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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1217
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads59876268
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.895 %6.649 %
As % of the category below19.89 %16.69 %
Daily rates quoted17121724
Average minimum daily rate£329£327
Average daily rate£350£346
% change on same period last year+1.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£308
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted1132970
Average minimum hourly rate£18.47£19.73
Average hourly rate£19.88£21.06
% change on same period last year-5.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.28£22.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.12£20.60
% change on same period last year-7.17 %
Vendors EnglandVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads3009837547
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.69 %39.83 %
Daily rates quoted907710944
Average minimum daily rate£383£389
Average daily rate£407£413
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£356
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted27193078
Average minimum hourly rate£22.03£24.23
Average hourly rate£23.57£25.86
% change on same period last year-8.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.12£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.91£25.10
% change on same period last year-8.72 %
Microsoft UKMicrosoft
UK

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

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

England Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Microsoft within the England region over the 3 months to 4 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+62485£376+0.09 %
South EastUp+51385£335+4.44 %
East of EnglandUp+4474£322-3.98 %
South WestDown-1330£339+1.86 %
YorkshireNo change0321£264-6.44 %
North WestDown-4318£290+18.76 %
West MidlandsUp+1291£278+1.70 %
East MidlandsDown-2188£286-6.03 %
North EastUp+394£357+58.82 %
MidlandsUp+1393£318-4.80 %
South CoastUp+72--
Microsoft UKMicrosoft
UK

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

14455 (35.93 %)Windows
23384 (27.29 %)MS Excel
33026 (24.41 %)MS Office
42470 (19.92 %)SQL Server
52440 (19.68 %).NET
62148 (17.33 %)Active Directory
72017 (16.27 %)SQL
81835 (14.80 %)MS Exchange
91834 (14.79 %)C#
101774 (14.31 %)Finance
111195 (9.639 %)Microsoft Certification
121184 (9.550 %)ASP.NET
131084 (8.743 %)SharePoint
141053 (8.493 %)Windows 2000
151046 (8.437 %)Windows XP
16929 (7.493 %)Oracle
17920 (7.421 %)XML
18844 (6.808 %)Exchange Server 2003
19821 (6.622 %)Project Management
20820 (6.614 %)SQL Server 2005
21799 (6.445 %)MS Project
22780 (6.291 %)Banking
23754 (6.082 %)Citrix
24734 (5.920 %)Security Cleared
25690 (5.565 %)ITIL
26683 (5.509 %)MCSE
27667 (5.380 %)HP
28665 (5.364 %)TCP/IP
28665 (5.364 %)Unix
29651 (5.251 %)PRINCE2

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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
12440 (19.68 %).NET
21184 (9.550 %)ASP.NET
3920 (7.421 %)XML
4636 (5.130 %)HTML
5599 (4.831 %)WebServices
6443 (3.573 %)CSS
7421 (3.396 %).NET Framework
8402 (3.242 %)ASP
9213 (1.718 %)XSLT
10175 (1.412 %)WinForms
11170 (1.371 %)J2EE
12167 (1.347 %)AJAX
13159 (1.282 %)ASP.NET 2.0
14155 (1.250 %)XHTML
15146 (1.178 %)MFC
16135 (1.089 %)WCF
17127 (1.024 %)Windows SharePoint Services
18111 (0.895 %)XSL
19102 (0.823 %)COM
2099 (0.799 %)WebSphere
Application Platforms
11835 (14.80 %)MS Exchange
21084 (8.743 %)SharePoint
3844 (6.808 %)Exchange Server 2003
4542 (4.372 %)IIS
5502 (4.049 %)SharePoint Server 2007
6448 (3.613 %)Exchange Server 2000
7384 (3.097 %)Lotus Notes
8329 (2.654 %)BizTalk Server
9296 (2.387 %)Exchange Server 2007
10153 (1.234 %)CMS
11127 (1.024 %)Exchange Server 5.5
12102 (0.823 %)Apache
1388 (0.710 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1480 (0.645 %)Content Management Server
1576 (0.613 %)GroupWise
1675 (0.605 %)Office Project Server
1770 (0.565 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1868 (0.548 %)Tomcat
1963 (0.508 %)WebLogic
2060 (0.484 %)Office Communications Server
Applications
13384 (27.29 %)MS Excel
23026 (24.41 %)MS Office
3799 (6.445 %)MS Project
4589 (4.751 %)MS PowerPoint
5397 (3.202 %)MS Visio
693 (0.750 %)Photoshop
761 (0.492 %)InfoPath
859 (0.476 %)CA Clarity
949 (0.395 %)Acrobat
1030 (0.242 %)AutoCAD
1124 (0.194 %)Fireworks
1222 (0.177 %)Adobe Illustrator
1320 (0.161 %)RoboHelp
1416 (0.129 %)Open Workbench
1514 (0.113 %)DeltaView
1613 (0.105 %)FrameMaker
1710 (0.081 %)CATIA
188 (0.065 %)MATLAB
197 (0.056 %)QuarkXPress
197 (0.056 %)Paint Shop Pro
Business Applications
1176 (1.420 %)Microsoft CRM
282 (0.661 %)Dynamics CRM
363 (0.508 %)Dynamics AX
448 (0.387 %)SoftGrid
533 (0.266 %)Oracle EBS
630 (0.242 %)Axapta
728 (0.226 %)Summit
827 (0.218 %)Great Plains
923 (0.186 %)assyst
1017 (0.137 %)Navision
1114 (0.113 %)Misys Midas
1213 (0.105 %)Loan IQ
1213 (0.105 %)Oracle 11i
1312 (0.097 %)Oracle Applications
1312 (0.097 %)Hyperion Enterprise
1411 (0.089 %)HFM
1510 (0.081 %)Retail-J
169 (0.073 %)SAP R/3
178 (0.065 %)Endur
178 (0.065 %)SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1665 (5.364 %)TCP/IP
2528 (4.259 %)Internet
3507 (4.089 %)DNS
4424 (3.420 %)Firewall
4424 (3.420 %)LAN
5411 (3.315 %)SAN
6399 (3.218 %)WAN
7290 (2.339 %)VPN
8266 (2.146 %)DHCP
9236 (1.904 %)Intranet
10181 (1.460 %)WINS
11111 (0.895 %)Wireless
12104 (0.839 %)VoIP
1387 (0.702 %)LDAP
1387 (0.702 %)HTTP
1464 (0.516 %)SMTP
1559 (0.476 %)Network Security
1654 (0.436 %)VLAN
1752 (0.419 %)Ethernet
1845 (0.363 %)SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
12470 (19.92 %)SQL Server
2820 (6.614 %)SQL Server 2005
3547 (4.412 %)SQL Server 2000
4348 (2.807 %)MS Access
5281 (2.266 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6245 (1.976 %)SQL Server 7
7171 (1.379 %)Datawarehouse
8159 (1.282 %)Oracle 10g
9157 (1.266 %)SQL Server Integration Services
10148 (1.194 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
11143 (1.153 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
12136 (1.097 %)Crystal Reports
13118 (0.952 %)DTS
14115 (0.928 %)BusinessObjects
15107 (0.863 %)RDBMS
15107 (0.863 %)Oracle 9i
1699 (0.799 %)Oracle Reports
1796 (0.774 %)OLAP
1889 (0.718 %)MySQL
1980 (0.645 %)Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1515 (4.154 %)Visual Studio
2124 (1.000 %)VSS/SourceSafe
396 (0.774 %)NUnit
488 (0.710 %)MSI
579 (0.637 %)Flash
654 (0.436 %)ClearCase
654 (0.436 %)Subversion
751 (0.411 %)Dreamweaver
850 (0.403 %)InstallShield
946 (0.371 %)Ant
1044 (0.355 %)Eclipse
1142 (0.339 %)ClearQuest
1240 (0.323 %)TestDirector
1334 (0.274 %)JUnit
1433 (0.266 %)Rational Rose
1531 (0.250 %)Selenium
1628 (0.226 %)FrontPage
1725 (0.202 %)FitNesse
1824 (0.194 %)QuickTest Pro
1923 (0.186 %)WinRunner
General
11774 (14.31 %)Finance
2780 (6.291 %)Banking
3589 (4.751 %)Government
4421 (3.396 %)Investment Banking
5341 (2.750 %)Telecoms
6261 (2.105 %)Insurance
7258 (2.081 %)Retail
8250 (2.016 %)Front Office
9237 (1.912 %)Legal
10231 (1.863 %)Health
11200 (1.613 %)Law
12178 (1.436 %)Marketing
13134 (1.081 %)Education
14122 (0.984 %)Back Office
1595 (0.766 %)Local Government
1686 (0.694 %)Financial Institution
1785 (0.686 %)Pharmaceutical
1876 (0.613 %)Publishing
1973 (0.589 %)Manufacturing
2060 (0.484 %)Pensions
Job Titles
12478 (19.99 %)Analyst
22457 (19.82 %)Developer
3891 (7.187 %)Support Analyst
4706 (5.694 %)Consultant
5691 (5.573 %)Support Engineer
6667 (5.380 %).NET Developer
7603 (4.864 %)Administrator
8580 (4.678 %)Desktop Support
9558 (4.501 %)Project Manager
10544 (4.388 %)C# Developer
11473 (3.815 %)2nd Line Support
12434 (3.501 %)Architect
13399 (3.218 %)Helpdesk Analyst
14359 (2.896 %)Helpdesk Support
15307 (2.476 %)1st Line Support
16292 (2.355 %)Desktop Engineer
17291 (2.347 %)Business Analyst
18263 (2.121 %)3rd Line Support
19230 (1.855 %)Service Analyst
20222 (1.791 %)DBA
Miscellaneous
1309 (2.492 %)Blackberry
2303 (2.444 %)NHS
3238 (1.920 %)Clustering
4174 (1.403 %)Derivative
5135 (1.089 %)Equity Derivative
6121 (0.976 %)Client/Server
7104 (0.839 %)Replication
8100 (0.807 %)Management Information System
8100 (0.807 %)N-Tier
996 (0.774 %)Thin Client
996 (0.774 %)Fat Client
1095 (0.766 %)Fixed Income
1194 (0.758 %)French Language
1293 (0.750 %)AS400
1293 (0.750 %)Asset Management
1382 (0.661 %)Equities
1477 (0.621 %)Mainframe
1564 (0.516 %)German Language
1659 (0.476 %)Mathematics
1758 (0.468 %)W3C
Operating Systems
14455 (35.93 %)Windows
21053 (8.493 %)Windows 2000
31046 (8.437 %)Windows XP
4665 (5.364 %)Unix
5644 (5.194 %)Windows Server 2003
6504 (4.065 %)Windows NT
7449 (3.622 %)Linux
8236 (1.904 %)Solaris
9124 (1.000 %)NetWare
1072 (0.581 %)AIX
1160 (0.484 %)Windows Vista
1258 (0.468 %)HPUX
1356 (0.452 %)Windows Mobile
1442 (0.339 %)Mac OS X
1533 (0.266 %)VMS
1613 (0.105 %)MVS
1613 (0.105 %)SUSE
178 (0.065 %)VxWorks
178 (0.065 %)VME
187 (0.056 %)Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1821 (6.622 %)Project Management
2734 (5.920 %)Security Cleared
3690 (5.565 %)ITIL
4651 (5.251 %)PRINCE2
5604 (4.872 %)Migration
6391 (3.154 %)SC Cleared
7388 (3.130 %)OO
8331 (2.670 %)UML
9326 (2.629 %)CRM
10228 (1.839 %)Agile Software Development
11216 (1.742 %)Change Management
12203 (1.637 %)Web Development
13198 (1.597 %)Business Intelligence
14195 (1.573 %)Content Management
15188 (1.516 %)Workflow
16179 (1.444 %)E-Commerce
17173 (1.395 %)Project Planning
18167 (1.347 %)Service Management
19161 (1.299 %)Service Delivery
20152 (1.226 %)Business Analysis
Programming Languages
12017 (16.27 %)SQL
21834 (14.79 %)C#
3568 (4.581 %)VB
4535 (4.315 %)JavaScript
5503 (4.057 %)C++
6404 (3.259 %)Java
7387 (3.121 %)VB.NET
8311 (2.508 %)Transact-SQL
9249 (2.008 %)VBA
10222 (1.791 %)VBScript
11221 (1.783 %)C
12169 (1.363 %)PL/SQL
13148 (1.194 %)VB6
14114 (0.920 %)Perl
15102 (0.823 %)VC++
1693 (0.750 %)DHTML
1770 (0.565 %)PHP
1839 (0.315 %)Shell Script
1924 (0.194 %)COBOL
2021 (0.169 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
11195 (9.639 %)Microsoft Certification
2683 (5.509 %)MCSE
3414 (3.339 %)Degree
4319 (2.573 %)MCP
5183 (1.476 %)Cisco Certification
6128 (1.032 %)CCNA
7113 (0.911 %)MCSA
7113 (0.911 %)PRINCE2 Certification
890 (0.726 %)Citrix Certification
986 (0.694 %)ISEB
1074 (0.597 %)ITIL Certification
1169 (0.557 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1263 (0.508 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1263 (0.508 %)CCA
1347 (0.379 %)CCNP
1445 (0.363 %)MCSD
1540 (0.323 %)Novell Certification
1638 (0.307 %)CNE
1733 (0.266 %)MCTS
1824 (0.194 %)CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1188 (1.516 %)SLA
2146 (1.178 %)QA
331 (0.250 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
427 (0.218 %)ISO9001
522 (0.177 %)WAI
616 (0.129 %)ISO9000
710 (0.081 %)BS7799
88 (0.065 %)Basel II
96 (0.048 %)ISO27001
96 (0.048 %)GMP
105 (0.040 %)WCAG
105 (0.040 %)BS15000
114 (0.032 %)ISO17799
123 (0.024 %)BS7666
123 (0.024 %)COBIT
123 (0.024 %)JSP 440
132 (0.016 %)MiFID
132 (0.016 %)TickIT
132 (0.016 %)ISO12207
132 (0.016 %)RosettaNet
System Software
12148 (17.33 %)Active Directory
2244 (1.968 %)VMware Infrastructure
3224 (1.807 %)VMware ESX
4134 (1.081 %)ISA Server
5114 (0.920 %)Backup Exec
6113 (0.911 %)Citrix Presentation Server
7111 (0.895 %)NetBackup
876 (0.613 %)Terminal Services
970 (0.565 %)Terminal Server
1055 (0.444 %)MetaFrame
1137 (0.298 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1234 (0.274 %)MSMQ
1330 (0.242 %)NDS
1422 (0.177 %)Oracle RAC
1521 (0.169 %)VMware Workstation
1618 (0.145 %)VMware Server
1716 (0.129 %)VMware GSX
1815 (0.121 %)Novell eDirectory
1910 (0.081 %)MailMarshal
1910 (0.081 %)Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1361 (2.912 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2180 (1.452 %)MOM
364 (0.516 %)Norton AntiVirus
463 (0.508 %)SCCM
562 (0.500 %)OpenView
654 (0.436 %)WSUS
747 (0.379 %)SCOM
846 (0.371 %)Tivoli
846 (0.371 %)ZENworks
931 (0.250 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1029 (0.234 %)DameWare
1122 (0.177 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1122 (0.177 %)Legato
1219 (0.153 %)ARCserve
1219 (0.153 %)MAILsweeper
1314 (0.113 %)MIIS
1314 (0.113 %)EMC NetWorker
1410 (0.081 %)Unicenter
158 (0.065 %)HP Data Protector
167 (0.056 %)BMC Marimba
Vendors
1929 (7.493 %)Oracle
2754 (6.082 %)Citrix
3667 (5.380 %)HP
4576 (4.646 %)Cisco
5574 (4.630 %)VMware
6399 (3.218 %)Lotus
7279 (2.250 %)Novell
8256 (2.065 %)IBM
9243 (1.960 %)SAP
10203 (1.637 %)Remedy
11179 (1.444 %)Dell
12160 (1.291 %)VERITAS
13153 (1.234 %)Symantec
14115 (0.928 %)EMC
14115 (0.928 %)Business Objects
15112 (0.903 %)Sun
16111 (0.895 %)Bloomberg
17105 (0.847 %)Altiris
18103 (0.831 %)Adobe
1999 (0.799 %)Sybase
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