The first table below looks at the demand for UAG skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UAG over the 3 months to 24 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 System Software category for the Middlesex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG)
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing UAG 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.500% - -
As % of the System Software category 5.882% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £400 £381
% change year-on-year
-35.00% +4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.00 -
% change year-on-year
+47.05% -
All System Software
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
17 16 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 8.500% 5.178% 6.845%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 5
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £293 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £415 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
UAG
South East

UAG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing UAG across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Middlesex UAG Jobs Demand Trend

UAG
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing UAG 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 UAG.

1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell

UAG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing UAG 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 UAG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft