The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hove 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 Hove 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 - 10 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hove - 3.448% -
As % of the Vendors category - 10.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
All Vendors
Hove
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hove 13.64% 34.48% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 0
Average daily rate £400 £380 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
East Sussex

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hove 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 Hove region.

Hove 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 Hove region.

Hove Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hove 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 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) E-Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information Act
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hove 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Trainer
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) E-Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree