Hemel Hempstead Microsoft Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Hemel Hempstead 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.

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Rank	10	4
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	6	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.026 %
As % of the category below	14.29 %	39.39 %
Daily rates quoted	1	9
Average minimum daily rate	£200	£262
Average daily rate	£225	£267
% change on same period last year	-15.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£250	£273
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£316
% change on same period last year	+0.39 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.87	£20.89
% change on same period last year	-4.86 %
Vendors Hemel Hempstead
Matching contract IT job ads	42	66
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.055 %	0.066 %
Daily rates quoted	6	20
Average minimum daily rate	£295	£299
Average daily rate	£315	£303
% change on same period last year	+3.79 %
Average maximum daily rate	£334	£307
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.70	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.50 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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 7 (63.64 %) Windows 1 7 (63.64 %) Windows Server 2003 2 5 (45.45 %) Windows 2000 Server 3 4 (36.36 %) VMware 3 4 (36.36 %) Firewall 3 4 (36.36 %) Active Directory 4 3 (27.27 %) DNS 4 3 (27.27 %) Cisco 4 3 (27.27 %) Linux 4 3 (27.27 %) MS Exchange 5 2 (18.18 %) Windows XP 5 2 (18.18 %) MS Project 5 2 (18.18 %) Blackberry 5 2 (18.18 %) Project Management 5 2 (18.18 %) SAN

5 2 (18.18 %) Clustering 5 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 5 2 (18.18 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 1 (9.091 %) Marketing 6 1 (9.091 %) Web Development 6 1 (9.091 %) Windows Vista 6 1 (9.091 %) Network Load Balancing 6 1 (9.091 %) Office Project Server 6 1 (9.091 %) Fat Client 6 1 (9.091 %) Internet Marketing 6 1 (9.091 %) VMware ESX 6 1 (9.091 %) Asset Management 6 1 (9.091 %) Dynamics CRM 6 1 (9.091 %) Pay per click 6 1 (9.091 %) Exchange Server 2000

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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 1 (9.091 %) CSS 1 1 (9.091 %) HTML 1 1 (9.091 %) J2EE 1 1 (9.091 %) JMS	Application Platforms 1 3 (27.27 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (18.18 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (9.091 %) Office Project Server 3 1 (9.091 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 1 (9.091 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 3 1 (9.091 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 2 (18.18 %) MS Project 2 1 (9.091 %) MS Office 2 1 (9.091 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking 1 4 (36.36 %) Firewall 2 3 (27.27 %) DNS 3 2 (18.18 %) SAN 4 1 (9.091 %) Wi-Fi 4 1 (9.091 %) Wireless 4 1 (9.091 %) 3G 4 1 (9.091 %) GPRS 4 1 (9.091 %) DHCP	General 1 1 (9.091 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 5 (45.45 %) Administrator 2 4 (36.36 %) Server Administrator 3 2 (18.18 %) Architect 3 2 (18.18 %) Consultant 3 2 (18.18 %) Implementation Consultant 4 1 (9.091 %) Windows Administrator 4 1 (9.091 %) Senior Windows Administrator 4 1 (9.091 %) Enterprise Architect 4 1 (9.091 %) Senior Support Engineer 4 1 (9.091 %) Applications Architect 4 1 (9.091 %) CRM Consultant 4 1 (9.091 %) Network Administrator 4 1 (9.091 %) Support Engineer 4 1 (9.091 %) Technical Architect	Miscellaneous 1 2 (18.18 %) Blackberry 1 2 (18.18 %) Clustering 2 1 (9.091 %) Fat Client 2 1 (9.091 %) EPoS 2 1 (9.091 %) Thin Client 2 1 (9.091 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 7 (63.64 %) Windows 1 7 (63.64 %) Windows Server 2003 2 5 (45.45 %) Windows 2000 Server 3 3 (27.27 %) Linux 4 2 (18.18 %) Windows XP 5 1 (9.091 %) Windows Vista 5 1 (9.091 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (18.18 %) Project Management 1 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 2 1 (9.091 %) Web Development 2 1 (9.091 %) Network Load Balancing 2 1 (9.091 %) Internet Marketing 2 1 (9.091 %) Asset Management 2 1 (9.091 %) Pay per click 2 1 (9.091 %) Web Design 2 1 (9.091 %) Information Security 2 1 (9.091 %) Disaster Recovery 2 1 (9.091 %) Information Security Management 2 1 (9.091 %) Security Management 2 1 (9.091 %) SEO 2 1 (9.091 %) CRM 2 1 (9.091 %) E-Commerce
Programming Languages 1 1 (9.091 %) JavaScript 1 1 (9.091 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (9.091 %) MCP 1 1 (9.091 %) MCSE
System Software 1 4 (36.36 %) Active Directory 2 1 (9.091 %) VMware ESX 2 1 (9.091 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 1 (9.091 %) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors 1 4 (36.36 %) VMware 2 3 (27.27 %) Cisco 3 1 (9.091 %) 3Com 3 1 (9.091 %) VERITAS 3 1 (9.091 %) HP 3 1 (9.091 %) Dell 3 1 (9.091 %) Citrix 3 1 (9.091 %) BEA 3 1 (9.091 %) IBM