The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Macclesfield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 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 Vendors for the Macclesfield 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 5 7 15
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 5 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Macclesfield 16.67% 7.692% 3.333%
As % of the Vendors category 25.00% 15.79% 8.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £80 - £145
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.98 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.13% -
All Vendors
Macclesfield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
20 19 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Macclesfield 66.67% 48.72% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 9
Average daily rate £275 £301 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.48% -24.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £80 £288 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £393 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Microsoft
Cheshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Macclesfield Microsoft Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

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

Macclesfield Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Macclesfield region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Macclesfield Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Macclesfield Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Macclesfield 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.

1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) SLA
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) HP
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) EPoS
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (14.29%) vSphere
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
3 1 (14.29%) eRoom
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (14.29%) MCTS
3 1 (14.29%) MCITP
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (14.29%) ISEB

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Macclesfield 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.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) XML Schema
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (14.29%) eRoom
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
1 1 (14.29%) MS Project
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) LoadRunner
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Server Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
2 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
2 1 (14.29%) Test Management
2 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (14.29%) MCTS
1 1 (14.29%) MCITP
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
1 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) vSphere
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) HP
1 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) NetApp