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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 Greenford 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %0.000 %
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£320£315
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£34.00-
Average hourly rate£36.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.86£20.83
% change on same period last year-4.63 %
Greenford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Greenford
Matching contract IT job ads17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.007 %
Daily rates quoted07
Average minimum daily rate-£292
Average daily rate-£292
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£292
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£359
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£34.00-
Average hourly rate£36.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.10£24.81
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Microsoft LondonMicrosoft
London

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the Greenford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Greenford 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 Greenford region.

Greenford Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

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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 across the Greenford region.

Greenford Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Greenford 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.

12 (100.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)VxWorks
21 (50.00 %)CMMI
21 (50.00 %)Firewall
21 (50.00 %)Aerospace
21 (50.00 %)Integration Testing
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)MS Office

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Greenford 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.

Greenford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Office
Greenford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)Firewall
Greenford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Aerospace
Greenford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Test Engineer
11 (50.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
Greenford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)VxWorks
Greenford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)CMMI
11 (50.00 %)Integration Testing
Greenford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C++