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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Falkirk region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank52
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below50.00 %50.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£308
% change on same period last year+4.49 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£10.00
Average hourly rate£15.00£11.00
% change on same period last year+36.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.73£20.19
% change on same period last year-2.31 %
Falkirk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Falkirk
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£355
% change on same period last year+1.00 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£10.00
Average hourly rate£17.50£11.00
% change on same period last year+59.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.00£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.38£24.36
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Microsoft ScotlandMicrosoft
Scotland

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 Falkirk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Falkirk 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 Falkirk region.

Falkirk Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Falkirk Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Falkirk 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.

11 (50.00 %)MS Office
11 (50.00 %)MCP
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (50.00 %)Broadband
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)DNS
11 (50.00 %)SLA
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
11 (50.00 %)HP
11 (50.00 %)Dell
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (50.00 %)Lotus
11 (50.00 %)Blackberry
11 (50.00 %)PDA

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Falkirk 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.

Falkirk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
Falkirk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Office
Falkirk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)Broadband
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)DNS
Falkirk IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Desktop Support
11 (50.00 %)Deployment Engineer
Falkirk IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Blackberry
11 (50.00 %)PDA
Falkirk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
Falkirk IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)MCP
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Falkirk IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)SLA
Falkirk IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Falkirk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)HP
11 (50.00 %)Dell
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)Lotus