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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Hampshire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank115
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads172303
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.242 %0.306 %
As % of the category below20.00 %27.40 %
Daily rates quoted3467
Average minimum daily rate£297£296
Average daily rate£317£318
% change on same period last year-0.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£305
% change on same period last year+6.06 %
Hourly rates quoted5587
Average minimum hourly rate£16.81£18.65
Average hourly rate£17.96£19.99
% change on same period last year-10.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.11£21.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.67£20.05
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads8601106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.211 %1.118 %
Daily rates quoted196242
Average minimum daily rate£338£339
Average daily rate£365£357
% change on same period last year+2.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted194211
Average minimum hourly rate£23.68£24.33
Average hourly rate£25.34£26.22
% change on same period last year-3.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.99£28.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
Microsoft South EastMicrosoft
South East

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.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Hampshire Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Hampshire Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BasingstokeDown-239£325-20.77 %
PortsmouthDown-235£273+7.18 %
SouthamptonDown-315£340+7.59 %
FarehamUp+67£128-60.15 %
EastleighUp+94--
FarnboroughUp+44£258-
HavantDown-34--
PetersfieldNew entry-3£300-
WinchesterNo change02--
Microsoft South EastMicrosoft
South East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1156 (38.33 %)Windows
2140 (34.40 %)MS Office
3125 (30.71 %)MS Excel
4100 (24.57 %)Active Directory
557 (14.00 %)SQL
655 (13.51 %).NET
753 (13.02 %)Windows Server 2003
850 (12.29 %)Windows XP
942 (10.32 %)MS Exchange
1039 (9.582 %)SQL Server
1039 (9.582 %)Microsoft Certification
1137 (9.091 %)Citrix
1236 (8.845 %)Security Cleared
1333 (8.108 %)MCSE
1432 (7.862 %)Windows 2000
1432 (7.862 %)C#
1529 (7.125 %)SC Cleared
1628 (6.880 %)MS Project
1727 (6.634 %)ITIL
1826 (6.388 %)Finance
1925 (6.143 %)Telecoms
2024 (5.897 %)ASP.NET
2123 (5.651 %)IIS
2221 (5.160 %)VB
2221 (5.160 %)Exchange Server 2003
2320 (4.914 %)Visual Studio
2320 (4.914 %)SharePoint
2419 (4.668 %)TCP/IP
2518 (4.423 %)HP
2518 (4.423 %)Configuration Management

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
155 (13.51 %).NET
224 (5.897 %)ASP.NET
317 (4.177 %)CSS
415 (3.686 %)HTML
514 (3.440 %)XML
613 (3.194 %).NET Framework
79 (2.211 %)WCF
79 (2.211 %)XHTML
79 (2.211 %)ASP
87 (1.720 %)WebServices
87 (1.720 %)AJAX
95 (1.229 %)XML Schema
104 (0.983 %)Windows SharePoint Services
113 (0.737 %)Middleware
113 (0.737 %)ASP.NET 2.0
122 (0.491 %)VXML
122 (0.491 %)WinForms
122 (0.491 %)WebSphere
122 (0.491 %)ADO.NET
122 (0.491 %)J2EE
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
142 (10.32 %)MS Exchange
223 (5.651 %)IIS
321 (5.160 %)Exchange Server 2003
420 (4.914 %)SharePoint
512 (2.948 %)Lotus Notes
68 (1.966 %)BizTalk Server
68 (1.966 %)SharePoint Server 2007
77 (1.720 %)Exchange Server 2000
86 (1.474 %)Exchange Server 2007
93 (0.737 %)Exchange Server 5.5
93 (0.737 %)SharePoint Portal Server
102 (0.491 %)WebSphere Application Server
102 (0.491 %)Apache
111 (0.246 %)MTS
111 (0.246 %)Tomcat
111 (0.246 %)Tuxedo
111 (0.246 %)MQSeries
111 (0.246 %)WebLogic
111 (0.246 %)CMS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1140 (34.40 %)MS Office
2125 (30.71 %)MS Excel
328 (6.880 %)MS Project
418 (4.423 %)MS PowerPoint
512 (2.948 %)MS Visio
610 (2.457 %)Spreadsheet
73 (0.737 %)InfoPath
82 (0.491 %)Acrobat
91 (0.246 %)QuarkXPress
91 (0.246 %)Photoshop
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (2.457 %)SoftGrid
22 (0.491 %)Dynamics CRM
22 (0.491 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (0.491 %)SAP R/3
22 (0.491 %)SAP PS
31 (0.246 %)Axapta
31 (0.246 %)Navision
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (4.668 %)TCP/IP
216 (3.931 %)Internet
313 (3.194 %)LAN
313 (3.194 %)WAN
412 (2.948 %)SAN
58 (1.966 %)Firewall
58 (1.966 %)VPN
66 (1.474 %)Wireless
75 (1.229 %)Intranet
83 (0.737 %)CTI
83 (0.737 %)DNS
83 (0.737 %)VoIP
92 (0.491 %)ADSL
92 (0.491 %)Cisco PIX
101 (0.246 %)NetScreen
101 (0.246 %)LDAP
101 (0.246 %)HTTPS
101 (0.246 %)SSL
101 (0.246 %)SMTP
101 (0.246 %)HTTP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
139 (9.582 %)SQL Server
214 (3.440 %)SQL Server 2005
38 (1.966 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (0.983 %)Datawarehouse
53 (0.737 %)Hyperion Essbase
53 (0.737 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
53 (0.737 %)Oracle 9i
53 (0.737 %)MS Access
53 (0.737 %)Oracle 10g
53 (0.737 %)SQL Server Integration Services
62 (0.491 %)GIS
71 (0.246 %)Oracle OWB
71 (0.246 %)BusinessObjects
71 (0.246 %)DataStage
71 (0.246 %)DTS
71 (0.246 %)Data Mining
71 (0.246 %)TOAD
71 (0.246 %)DB2
71 (0.246 %)OLAP
71 (0.246 %)Crystal Reports
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (4.914 %)Visual Studio
26 (1.474 %)ClearCase
34 (0.983 %)VSS/SourceSafe
43 (0.737 %)TestDirector
52 (0.491 %)ClearQuest
52 (0.491 %)NUnit
52 (0.491 %)StarTeam
61 (0.246 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.246 %)CruiseControl
61 (0.246 %)FrontPage
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
126 (6.388 %)Finance
225 (6.143 %)Telecoms
312 (2.948 %)Electric
312 (2.948 %)Government
410 (2.457 %)Aerospace
57 (1.720 %)Manufacturing
57 (1.720 %)Military
57 (1.720 %)Marketing
65 (1.229 %)Auditing
74 (0.983 %)Electronics
74 (0.983 %)Pharmaceutical
83 (0.737 %)Health
83 (0.737 %)Legal
83 (0.737 %)Automotive
83 (0.737 %)Online Games
83 (0.737 %)Games
83 (0.737 %)Pensions
92 (0.491 %)Billing
92 (0.491 %)Publishing
101 (0.246 %)Banking
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
172 (17.69 %)Analyst
256 (13.76 %)Developer
330 (7.371 %)Administrator
426 (6.388 %)1st Line Support
523 (5.651 %)Support Analyst
620 (4.914 %)Support Engineer
620 (4.914 %).NET Developer
718 (4.423 %)Helpdesk Support
814 (3.440 %)2nd Line Support
814 (3.440 %)Helpdesk Analyst
814 (3.440 %)Consultant
911 (2.703 %)ASP.NET Developer
1010 (2.457 %)Software Engineer
119 (2.211 %)Desktop Support
119 (2.211 %)Architect
119 (2.211 %)Project Administrator
128 (1.966 %)3rd Line Support
128 (1.966 %)Programmer
137 (1.720 %)Tester
137 (1.720 %)Team Leader
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (2.948 %)Clustering
210 (2.457 %)Replication
210 (2.457 %)Client/Server
38 (1.966 %)N-Tier
47 (1.720 %)Blackberry
54 (0.983 %)NHS
54 (0.983 %)PKI
63 (0.737 %)Mainframe
63 (0.737 %)AS400
72 (0.491 %)Management Information System
72 (0.491 %)SecurID
72 (0.491 %)Computer Science
81 (0.246 %)Mathematics
81 (0.246 %)NPfIT
81 (0.246 %)DTV
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1156 (38.33 %)Windows
253 (13.02 %)Windows Server 2003
350 (12.29 %)Windows XP
432 (7.862 %)Windows 2000
515 (3.686 %)UNIX
69 (2.211 %)Windows 2000 Server
69 (2.211 %)Linux
78 (1.966 %)Windows NT
86 (1.474 %)Windows Vista
95 (1.229 %)NetWare
104 (0.983 %)Solaris
113 (0.737 %)AIX
121 (0.246 %)HPUX
121 (0.246 %)Windows Server 2008
121 (0.246 %)Tru64
121 (0.246 %)Debian
121 (0.246 %)Red Hat Linux
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (8.845 %)Security Cleared
229 (7.125 %)SC Cleared
327 (6.634 %)ITIL
418 (4.423 %)Configuration Management
516 (3.931 %)Project Management
615 (3.686 %)E-Commerce
713 (3.194 %)Web Development
810 (2.457 %)PRINCE2
810 (2.457 %)Change Management
99 (2.211 %)Migration
99 (2.211 %)Supply Chain Management
108 (1.966 %)Time Management
117 (1.720 %)Document Management
117 (1.720 %)Project Planning
117 (1.720 %)Asset Management
117 (1.720 %)Workflow
117 (1.720 %)UML
126 (1.474 %)Risk Management
126 (1.474 %)Automated Testing
126 (1.474 %)QMS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
157 (14.00 %)SQL
232 (7.862 %)C#
321 (5.160 %)VB
413 (3.194 %)C++
512 (2.948 %)JavaScript
610 (2.457 %)VB6
79 (2.211 %)VB.NET
88 (1.966 %)Transact-SQL
96 (1.474 %)VBA
105 (1.229 %)C
105 (1.229 %)Perl
105 (1.229 %)DHTML
114 (0.983 %)Java
123 (0.737 %)VBScript
131 (0.246 %)VC++
131 (0.246 %)Python
131 (0.246 %)SQR
131 (0.246 %)PHP
131 (0.246 %)PL/SQL
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
139 (9.582 %)Microsoft Certification
233 (8.108 %)MCSE
318 (4.423 %)Degree
417 (4.177 %)Citrix Certification
515 (3.686 %)CCA
611 (2.703 %)MCP
75 (1.229 %)MCSA
75 (1.229 %)CCNP
75 (1.229 %)CCNA
75 (1.229 %)Cisco Certification
84 (0.983 %)ITIL Certification
84 (0.983 %)HNC
84 (0.983 %)CCEA
84 (0.983 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
93 (0.737 %)ISEB
93 (0.737 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.246 %)CISM
101 (0.246 %)MBA
101 (0.246 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (3.440 %)QA
24 (0.983 %)ISO9001
24 (0.983 %)SLA
32 (0.491 %)ISO12207
32 (0.491 %)ISO8583
32 (0.491 %)ISO9000
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1100 (24.57 %)Active Directory
29 (2.211 %)Terminal Server
37 (1.720 %)VMware Infrastructure
45 (1.229 %)Backup Exec
54 (0.983 %)Citrix Presentation Server
63 (0.737 %)VMware Server
63 (0.737 %)VMware ESX
63 (0.737 %)Xen
71 (0.246 %)MetaFrame
71 (0.246 %)Squid
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (4.177 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
215 (3.686 %)SCCM
37 (1.720 %)Tivoli
37 (1.720 %)BMC PATROL
46 (1.474 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
54 (0.983 %)MOM
63 (0.737 %)OpenView Configuration Management
72 (0.491 %)CONTROL-M
72 (0.491 %)OpenView
81 (0.246 %)SCOM
81 (0.246 %)CA SiteMinder
81 (0.246 %)Norton AntiVirus
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
137 (9.091 %)Citrix
218 (4.423 %)HP
218 (4.423 %)VMware
317 (4.177 %)Cisco
416 (3.931 %)Oracle
513 (3.194 %)SAP
612 (2.948 %)Lotus
710 (2.457 %)Novell
87 (1.720 %)VERITAS
87 (1.720 %)McAfee Security
87 (1.720 %)IBM
87 (1.720 %)Dell
96 (1.474 %)AppSense
96 (1.474 %)Altiris
105 (1.229 %)Symantec
105 (1.229 %)Remedy
114 (0.983 %)Genesys
114 (0.983 %)SIMUL8
123 (0.737 %)Lagan
123 (0.737 %)Netezza