The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax 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 Halifax 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 12 16 16
Rank change year-on-year
+4 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 8 15 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 6.667% 6.608% 6.557%
As % of the Vendors category 24.24% 37.50% 38.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 5
Average daily rate £265 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.26% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £275 £318
10% offered a daily rate of more than £362 £439 £427
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
33 40 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 27.50% 17.62% 17.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 32 12
Average daily rate £405 £380 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.57% -15.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
West Yorkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 8 (44.44%) MS Office
3 7 (38.89%) SQL
3 7 (38.89%) Finance
4 6 (33.33%) StreamWeaver
4 6 (33.33%) .NET
5 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
5 5 (27.78%) Workflow
6 4 (22.22%) Banking
6 4 (22.22%) Document Management
7 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
7 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 2 (11.11%) MS Project
8 2 (11.11%) SAP
8 2 (11.11%) Windows XP
8 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
8 2 (11.11%) Lotus Notes
8 2 (11.11%) ARCserve
8 2 (11.11%) Project Management
8 2 (11.11%) NFS
8 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
8 2 (11.11%) EMC
8 2 (11.11%) Citrix
8 2 (11.11%) SAN
8 2 (11.11%) NetApp
8 2 (11.11%) Lotus
8 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (11.11%) Retail Banking
8 2 (11.11%) Retail

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 6 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (5.556%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) StreamWeaver
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (11.11%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 8 (44.44%) MS Office
2 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
3 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
4 2 (11.11%) MS Project
4 2 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (5.556%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 2 (11.11%) SAN
1 2 (11.11%) iSCSI
1 2 (11.11%) NAS
1 2 (11.11%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (5.556%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.556%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (5.556%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (5.556%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Banking
3 2 (11.11%) Retail Banking
3 2 (11.11%) Retail
3 2 (11.11%) Back Office
4 1 (5.556%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.556%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) SAP Data Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Documentation Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) .NET Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Report Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) SQL Developer
4 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows XP
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Workflow
2 4 (22.22%) Document Management
3 2 (11.11%) Project Management
3 2 (11.11%) Service Management
3 2 (11.11%) Time Management
3 2 (11.11%) Analytics
4 1 (5.556%) Data Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Change Management
4 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.556%) ERP
4 1 (5.556%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) C#
2 1 (5.556%) T-SQL
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) NFS
1 2 (11.11%) VMware ESX
1 2 (11.11%) Xen
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) ARCserve
1 2 (11.11%) NetBackup
1 2 (11.11%) Backup Exec
1 2 (11.11%) Opalis
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) SAP
1 2 (11.11%) EMC
1 2 (11.11%) Citrix
1 2 (11.11%) NetApp
1 2 (11.11%) Lotus
1 2 (11.11%) VMware
2 1 (5.556%) Business Objects
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