Microsoft Contracts in North Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 22 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 North Wales 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 4 3 2
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 1 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Wales 7.692% 12.50% 27.27%
As % of the Vendors category 33.33% 28.57% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £155 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+125.80% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
North Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 3 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Wales 23.08% 43.75% 54.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £273 £155 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+75.80% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -40.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Wales

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Wales 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 North Wales region.

North Wales Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the North Wales region.

North Wales Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

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 North Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
Denbighshire - 1 £350 -
Microsoft
Wales

Microsoft
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
1 2 (66.67%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) PDM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) SysML
2 1 (33.33%) Mentor Graphics
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) XSLT
2 1 (33.33%) HND
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) EMC

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Web Developer
2 1 (33.33%) CAD Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) PDM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) SysML
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Mentor Graphics
1 1 (33.33%) EMC
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