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 Kent 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank56
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads7961
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.127 %0.066 %
As % of the category below43.17 %23.02 %
Daily rates quoted2510
Average minimum daily rate£254£281
Average daily rate£264£294
% change on same period last year-10.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£275£307
UK excluding London average daily rate£308£290
% change on same period last year+6.25 %
Hourly rates quoted2012
Average minimum hourly rate£15.77£26.67
Average hourly rate£16.37£27.31
% change on same period last year-40.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.97£27.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.73£18.83
% change on same period last year-0.55 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads183265
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.294 %0.285 %
Daily rates quoted6861
Average minimum daily rate£271£343
Average daily rate£282£368
% change on same period last year-23.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£294£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£349
% change on same period last year+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted3028
Average minimum hourly rate£17.01£19.46
Average hourly rate£17.83£20.88
% change on same period last year-14.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.65£22.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.78£24.08
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Microsoft South EastMicrosoft
South East

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Kent Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Kent Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MaidstoneUp+915£280-
SandwichNo change014--
DartfordDown-14£435-
SevenoaksNo change03£225-
TonbridgeNew entry-2--
ChathamNew entry-1£200-
Tunbridge WellsDown-21£125-
RochesterNew entry-1£125-
MargateNew entry-1--
FolkestoneNo change01--
Microsoft South EastMicrosoft
South East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

170 (49.30 %)Windows
258 (40.85 %)MS Office
338 (26.76 %).NET
435 (24.65 %)SQL Server
435 (24.65 %)MS Excel
534 (23.94 %)C#
632 (22.54 %)Windows 2000
731 (21.83 %)ASP.NET
827 (19.01 %)HTML
926 (18.31 %)UNIX
1025 (17.61 %)IIS
1123 (16.20 %)XML
1123 (16.20 %)Linux
1123 (16.20 %)TCP/IP
1222 (15.49 %)Active Directory
1222 (15.49 %)Windows XP
1222 (15.49 %)SQL Server 2005
1321 (14.79 %)Solaris
1419 (13.38 %)HPUX
1419 (13.38 %)CSS
1419 (13.38 %)JavaScript
1419 (13.38 %)Windows Server 2003
1518 (12.68 %)Pharmaceutical
1617 (11.97 %)SQL
1617 (11.97 %)MS Exchange
1716 (11.27 %)Exchange Server 2003
1716 (11.27 %)SharePoint
1815 (10.56 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1914 (9.859 %)VSS/SourceSafe
2011 (7.746 %)VPN

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
138 (26.76 %).NET
231 (21.83 %)ASP.NET
327 (19.01 %)HTML
423 (16.20 %)XML
519 (13.38 %)CSS
615 (10.56 %)ASP.NET 2.0
78 (5.634 %)WebServices
85 (3.521 %)ASP
94 (2.817 %)AJAX
94 (2.817 %).NET Framework
94 (2.817 %)ArcObjects
103 (2.113 %)WPF
103 (2.113 %)NHibernate
103 (2.113 %)COM+
103 (2.113 %)ADO
103 (2.113 %)SOAP
112 (1.408 %)XSL
112 (1.408 %)XHTML
121 (0.704 %)ODBC
121 (0.704 %)COM
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
125 (17.61 %)IIS
217 (11.97 %)MS Exchange
316 (11.27 %)SharePoint
316 (11.27 %)Exchange Server 2003
411 (7.746 %)Exchange Server 2000
54 (2.817 %)SharePoint Server 2007
54 (2.817 %)Documentum
54 (2.817 %)ArcIMS
63 (2.113 %)Exchange Server 2007
72 (1.408 %)SAS
81 (0.704 %)GroupWise
81 (0.704 %)ArcSDE
81 (0.704 %)Exchange Server 5.5
81 (0.704 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.704 %)Office Project Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
158 (40.85 %)MS Office
235 (24.65 %)MS Excel
311 (7.746 %)MS Project
47 (4.930 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (3.521 %)MS Visio
64 (2.817 %)Spreadsheet
72 (1.408 %)Photoshop
72 (1.408 %)Fireworks
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (4.930 %)Summit
21 (0.704 %)FRx
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (16.20 %)TCP/IP
211 (7.746 %)VPN
38 (5.634 %)SAN
47 (4.930 %)SSL
47 (4.930 %)Internet
55 (3.521 %)LAN
55 (3.521 %)WAN
64 (2.817 %)VoIP
73 (2.113 %)Intranet
82 (1.408 %)DNS
82 (1.408 %)FTP
91 (0.704 %)HTTP
91 (0.704 %)DHCP
91 (0.704 %)Ethernet
91 (0.704 %)ATM
91 (0.704 %)TELNET
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (24.65 %)SQL Server
222 (15.49 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (4.930 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (4.225 %)BusinessObjects
54 (2.817 %)GIS
54 (2.817 %)ETL
63 (2.113 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
63 (2.113 %)MS Access
72 (1.408 %)Datawarehouse
72 (1.408 %)DTS
72 (1.408 %)Crystal Reports
72 (1.408 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (1.408 %)SQL Server 7
72 (1.408 %)SQL Server Integration Services
81 (0.704 %)SQL Server 2008
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (9.859 %)VSS/SourceSafe
24 (2.817 %)Visual Studio
32 (1.408 %)Dreamweaver
32 (1.408 %)ClearQuest
41 (0.704 %)CruiseControl
41 (0.704 %)ProC
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (12.68 %)Pharmaceutical
210 (7.042 %)Finance
39 (6.338 %)Government
47 (4.930 %)Local Government
55 (3.521 %)Insurance
55 (3.521 %)Legal
64 (2.817 %)Health
64 (2.817 %)Education
64 (2.817 %)Banking
73 (2.113 %)Publishing
73 (2.113 %)Telecoms
82 (1.408 %)Manufacturing
82 (1.408 %)Marketing
91 (0.704 %)Retail
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
135 (24.65 %)Developer
217 (11.97 %).NET Developer
315 (10.56 %)Analyst
413 (9.155 %)Desktop Support
413 (9.155 %)Support Engineer
511 (7.746 %)Support Analyst
511 (7.746 %)2nd Line Support
69 (6.338 %)Administrator
69 (6.338 %)Project Manager
78 (5.634 %)Technical Specialist
87 (4.930 %)Desktop Engineer
87 (4.930 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
96 (4.225 %)Sharepoint Specialist
96 (4.225 %)C# Developer
96 (4.225 %)Desktop Support Engineer
96 (4.225 %)Web Developer
105 (3.521 %)ASP.NET Developer
105 (3.521 %)Deskside Support
114 (2.817 %)GIS Developer
114 (2.817 %)Network Administrator
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (4.930 %)Blackberry
17 (4.930 %)PDA
24 (2.817 %)Computer Science
33 (2.113 %)Clustering
33 (2.113 %)NHS
42 (1.408 %)Management Information System
42 (1.408 %)Statistics
51 (0.704 %)Mathematics
51 (0.704 %)Client/Server
51 (0.704 %)Thin Client
51 (0.704 %)Fat Client
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
170 (49.30 %)Windows
232 (22.54 %)Windows 2000
326 (18.31 %)UNIX
423 (16.20 %)Linux
522 (15.49 %)Windows XP
621 (14.79 %)Solaris
719 (13.38 %)HPUX
719 (13.38 %)Windows Server 2003
89 (6.338 %)Windows NT
98 (5.634 %)Windows 2000 Server
101 (0.704 %)Windows Vista
101 (0.704 %)AIX
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (6.338 %)Validation
28 (5.634 %)Project Management
37 (4.930 %)Migration
45 (3.521 %)ITIL
45 (3.521 %)Data Migration
54 (2.817 %)PRINCE
63 (2.113 %)Load Balancing
63 (2.113 %)CRM
63 (2.113 %)Agile Software Development
72 (1.408 %)TDD
72 (1.408 %)Software Engineering
72 (1.408 %)Data Modelling
72 (1.408 %)Business Intelligence
72 (1.408 %)PRINCE2
72 (1.408 %)Service Delivery
72 (1.408 %)Resource Management
72 (1.408 %)Unit Testing
72 (1.408 %)Data Mapping
81 (0.704 %)Lean Manufacturing
81 (0.704 %)Release Management
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
134 (23.94 %)C#
219 (13.38 %)JavaScript
317 (11.97 %)SQL
411 (7.746 %)VB
53 (2.113 %)VBA
53 (2.113 %)VB6
53 (2.113 %)Transact-SQL
62 (1.408 %)VBScript
62 (1.408 %)C
62 (1.408 %)DHTML
62 (1.408 %)Java
71 (0.704 %)Perl
71 (0.704 %)PL/SQL
71 (0.704 %)Korn
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (7.746 %)Degree
27 (4.930 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (2.817 %)MCSE
42 (1.408 %)MCSA
42 (1.408 %)MCP
51 (0.704 %)CCNA
51 (0.704 %)Cisco Certification
51 (0.704 %)A+ Certification
51 (0.704 %)Dell Certification
51 (0.704 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
51 (0.704 %)HP APS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
122 (15.49 %)Active Directory
26 (4.225 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (1.408 %)Backup Exec
32 (1.408 %)ISA Server
41 (0.704 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.704 %)NetBackup
41 (0.704 %)NDS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (2.817 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (7.042 %)HP
28 (5.634 %)Oracle
28 (5.634 %)VMware
36 (4.225 %)Business Objects
45 (3.521 %)Cisco
45 (3.521 %)Citrix
54 (2.817 %)Ariba
54 (2.817 %)ESRI
63 (2.113 %)Symantec
63 (2.113 %)Novell
72 (1.408 %)Altiris
81 (0.704 %)Lotus
81 (0.704 %)Epicor
81 (0.704 %)Compaq
81 (0.704 %)Dell
81 (0.704 %)IBM