The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Havant region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 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 Havant 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 1 14 6
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 17 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Havant 29.31% 8.108% 12.90%
As % of the Vendors category 36.17% 20.00% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 0
Average daily rate £438 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £12.00 £42.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-71.76% +157.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
- -3.22%
All Vendors
Havant
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
47 15 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Havant 81.03% 40.54% 70.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 5 6
Average daily rate £375 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £375 £319
10% offered a daily rate of more than £464 £439 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 1
Average hourly rate £15.77 £40.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.57% +142.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Microsoft
Hampshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Havant 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 Havant region.

Havant 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 Havant region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Havant 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 Havant region.

Havant Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Havant 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 14 (38.89%) MS Excel
2 12 (33.33%) SQL
3 11 (30.56%) PRINCE2
4 10 (27.78%) Shell Script
4 10 (27.78%) Project Management
4 10 (27.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (25.00%) Replication
5 9 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (25.00%) Oracle
5 9 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 9 (25.00%) WebLogic
5 9 (25.00%) MS Project
5 9 (25.00%) ERP
5 9 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
6 8 (22.22%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (22.22%) T-SQL
6 8 (22.22%) Perl
6 8 (22.22%) PL/SQL
6 8 (22.22%) BCP
6 8 (22.22%) SQLPlus
6 8 (22.22%) TOAD
6 8 (22.22%) Supplier Management
6 8 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (22.22%) Korn
6 8 (22.22%) Degree
6 8 (22.22%) Oracle RAC
6 8 (22.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (22.22%) Data Guard
7 7 (19.44%) Root Cause Analysis

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Havant 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 5 (13.89%) Middleware
1 5 (13.89%) XML
2 2 (5.556%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 9 (25.00%) WebLogic
2 5 (13.89%) Apache
3 2 (5.556%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 14 (38.89%) MS Excel
2 9 (25.00%) MS Project
3 2 (5.556%) MS Office
3 2 (5.556%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (19.44%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (16.67%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.89%) SAN
2 1 (2.778%) Firewall
2 1 (2.778%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 9 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
2 9 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 8 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
3 8 (22.22%) SQLPlus
3 8 (22.22%) TOAD
3 8 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (22.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (16.67%) Oracle Discoverer
5 3 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (2.778%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (2.778%) RDBMS
6 1 (2.778%) DTS
Development Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (5.556%) MSI
2 2 (5.556%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 7 (19.44%) Manufacturing
2 6 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (25.00%) DBA
2 8 (22.22%) Analyst
2 8 (22.22%) Oracle DBA
3 6 (16.67%) SQL DBA
4 5 (13.89%) Service Desk Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) Service Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) Project Manager
5 4 (11.11%) Administrator
6 3 (8.333%) Data Migration Manager
6 3 (8.333%) Oracle Applications DBA
6 3 (8.333%) SQL Server DBA
6 3 (8.333%) Help Desk Support
6 3 (8.333%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (8.333%) Data Manager
6 3 (8.333%) Business Analyst
6 3 (8.333%) Coordinator
7 2 (5.556%) Consultant
7 2 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (5.556%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (5.556%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Replication
2 6 (16.67%) SaaS
3 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
4 3 (8.333%) Data Extraction
5 2 (5.556%) Client/Server
5 2 (5.556%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Windows
2 2 (5.556%) Windows XP
2 2 (5.556%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.778%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.778%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (2.778%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) PRINCE2
2 10 (27.78%) Project Management
3 9 (25.00%) ERP
3 9 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (22.22%) BCP
4 8 (22.22%) Supplier Management
5 7 (19.44%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (16.67%) E-business
7 5 (13.89%) Incident Management
7 5 (13.89%) SOA
8 4 (11.11%) ITIL
8 4 (11.11%) CRM
8 4 (11.11%) Change Management
9 3 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (8.333%) Data Migration
9 3 (8.333%) Software Engineering
9 3 (8.333%) Validation
9 3 (8.333%) Migration
10 2 (5.556%) Service Delivery
10 2 (5.556%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (33.33%) SQL
2 10 (27.78%) Shell Script
3 8 (22.22%) T-SQL
3 8 (22.22%) Perl
3 8 (22.22%) PL/SQL
3 8 (22.22%) Korn
4 7 (19.44%) Java
5 2 (5.556%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) Degree
2 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (13.89%) MCSA
4 3 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (5.556%) ISEB
6 1 (2.778%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) QA
System Software
1 8 (22.22%) Oracle RAC
2 7 (19.44%) Oracle RMAN
2 7 (19.44%) Microsoft App-V
2 7 (19.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (22.22%) Data Guard
2 4 (11.11%) SCCM
3 2 (5.556%) MOM
3 2 (5.556%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (5.556%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) Oracle
2 6 (16.67%) Citrix
3 3 (8.333%) Remedy
4 2 (5.556%) HP
4 2 (5.556%) VMware