Microsoft Contracts in Hemel Hempstead
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hemel Hempstead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Hemel Hempstead 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 8 12 10
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 3 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 6.667% 10.10% 4.762%
As % of the Vendors category 14.29% 25.64% 7.692%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £280 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.44% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
Search 6 Microsoft jobs in Hemel Hempstead
All Vendors
Hemel Hempstead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 21 39 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 46.67% 39.39% 61.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 6
Average daily rate £280 £350 £130
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +169.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £175 £118
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £385 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
Average hourly rate £11.50 £12.00 £20.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.16% -40.74%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Hertfordshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hemel Hempstead 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 Hemel Hempstead region.

Hemel Hempstead Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hemel Hempstead Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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 15 (83.33%) Windows
2 11 (61.11%) MS Office
3 10 (55.56%) SQL Server
4 9 (50.00%) SQL
4 9 (50.00%) Active Directory
5 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
5 7 (38.89%) T-SQL
5 7 (38.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (33.33%) Ajax
6 6 (33.33%) VBScript
6 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 6 (33.33%) .NET
6 6 (33.33%) Web Services
6 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (27.78%) FTP
7 5 (27.78%) ASP.NET
7 5 (27.78%) ADO.NET
7 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
7 5 (27.78%) DTS
7 5 (27.78%) VB.NET
7 5 (27.78%) DHTML
7 5 (27.78%) HTML
7 5 (27.78%) WinForms
7 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
7 5 (27.78%) jQuery
8 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
8 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
8 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2000

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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 6 (33.33%) Ajax
1 6 (33.33%) .NET
1 6 (33.33%) Web Services
2 5 (27.78%) ASP.NET
2 5 (27.78%) ADO.NET
2 5 (27.78%) DHTML
2 5 (27.78%) HTML
2 5 (27.78%) WinForms
2 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
2 5 (27.78%) jQuery
3 1 (5.556%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 3 (16.67%) IIS
1 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.556%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 11 (61.11%) MS Office
2 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) FTP
2 3 (16.67%) DNS
2 3 (16.67%) DHCP
2 3 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (5.556%) Ethernet
3 1 (5.556%) LAN
3 1 (5.556%) WAN
3 1 (5.556%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 7 (38.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (27.78%) DTS
4 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (5.556%) OLAP
7 1 (5.556%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) LoadRunner
General
1 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Web Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Service Analyst
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (11.11%) SQL Developer
6 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (5.556%) Business Analyst
7 1 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (5.556%) Citrix Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) Report Analyst
7 1 (5.556%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (5.556%) Excel Developer
7 1 (5.556%) Citrix Support
7 1 (5.556%) IT Support
7 1 (5.556%) Agile Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
1 3 (16.67%) Clustering
2 1 (5.556%) Thin Client
2 1 (5.556%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.556%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (16.67%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
2 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.556%) Migration
3 1 (5.556%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (5.556%) ITIL
3 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
3 1 (5.556%) Time Management
3 1 (5.556%) Waterfall
3 1 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (5.556%) Change Control
3 1 (5.556%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) SQL
2 7 (38.89%) T-SQL
3 6 (33.33%) VBScript
3 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 5 (27.78%) VB.NET
5 2 (11.11%) C#
6 1 (5.556%) C++
6 1 (5.556%) Java
6 1 (5.556%) VB
6 1 (5.556%) VBA
6 1 (5.556%) PL/SQL
6 1 (5.556%) F#
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) VMware ESX
2 3 (16.67%) vSphere
3 1 (5.556%) MetaFrame
3 1 (5.556%) XenApp
3 1 (5.556%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (5.556%) NetBackup
2 1 (5.556%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Citrix
2 3 (16.67%) Symantec
2 3 (16.67%) Sophos
2 3 (16.67%) VMware
2 3 (16.67%) Acronis
3 1 (5.556%) HP
3 1 (5.556%) Veritas
3 1 (5.556%) Lotus
3 1 (5.556%) Wyse
3 1 (5.556%) Business Objects
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle
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