automation
6 4 (4.348%) Performance Management
6 4 (4.348%) Load Balancing
6 4 (4.348%) Release Management
6 4 (4.348%) Project Management
7 3 (3.261%) Incident Management
7 3 (3.261%) Problem Management
7 3 (3.261%) Network Management
8 2 (2.174%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (2.174%) PRINCE2
8 2 (2.174%) Programme Office Management
9 1 (1.087%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.13%) SQL
2 12 (13.04%) VB
3 11 (11.96%) VBScript
4 9 (9.783%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.087%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.087%) C
5 1 (1.087%) C#
Qualifications
1 50 (54.35%) MCSE
2 34 (36.96%) MCP
3 21 (22.83%) MCDST
4 12 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (13.04%) MCITP
5 10 (10.87%) MCSA
6 9 (9.783%) CCNA
7 8 (8.696%) Security Cleared
8 7 (7.609%) Degree
9 4 (4.348%) CCEE
9 4 (4.348%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (4.348%) Citrix Certification
9 4 (4.348%) CCNP
10 2 (2.174%) VCP4
10 2 (2.174%) HND
10 2 (2.174%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (2.174%) ECDL
11 1 (1.087%) CCSA
11 1 (1.087%) CCSP
11 1 (1.087%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (31.52%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (54.35%) Active Directory
2 16 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (8.696%) Hyper-V
3 8 (8.696%) Microsoft App-V
4 7 (7.609%) Terminal Services
4 7 (7.609%) Forefront TMG
5 5 (5.435%) XenApp
6 4 (4.348%) ISA Server
7 3 (3.261%) XenDesktop
7 3 (3.261%) vSphere
8 2 (2.174%) IAG
8 2 (2.174%) XenServer
9 1 (1.087%) VMware ESX
9 1 (1.087%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (1.087%) NFS
9 1 (1.087%) ProxySG
9 1 (1.087%) Snort
Systems Management
1 18 (19.57%) OVSD
1 18 (19.57%) OpenView
2 14 (15.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 12 (13.04%) SCCM
4 9 (9.783%) Backup Exec
5 3 (3.261%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 2 (2.174%) Cisco UCCE
6 2 (2.174%) SCOM
6 2 (2.174%) WSUS
6 2 (2.174%) NetBackup
7 1 (1.087%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (1.087%) Tivoli
7 1 (1.087%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (1.087%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.087%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 59 (64.13%) Microsoft
2 26 (28.26%) HP
2 26 (28.26%) VMware
3 21 (22.83%) McAfee
4 18 (19.57%) Cisco
4 18 (19.57%) Citrix
5 10 (10.87%) Remedy
6 7 (7.609%) Adobe
7 6 (6.522%) Oracle
8 5 (5.435%) Symantec
8 5 (5.435%) Lotus
8 5 (5.435%) Dell
9 4 (4.348%) ADIC
9 4 (4.348%) CommVault
9 4 (4.348%) Veritas
9 4 (4.348%) Compaq
9 4 (4.348%) CheckPoint
9 4 (4.348%) AppSense
10 2 (2.174%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.174%) Apple
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