Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Hampshire region.

 Microsoft Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank586583
Rank change year-on-year
Up+7Up+18
Matching contract IT job ads17828
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire1.463 %0.575 %0.981 %
As % of the Qualifications category4.187 %1.909 %4.396 %
Daily rates quoted522
Average daily rate£275£375£263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.66 %+42.85 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£275£253
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£410£475£273
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£275£325
% change year-on-year
-9.090 %-15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted2411
Average hourly rate£15.25£21.75£14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.88 %+55.35 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.85£12.95£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.65£40.00£31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.30£18.88£18.70
% change year-on-year
-3.040 %+0.930 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
406419637
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire34.94 %30.12 %22.33 %
Daily rates quoted157113171
Average daily rate£310£350£356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.42 %-1.790 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£250£216
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£435£525£439
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted3974173
Average hourly rate£37.50£37.50£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+15.38 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.00£16.55£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£46.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
Microsoft Certification South EastMicrosoft Certification
South East

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.

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Microsoft Certification Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hampshire Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
PortsmouthNew entry-3£225-
AndoverDown-12--
SouthamptonNew entry-2--
FarnboroughNew entry-2--
BasingstokeNo change01£275-
FarehamNew entry-1£350-
Microsoft Certification South EastMicrosoft Certification
South East

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification.

119 (70.37 %)Microsoft
217 (62.96 %)MCSE
316 (59.26 %)Active Directory
411 (40.74 %)Windows
57 (25.93 %)MCP
57 (25.93 %)SQL
57 (25.93 %)SQL Server
57 (25.93 %)Security Cleared
66 (22.22 %)SC Cleared
66 (22.22 %)Citrix
75 (18.52 %)Migration
75 (18.52 %)VMware
75 (18.52 %)MS Office
75 (18.52 %).NET
75 (18.52 %)MS Excel
75 (18.52 %)SharePoint
75 (18.52 %)Windows Server 2008
84 (14.81 %)SharePoint Server 2007
93 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
93 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
93 (11.11 %)LDAP
93 (11.11 %)C#
93 (11.11 %)MCAD
93 (11.11 %)McAfee
102 (7.407 %)Scrum
102 (7.407 %)Cisco Certification
102 (7.407 %)Sun Certification
102 (7.407 %)Red Hat
102 (7.407 %)Windows Server 2003
102 (7.407 %)T-SQL

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (18.52 %).NET
22 (7.407 %)ASP.NET
22 (7.407 %)CSS
22 (7.407 %)Web Services
22 (7.407 %)XML
22 (7.407 %)XSLT
22 (7.407 %)Windows SharePoint Services
31 (3.704 %).NET Framework
31 (3.704 %)Application Packaging
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (18.52 %)SharePoint
24 (14.81 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (7.407 %)MS Exchange
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (18.52 %)MS Office
15 (18.52 %)MS Excel
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (11.11 %)LDAP
22 (7.407 %)LAN
31 (3.704 %)TCP/IP
31 (3.704 %)Firewall
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (25.93 %)SQL Server
22 (7.407 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (7.407 %)Visual Studio
12 (7.407 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (3.704 %)Banking
11 (3.704 %)Retail
11 (3.704 %)Finance
11 (3.704 %)Health
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (18.52 %)Developer
24 (14.81 %)Infrastructure Engineer
33 (11.11 %)SharePoint Developer
33 (11.11 %)Trainer
42 (7.407 %)Support Engineer
42 (7.407 %)Analyst
42 (7.407 %)Consultant
42 (7.407 %)Active Directory Consultant
42 (7.407 %)IT Support
42 (7.407 %)Migration Consultant
42 (7.407 %)Linux Engineer
42 (7.407 %)Microsoft Developer
42 (7.407 %).NET Developer
51 (3.704 %)IT Trainer
51 (3.704 %)Service Desk Analyst
51 (3.704 %)Network Support Engineer
51 (3.704 %)Technical Specialist
51 (3.704 %)Technical Support Specialist
51 (3.704 %)Cisco Engineer
51 (3.704 %)Server Engineer
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (3.704 %)PKI
11 (3.704 %)SecurID
11 (3.704 %)FMCG
11 (3.704 %)Smartcard
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (40.74 %)Windows
25 (18.52 %)Windows Server 2008
33 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
42 (7.407 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (7.407 %)Windows XP
42 (7.407 %)Solaris
42 (7.407 %)Linux
42 (7.407 %)Red Hat Linux
42 (7.407 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
51 (3.704 %)HPUX
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (18.52 %)Migration
22 (7.407 %)Scrum
22 (7.407 %)Business Intelligence
31 (3.704 %)Agile Software Development
31 (3.704 %)ITIL
31 (3.704 %)Identity Management
31 (3.704 %)Workflow
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (25.93 %)SQL
23 (11.11 %)C#
32 (7.407 %)T-SQL
41 (3.704 %)C
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
117 (62.96 %)MCSE
27 (25.93 %)MCP
27 (25.93 %)Security Cleared
36 (22.22 %)SC Cleared
43 (11.11 %)MCAD
52 (7.407 %)Cisco Certification
52 (7.407 %)Sun Certification
52 (7.407 %)CCNA
52 (7.407 %)MCDST
52 (7.407 %)MCTS
52 (7.407 %)MCPD
52 (7.407 %)Degree
61 (3.704 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
61 (3.704 %)MCSA
61 (3.704 %)MCT
61 (3.704 %)MCSD
61 (3.704 %)A+ Certification
61 (3.704 %)Citrix Certification
61 (3.704 %)Network+ Certification
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
116 (59.26 %)Active Directory
23 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (3.704 %)XenDesktop
31 (3.704 %)MetaFrame
31 (3.704 %)VMware ESX
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (3.704 %)Nessus
11 (3.704 %)Backup Exec
11 (3.704 %)WSUS
11 (3.704 %)ServiceCenter
11 (3.704 %)Norton AntiVirus
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
119 (70.37 %)Microsoft
26 (22.22 %)Citrix
35 (18.52 %)VMware
43 (11.11 %)McAfee
52 (7.407 %)Red Hat
61 (3.704 %)HP
61 (3.704 %)Cisco
61 (3.704 %)Symantec
61 (3.704 %)CheckPoint