Essex Microsoft Certification Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts within the Essex region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Ascot Ashton-under-Lyne Avon Aylesbury Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bolton Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Hull Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Lutterworth Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Penrith Poole Portsmouth Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rochdale Romford Rotherham Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South Croydon South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Spalding St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wimbledon Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	24	32
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	33	28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.044 %	0.028 %
As % of the category below	31.73 %	36.84 %
Daily rates quoted	21	16
Average minimum daily rate	£113	£98
Average daily rate	£114	£99
% change on same period last year	+14.44 %
Average maximum daily rate	£115	£101
UK excluding London average daily rate	£266	£275
% change on same period last year	-3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.10	£15.25
Average hourly rate	£24.72	£16.56
% change on same period last year	+49.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.35	£17.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.07	£23.18
% change on same period last year	-0.50 %
Qualifications Essex
Matching contract IT job ads	104	76
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.139 %	0.077 %
Daily rates quoted	45	32
Average minimum daily rate	£223	£143
Average daily rate	£230	£148
% change on same period last year	+54.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£236	£153
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£338
% change on same period last year	-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.67	£28.41
Average hourly rate	£37.53	£29.28
% change on same period last year	+28.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.40	£30.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.98	£25.56
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
Microsoft Certification East of England

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 Certification across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications 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 Certification across the Essex region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Essex region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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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 Certification across the Essex region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Essex region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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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 Certification within the Essex 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
Witham	0	7	£120	+24.44 %
Colchester	-6	5	-	-
Chelmsford	+5	3	£120	+33.33 %
Basildon	-	3	£109	-
Southend-on-Sea	-	1	£110	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 64 (75.29 %) Windows 2 44 (51.76 %) MCP 3 41 (48.24 %) Microsoft 4 36 (42.35 %) MCSE 5 32 (37.65 %) Windows NT 6 30 (35.29 %) MS Office 7 26 (30.59 %) Active Directory 8 21 (24.71 %) DHCP 9 17 (20.00 %) DNS 10 16 (18.82 %) MCSA 11 14 (16.47 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 12 13 (15.29 %) Windows 2000 13 12 (14.12 %) Degree 14 11 (12.94 %) MS Exchange 15 10 (11.76 %) TCP/IP

15 10 (11.76 %) Firewall 16 9 (10.59 %) MS Excel 16 9 (10.59 %) Windows XP 16 9 (10.59 %) Cisco 16 9 (10.59 %) Internet 16 9 (10.59 %) SMS 16 9 (10.59 %) NHS 17 8 (9.412 %) Windows Server 2003 17 8 (9.412 %) Back Office 18 7 (8.235 %) MCDST 19 6 (7.059 %) Exchange Server 2003 19 6 (7.059 %) Cisco Certification 19 6 (7.059 %) Citrix 19 6 (7.059 %) SharePoint 19 6 (7.059 %) MCSD

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 6 (7.059 %) .NET 2 5 (5.882 %) ADO.NET 2 5 (5.882 %) ASP.NET 3 4 (4.706 %) HTML 3 4 (4.706 %) Middleware 4 1 (1.176 %) WebServices 4 1 (1.176 %) XML 4 1 (1.176 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 11 (12.94 %) MS Exchange 2 6 (7.059 %) SharePoint 2 6 (7.059 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 3 (3.529 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 3 (3.529 %) CMS 4 1 (1.176 %) BizTalk Server 4 1 (1.176 %) Lotus Notes 4 1 (1.176 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 30 (35.29 %) MS Office 2 9 (10.59 %) MS Excel 3 3 (3.529 %) InfoPath	Communications & Networking 1 21 (24.71 %) DHCP 2 17 (20.00 %) DNS 3 10 (11.76 %) TCP/IP 3 10 (11.76 %) Firewall 4 9 (10.59 %) SMS 4 9 (10.59 %) Internet 5 6 (7.059 %) Cisco IOS 6 4 (4.706 %) OSPF 6 4 (4.706 %) SAN 7 3 (3.529 %) Wireless 8 1 (1.176 %) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (7.059 %) SQL Server 2 2 (2.353 %) SQL Server 7 2 2 (2.353 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 5 (5.882 %) Visual Studio
General 1 8 (9.412 %) Back Office 2 3 (3.529 %) Government 2 3 (3.529 %) Health 3 1 (1.176 %) Legal 3 1 (1.176 %) Local Government 3 1 (1.176 %) Auditing 3 1 (1.176 %) Finance 3 1 (1.176 %) Education 3 1 (1.176 %) Pharmaceutical	Job Titles 1 34 (40.00 %) Support Engineer 2 20 (23.53 %) Server Support 3 19 (22.35 %) Server Engineer 3 19 (22.35 %) Server Support Engineer 4 12 (14.12 %) Analyst 5 10 (11.76 %) Network Engineer 6 9 (10.59 %) Helpdesk Support 7 8 (9.412 %) 3rd Line Support 7 8 (9.412 %) Network Support 7 8 (9.412 %) Desktop Engineer 8 7 (8.235 %) Network Support Engineer 8 7 (8.235 %) Helpdesk Analyst 8 7 (8.235 %) Desktop Support 9 5 (5.882 %) Support Analyst 10 4 (4.706 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 10 4 (4.706 %) Senior Network Engineer 10 4 (4.706 %) Helpdesk Technician 10 4 (4.706 %) Desktop Support Engineer 11 3 (3.529 %) IT Support Analyst 11 3 (3.529 %) Administrator
Miscellaneous 1 9 (10.59 %) NHS 2 2 (2.353 %) Computer Science 3 1 (1.176 %) Client/Server 3 1 (1.176 %) Clustering 3 1 (1.176 %) Mathematics	Operating Systems 1 64 (75.29 %) Windows 2 32 (37.65 %) Windows NT 3 13 (15.29 %) Windows 2000 4 9 (10.59 %) Windows XP 5 8 (9.412 %) Windows Server 2003 6 2 (2.353 %) Linux 7 1 (1.176 %) UNIX 7 1 (1.176 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (4.706 %) UML 1 4 (4.706 %) Change Management 2 3 (3.529 %) Extreme Programming 2 3 (3.529 %) BPMN 3 2 (2.353 %) RUP 4 1 (1.176 %) Configuration Management 4 1 (1.176 %) Disaster Recovery 4 1 (1.176 %) Software Testing 4 1 (1.176 %) Test Scripting 4 1 (1.176 %) Time Management 4 1 (1.176 %) ITIL	Programming Languages 1 6 (7.059 %) C# 1 6 (7.059 %) SQL 2 5 (5.882 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (1.176 %) VB 3 1 (1.176 %) VB.NET
Qualifications 1 44 (51.76 %) MCP 2 36 (42.35 %) MCSE 3 16 (18.82 %) MCSA 4 12 (14.12 %) Degree 5 7 (8.235 %) MCDST 6 6 (7.059 %) Cisco Certification 6 6 (7.059 %) MCSD 7 5 (5.882 %) MCAD 8 4 (4.706 %) CCNP 9 3 (3.529 %) ECDL 10 2 (2.353 %) CCNA 10 2 (2.353 %) ISEB 10 2 (2.353 %) Citrix Certification 11 1 (1.176 %) CCA 11 1 (1.176 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.353 %) SLA 2 1 (1.176 %) QA
System Software 1 26 (30.59 %) Active Directory 2 3 (3.529 %) Terminal Server 3 1 (1.176 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 14 (16.47 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 41 (48.24 %) Microsoft 2 9 (10.59 %) Cisco 3 6 (7.059 %) Citrix 4 2 (2.353 %) VMware 5 1 (1.176 %) Oracle 5 1 (1.176 %) Lotus 5 1 (1.176 %) IBM 5 1 (1.176 %) HP 5 1 (1.176 %) Dell 5 1 (1.176 %) Intel