Hammersmith Microsoft Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Hammersmith 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Airdrie Alderley Edge Aldershot Altrincham Amersham Andover Ashton-under-Lyne Atherstone Ayr Banbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beccles Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Belper Berkshire Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Braintree Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Bristol Bromley Buckfastleigh Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burton-upon-Trent Bury Caerphilly Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carrickfergus Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Clydebank Coatbridge Cobham Colchester Coleraine Corby Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Dalkeith Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorking Dorset Dronfield Dudley Dundee Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Fife Filton Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Great Yarmouth Guildford Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Johnstone Kegworth Kent Kidderminster Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Motherwell Neath Port Talbot Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northumbria Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Pershore Peterborough Plymouth Poole Port Talbot Portsmouth Potters Bar Prescot Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochdale Rochester Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidmouth Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark Spalding St Albans St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tidworth Tonbridge Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Wetherby Weybridge Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	9	6
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	5	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	18.52 %	42.86 %
Daily rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum daily rate	£295	£450
Average daily rate	£309	£475
% change on same period last year	-35.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£323	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	£311	£295
% change on same period last year	+5.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.89	£19.03
% change on same period last year	-0.72 %
Vendors Hammersmith
Matching contract IT job ads	27	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.043 %	0.015 %
Daily rates quoted	16	8
Average minimum daily rate	£378	£227
Average daily rate	£388	£237
% change on same period last year	+63.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£247
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.00	-
Average hourly rate	£26.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.26	£24.41
% change on same period last year	-0.60 %
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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 Hammersmith region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Hammersmith region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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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 Hammersmith region.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hammersmith 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 20 (62.50 %) Windows 2 11 (34.38 %) HP 2 11 (34.38 %) SAN 3 10 (31.25 %) Active Directory 3 10 (31.25 %) Windows Server 2003 4 9 (28.13 %) MS Exchange 4 9 (28.13 %) SQL Server 5 8 (25.00 %) Internet 6 7 (21.88 %) MS Excel 7 6 (18.75 %) ITIL 8 5 (15.63 %) SQL 8 5 (15.63 %) IIS 8 5 (15.63 %) SQL Server 2005 8 5 (15.63 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 5 (15.63 %) Data Protection

8 5 (15.63 %) Windows Server 2008 9 4 (12.50 %) Exchange Server 2003 9 4 (12.50 %) Disaster Recovery 9 4 (12.50 %) MIIS 9 4 (12.50 %) VERITAS 9 4 (12.50 %) MS Office 10 3 (9.375 %) ASP.NET 10 3 (9.375 %) .NET 10 3 (9.375 %) SMTP 10 3 (9.375 %) C# 10 3 (9.375 %) VPN 10 3 (9.375 %) MAPI 10 3 (9.375 %) SSL 10 3 (9.375 %) E-business 10 3 (9.375 %) VMware

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hammersmith 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 3 (9.375 %) ASP.NET 1 3 (9.375 %) .NET 1 3 (9.375 %) MAPI 2 2 (6.250 %) ASP 2 2 (6.250 %) SOAP 2 2 (6.250 %) WebServices 2 2 (6.250 %) XML 2 2 (6.250 %) XSD 2 2 (6.250 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 9 (28.13 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (15.63 %) IIS 2 5 (15.63 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 4 (12.50 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 2 (6.250 %) Sitecore CMS 4 2 (6.250 %) Lotus Notes 4 2 (6.250 %) CMS
Applications 1 7 (21.88 %) MS Excel 2 4 (12.50 %) MS Office 3 1 (3.125 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 11 (34.38 %) SAN 2 8 (25.00 %) Internet 3 3 (9.375 %) IMAP 3 3 (9.375 %) SSL 3 3 (9.375 %) SMTP 3 3 (9.375 %) VPN 4 1 (3.125 %) DNS 4 1 (3.125 %) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (28.13 %) SQL Server 2 5 (15.63 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (6.250 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 2 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2000 3 2 (6.250 %) SQL Server Reporting Services	Development Applications 1 2 (6.250 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (3.125 %) WinRunner 2 1 (3.125 %) TestDirector 2 1 (3.125 %) QuickTest Pro 2 1 (3.125 %) RequisitePro
General 1 2 (6.250 %) Government 1 2 (6.250 %) Health 2 1 (3.125 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 8 (25.00 %) Analyst 2 7 (21.88 %) Storage Engineer 3 5 (15.63 %) Administrator 4 4 (12.50 %) Consultant 4 4 (12.50 %) Incident Analyst 5 3 (9.375 %) Exchange Engineer 6 2 (6.250 %) Architect 6 2 (6.250 %) Developer 6 2 (6.250 %) 3rd Line Support 6 2 (6.250 %) Technical Analyst 6 2 (6.250 %) Applications Architect 7 1 (3.125 %) Microsoft Consultant 7 1 (3.125 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 1 (3.125 %) .NET Developer 7 1 (3.125 %) C# Developer 7 1 (3.125 %) Business Analyst 7 1 (3.125 %) Author 7 1 (3.125 %) Technical Author 7 1 (3.125 %) DBA 7 1 (3.125 %) Server Support
Miscellaneous 1 1 (3.125 %) NHS 1 1 (3.125 %) Firmware	Operating Systems 1 20 (62.50 %) Windows 2 10 (31.25 %) Windows Server 2003 3 5 (15.63 %) Windows Server 2008 4 1 (3.125 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (18.75 %) ITIL 2 5 (15.63 %) Data Protection 3 4 (12.50 %) Disaster Recovery 4 3 (9.375 %) E-business 4 3 (9.375 %) Problem Management 4 3 (9.375 %) SC Cleared 4 3 (9.375 %) Security Cleared 5 2 (6.250 %) Service Delivery 5 2 (6.250 %) Agile Software Development 5 2 (6.250 %) Content Management 5 2 (6.250 %) Enterprise Architecture 5 2 (6.250 %) Workflow 5 2 (6.250 %) Validation 6 1 (3.125 %) Migration 6 1 (3.125 %) PRINCE2 6 1 (3.125 %) UML 6 1 (3.125 %) Service Management 6 1 (3.125 %) Requirements Management 6 1 (3.125 %) Use Case 6 1 (3.125 %) Web Testing	Programming Languages 1 5 (15.63 %) SQL 2 3 (9.375 %) C#
Qualifications 1 1 (3.125 %) MCSE 1 1 (3.125 %) ISEB 1 1 (3.125 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (3.125 %) MCTS	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (9.375 %) QA
System Software 1 10 (31.25 %) Active Directory 2 3 (9.375 %) NetBackup 3 2 (6.250 %) Terminal Server 3 2 (6.250 %) NDS 3 2 (6.250 %) ISA Server 3 2 (6.250 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (3.125 %) VMware Server 4 1 (3.125 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (3.125 %) Terminal Services 4 1 (3.125 %) Backup Exec 4 1 (3.125 %) MailMarshal 4 1 (3.125 %) Microsoft Virtual Server	Systems Management 1 4 (12.50 %) MIIS 2 2 (6.250 %) SCCM 2 2 (6.250 %) SCOM 3 1 (3.125 %) HP Data Protector 3 1 (3.125 %) EMC NetWorker 3 1 (3.125 %) Legato
Vendors 1 11 (34.38 %) HP 2 4 (12.50 %) VERITAS 3 3 (9.375 %) VMware 4 2 (6.250 %) Lotus 4 2 (6.250 %) EMC 4 2 (6.250 %) Citrix 4 2 (6.250 %) Novell 4 2 (6.250 %) Sitecore 5 1 (3.125 %) Marshal