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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Jersey 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank54
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.007 %
As % of the category below40.00 %58.33 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£300£450
Average daily rate£350£450
% change on same period last year-22.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£315
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.86£20.83
% change on same period last year-4.63 %
Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Jersey
Matching contract IT job ads512
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£300£588
Average daily rate£350£608
% change on same period last year-42.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£628
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£359
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.10£24.81
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Microsoft Channel IslandsMicrosoft
Channel Islands

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

Jersey 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 Jersey region.

Jersey Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Jersey 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.

15 (50.00 %)SQL Server
15 (50.00 %)Project Management
24 (40.00 %)Finance
24 (40.00 %)SQL
33 (30.00 %)Cognos
33 (30.00 %)Business Intelligence
33 (30.00 %)Navision
33 (30.00 %)Dynamics NAV
42 (20.00 %)Wealth Management
42 (20.00 %)MOM
42 (20.00 %)Risk Management
42 (20.00 %)Banking
51 (10.00 %)MVC
51 (10.00 %)Migration
51 (10.00 %)WinForms
51 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (10.00 %)Active Directory
51 (10.00 %)DTS
51 (10.00 %)C
51 (10.00 %)C#
51 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
51 (10.00 %)VBScript
51 (10.00 %)VB
51 (10.00 %).NET
51 (10.00 %)IIS
51 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
51 (10.00 %)XML
51 (10.00 %)XSLT
51 (10.00 %)Windows
51 (10.00 %)UML

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Jersey 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.

Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (10.00 %)MVC
11 (10.00 %)WinForms
11 (10.00 %).NET
11 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (10.00 %)XML
11 (10.00 %)XSLT
Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)IIS
Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (30.00 %)Navision
13 (30.00 %)Dynamics NAV
Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (10.00 %)DTS
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (40.00 %)Finance
22 (20.00 %)Banking
Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (50.00 %)Project Manager
22 (20.00 %)Microsoft Consultant
22 (20.00 %)Consultant
31 (10.00 %)Technical Project Manager
31 (10.00 %)Analyst Programmer
31 (10.00 %)Programmer
31 (10.00 %)Navision Developer
31 (10.00 %)Technical Manager
31 (10.00 %)Developer
31 (10.00 %)Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Active Directory Specialist
31 (10.00 %).NET Programmer
31 (10.00 %).NET Analyst Programmer
Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (10.00 %)Windows
Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (50.00 %)Project Management
23 (30.00 %)Business Intelligence
32 (20.00 %)Wealth Management
32 (20.00 %)Risk Management
41 (10.00 %)Migration
41 (10.00 %)UML
41 (10.00 %)OO
41 (10.00 %)Logistics
Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (40.00 %)SQL
21 (10.00 %)C
21 (10.00 %)C#
21 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (10.00 %)VBScript
21 (10.00 %)VB
Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (10.00 %)Active Directory
Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (20.00 %)MOM
Jersey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (30.00 %)Cognos