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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 Farnham 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank13-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below46.15 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£230-
Average daily rate£240-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£316
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£11.00-
Average hourly rate£11.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£11.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.85£20.89
% change on same period last year-4.98 %
Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Farnham
Matching contract IT job ads134
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.004 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£230-
Average daily rate£240-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted44
Average minimum hourly rate£11.00£10.00
Average hourly rate£11.00£11.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£11.00£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Microsoft SurreyMicrosoft
Surrey

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

Farnham 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 Farnham region.

Farnham 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 Farnham region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Farnham 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 Farnham region.

Farnham 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 Farnham region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Farnham Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Farnham 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.

16 (75.00 %)SQL
24 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
24 (50.00 %)VB
24 (50.00 %).NET
24 (50.00 %)C#
24 (50.00 %)SQL Server
24 (50.00 %)COM+
24 (50.00 %)Windows
24 (50.00 %)Windows XP
24 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
24 (50.00 %)ASP
24 (50.00 %)VB6
24 (50.00 %)Web Development
32 (25.00 %)Degree
32 (25.00 %)Computer Science
32 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (25.00 %)Marketing
32 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (25.00 %)NetWare
32 (25.00 %)Novell
32 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
32 (25.00 %)MS Excel
32 (25.00 %)MS Office
32 (25.00 %)C++
32 (25.00 %)Oracle

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Farnham 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.

Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (50.00 %).NET
14 (50.00 %)COM+
14 (50.00 %)ASP
22 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)MS Excel
12 (25.00 %)MS Office
Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (50.00 %)SQL Server
22 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Marketing
Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (50.00 %)Developer
14 (50.00 %)C# Developer
14 (50.00 %)VB Developer
14 (50.00 %)ASP Developer
14 (50.00 %)VB6 Developer
22 (25.00 %)1st Line Support Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Desktop Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Desktop Support Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Helpdesk Support
22 (25.00 %)Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Support Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Helpdesk Analyst
22 (25.00 %)1st Line Support
22 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Field Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Desktop Support
Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (25.00 %)Computer Science
Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (50.00 %)Windows
14 (50.00 %)Windows XP
22 (25.00 %)NetWare
22 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (50.00 %)Web Development
Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (75.00 %)SQL
24 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
24 (50.00 %)VB
24 (50.00 %)C#
24 (50.00 %)VB6
32 (25.00 %)C++
Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (25.00 %)Degree
Farnham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (25.00 %)Novell
12 (25.00 %)Oracle