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This section looks at the demand for the Microsoft Consultant role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Microsoft Consultant
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank380437
Rank change on same period last yearUp+57
Matching contract IT job ads2131
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.031 %
As % of the category below0.071 %0.073 %
Daily rates quoted812
Average minimum daily rate£356£394
Average daily rate£400£416
% change on same period last year-3.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£444£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£396£362
% change on same period last year+9.24 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.50-
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2966342535
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.54 %43.03 %
Daily rates quoted1254115833
Average minimum daily rate£408£426
Average daily rate£438£455
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£468£484
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted15762120
Average minimum hourly rate£22.67£24.40
Average hourly rate£24.26£26.14
% change on same period last year-7.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.85£27.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Microsoft Consultant EnglandMicrosoft Consultant
England

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.

Microsoft Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Microsoft Consultant Demand Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the London region.

London Microsoft Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London Microsoft Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Microsoft Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-215£400-11.11 %
Canary WharfNew entry-1£400-
Microsoft Consultant EnglandMicrosoft Consultant
England

Microsoft Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Microsoft Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

137 (100.00 %)Microsoft
216 (43.24 %)CRM
314 (37.84 %)Microsoft CRM
412 (32.43 %)MS Exchange
412 (32.43 %).NET
511 (29.73 %)C#
511 (29.73 %)Windows
69 (24.32 %)Active Directory
69 (24.32 %)Dynamics CRM
78 (21.62 %)ASP.NET
78 (21.62 %)SQL Server
86 (16.22 %)SharePoint
95 (13.51 %)Exchange Server 2003
103 (8.108 %)Finance
103 (8.108 %)VMware
103 (8.108 %)Windows Server 2003
103 (8.108 %)Citrix
103 (8.108 %)SQL
103 (8.108 %)IIS
103 (8.108 %)Microsoft Certification
103 (8.108 %)Exchange Server 2007
103 (8.108 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
103 (8.108 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
103 (8.108 %)Insurance
103 (8.108 %)SQL Server 2005
103 (8.108 %)Enterprise Architecture
103 (8.108 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
112 (5.405 %)Office Communications Server
112 (5.405 %)SharePoint Server 2007
112 (5.405 %)Dynamics AX

Microsoft Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Microsoft Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (32.43 %).NET
28 (21.62 %)ASP.NET
32 (5.405 %)Windows SharePoint Services
41 (2.703 %)CSS
41 (2.703 %)XHTML
41 (2.703 %)AJAX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (32.43 %)MS Exchange
26 (16.22 %)SharePoint
35 (13.51 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (8.108 %)IIS
43 (8.108 %)Exchange Server 2007
52 (5.405 %)Office Communications Server
52 (5.405 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (2.703 %)Commerce Server 2007
61 (2.703 %)Office Project Server
61 (2.703 %)Lotus Notes
61 (2.703 %)Lotus Domino
61 (2.703 %)Commerce Server
61 (2.703 %)Content Management Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (5.405 %)MS Office
12 (5.405 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (37.84 %)Microsoft CRM
29 (24.32 %)Dynamics CRM
32 (5.405 %)Dynamics AX
32 (5.405 %)Axapta
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (5.405 %)DNS
12 (5.405 %)SMTP
21 (2.703 %)DHCP
21 (2.703 %)VPN
21 (2.703 %)WLAN
21 (2.703 %)S/MIME
21 (2.703 %)Firewall
21 (2.703 %)Wireless
21 (2.703 %)Reverse Proxy
21 (2.703 %)Cisco IOS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (21.62 %)SQL Server
23 (8.108 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
23 (8.108 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
23 (8.108 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
23 (8.108 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.703 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (2.703 %)MySQL
31 (2.703 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (2.703 %)SQL Server 7
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.703 %)Visual Studio
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (8.108 %)Finance
13 (8.108 %)Insurance
22 (5.405 %)Retail
31 (2.703 %)Local Government
31 (2.703 %)Government
31 (2.703 %)Legal
31 (2.703 %)Manufacturing
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (5.405 %)PKI
21 (2.703 %)Blackberry
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (29.73 %)Windows
23 (8.108 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (2.703 %)Windows Mobile
31 (2.703 %)Windows NT
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (43.24 %)CRM
23 (8.108 %)Enterprise Architecture
32 (5.405 %)Business Intelligence
32 (5.405 %)Migration
41 (2.703 %)Asset Management
41 (2.703 %)Data Management
41 (2.703 %)Content Management
41 (2.703 %)Change Management
41 (2.703 %)E-Commerce
41 (2.703 %)ERP
41 (2.703 %)Requirements Analysis
41 (2.703 %)Technical Architecture
41 (2.703 %)Web Development
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (29.73 %)C#
23 (8.108 %)SQL
32 (5.405 %)JavaScript
32 (5.405 %)VB.NET
41 (2.703 %)VBScript
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (8.108 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (5.405 %)MCSE
31 (2.703 %)CCA
31 (2.703 %)Citrix Certification
31 (2.703 %)CCEA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (24.32 %)Active Directory
22 (5.405 %)ISA Server
31 (2.703 %)VMware ESX
31 (2.703 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (2.703 %)VMware Server
31 (2.703 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.703 %)MAILsweeper
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
137 (100.00 %)Microsoft
23 (8.108 %)Citrix
23 (8.108 %)VMware
31 (2.703 %)Serena
31 (2.703 %)Lotus
31 (2.703 %)CheckPoint
31 (2.703 %)Websense
31 (2.703 %)RedDot
31 (2.703 %)HP
31 (2.703 %)Oracle
31 (2.703 %)Sybase
31 (2.703 %)Cisco
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