The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Leatherhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 22 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 Leatherhead 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 3 9 5
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 9 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leatherhead 39.13% 10.71% 7.143%
As % of the Vendors category 56.25% 20.00% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 0
Average daily rate £320 £220 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.45% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £12.50 £22.00 £16.17
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.18% +36.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Leatherhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
16 45 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leatherhead 69.57% 53.57% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 38 4
Average daily rate £313 £410 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.78% +49.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £12.50 £22.00 £15.21
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.18% +44.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Surrey

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leatherhead 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 Leatherhead region.

Leatherhead 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 Leatherhead region.

Leatherhead Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 16 (57.14%) .NET
2 13 (46.43%) Oracle
3 10 (35.71%) C#
3 10 (35.71%) SQL
3 10 (35.71%) Degree
4 9 (32.14%) MS Office
4 9 (32.14%) MS Excel
5 8 (28.57%) SharePoint
5 8 (28.57%) SOA
5 8 (28.57%) Active Directory
5 8 (28.57%) Windows
5 8 (28.57%) Telecoms
6 7 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (25.00%) SQL Server
6 7 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (21.43%) Load Balancing
7 6 (21.43%) SCCM
7 6 (21.43%) Windows 7
7 6 (21.43%) MSI
7 6 (21.43%) InstallShield
7 6 (21.43%) Windows XP
7 6 (21.43%) MS PowerPoint
7 6 (21.43%) Document Management
7 6 (21.43%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (17.86%) Network Planning
8 5 (17.86%) IIS
8 5 (17.86%) PL/SQL
8 5 (17.86%) Information Management
8 5 (17.86%) .NET Framework
9 4 (14.29%) WCF

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 Development
1 16 (57.14%) .NET
2 5 (17.86%) .NET Framework
3 4 (14.29%) WCF
4 1 (3.571%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 8 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 5 (17.86%) IIS
3 4 (14.29%) ActiveMQ
4 2 (7.143%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (32.14%) MS Office
1 9 (32.14%) MS Excel
2 6 (21.43%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (3.571%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Line 50
1 2 (7.143%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (3.571%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (3.571%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) GSM
1 1 (3.571%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 7 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.571%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.571%) OLTP
2 1 (3.571%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) MSI
1 6 (21.43%) InstallShield
2 1 (3.571%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.571%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.571%) Finance
2 1 (3.571%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Developer
2 6 (21.43%) Applications Packager
3 5 (17.86%) .NET Developer
3 5 (17.86%) Administrator
3 5 (17.86%) SharePoint Administrator
4 4 (14.29%) C# Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Information Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Software Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) C# .NET Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Storage Systems Administrator
6 2 (7.143%) .NET Software Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Wintel Specialist
6 2 (7.143%) SharePoint Specialist
6 2 (7.143%) C# Software Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Software Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Support Specialist
6 2 (7.143%) Procurement Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Wintel Support
6 2 (7.143%) IT Procurement Manager
7 1 (3.571%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.143%) AS400
3 1 (3.571%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.571%) Applied Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
2 6 (21.43%) Windows 7
2 6 (21.43%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) SOA
2 6 (21.43%) Load Balancing
2 6 (21.43%) Document Management
3 5 (17.86%) Network Planning
3 5 (17.86%) Information Management
4 4 (14.29%) Content Management
5 2 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (7.143%) Project Management
5 2 (7.143%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.571%) Configuration Management
6 1 (3.571%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.571%) OO
6 1 (3.571%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (3.571%) Unit Testing
6 1 (3.571%) ETRM
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) C#
1 10 (35.71%) SQL
2 5 (17.86%) PL/SQL
3 3 (10.71%) T-SQL
4 2 (7.143%) VBA
5 1 (3.571%) Ada
5 1 (3.571%) VB.NET
5 1 (3.571%) C
5 1 (3.571%) C++
5 1 (3.571%) Java
5 1 (3.571%) Perl
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 6 (21.43%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) SCCM
2 2 (7.143%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) Oracle
2 2 (7.143%) Baan
2 2 (7.143%) Sage
3 1 (3.571%) SAP
3 1 (3.571%) Trayport