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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 Leatherhead region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank202
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching contract IT job ads223
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.024 %
As % of the category below5.263 %48.94 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£120
Average daily rate-£120
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£120
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£308
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted116
Average minimum hourly rate£17.00£13.34
Average hourly rate£19.50£13.34
% change on same period last year+46.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.00£13.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.12£20.60
% change on same period last year-7.17 %
Vendors LeatherheadVendors
Leatherhead
Matching contract IT job ads3847
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.050 %
Daily rates quoted166
Average minimum daily rate£410£437
Average daily rate£442£458
% change on same period last year-3.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£474£478
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£356
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted219
Average minimum hourly rate£12.50£16.44
Average hourly rate£13.88£16.56
% change on same period last year-16.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.25£16.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.91£25.10
% change on same period last year-8.72 %
Microsoft SurreyMicrosoft
Surrey

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

Leatherhead 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 Leatherhead region.

Leatherhead 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 Leatherhead region.

Leatherhead Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leatherhead 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.

14 (80.00 %)Windows
14 (80.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (40.00 %)Active Directory
31 (20.00 %)Dell
31 (20.00 %)Citrix
31 (20.00 %)NHS
31 (20.00 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (20.00 %)ARCserve
31 (20.00 %)Construction
31 (20.00 %)Migration
31 (20.00 %)VMware
31 (20.00 %)Clustering
31 (20.00 %)NetBackup
31 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (20.00 %)Cisco
31 (20.00 %)MS Office
31 (20.00 %)ITIL
31 (20.00 %)Unix
31 (20.00 %)Solaris
31 (20.00 %)MS Excel
31 (20.00 %)Windows NT

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leatherhead 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 Platforms
14 (80.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
Applications
11 (20.00 %)MS Office
11 (20.00 %)MS Excel
General
11 (20.00 %)Construction
Job Titles
12 (40.00 %)1st Line Support
12 (40.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Support Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Service Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Service Desk Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Network Support Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Network Support
Miscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)NHS
11 (20.00 %)Clustering
Operating Systems
14 (80.00 %)Windows
21 (20.00 %)Solaris
21 (20.00 %)Windows NT
21 (20.00 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)ITIL
11 (20.00 %)Migration
System Software
12 (40.00 %)Active Directory
21 (20.00 %)NetBackup
Systems Management
11 (20.00 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (20.00 %)ARCserve
Vendors
11 (20.00 %)Cisco
11 (20.00 %)Dell
11 (20.00 %)Citrix
11 (20.00 %)VMware
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