Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Huntingdon 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 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank53
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below25.00 %22.22 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£100
Average daily rate-£100
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£100
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£295
% change on same period last year+5.70 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£8.00-
Average hourly rate£8.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£9.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.89£19.03
% change on same period last year-0.72 %
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Huntingdon
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£265£100
Average daily rate£265£100
% change on same period last year+165.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£265£100
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£348
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£9.00£21.24
Average hourly rate£9.25£21.85
% change on same period last year-57.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£9.50£22.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.26£24.41
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
Microsoft CambridgeshireMicrosoft
Cambridgeshire

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 Huntingdon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon region.

Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon region.

Huntingdon Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Huntingdon 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.

13 (60.00 %)SQL
13 (60.00 %)SQL Server
13 (60.00 %)Crystal Reports
13 (60.00 %)Windows XP
13 (60.00 %)MS Exchange
13 (60.00 %)Windows
13 (60.00 %)MS Excel
13 (60.00 %)Time Management
22 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
22 (40.00 %)Backup Exec
22 (40.00 %)MS Access
22 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (40.00 %)Project Management
22 (40.00 %)LAN
22 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (40.00 %)SLA
22 (40.00 %)Active Directory
22 (40.00 %)HP
22 (40.00 %)MS Office
31 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
31 (20.00 %)XML
31 (20.00 %)MCP
31 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
31 (20.00 %)VBScript
31 (20.00 %)VB
31 (20.00 %)VB.NET
31 (20.00 %)VBA
31 (20.00 %).NET
31 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Huntingdon 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.

Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)HTML
11 (20.00 %).NET
11 (20.00 %)XML
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (60.00 %)MS Excel
22 (40.00 %)MS Office
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (40.00 %)LAN
12 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)SQL Server
13 (60.00 %)Crystal Reports
22 (40.00 %)MS Access
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
31 (20.00 %)MSDE
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Retail
11 (20.00 %)Pensions
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Support Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Support Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Desktop Support Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Desktop Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Programmer
31 (20.00 %)Desktop Support
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)EPoS
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (60.00 %)Windows
13 (60.00 %)Windows XP
22 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Time Management
22 (40.00 %)Project Management
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (20.00 %)VBScript
21 (20.00 %)VB
21 (20.00 %)VB.NET
21 (20.00 %)VBA
21 (20.00 %)C#
21 (20.00 %)JavaScript
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)MCP
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (40.00 %)SLA
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (40.00 %)Active Directory
12 (40.00 %)Backup Exec
Huntingdon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)HP