The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification 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 Qualifications for the Maidenhead 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 Certification
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 1.266% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 8.333% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £175 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £265
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -11.42%
All Qualifications
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
12 8 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 15.19% 10.13% 21.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 7
Average daily rate £350 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £375 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £375 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £18.50 £23.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.56% -36.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Microsoft Certification
Berkshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead Microsoft Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Maidenhead Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Maidenhead Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) CCNA
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) MOM
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (75.00%) MCITP
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (75.00%) SCOM
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) XenApp
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (50.00%) Backup Exec
3 2 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (50.00%) UAG
3 2 (50.00%) ISA Server
3 2 (50.00%) Symantec
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) WAN

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) SSL
2 2 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Support Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNA
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
1 3 (75.00%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (75.00%) XenApp
2 2 (50.00%) UAG
2 2 (50.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) MOM
1 3 (75.00%) SCOM
2 2 (50.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) Symantec
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) VMware