The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Specialist role in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Specialist in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Glasgow 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Specialist
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £395 £354
% change year-on-year
-0.63% +11.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £42.50 -
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
881 750 660
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 94.43% 95.30% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 352 379
Average daily rate £338 £319 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.79% -8.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 36 21
Average hourly rate £14.00 £22.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.77% +18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Microsoft Specialist
Scotland

Microsoft Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Microsoft Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Microsoft Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Microsoft Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Specialist
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region that cited Microsoft Specialist in their job title 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 with Microsoft Specialist in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) High Availability
3 2 (50.00%) SAN
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) IIS
3 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) PKI
3 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) MCSA

Microsoft Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region that cited Microsoft Specialist in their job title 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 with Microsoft Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) IIS
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) MCSA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco