The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Leicestershire 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 Developer
Rank - 24 33
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire - 0.930% 0.426%
As % of the Job Titles category - 1.010% 0.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £475 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +143.58%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £45.00 £24.19
% change year-on-year
-25.55% +86.04%
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
200 198 225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 94.79% 92.09% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 51 60
Average daily rate £325 £313 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -0.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £150 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £505 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 30 33
Average hourly rate £13.00 £11.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -66.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Microsoft Developer
East Midlands

Microsoft Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire Microsoft Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire Microsoft Developer Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire Microsoft Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Developer
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) MDX
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services

Microsoft Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) MDX
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft