The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Exeter region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors for the Exeter 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 15 11 22
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 8 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 7.843% 12.28% 1.205%
As % of the Vendors category 22.22% 22.58% 2.564%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 1
Average daily rate £325 £175 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+85.71% -22.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £20.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Exeter
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
36 31 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 35.29% 54.39% 46.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 15 18
Average daily rate £325 £450 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £155 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £550 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Devon

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter 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 Exeter region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 10 (52.63%) MS Excel
2 7 (36.84%) SQL Server
3 5 (26.32%) ETL
3 5 (26.32%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (26.32%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (26.32%) ITIL
3 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
3 5 (26.32%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (26.32%) Kimball Methodology
4 4 (21.05%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (21.05%) SQL
4 4 (21.05%) .NET
5 3 (15.79%) DTS
5 3 (15.79%) Windows
5 3 (15.79%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (15.79%) Windows Azure
6 2 (10.53%) PerformancePoint
6 2 (10.53%) PowerPivot
6 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (10.53%) Cisco PIX
6 2 (10.53%) MDX
6 2 (10.53%) Fat Client
6 2 (10.53%) Firewall
6 2 (10.53%) VMware
6 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 2 (10.53%) Solaris

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 4 (21.05%) .NET
2 2 (10.53%) MDX
3 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.263%) CSS
3 1 (5.263%) jQuery
3 1 (5.263%) Software Packaging
3 1 (5.263%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.79%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 10 (52.63%) MS Excel
2 4 (21.05%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (10.53%) PowerPivot
4 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (36.84%) SQL Server
2 5 (26.32%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (15.79%) DTS
4 2 (10.53%) PerformancePoint
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (5.263%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MSI
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Report Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Technical Specialist
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) Business Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) Database Specialist
6 1 (5.263%) Applications Packager
6 1 (5.263%) Service Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.263%) .NET Developer
6 1 (5.263%) .NET Software Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Service Transition Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Fat Client
1 2 (10.53%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Solaris
3 1 (5.263%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) ETL
1 5 (26.32%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) ITIL
1 5 (26.32%) Kimball Methodology
2 3 (15.79%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
4 1 (5.263%) Service Management
4 1 (5.263%) Project Management
4 1 (5.263%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) C#
2 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) VMware
1 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
1 2 (10.53%) Cisco