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

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank66
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.004 %
As % of the category below42.86 %22.22 %
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£317£316
% change on same period last year+0.39 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£14.93
Average hourly rate-£14.93
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£14.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.87£20.89
% change on same period last year-4.86 %
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Harrow
Matching contract IT job ads718
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.018 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£193-
Average daily rate£227-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£260-
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted111
Average minimum hourly rate£17.95£19.72
Average hourly rate£17.95£20.14
% change on same period last year-10.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.95£20.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
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.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

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

Harrow 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 Harrow region.

Harrow Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Harrow Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Harrow 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 (50.00 %)Windows
12 (50.00 %).NET
12 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)VB
21 (25.00 %)C++
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server
21 (25.00 %)IIS
21 (25.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (25.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)Migration
21 (25.00 %)Clustering
21 (25.00 %)Banking
21 (25.00 %)Software Testing
21 (25.00 %)Manual Testing
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (25.00 %)UML
21 (25.00 %)OOA/OOD
21 (25.00 %)VC++
21 (25.00 %)DNS
21 (25.00 %)Cisco
21 (25.00 %)IBM
21 (25.00 %)Active Directory
21 (25.00 %)HP
21 (25.00 %)SAN
21 (25.00 %)EPoS
21 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Symantec

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Harrow 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.

Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %).NET
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)IIS
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)DNS
11 (25.00 %)SAN
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (25.00 %)InstallShield
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
11 (25.00 %)Banking
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Systems Analyst
21 (25.00 %)DBA
21 (25.00 %)Server Support
21 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Manual Tester
21 (25.00 %)Server Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Server Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Tester
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Clustering
11 (25.00 %)EPoS
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Migration
11 (25.00 %)Software Testing
11 (25.00 %)Manual Testing
11 (25.00 %)UML
11 (25.00 %)OOA/OOD
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)VB
21 (25.00 %)C++
21 (25.00 %)VC++
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Harrow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Cisco
11 (25.00 %)IBM
11 (25.00 %)HP
11 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
11 (25.00 %)Symantec