The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Azure over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Application Platforms category 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 308 383 422
Rank change year-on-year
+75 +39
Contract jobs citing Windows Azure 79 35 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.359% 0.128% 0.036%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.937% 0.791% 0.216%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 32 9
Average daily rate £375 £350 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £328 £345
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £625 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £230
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +73.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £15.00 -
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4079 4427 5082
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.55% 16.19% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2612 2745 3123
Average daily rate £400 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 130 172
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.00 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Windows Azure
England

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Azure across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

London Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Azure across the London region.

London Windows Azure Daily Rate Trend

Windows Azure
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Windows Azure Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Azure
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Azure within the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
City of London +28 23 £355 +1.42%
Croydon - 1 £375 -
Windows Azure
England

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure.

1 94 (74.02%) C#
2 83 (65.35%) .NET
3 69 (54.33%) Windows
4 62 (48.82%) ASP.NET
5 49 (38.58%) MVC
6 45 (35.43%) SQL Server
7 38 (29.92%) Microsoft
8 35 (27.56%) JavaScript
9 34 (26.77%) WCF
10 33 (25.98%) TDD
11 32 (25.20%) SQL
12 31 (24.41%) CSS
13 28 (22.05%) Web Services
13 28 (22.05%) XML
14 27 (21.26%) Agile Software Development
15 24 (18.90%) HTML
16 23 (18.11%) Visual Studio
16 23 (18.11%) Scrum
16 23 (18.11%) ASP.NET MVC
17 22 (17.32%) Team Foundation Server
18 21 (16.54%) BDD
19 19 (14.96%) Cloud Computing
19 19 (14.96%) jQuery
20 18 (14.17%) REST
21 17 (13.39%) Razor View Engine
21 17 (13.39%) Google
21 17 (13.39%) C++
21 17 (13.39%) MS Excel
22 16 (12.60%) Azure SQL Database
22 16 (12.60%) PaaS

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 83 (65.35%) .NET
2 62 (48.82%) ASP.NET
3 34 (26.77%) WCF
4 31 (24.41%) CSS
5 28 (22.05%) Web Services
5 28 (22.05%) XML
6 24 (18.90%) HTML
7 23 (18.11%) ASP.NET MVC
8 19 (14.96%) jQuery
9 18 (14.17%) REST
10 17 (13.39%) Razor View Engine
11 15 (11.81%) LINQ
12 14 (11.02%) XSLT
13 11 (8.661%) Silverlight
13 11 (8.661%) ASP.NET MVC 4
14 10 (7.874%) LESS
14 10 (7.874%) Gherkin
14 10 (7.874%) HTML5
15 7 (5.512%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 7 (5.512%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 16 (12.60%) Google App Engine
2 12 (9.449%) Amazon AWS
2 12 (9.449%) IIS
3 8 (6.299%) Amazon EC2
4 5 (3.937%) CMS
5 3 (2.362%) Apache
6 2 (1.575%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.575%) Kentico
6 2 (1.575%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (1.575%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.787%) Apache Pig
7 1 (0.787%) Kafka
7 1 (0.787%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.787%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.787%) Facebook Platform
7 1 (0.787%) ESB
Applications
1 17 (13.39%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.787%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (1.575%) Bond Adapt
2 1 (0.787%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.449%) Internet
2 5 (3.937%) HTTP
2 5 (3.937%) SSL
3 2 (1.575%) Intranet
3 2 (1.575%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.787%) DNS
4 1 (0.787%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (35.43%) SQL Server
2 16 (12.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (7.087%) NoSQL
3 9 (7.087%) SQL Server 2008
4 8 (6.299%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (5.512%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (4.724%) Hadoop
6 6 (4.724%) Apache Cassandra
6 6 (4.724%) Big Data
7 5 (3.937%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (3.937%) HBase
8 2 (1.575%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.575%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.575%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.787%) Hypertable
9 1 (0.787%) OLAP
9 1 (0.787%) MySQL
9 1 (0.787%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.787%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.787%) Redis
Development Applications
1 23 (18.11%) Visual Studio
2 22 (17.32%) Team Foundation Server
3 13 (10.24%) MSBuild
4 12 (9.449%) Selenium
5 10 (7.874%) Git (software)
5 10 (7.874%) Subversion
6 8 (6.299%) TeamCity
7 6 (4.724%) JIRA
8 3 (2.362%) SpecFlow
8 3 (2.362%) JMeter
9 2 (1.575%) Moq
10 1 (0.787%) MSTest
10 1 (0.787%) ReSharper
10 1 (0.787%) Mercurial
General
1 15 (11.81%) Games
2 9 (7.087%) Finance
3 6 (4.724%) Marketing
4 3 (2.362%) Retail
5 2 (1.575%) Publishing
6 1 (0.787%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.787%) Law
6 1 (0.787%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.787%) Banking
Job Titles
1 65 (51.18%) Developer
2 34 (26.77%) .NET Developer
3 24 (18.90%) C# Developer
4 15 (11.81%) Software Engineer
4 15 (11.81%) ASP.NET Developer
5 14 (11.02%) C# .NET Developer
6 10 (7.874%) Build Engineer
7 8 (6.299%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 7 (5.512%) Architect
8 7 (5.512%) Web Developer
8 7 (5.512%) Software Development Engineer
8 7 (5.512%) Development Engineer
9 6 (4.724%) .NET Programmer
9 6 (4.724%) Agile .NET Developer
9 6 (4.724%) Programmer
10 5 (3.937%) Software Developer
10 5 (3.937%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.937%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 4 (3.150%) Web Engineer
11 4 (3.150%) Web Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.96%) Cloud Computing
2 16 (12.60%) PaaS
3 12 (9.449%) SaaS
4 6 (4.724%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.150%) Computer Science
5 4 (3.150%) Open Source
6 3 (2.362%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.575%) Online Games
7 2 (1.575%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.575%) Heroku
8 1 (0.787%) IaaS
8 1 (0.787%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.787%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.787%) Social Media
8 1 (0.787%) Visualisation
8 1 (0.787%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 69 (54.33%) Windows
2 15 (11.81%) Linux
3 11 (8.661%) Windows Mobile
4 4 (3.150%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.575%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.575%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.575%) Windows Phone
6 1 (0.787%) Windows Phone 8
6 1 (0.787%) UNIX
6 1 (0.787%) Windows Phone 7
6 1 (0.787%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (38.58%) MVC
2 33 (25.98%) TDD
3 27 (21.26%) Agile Software Development
4 23 (18.11%) Scrum
5 21 (16.54%) BDD
6 15 (11.81%) Analytics
7 13 (10.24%) Web Development
8 12 (9.449%) Workflow
9 11 (8.661%) SOA
10 10 (7.874%) Rapid Prototyping
10 10 (7.874%) Migration
11 9 (7.087%) Game Development
12 8 (6.299%) Configuration Management
13 7 (5.512%) E-Commerce
13 7 (5.512%) Continuous Integration
13 7 (5.512%) Multithreading
14 6 (4.724%) Release Management
14 6 (4.724%) Capacity Planning
15 5 (3.937%) Network Architecture
15 5 (3.937%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 94 (74.02%) C#
2 35 (27.56%) JavaScript
3 32 (25.20%) SQL
4 17 (13.39%) C++
5 13 (10.24%) Lua
6 9 (7.087%) Java
7 6 (4.724%) Python
8 5 (3.937%) Ruby
9 4 (3.150%) Perl
9 4 (3.150%) C
10 2 (1.575%) Groovy
10 2 (1.575%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.787%) PHP
11 1 (0.787%) VC++
11 1 (0.787%) Clojure
11 1 (0.787%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (7.874%) PhD
2 5 (3.937%) CCNP
2 5 (3.937%) CCNA
2 5 (3.937%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.575%) Degree
4 1 (0.787%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.937%) QA
2 3 (2.362%) Dublin Core
System Software
1 5 (3.937%) XenServer
2 2 (1.575%) Varnish
3 1 (0.787%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.787%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.575%) Splunk
2 1 (0.787%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (29.92%) Microsoft
2 17 (13.39%) Google
3 4 (3.150%) Hortonworks
3 4 (3.150%) Cloudera
3 4 (3.150%) Rackspace
4 2 (1.575%) Open Text
4 2 (1.575%) RedDot
5 1 (0.787%) Oracle
5 1 (0.787%) Facebook
5 1 (0.787%) Twitter
5 1 (0.787%) Atlassian
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