The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Lanarkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Lanarkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 2 1 3
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 3 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lanarkshire 75.00% 75.00% 25.00%
As % of the Vendors category 100.00% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £250 - £210
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £150.00 - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Lanarkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lanarkshire 75.00% 75.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £250 - £210
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £150.00 - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Scotland

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lanarkshire 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 Lanarkshire region.

Lanarkshire 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 Lanarkshire region.

Lanarkshire Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lanarkshire 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (50.00%) Websense
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
4 1 (25.00%) MPLS
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
4 1 (25.00%) WSUS
4 1 (25.00%) vSphere

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lanarkshire 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 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Websense
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix