The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification 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 Qualifications for the Merseyside 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 Certification
Rank 26 31 23
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 3 5 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.571% 1.984% 4.000%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.000% 10.00% 34.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £150 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -40.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £263
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
Average hourly rate - £15.50 £21.86
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -29.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -6.06%
All Qualifications
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
50 50 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 26.18% 19.84% 11.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 26 13
Average daily rate £400 £321 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.72% +16.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £225 £135
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £485 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 10
Average hourly rate - £15.50 £21.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -29.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
Microsoft Certification
North West

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Merseyside 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
Liverpool +9 3 - -
St Helens - - - -
Wirral - - - -
Microsoft Certification
North West

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 (80.00%) MCP
1 4 (80.00%) .NET
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) MVC
1 4 (80.00%) WCF
2 3 (60.00%) C
2 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (60.00%) Kanban
2 3 (60.00%) MCTS
2 3 (60.00%) NUnit
2 3 (60.00%) Git (software)
2 3 (60.00%) 3D Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) HTML5
2 3 (60.00%) Game Development
2 3 (60.00%) Web Application Development
2 3 (60.00%) Unity DI Container
2 3 (60.00%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (60.00%) Games
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) OpenGL
2 3 (60.00%) MCAD
2 3 (60.00%) MCSD
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (20.00%) SAN

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 Development
1 4 (80.00%) .NET
1 4 (80.00%) WCF
2 3 (60.00%) HTML5
2 3 (60.00%) Unity DI Container
2 3 (60.00%) OpenGL
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) LINQ
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
1 1 (20.00%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) ADSL
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
1 1 (20.00%) Intranet
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) MPLS
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) NUnit
1 3 (60.00%) Git (software)
2 1 (20.00%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 3 (60.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Games Developer
2 3 (60.00%) C++ Developer
2 3 (60.00%) C# Developer
2 3 (60.00%) C++/C# Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Gameplay Developer
2 3 (60.00%) C++ Games Developer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (20.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (20.00%) Clustering
2 1 (20.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) MVC
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Kanban
2 3 (60.00%) 3D Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) Game Development
2 3 (60.00%) Web Application Development
3 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) MCP
2 3 (60.00%) MCAD
2 3 (60.00%) MCSD
2 3 (60.00%) MCTS
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) XenApp
1 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Dell
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Wyse
2 1 (20.00%) NETGEAR
2 1 (20.00%) Sitecore
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco