East of England Microsoft Consultant Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Microsoft Consultant role in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham City of London Devon Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England England Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Jersey Leicester Leicestershire London Midlands North East Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Poole Reading Scotland South East South Wales South West Swindon UK Wales West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	145	151
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.055 %	0.044 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£300
Average daily rate	-	£320
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£396	£362
% change on same period last year	+9.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	3633	4514
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.843 %	4.567 %
Daily rates quoted	1141	1383
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£329
Average daily rate	£358	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	513	588
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.62	£24.06
Average hourly rate	£24.16	£25.39
% change on same period last year	-4.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.70	£26.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	-	1	-	-
Bedfordshire	-	1	-	-

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 with Microsoft Consultant in their job title.

1 6 (100.00 %) Microsoft 2 3 (50.00 %) Windows 3 2 (33.33 %) SharePoint 3 2 (33.33 %) MS Exchange 3 2 (33.33 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 1 (16.67 %) Content Management 4 1 (16.67 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 1 (16.67 %) Marketing 4 1 (16.67 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 1 (16.67 %) WF 4 1 (16.67 %) MS Office 4 1 (16.67 %) Windows XP 4 1 (16.67 %) MS Excel 4 1 (16.67 %) CRM 4 1 (16.67 %) Windows NT

4 1 (16.67 %) Workflow 4 1 (16.67 %) Contact Management 4 1 (16.67 %) CMS 4 1 (16.67 %) Active Directory 4 1 (16.67 %) Microsoft CRM 4 1 (16.67 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 with Microsoft Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (16.67 %) WF	Application Platforms 1 2 (33.33 %) SharePoint 1 2 (33.33 %) MS Exchange 1 2 (33.33 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 1 (16.67 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 1 (16.67 %) CMS 2 1 (16.67 %) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications 1 1 (16.67 %) MS Office 1 1 (16.67 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (16.67 %) Microsoft CRM
General 1 1 (16.67 %) Marketing	Operating Systems 1 3 (50.00 %) Windows 2 1 (16.67 %) Windows NT 2 1 (16.67 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (16.67 %) CRM 1 1 (16.67 %) Workflow 1 1 (16.67 %) Contact Management 1 1 (16.67 %) Content Management	System Software 1 1 (16.67 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (16.67 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 6 (100.00 %) Microsoft