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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 Leeds region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1021
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads14973
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.197 %0.073 %
As % of the category below33.79 %19.36 %
Daily rates quoted3211
Average minimum daily rate£249£262
Average daily rate£270£274
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£292£286
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£316
% change on same period last year+0.39 %
Hourly rates quoted1515
Average minimum hourly rate£18.22£31.04
Average hourly rate£20.12£32.30
% change on same period last year-37.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.01£33.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.87£20.89
% change on same period last year-4.86 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads441377
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.582 %0.375 %
Daily rates quoted10287
Average minimum daily rate£305£347
Average daily rate£324£372
% change on same period last year-12.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted2628
Average minimum hourly rate£17.51£23.34
Average hourly rate£18.78£24.36
% change on same period last year-22.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.06£25.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Microsoft West YorkshireMicrosoft
West Yorkshire

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Leeds Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Leeds Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

1134 (44.22 %)Windows
287 (28.71 %)MS Office
382 (27.06 %)MS Excel
476 (25.08 %)SQL
573 (24.09 %)SQL Server
672 (23.76 %)Active Directory
769 (22.77 %).NET
859 (19.47 %)Windows Server 2003
950 (16.50 %)Windows XP
1048 (15.84 %)C#
1146 (15.18 %)Finance
1244 (14.52 %)Health
1244 (14.52 %)MS Exchange
1244 (14.52 %)Windows Vista
1340 (13.20 %)NHS
1436 (11.88 %)XML
1535 (11.55 %)Microsoft Certification
1634 (11.22 %)SQL Server 2005
1732 (10.56 %)PRINCE2
1831 (10.23 %)ASP.NET
1930 (9.901 %)ITIL
1930 (9.901 %)VPN
2029 (9.571 %)Project Management
2127 (8.911 %)Windows 2000
2225 (8.251 %)MS Access
2225 (8.251 %)SQL Server 2000
2324 (7.921 %)Oracle
2423 (7.591 %)TCP/IP
2522 (7.261 %)SharePoint
2522 (7.261 %)WebServices

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
169 (22.77 %).NET
236 (11.88 %)XML
331 (10.23 %)ASP.NET
422 (7.261 %)WebServices
517 (5.611 %)HTML
615 (4.950 %)ASP
714 (4.620 %)CSS
811 (3.630 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
910 (3.300 %).NET Framework
910 (3.300 %)XSLT
108 (2.640 %)WCF
116 (1.980 %)Application Packaging
116 (1.980 %)ASP.NET 2.0
116 (1.980 %)Middleware
125 (1.650 %)MFC
134 (1.320 %)RSS
134 (1.320 %)XSD
143 (0.990 %)SOAP
143 (0.990 %)XHTML
143 (0.990 %)WSE
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
144 (14.52 %)MS Exchange
222 (7.261 %)SharePoint
315 (4.950 %)Exchange Server 2003
413 (4.290 %)Lotus Notes
510 (3.300 %)SharePoint Server 2007
65 (1.650 %)IIS
65 (1.650 %)Lotus Domino
74 (1.320 %)BizTalk Server
83 (0.990 %)WebLogic
83 (0.990 %)Tomcat
83 (0.990 %)Apache
92 (0.660 %)Office Project Server
92 (0.660 %)Exchange Server 2007
92 (0.660 %)CMS
92 (0.660 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
101 (0.330 %)Exchange Server 2000
101 (0.330 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
187 (28.71 %)MS Office
282 (27.06 %)MS Excel
319 (6.271 %)MS Project
416 (5.281 %)MS PowerPoint
510 (3.300 %)MS Visio
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.330 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (0.330 %)Siebel Analytics
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (9.901 %)VPN
223 (7.591 %)TCP/IP
321 (6.931 %)Firewall
420 (6.601 %)WAN
517 (5.611 %)Internet
517 (5.611 %)SAN
612 (3.960 %)DNS
711 (3.630 %)LAN
810 (3.300 %)MPLS
97 (2.310 %)Broadband
97 (2.310 %)DHCP
105 (1.650 %)SSL
114 (1.320 %)LDAP
123 (0.990 %)Intranet
132 (0.660 %)Network Security
132 (0.660 %)X.509
132 (0.660 %)Kerberos
132 (0.660 %)VoIP
141 (0.330 %)PBX
141 (0.330 %)SNMP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
173 (24.09 %)SQL Server
234 (11.22 %)SQL Server 2005
325 (8.251 %)MS Access
325 (8.251 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (2.310 %)SQL Server Integration Services
56 (1.980 %)Datawarehouse
56 (1.980 %)BusinessObjects
65 (1.650 %)OLAP
74 (1.320 %)MySQL
83 (0.990 %)Oracle 8/8i
83 (0.990 %)DTS
83 (0.990 %)Oracle 10g
83 (0.990 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
92 (0.660 %)Oracle OWB
92 (0.660 %)EDRMS
92 (0.660 %)OLTP
92 (0.660 %)DB2
101 (0.330 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.330 %)Oracle 9i
101 (0.330 %)Oracle Discoverer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (5.611 %)Visual Studio
211 (3.630 %)Visual Studio Team System
35 (1.650 %)Flash
35 (1.650 %)MSI
44 (1.320 %)Dreamweaver
44 (1.320 %)JUnit
53 (0.990 %)Eclipse
62 (0.660 %)ClearQuest
62 (0.660 %)ClearCase
71 (0.330 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (0.330 %)InstallShield
71 (0.330 %)NUnit
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
146 (15.18 %)Finance
244 (14.52 %)Health
39 (2.970 %)Government
39 (2.970 %)Banking
47 (2.310 %)Legal
47 (2.310 %)Telecoms
56 (1.980 %)Law
56 (1.980 %)Education
65 (1.650 %)Pensions
74 (1.320 %)Marketing
83 (0.990 %)Insurance
91 (0.330 %)Graphic Design
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
185 (28.05 %)Developer
258 (19.14 %)Analyst
328 (9.241 %).NET Developer
423 (7.591 %)Support Analyst
520 (6.601 %)C# Developer
617 (5.611 %)Desktop Support
716 (5.281 %)Support Engineer
815 (4.950 %)Project Manager
913 (4.290 %)2nd Line Support
1011 (3.630 %)Project Engineer
1110 (3.300 %)3rd Line Support
1110 (3.300 %)Technical Support
129 (2.970 %)Consultant
129 (2.970 %)Systems Engineer
129 (2.970 %)Technical Manager
129 (2.970 %)Desktop Engineer
138 (2.640 %)Desktop Support Engineer
138 (2.640 %)Architect
147 (2.310 %)DBA
147 (2.310 %)Senior Developer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
140 (13.20 %)NHS
25 (1.650 %)Blackberry
25 (1.650 %)AS400
25 (1.650 %)E-Learning
25 (1.650 %)SCORM
25 (1.650 %)Clustering
25 (1.650 %)Computer Science
34 (1.320 %)PDA
34 (1.320 %)Multithreading
34 (1.320 %)Client/Server
43 (0.990 %)N-Tier
43 (0.990 %)Smartcard
43 (0.990 %)Management Information System
43 (0.990 %)Video Conferencing
52 (0.660 %)Fat Client
52 (0.660 %)Data Integration
52 (0.660 %)Thin Client
61 (0.330 %)W3C
61 (0.330 %)Replication
61 (0.330 %)NPfIT
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1134 (44.22 %)Windows
259 (19.47 %)Windows Server 2003
350 (16.50 %)Windows XP
444 (14.52 %)Windows Vista
527 (8.911 %)Windows 2000
617 (5.611 %)UNIX
712 (3.960 %)NetWare
88 (2.640 %)Windows Mobile
97 (2.310 %)Solaris
97 (2.310 %)Linux
106 (1.980 %)Windows 2000 Server
113 (0.990 %)HPUX
121 (0.330 %)SUSE
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
132 (10.56 %)PRINCE2
230 (9.901 %)ITIL
329 (9.571 %)Project Management
414 (4.620 %)Migration
511 (3.630 %)PRINCE
511 (3.630 %)Data Migration
610 (3.300 %)Data Analysis
610 (3.300 %)Service Management
79 (2.970 %)UML
87 (2.310 %)OO
87 (2.310 %)Network Load Balancing
96 (1.980 %)Use Case
105 (1.650 %)Time Management
105 (1.650 %)Test Scripting
105 (1.650 %)Unit Testing
105 (1.650 %)Supplier Management
105 (1.650 %)Business Analysis
105 (1.650 %)Statistical Analysis
114 (1.320 %)System Testing
114 (1.320 %)Security Cleared
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
176 (25.08 %)SQL
248 (15.84 %)C#
313 (4.290 %)VB.NET
412 (3.960 %)JavaScript
510 (3.300 %)VBScript
68 (2.640 %)VB
77 (2.310 %)Java
77 (2.310 %)PL/SQL
86 (1.980 %)C++
95 (1.650 %)VBA
104 (1.320 %)PHP
104 (1.320 %)Transact-SQL
113 (0.990 %)VB6
121 (0.330 %)PHP4
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
135 (11.55 %)Microsoft Certification
221 (6.931 %)MCSE
38 (2.640 %)MCP
45 (1.650 %)PRINCE2 Certification
45 (1.650 %)ITIL Certification
45 (1.650 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
45 (1.650 %)Degree
54 (1.320 %)MCDST
54 (1.320 %)Network+ Certification
54 (1.320 %)CNA
54 (1.320 %)Novell Certification
63 (0.990 %)ISEB
63 (0.990 %)CITP
72 (0.660 %)Cisco Certification
72 (0.660 %)CCNA
72 (0.660 %)MCSA
81 (0.330 %)HNC
81 (0.330 %)CISSP
81 (0.330 %)CNE
81 (0.330 %)A+ Certification
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.980 %)QA
24 (1.320 %)BS15000
32 (0.660 %)ISO27001
32 (0.660 %)ISO17799
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
172 (23.76 %)Active Directory
215 (4.950 %)VMware ESX
313 (4.290 %)VMware Infrastructure
410 (3.300 %)Novell eDirectory
54 (1.320 %)Oracle RAC
54 (1.320 %)Backup Exec
54 (1.320 %)MetaFrame
61 (0.330 %)Terminal Services
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
118 (5.941 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
217 (5.611 %)Norton AntiVirus
35 (1.650 %)ZENworks
43 (0.990 %)OpenView
43 (0.990 %)MOM
43 (0.990 %)WSUS
51 (0.330 %)ARCserve
51 (0.330 %)DameWare
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
124 (7.921 %)Oracle
219 (6.271 %)Novell
316 (5.281 %)Symantec
415 (4.950 %)Citrix
513 (4.290 %)VMware
513 (4.290 %)Lotus
69 (2.970 %)HP
78 (2.640 %)IBM
86 (1.980 %)Business Objects
94 (1.320 %)VERITAS
94 (1.320 %)Juniper
94 (1.320 %)BEA
94 (1.320 %)Cisco
94 (1.320 %)Sun
103 (0.990 %)SAP
103 (0.990 %)Intel
103 (0.990 %)Perforce
103 (0.990 %)ESRI
112 (0.660 %)CheckPoint
112 (0.660 %)Primavera