Microsoft Certification Contracts in Leeds
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification 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 Qualifications for the Leeds 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.

Location
 3 months to
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 56 32 47
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 18 38 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 2.452% 4.313% 1.246%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.33% 23.60% 7.407%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 24 1
Average daily rate £308 £350 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.14% +75.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £265
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
Average hourly rate £10.65 - £19.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -11.42%
All Qualifications
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 135 161 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 18.39% 18.27% 16.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 99 47
Average daily rate £300 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £213 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 10
Average hourly rate £13.58 £12.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.12% -45.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.65 £12.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.75 £50.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Microsoft Certification
West Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Microsoft Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Leeds region.

Leeds Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Leeds Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification.

1 27 (96.43%) Windows
2 25 (89.29%) Microsoft
3 24 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 19 (67.86%) Windows Server 2008
5 18 (64.29%) MS Exchange
6 17 (60.71%) MCSE
6 17 (60.71%) SQL Server
6 17 (60.71%) Exchange Server 2003
7 15 (53.57%) Windows XP
7 15 (53.57%) Cisco
8 14 (50.00%) SAN
9 13 (46.43%) F5
10 12 (42.86%) NAS
10 12 (42.86%) LAN
10 12 (42.86%) WAN
11 9 (32.14%) MCP
11 9 (32.14%) Windows 7
12 7 (25.00%) MS Excel
13 6 (21.43%) ITIL
13 6 (21.43%) Blackberry
14 5 (17.86%) VMware
14 5 (17.86%) Internet
14 5 (17.86%) Windows 2000
14 5 (17.86%) GPRS
15 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
15 4 (14.29%) MS Office
16 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
16 3 (10.71%) Sage
16 3 (10.71%) Crystal Reports
16 3 (10.71%) ERP

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.571%) .NET
1 1 (3.571%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 18 (64.29%) MS Exchange
2 17 (60.71%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (3.571%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (3.571%) Apache
3 1 (3.571%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (14.29%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Line 500
Communications & Networking
1 14 (50.00%) SAN
2 12 (42.86%) NAS
2 12 (42.86%) LAN
2 12 (42.86%) WAN
3 5 (17.86%) Internet
3 5 (17.86%) GPRS
4 2 (7.143%) TCP/IP
4 2 (7.143%) DNS
5 1 (3.571%) Firewall
5 1 (3.571%) SSL
5 1 (3.571%) VPN
5 1 (3.571%) SMTP
5 1 (3.571%) DHCP
5 1 (3.571%) FTP
5 1 (3.571%) HTTP
5 1 (3.571%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (3.571%) SSH
5 1 (3.571%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (60.71%) SQL Server
2 3 (10.71%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.571%) Data Mining
General
1 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
2 2 (7.143%) Legal
2 2 (7.143%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.571%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) Analyst
2 8 (28.57%) Messaging Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (17.86%) Technical Support
4 5 (17.86%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (17.86%) Messaging Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Support Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Technical Advisor
6 3 (10.71%) Messaging Specialist
6 3 (10.71%) Blackberry Support
6 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Specialist
7 2 (7.143%) Windows Engineer
7 2 (7.143%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (7.143%) Service Analyst
8 1 (3.571%) Design Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 1 (3.571%) Support Technician
8 1 (3.571%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Blackberry
2 2 (7.143%) NHS
3 1 (3.571%) Firmware
3 1 (3.571%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.571%) iPhone
3 1 (3.571%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.571%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 27 (96.43%) Windows
2 24 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 19 (67.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (53.57%) Windows XP
5 9 (32.14%) Windows 7
6 5 (17.86%) Windows 2000
7 3 (10.71%) Windows Vista
8 2 (7.143%) Linux
9 1 (3.571%) Debian
9 1 (3.571%) Mac OS X
9 1 (3.571%) CentOS
9 1 (3.571%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (3.571%) Apple iOS
9 1 (3.571%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) ITIL
2 3 (10.71%) ERP
2 3 (10.71%) Time Management
2 3 (10.71%) Network Architecture
3 2 (7.143%) Problem Management
4 1 (3.571%) Migration
4 1 (3.571%) Service Management
4 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.571%) Change Management
4 1 (3.571%) ITSM
4 1 (3.571%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.571%) Release Management
4 1 (3.571%) Software Testing
4 1 (3.571%) Software Deployment
4 1 (3.571%) ITIL V2
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.143%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.571%) PHP
2 1 (3.571%) SQL
2 1 (3.571%) VBScript
2 1 (3.571%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (60.71%) MCSE
2 9 (32.14%) MCP
3 3 (10.71%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.571%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (10.71%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.571%) XenServer
3 1 (3.571%) Xen
3 1 (3.571%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) ZENworks
1 1 (3.571%) Business Desktop Deployment
1 1 (3.571%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 25 (89.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (53.57%) Cisco
3 13 (46.43%) F5
4 5 (17.86%) VMware
5 3 (10.71%) Sage
6 2 (7.143%) Citrix
7 1 (3.571%) Wyse
7 1 (3.571%) Novell
7 1 (3.571%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.571%) Apple
7 1 (3.571%) Juniper
7 1 (3.571%) Syncsort
7 1 (3.571%) Brocade
Service Desk Analyst
Leeds, Yorkshire
Essential skills - Active Directory - NHS mail - Knowledge of Windows operating systems- Previous Help Desk experience (Call Logging) - Excellent Communication Skills Any previous experience working in the NHS is...
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Rate: £10.00 - £11.30 per hour
Posted: 11 May 2013
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