The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 London 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Consultant
Rank 368 367 415
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +48
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 24 46 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.104% 0.173% 0.127%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.113% 0.187% 0.137%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 26 19
Average daily rate £400 £411 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.73% -8.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £331 £322
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £519 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £426 £370
% change year-on-year
-12.02% +15.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year
- +21.95%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
21207 24646 29107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 91.96% 92.55% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 14319 15934 18765
Average daily rate £450 £435 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -8.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 457 611 670
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.97 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Microsoft Consultant
England

Microsoft Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London Microsoft Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

The table below 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 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +1 7 £350 -17.64% 1
Croydon - - - -
Microsoft Consultant
England

Microsoft Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

1 44 (75.86%) Microsoft
2 23 (39.66%) SQL Server
3 20 (34.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (31.03%) CRM
5 17 (29.31%) MS Excel
6 14 (24.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (24.14%) MS Exchange
6 14 (24.14%) SQL Server 2008
7 13 (22.41%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (22.41%) Windows
8 12 (20.69%) .NET
8 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (20.69%) Migration
9 11 (18.97%) Finance
9 11 (18.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 11 (18.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (18.97%) SQL
9 11 (18.97%) Exchange Server 2010
10 10 (17.24%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (17.24%) SQL Server 2005
11 9 (15.52%) OLAP
12 8 (13.79%) MS Office
12 8 (13.79%) MCP
13 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
13 7 (12.07%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (10.34%) SharePoint
14 6 (10.34%) Banking
15 5 (8.621%) Law
15 5 (8.621%) Legal
15 5 (8.621%) Document Management

Microsoft Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 12 (20.69%) .NET
2 5 (8.621%) ASP.NET
2 5 (8.621%) jQuery
3 2 (3.448%) Web Services
3 2 (3.448%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.724%) JSON
4 1 (1.724%) Application Packaging
4 1 (1.724%) MDX
4 1 (1.724%) WCF
4 1 (1.724%) WPF
4 1 (1.724%) Silverlight
4 1 (1.724%) XML
4 1 (1.724%) XSLT
4 1 (1.724%) Ajax
4 1 (1.724%) REST
4 1 (1.724%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 14 (24.14%) MS Exchange
2 11 (18.97%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (10.34%) SharePoint
4 5 (8.621%) WorkSite
5 4 (6.897%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (6.897%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (6.897%) Lync
6 3 (5.172%) IBM Notes
6 3 (5.172%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (5.172%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (3.448%) Lotus Domino
7 2 (3.448%) IIS
7 2 (3.448%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (1.724%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (1.724%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 17 (29.31%) MS Excel
2 8 (13.79%) MS Office
3 2 (3.448%) MS Project
3 2 (3.448%) PowerPivot
4 1 (1.724%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 20 (34.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.172%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.621%) TCP/IP
2 4 (6.897%) SMTP
3 2 (3.448%) LDAP
3 2 (3.448%) SSL
3 2 (3.448%) POP3
4 1 (1.724%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (1.724%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.724%) DNS
4 1 (1.724%) PBX
4 1 (1.724%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (39.66%) SQL Server
2 14 (24.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 14 (24.14%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (18.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 11 (18.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (17.24%) SQL Server 2005
4 10 (17.24%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (15.52%) OLAP
6 2 (3.448%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (1.724%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.724%) ProClarity
7 1 (1.724%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (1.724%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (6.897%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (18.97%) Finance
2 6 (10.34%) Banking
3 5 (8.621%) Law
3 5 (8.621%) Legal
4 2 (3.448%) Retail
4 2 (3.448%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.724%) Marketing
5 1 (1.724%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.621%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.724%) Handset
2 1 (1.724%) Market Risk
2 1 (1.724%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.41%) Windows
2 7 (12.07%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (6.897%) Windows XP
4 3 (5.172%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (5.172%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.448%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.724%) Windows Phone
6 1 (1.724%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.724%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.03%) CRM
2 13 (22.41%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (20.69%) Migration
4 5 (8.621%) Document Management
5 4 (6.897%) Data Migration
6 3 (5.172%) Change Control
6 3 (5.172%) Workflow
6 3 (5.172%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (3.448%) TOGAF
7 2 (3.448%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (3.448%) Test Scripting
8 1 (1.724%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (1.724%) Web Development
8 1 (1.724%) Load Balancing
8 1 (1.724%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (1.724%) Data Analysis
8 1 (1.724%) Software Engineering
8 1 (1.724%) Business Analysis
8 1 (1.724%) Project Management
8 1 (1.724%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.97%) SQL
2 5 (8.621%) C#
3 4 (6.897%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.172%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.448%) VB
6 1 (1.724%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.724%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (13.79%) MCP
3 3 (5.172%) MCITP
4 2 (3.448%) MCSE
5 1 (1.724%) MCDBA
5 1 (1.724%) MCSD
5 1 (1.724%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.724%) MCTS
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.448%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (3.448%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 2 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.448%) XenApp
3 1 (1.724%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (1.724%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (5.172%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (1.724%) MAILsweeper
2 1 (1.724%) SCCM
2 1 (1.724%) SCOM
2 1 (1.724%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 44 (75.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.172%) Lotus
2 3 (5.172%) Symantec
2 3 (5.172%) Oracle
3 2 (3.448%) SAP
3 2 (3.448%) EMC
3 2 (3.448%) Citrix
3 2 (3.448%) Hitachi
3 2 (3.448%) NetApp
3 2 (3.448%) VMware
4 1 (1.724%) F5
4 1 (1.724%) RightFax
4 1 (1.724%) Clearswift
4 1 (1.724%) Open Text
4 1 (1.724%) Apple
4 1 (1.724%) Dell
4 1 (1.724%) Siemens
4 1 (1.724%) Cisco
4 1 (1.724%) Sybase