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 Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 20 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 Sussex 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 19 18 16
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 19 24 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 6.643% 6.685% 8.051%
As % of the Vendors category 32.20% 26.67% 28.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 14
Average daily rate £380 £525 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.61% +59.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £260 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £13.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -21.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
All Vendors
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
59 90 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 20.63% 25.07% 27.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 47 44
Average daily rate £400 £380 £460
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -17.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £498 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 4
Average hourly rate £22.25 £16.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.06% +4.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.04 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+0.21% -5.00%
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 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
Brighton -5 10 £380 -27.61% 4
Hastings - 2 £150 -
Hove - - - - 1
Lewes - - - -
Bexhill-On-Sea - - - - 1
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 27 (57.45%) Windows
2 21 (44.68%) Cisco
3 20 (42.55%) SAN
4 18 (38.30%) VMware
5 17 (36.17%) Citrix
6 16 (34.04%) SharePoint
7 15 (31.91%) VMware Infrastructure
8 14 (29.79%) SQL
9 11 (23.40%) Firewall
10 10 (21.28%) Project Management
10 10 (21.28%) HP
10 10 (21.28%) SQL Server
11 9 (19.15%) NetApp
11 9 (19.15%) Hyper-V
12 8 (17.02%) NAS
12 8 (17.02%) XenApp
12 8 (17.02%) Windows 7
12 8 (17.02%) Fat Client
12 8 (17.02%) SCCM
12 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (17.02%) Thin Client
12 8 (17.02%) C#
12 8 (17.02%) MS Excel
13 7 (14.89%) .NET
13 7 (14.89%) XenServer
13 7 (14.89%) SQL Server 2008
13 7 (14.89%) vSphere
14 6 (12.77%) Mobile Computing
14 6 (12.77%) Software Distribution
14 6 (12.77%) XenDesktop

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 7 (14.89%) .NET
2 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET
2 5 (10.64%) COM+
3 3 (6.383%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (4.255%) WPF
4 2 (4.255%) LINQ
4 2 (4.255%) MDX
5 1 (2.128%) WCF
5 1 (2.128%) Task Parallel Library
5 1 (2.128%) REST
Application Platforms
1 16 (34.04%) SharePoint
2 5 (10.64%) IIS
2 5 (10.64%) Windows Azure
2 5 (10.64%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (2.128%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (17.02%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.511%) MS Office
3 3 (6.383%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.128%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.128%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 20 (42.55%) SAN
2 11 (23.40%) Firewall
3 8 (17.02%) NAS
4 5 (10.64%) NetScreen
4 5 (10.64%) LAN
4 5 (10.64%) WAN
4 5 (10.64%) TCP/IP
5 4 (8.511%) DNS
5 4 (8.511%) DHCP
5 4 (8.511%) VoIP
5 4 (8.511%) MPLS
6 2 (4.255%) HTTP
7 1 (2.128%) VLAN
7 1 (2.128%) CTI
7 1 (2.128%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.28%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.89%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (8.511%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (6.383%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.255%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (4.255%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (2.128%) MS Access
6 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.255%) Selenium
1 2 (4.255%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.128%) Moq
2 1 (2.128%) SpecFlow
General
1 6 (12.77%) Finance
2 3 (6.383%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.255%) Banking
4 1 (2.128%) Advertising
4 1 (2.128%) Back Office
4 1 (2.128%) Marketing
4 1 (2.128%) Local Government
4 1 (2.128%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Architect
2 9 (19.15%) Infrastructure Architect
3 8 (17.02%) Developer
3 8 (17.02%) Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) C# Developer
5 5 (10.64%) Technical Architect
6 4 (8.511%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (8.511%) Support Analyst
7 3 (6.383%) Support Engineer
7 3 (6.383%) Server Specialist
7 3 (6.383%) Storage Specialist
7 3 (6.383%) Trainer
7 3 (6.383%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (6.383%) IT Support
8 2 (4.255%) QA Consultant
8 2 (4.255%) Test Leader
8 2 (4.255%) Software Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Tester
8 2 (4.255%) QA Tester
8 2 (4.255%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Fat Client
1 8 (17.02%) Thin Client
2 6 (12.77%) Mobile Computing
3 4 (8.511%) PaaS
4 3 (6.383%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.255%) Blackberry
6 1 (2.128%) Clustering
6 1 (2.128%) E-Learning
6 1 (2.128%) Replication
6 1 (2.128%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.128%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (2.128%) CCTV
6 1 (2.128%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (2.128%) CMDB
6 1 (2.128%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 27 (57.45%) Windows
2 8 (17.02%) Windows 7
3 6 (12.77%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (10.64%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (6.383%) Windows XP
6 2 (4.255%) Solaris
6 2 (4.255%) Windows Vista
7 1 (2.128%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.28%) Project Management
2 6 (12.77%) Software Distribution
3 5 (10.64%) TOGAF
3 5 (10.64%) MVC
3 5 (10.64%) ITIL
4 4 (8.511%) ITIL V2
4 4 (8.511%) Multithreading
4 4 (8.511%) PRINCE2
4 4 (8.511%) Migration
5 3 (6.383%) TDD
5 3 (6.383%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (4.255%) Software Deployment
6 2 (4.255%) Dimensional Modelling
6 2 (4.255%) OO
6 2 (4.255%) TQM
6 2 (4.255%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (4.255%) Service Management
6 2 (4.255%) Scrum
7 1 (2.128%) Change Management
7 1 (2.128%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.79%) SQL
2 8 (17.02%) C#
3 2 (4.255%) Lua
4 1 (2.128%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.128%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (12.77%) MCITP
2 6 (12.77%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (12.77%) CCNA
2 6 (12.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (10.64%) MCTS
4 3 (6.383%) MCSE
5 2 (4.255%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.255%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.255%) ISEB
5 2 (4.255%) Degree
6 1 (2.128%) MCP
6 1 (2.128%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.383%) SLA
2 2 (4.255%) QA
System Software
1 15 (31.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (19.15%) Hyper-V
3 8 (17.02%) XenApp
4 7 (14.89%) XenServer
4 7 (14.89%) vSphere
5 6 (12.77%) XenDesktop
6 3 (6.383%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (6.383%) Active Directory
7 2 (4.255%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (17.02%) SCCM
2 5 (10.64%) EMC NetWorker
3 4 (8.511%) NetBackup
4 2 (4.255%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (44.68%) Cisco
2 18 (38.30%) VMware
3 17 (36.17%) Citrix
4 10 (21.28%) HP
5 9 (19.15%) NetApp
6 5 (10.64%) EMC
7 4 (8.511%) CommVault
7 4 (8.511%) Intel
8 3 (6.383%) StorageTek
8 3 (6.383%) Symantec
9 2 (4.255%) Lumension
9 2 (4.255%) SAP
9 2 (4.255%) Oracle
9 2 (4.255%) CA
9 2 (4.255%) Avaya
9 2 (4.255%) Sun
9 2 (4.255%) Nortel
9 2 (4.255%) AppSense
10 1 (2.128%) Fujitsu
10 1 (2.128%) Mitel