The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 20 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 Vendors for the Norfolk 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 2 6 7
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 39 40 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 21.79% 15.81% 15.27%
As % of the Vendors category 62.90% 43.01% 41.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 27 11
Average daily rate £250 £325 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +44.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £288 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £348 £410 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 5 7
Average hourly rate £25.00 £14.68 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.29% +15.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.40 £13.40 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £21.20 £25.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
62 93 97
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 34.64% 36.76% 37.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 43 23
Average daily rate £270 £315 £273
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +15.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £258 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £400 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 7 11
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £25.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -27.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £13.60 £9.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £25.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Norfolk Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Norwich +3 27 £225 -21.73%
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 22 (31.88%) Windows
2 20 (28.99%) .NET
3 19 (27.54%) C#
3 19 (27.54%) VMware
4 18 (26.09%) MS Excel
4 18 (26.09%) Active Directory
5 17 (24.64%) MS Exchange
6 15 (21.74%) UAG
7 14 (20.29%) Hyper-V
7 14 (20.29%) ITIL
8 12 (17.39%) SQL
8 12 (17.39%) HP
8 12 (17.39%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (17.39%) Windows Server 2008
9 11 (15.94%) Exchange Server 2010
9 11 (15.94%) IIS
9 11 (15.94%) OO
9 11 (15.94%) E-Commerce
9 11 (15.94%) Windows XP
10 10 (14.49%) PRINCE2
10 10 (14.49%) Migration
11 9 (13.04%) Finance
11 9 (13.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 9 (13.04%) MCITP
11 9 (13.04%) DNS
11 9 (13.04%) PRINCE
11 9 (13.04%) Forefront TMG
11 9 (13.04%) VCP5
11 9 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2007
12 8 (11.59%) VMware Infrastructure

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 20 (28.99%) .NET
2 7 (10.14%) ASP.NET
3 5 (7.246%) COM
3 5 (7.246%) jQuery
4 4 (5.797%) .NET Framework
4 4 (5.797%) Web Services
4 4 (5.797%) HTML
5 3 (4.348%) Ajax
5 3 (4.348%) XML
6 2 (2.899%) HTML5
7 1 (1.449%) CSS3
7 1 (1.449%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 1 (1.449%) Razor View Engine
7 1 (1.449%) AutoMapper
7 1 (1.449%) WCF
7 1 (1.449%) LINQ
7 1 (1.449%) RESTful
7 1 (1.449%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (1.449%) XHTML
7 1 (1.449%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 17 (24.64%) MS Exchange
2 11 (15.94%) IIS
2 11 (15.94%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (2.899%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (2.899%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (2.899%) Lotus Domino
5 2 (2.899%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.449%) CMS
6 1 (1.449%) Lync
6 1 (1.449%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 18 (26.09%) MS Excel
2 7 (10.14%) MS Office
3 4 (5.797%) MS Visio
4 3 (4.348%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (4.348%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.449%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.04%) DNS
2 4 (5.797%) LAN
3 2 (2.899%) Internet
4 1 (1.449%) Wireless
4 1 (1.449%) HTTP
4 1 (1.449%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.696%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (5.797%) SpecFlow
2 3 (4.348%) WatiN
2 3 (4.348%) MSI
2 3 (4.348%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.348%) Selenium
3 2 (2.899%) Git (software)
3 2 (2.899%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.899%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.449%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (1.449%) Bugzilla
4 1 (1.449%) NUnit
4 1 (1.449%) CruiseControl
4 1 (1.449%) Subversion
4 1 (1.449%) JIRA
General
1 9 (13.04%) Finance
2 2 (2.899%) Games
2 2 (2.899%) Retail
3 1 (1.449%) Local Government
3 1 (1.449%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 16 (23.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (20.29%) Developer
3 12 (17.39%) Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) Software Developer
4 8 (11.59%) 3rd Line Support
5 7 (10.14%) Support Engineer
6 5 (7.246%) Web Developer
6 5 (7.246%) Desktop Support
6 5 (7.246%) Support Analyst
6 5 (7.246%) Desktop Analyst
6 5 (7.246%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (5.797%) .NET Web Developer
7 4 (5.797%) Business Analyst
7 4 (5.797%) .NET Developer
8 3 (4.348%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (4.348%) Team Leader
8 3 (4.348%) Support Specialist
8 3 (4.348%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.348%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 2 (2.899%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Open Source
1 8 (11.59%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.899%) Online Games
3 1 (1.449%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (1.449%) HP StorageWorks
3 1 (1.449%) NHS
3 1 (1.449%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.449%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 22 (31.88%) Windows
2 12 (17.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (15.94%) Windows XP
4 8 (11.59%) Windows 8
5 4 (5.797%) Windows 7
6 3 (4.348%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (2.899%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.29%) ITIL
2 11 (15.94%) OO
2 11 (15.94%) E-Commerce
3 10 (14.49%) PRINCE2
3 10 (14.49%) Migration
4 9 (13.04%) PRINCE
5 8 (11.59%) B2C
6 6 (8.696%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (5.797%) TDD
7 4 (5.797%) Unit Testing
7 4 (5.797%) BDD
8 3 (4.348%) Data Mapping
8 3 (4.348%) MVC
8 3 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (4.348%) Project Management
8 3 (4.348%) ERP
8 3 (4.348%) OOP
9 2 (2.899%) RDF
9 2 (2.899%) Service Delivery
9 2 (2.899%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (27.54%) C#
2 12 (17.39%) SQL
3 1 (1.449%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.449%) C++
3 1 (1.449%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (17.39%) ITIL Certification
2 9 (13.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 9 (13.04%) MCITP
2 9 (13.04%) VCP5
3 3 (4.348%) Degree
4 2 (2.899%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.449%) MCP
5 1 (1.449%) ISEB
5 1 (1.449%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.449%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.797%) QA
2 2 (2.899%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 15 (21.74%) UAG
3 14 (20.29%) Hyper-V
4 9 (13.04%) Forefront TMG
5 8 (11.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (10.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.899%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 19 (27.54%) VMware
2 12 (17.39%) HP
3 3 (4.348%) Guidewire
3 3 (4.348%) Cisco
4 2 (2.899%) Dell
4 2 (2.899%) Oracle
4 2 (2.899%) SAP
4 2 (2.899%) Veritas
4 2 (2.899%) Lotus
4 2 (2.899%) Sophos
5 1 (1.449%) Metastorm
5 1 (1.449%) Citrix