The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Consultant
Rank 118 124 115
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 5 6 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.212% 0.189% 0.365%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.228% 0.206% 0.395%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 4
Average daily rate £390 £356 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.47% -16.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £343 £348
10% offered a daily rate of more than £454 £441 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £370
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £50.00 £41.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +21.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year
- +21.95%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2193 2915 2785
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.16% 91.78% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1046 1442 1383
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 178 190
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +10.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.01 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Microsoft Consultant
England

Microsoft Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Microsoft Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the North West region.

North West Microsoft Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Microsoft Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant within the North West 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
Manchester +13 2 £405 +15.30%
Lancashire - 2 £375 -
Cheshire 0 1 £475 -
Microsoft Consultant
England

Microsoft Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 with Microsoft Consultant in their job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (40.00%) Windows
3 4 (40.00%) CRM
3 4 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (30.00%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
4 3 (30.00%) Workflow
4 3 (30.00%) Advertising
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) VMware
5 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (20.00%) SCCM
5 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
5 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (10.00%) SCOM
6 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
6 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (10.00%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (10.00%) PKI
6 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
6 1 (10.00%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (10.00%) WCF
6 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (10.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (10.00%) Windows 8
6 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (10.00%) PowerShell

Microsoft Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 with Microsoft Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) WCF
2 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (10.00%) CSS
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (30.00%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (30.00%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) PKI
1 1 (10.00%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 8
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 2000
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) CRM
2 3 (30.00%) Workflow
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) C#
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) XenApp
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) EMC
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) CA
3 1 (10.00%) Hitachi
3 1 (10.00%) NetApp