Microsoft Contracts in Kent
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 23 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 Kent 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 4 1 2
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 56 67 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 19.58% 25.38% 20.85%
As % of the Vendors category 34.57% 53.60% 43.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 40 45
Average daily rate £288 £288 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.17% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £138 £242
10% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £392 £340
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 2
Average hourly rate £16.00 £10.60 £92.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.94% -88.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.80 £9.05 £30.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £21.00 £154.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.96 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.26% -
All Vendors
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 162 125 146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 56.64% 47.35% 47.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 62 96
Average daily rate £300 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £135 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 £27.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.81% -31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.94 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £67.50 £105.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Kent region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Kent Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Kent region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

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 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Maidstone 0 15 £278 -4.31%
Tunbridge Wells -1 2 £325 +30.00%
Dartford - 2 - -
Sevenoaks 0 1 £300 -
Tonbridge - 1 - -
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 70 (54.26%) Windows
2 37 (28.68%) MS Excel
2 37 (28.68%) Windows 7
3 34 (26.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (24.81%) SCCM
5 31 (24.03%) VBScript
6 29 (22.48%) MSI
6 29 (22.48%) QA
7 28 (21.71%) MCP
7 28 (21.71%) Wise Package Studio
8 26 (20.16%) Finance
9 23 (17.83%) MS Office
10 22 (17.05%) Windows XP
11 21 (16.28%) SharePoint
12 20 (15.50%) Microsoft App-V
13 19 (14.73%) Migration
13 19 (14.73%) SQL Server
13 19 (14.73%) Active Directory
14 18 (13.95%) VMware
15 17 (13.18%) Windows Server 2008
16 16 (12.40%) Local Government
17 15 (11.63%) Oracle
17 15 (11.63%) SQL
18 14 (10.85%) Windows Server 2003
19 13 (10.08%) .NET
20 12 (9.302%) HP
20 12 (9.302%) Security Cleared
20 12 (9.302%) VMware Infrastructure
21 11 (8.527%) C#
22 10 (7.752%) Visual Studio

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 13 (10.08%) .NET
2 6 (4.651%) WCF
3 5 (3.876%) HTML
3 5 (3.876%) ASP.NET
3 5 (3.876%) Web Services
3 5 (3.876%) jQuery
4 4 (3.101%) Dojo
4 4 (3.101%) COM
5 3 (2.326%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.326%) WPF
6 2 (1.550%) ASP.NET 2.0
6 2 (1.550%) Ajax
6 2 (1.550%) LINQ
6 2 (1.550%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.550%) XML
6 2 (1.550%) ADO.NET
7 1 (0.775%) XSLT
7 1 (0.775%) CSS
7 1 (0.775%) JSP
7 1 (0.775%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 21 (16.28%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.752%) MS Exchange
3 8 (6.202%) Exchange Server 2007
3 8 (6.202%) IIS
4 7 (5.426%) ArcGIS
4 7 (5.426%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (4.651%) SharePoint 2010
6 5 (3.876%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (3.876%) ArcIMS
7 2 (1.550%) Lync
7 2 (1.550%) Confluence
8 1 (0.775%) SAS
8 1 (0.775%) Apache
8 1 (0.775%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.775%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.775%) Drupal
8 1 (0.775%) CMS
8 1 (0.775%) CM System
Applications
1 37 (28.68%) MS Excel
2 23 (17.83%) MS Office
3 7 (5.426%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (3.101%) Photoshop
5 3 (2.326%) MS Project
5 3 (2.326%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.775%) Fireworks
6 1 (0.775%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.775%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 4 (3.101%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.326%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.550%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.977%) Firewall
2 8 (6.202%) DNS
3 7 (5.426%) LAN
4 6 (4.651%) TCP/IP
4 6 (4.651%) WAN
4 6 (4.651%) DHCP
5 4 (3.101%) SAN
5 4 (3.101%) Internet
6 3 (2.326%) IPv6
6 3 (2.326%) VPN
6 3 (2.326%) VLAN
6 3 (2.326%) IPsec
7 2 (1.550%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.550%) Network Security
7 2 (1.550%) iSCSI
7 2 (1.550%) IP Telephony
7 2 (1.550%) HTTP
7 2 (1.550%) Broadband
7 2 (1.550%) WLAN
8 1 (0.775%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.73%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.752%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (4.651%) GIS
4 5 (3.876%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (3.876%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (3.876%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (3.876%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (3.876%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.326%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (2.326%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.550%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (1.550%) EDMS
6 2 (1.550%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.775%) DB2
7 1 (0.775%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.775%) MS Access
7 1 (0.775%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 29 (22.48%) MSI
2 28 (21.71%) Wise Package Studio
3 10 (7.752%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.550%) JIRA
4 2 (1.550%) PowerBuilder
5 1 (0.775%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.775%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.775%) WebLOAD
5 1 (0.775%) Subversion
General
1 26 (20.16%) Finance
2 16 (12.40%) Local Government
3 6 (4.651%) Telecoms
3 6 (4.651%) Advertising
4 5 (3.876%) Publishing
5 4 (3.101%) Military
5 4 (3.101%) Banking
6 2 (1.550%) Electronics
6 2 (1.550%) Legal
7 1 (0.775%) Billing
7 1 (0.775%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.775%) Retail
7 1 (0.775%) Games
Job Titles
1 29 (22.48%) Applications Packager
2 19 (14.73%) Developer
3 17 (13.18%) Analyst
4 11 (8.527%) Consultant
5 10 (7.752%) Administrator
6 9 (6.977%) .NET Developer
7 8 (6.202%) Desktop Engineer
7 8 (6.202%) Support Analyst
8 7 (5.426%) Support Engineer
8 7 (5.426%) DBA
9 6 (4.651%) VMware Consultant
9 6 (4.651%) IT Support
9 6 (4.651%) Desktop Support
9 6 (4.651%) 1st Line Support
10 5 (3.876%) 2nd Line Support
10 5 (3.876%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.876%) SharePoint Administrator
10 5 (3.876%) IT Support Analyst
11 4 (3.101%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 4 (3.101%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.101%) Management Information System
1 4 (3.101%) Replication
1 4 (3.101%) Clustering
1 4 (3.101%) Taxonomies
1 4 (3.101%) NHS
2 3 (2.326%) Blackberry
2 3 (2.326%) PKI
2 3 (2.326%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.550%) Chemistry
4 1 (0.775%) W3C
4 1 (0.775%) Mathematics
4 1 (0.775%) iSeries
4 1 (0.775%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 70 (54.26%) Windows
2 37 (28.68%) Windows 7
3 22 (17.05%) Windows XP
4 17 (13.18%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (10.85%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (4.651%) Windows Vista
6 6 (4.651%) Solaris
7 4 (3.101%) Windows 2000 Server
8 3 (2.326%) UNIX
8 3 (2.326%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.775%) VMS
9 1 (0.775%) Linux
9 1 (0.775%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.775%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (14.73%) Migration
2 10 (7.752%) ITIL
3 9 (6.977%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (4.651%) Service Delivery
5 5 (3.876%) Process Management
6 4 (3.101%) Data Protection
6 4 (3.101%) System Testing
6 4 (3.101%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (3.101%) Project Management
6 4 (3.101%) Service Management
6 4 (3.101%) PRINCE2
7 3 (2.326%) CRM
7 3 (2.326%) OOP
7 3 (2.326%) OO
7 3 (2.326%) ERP
7 3 (2.326%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (2.326%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (2.326%) Document Management
7 3 (2.326%) Scrum
7 3 (2.326%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 31 (24.03%) VBScript
2 15 (11.63%) SQL
3 11 (8.527%) C#
4 7 (5.426%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.651%) T-SQL
6 5 (3.876%) Python
6 5 (3.876%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.326%) Perl
8 2 (1.550%) Java
8 2 (1.550%) VB
8 2 (1.550%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.775%) C
9 1 (0.775%) VBA
9 1 (0.775%) PHP
9 1 (0.775%) XAML
Qualifications
1 34 (26.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (21.71%) MCP
3 12 (9.302%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.876%) Degree
4 5 (3.876%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.101%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.550%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.775%) MCSD
7 1 (0.775%) MCT
7 1 (0.775%) CCNA
7 1 (0.775%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (22.48%) QA
2 5 (3.876%) SLA
3 1 (0.775%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.775%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 20 (15.50%) Microsoft App-V
2 19 (14.73%) Active Directory
3 12 (9.302%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.876%) Terminal Services
4 5 (3.876%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.876%) vSphere
5 2 (1.550%) Forefront TMG
5 2 (1.550%) XenApp
5 2 (1.550%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.775%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 32 (24.81%) SCCM
2 4 (3.101%) SCOM
3 2 (1.550%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.550%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.775%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 18 (13.95%) VMware
2 15 (11.63%) Oracle
3 12 (9.302%) HP
4 10 (7.752%) Citrix
5 6 (4.651%) Cisco
6 5 (3.876%) Dell
6 5 (3.876%) ESRI
7 3 (2.326%) Juniper
7 3 (2.326%) Veritas
7 3 (2.326%) Symantec
8 2 (1.550%) Acronis
8 2 (1.550%) WatchGuard
8 2 (1.550%) Sophos
8 2 (1.550%) EMC
8 2 (1.550%) i2
8 2 (1.550%) NetApp
8 2 (1.550%) Sybase
9 1 (0.775%) Business Objects
9 1 (0.775%) Nokia
9 1 (0.775%) MicroStrategy
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