The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Virtual Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Virtual Server over the 3 months to 21 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 North East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Virtual Server
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - - -
As % of the System Software category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £370 £222
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +66.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.00 £22.25
% change year-on-year
- +57.30%
All System Software
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
22 68 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 8.118% 13.93% 9.567%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 32 14
Average daily rate £300 £350 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +9.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £250 £112
10% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £456 £498
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 8
Average hourly rate £14.63 £12.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.87% -7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.65 £10.00 £9.39
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £25.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Microsoft Virtual Server
England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

North East Microsoft Virtual Server Jobs Demand Trend