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Microsoft Contracts in Milton Keynes
 
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The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 4 6 4
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 103 88 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 17.14% 13.13% 16.90%
As % of the Vendors category 36.01% 28.30% 33.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 22 38
Average daily rate £328 £315 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.13% -8.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £161 £250 £135
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £372 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 39
Average hourly rate £12.75 £14.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% +1.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.50 £12.00 £10.53
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.67 £24.75 £16.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.98 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.13% -
All Vendors
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 286 311 315
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 47.59% 46.42% 49.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 115 118
Average daily rate £350 £315 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -7.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £446 £411
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 27 58
Average hourly rate £13.00 £15.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.50 £12.80 £10.09
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £25.00 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Microsoft
Buckinghamshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Milton Keynes Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 63 (38.41%) Windows
2 61 (37.20%) MS Excel
3 51 (31.10%) Security Cleared
4 47 (28.66%) SC Cleared
5 46 (28.05%) Active Directory
6 44 (26.83%) MS Office
7 43 (26.22%) Citrix
8 38 (23.17%) SQL Server
9 33 (20.12%) Windows Server 2008
9 33 (20.12%) Windows 7
10 31 (18.90%) ITIL
11 27 (16.46%) Windows Server 2003
12 25 (15.24%) Remedy
12 25 (15.24%) Windows XP
12 25 (15.24%) SQL
12 25 (15.24%) Oracle
12 25 (15.24%) VMware
13 23 (14.02%) XenApp
13 23 (14.02%) VMware Infrastructure
14 22 (13.41%) DV Cleared
15 21 (12.80%) MS PowerPoint
16 20 (12.20%) SharePoint
16 20 (12.20%) MS Exchange
17 19 (11.59%) Microsoft Certification
17 19 (11.59%) Project Management
18 18 (10.98%) MS Visio
19 17 (10.37%) MS Project
19 17 (10.37%) XenDesktop
20 16 (9.756%) PRINCE2
21 15 (9.146%) Hyper-V

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 13 (7.927%) .NET
2 10 (6.098%) Web Services
2 10 (6.098%) XML
3 9 (5.488%) CSS
3 9 (5.488%) .NET Framework
4 8 (4.878%) HTML
5 7 (4.268%) LINQ
6 6 (3.659%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 6 (3.659%) XSL
7 5 (3.049%) ASP.NET
8 4 (2.439%) JMS
9 3 (1.829%) SOAP
9 3 (1.829%) WCF
10 2 (1.220%) Application Packaging
10 2 (1.220%) WebSphere
10 2 (1.220%) Ajax
10 2 (1.220%) J2EE
10 2 (1.220%) XSLT
11 1 (0.610%) XHTML
11 1 (0.610%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 20 (12.20%) SharePoint
1 20 (12.20%) MS Exchange
2 13 (7.927%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (6.098%) IBM Notes
4 8 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (3.049%) IIS
6 4 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (2.439%) Lync
7 3 (1.829%) CMS
8 2 (1.220%) Joomla!
8 2 (1.220%) Drupal
8 2 (1.220%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (1.220%) Apache
9 1 (0.610%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.610%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.610%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 61 (37.20%) MS Excel
2 44 (26.83%) MS Office
3 21 (12.80%) MS PowerPoint
4 18 (10.98%) MS Visio
5 17 (10.37%) MS Project
6 4 (2.439%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (1.829%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 6 (3.659%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.537%) Firewall
2 11 (6.707%) SAN
3 9 (5.488%) TCP/IP
4 8 (4.878%) NAS
5 7 (4.268%) WAN
5 7 (4.268%) Broadband
6 6 (3.659%) LAN
6 6 (3.659%) VPN
6 6 (3.659%) Internet
7 5 (3.049%) VoIP
7 5 (3.049%) WLAN
7 5 (3.049%) Wireless
8 4 (2.439%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.439%) SMTP
8 4 (2.439%) 3G
9 3 (1.829%) DHCP
9 3 (1.829%) DNS
9 3 (1.829%) iSCSI
9 3 (1.829%) Network Security
10 1 (0.610%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (23.17%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.537%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (7.317%) MS Access
4 7 (4.268%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (3.659%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.829%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (1.220%) MySQL
7 2 (1.220%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.610%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.610%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.610%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.610%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (0.610%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (6.707%) MSI
2 10 (6.098%) AdminStudio
3 6 (3.659%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (1.829%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.829%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.610%) Ant
5 1 (0.610%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.610%) Maven
5 1 (0.610%) NUnit
General
1 10 (6.098%) Finance
2 3 (1.829%) Automotive
3 1 (0.610%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.610%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 69 (42.07%) Analyst
2 16 (9.756%) Service Analyst
2 16 (9.756%) Service Desk Analyst
3 15 (9.146%) Support Analyst
3 15 (9.146%) Architect
4 14 (8.537%) Developer
5 13 (7.927%) Administrator
6 11 (6.707%) Project Manager
6 11 (6.707%) Consultant
7 10 (6.098%) Applications Packager
8 9 (5.488%) Data Analyst
9 8 (4.878%) .NET Developer
10 7 (4.268%) Help Desk Analyst
10 7 (4.268%) 2nd Line Support
11 6 (3.659%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 6 (3.659%) Project Administrator
12 5 (3.049%) 3rd Line Support
12 5 (3.049%) Business Analyst
13 4 (2.439%) Security Analyst
13 4 (2.439%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.488%) Clustering
2 7 (4.268%) Cryptography
3 6 (3.659%) CESG
4 5 (3.049%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.439%) PKI
5 4 (2.439%) PDA
6 3 (1.829%) Mathematics
7 2 (1.220%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.220%) iPhone
7 2 (1.220%) Social Media
7 2 (1.220%) Open Source
7 2 (1.220%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.220%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.220%) EPoS
7 2 (1.220%) NHS
7 2 (1.220%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.610%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.610%) e-Health
8 1 (0.610%) Statistics
8 1 (0.610%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 63 (38.41%) Windows
2 33 (20.12%) Windows Server 2008
2 33 (20.12%) Windows 7
3 27 (16.46%) Windows Server 2003
4 25 (15.24%) Windows XP
5 12 (7.317%) Windows Vista
6 7 (4.268%) UNIX
6 7 (4.268%) Windows 2000
7 6 (3.659%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (3.659%) Windows NT
8 5 (3.049%) Linux
9 2 (1.220%) Windows 2000 Server
9 2 (1.220%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.610%) AIX
10 1 (0.610%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (18.90%) ITIL
2 19 (11.59%) Project Management
3 16 (9.756%) PRINCE2
4 13 (7.927%) Migration
5 11 (6.707%) Scrum
5 11 (6.707%) Data Analysis
6 10 (6.098%) Content Management
7 9 (5.488%) DNA
8 8 (4.878%) Web Development
8 8 (4.878%) Information Security
8 8 (4.878%) Service Delivery
9 7 (4.268%) Change Management
9 7 (4.268%) MVC
10 6 (3.659%) Service Management
10 6 (3.659%) ITSM
10 6 (3.659%) CRM
11 5 (3.049%) Capacity Planning
11 5 (3.049%) MVVM
11 5 (3.049%) Data Migration
11 5 (3.049%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 25 (15.24%) SQL
2 10 (6.098%) VBA
2 10 (6.098%) T-SQL
2 10 (6.098%) C#
3 9 (5.488%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.829%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.829%) VB
4 3 (1.829%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.220%) PHP
5 2 (1.220%) VBScript
6 1 (0.610%) Java
6 1 (0.610%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.610%) VB6
Qualifications
1 51 (31.10%) Security Cleared
2 47 (28.66%) SC Cleared
3 22 (13.41%) DV Cleared
4 19 (11.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (6.707%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 10 (6.098%) Citrix Certification
6 10 (6.098%) MCP
7 8 (4.878%) MCSE
8 7 (4.268%) Degree
9 5 (3.049%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (3.049%) CCNA
9 5 (3.049%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (2.439%) MCITP
10 4 (2.439%) MCTS
10 4 (2.439%) CCSP
10 4 (2.439%) MCAD
10 4 (2.439%) HNC
10 4 (2.439%) HND
11 3 (1.829%) ISEB
11 3 (1.829%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.439%) SLA
1 4 (2.439%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.829%) QA
System Software
1 46 (28.05%) Active Directory
2 23 (14.02%) XenApp
2 23 (14.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (10.37%) XenDesktop
4 15 (9.146%) Hyper-V
5 11 (6.707%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (3.049%) VMware ESX
6 5 (3.049%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.610%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.610%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.610%) vSphere
7 1 (0.610%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.610%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.610%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 12 (7.317%) OpenView
2 11 (6.707%) SCCM
2 11 (6.707%) SCOM
3 10 (6.098%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 9 (5.488%) OVSD
4 9 (5.488%) AppDNA
5 6 (3.659%) Opalis
6 4 (2.439%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (1.220%) SCVMM
7 2 (1.220%) Backup Exec
7 2 (1.220%) CA SiteMinder
7 2 (1.220%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.610%) MOM
8 1 (0.610%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.610%) BladeLogic
8 1 (0.610%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 43 (26.22%) Citrix
2 25 (15.24%) Remedy
2 25 (15.24%) Oracle
2 25 (15.24%) VMware
3 13 (7.927%) AppSense
3 13 (7.927%) HP
4 10 (6.098%) Lotus
5 5 (3.049%) Intel
6 4 (2.439%) SAP
7 3 (1.829%) StorageTek
7 3 (1.829%) Cisco
7 3 (1.829%) Sun
8 2 (1.220%) Zend
8 2 (1.220%) Facebook
8 2 (1.220%) Twitter
8 2 (1.220%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.220%) Altiris
8 2 (1.220%) Symantec
8 2 (1.220%) Sophos
8 2 (1.220%) NetApp
2nd / 3rd Line Engineer - Milton Keynes - 1 Month Contract + Ext
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Windows Server 2008 (SBS), SQL Server, Exchange, MCSE/MCSA... The engineer will also be required to occasionally provide end user support by configuring servers (SQL, Exchange, Windows Server)...
Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013
Service Desk Analyst - 1st line / 2nd line / Windows / Exchange
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
They require Service Desk Analysts to work the day shift The Service Desk Analyst will be responsible for providing 1st and 2nd line support and services for all...
ComputAppoint
Rate: £12 - £13 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
Platforms Support Analyst (2nd/3rd line support)
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Essential Skills & Experience: Technical Skills *Active Directory *User administration *NTFS permissioning *Mailbox administration *Windows Server 2003, 2008R2 *Windows XP and Windows 7 *Excellent technical troubleshooting *Good knowledge of...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 14 June 2013
1st & 2nd Line Support/Helpdesk/Service Desk Analysts
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Applicants must be proficient in supporting Microsoft Technologies i.e. XP/Win 07, Active Directory, Exchange, MS Office Suite with any experience supporting users on Citrix Technologies and...
Extra Technology 'Human Capital Solutions' Ltd
Rate: From £13 to £13 per hour Then £23,000 when permanent
Posted: 14 June 2013
Service Desk Analysts x 3 for Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Service Desk or Help Desk experience - Strong customer service skills - Strong Microsoft skills, MS Office, Web browsers, XP etc - Understanding of network concepts - ITIL awareness - Strong problem solving...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £11 - £14 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013
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