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Microsoft Contracts in the North West

Browse 224 Microsoft job vacancies in the North West

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 West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 18 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 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.

3 months to
18 Jun 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Microsoft

Rank

Rank change year-on-year

-1

Contract jobs citing Microsoft

284

281

299

As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West

11.78%

9.228%

9.823%

As % of the Vendors category

25.68%

17.96%

21.45%

Number of daily rates quoted

126

107

160

Average daily rate

£325

£300

£288

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

+8.33%

+4.34%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£137

£165

£175

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£447

£430

£428

UK excluding London average daily rate

£325

Number of hourly rates quoted

Average hourly rate

£17.75

£16.16

£13.00

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

+9.83%

+24.30%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£10.00

£11.07

£9.98

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£28.30

£24.50

£31.70

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£14.50

£15.00

% change year-on-year

-3.33%

All Vendors
North West

Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category

1106

1565

1394

As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West

45.89%

51.40%

45.80%

Number of daily rates quoted

477

719

695

Average daily rate

£334

£345

£350

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

-3.18%

-1.42%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£213

£200

£225

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£475

£463

UK excluding London average daily rate

£350

Number of hourly rates quoted

Average hourly rate

£20.50

£17.76

£18.00

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

+15.46%

-1.36%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£12.69

£12.50

£10.00

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£40.17

£30.00

£36.00

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£19.00

£19.63

£20.00

% change year-on-year

-3.18%

-1.87%

Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 West region.

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

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 West region.

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

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 West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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	Find Job Vacancies
Manchester	+3	130	£325	+18.18%	117
Cheshire	-4	58	£350	+7.60%	42
Lancashire	+20	42	£300	-22.58%	26
Merseyside	+5	29	£363	+20.83%	18
Cumbria	+8	3	£188	-36.17%	6
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Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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	222 (40.66%)	Windows
2	178 (32.60%)	MS Excel
3	137 (25.09%)	MS Office
4	134 (24.54%)	Active Directory
5	127 (23.26%)	SQL Server
6	113 (20.70%)	SQL
7	90 (16.48%)	.NET
8	78 (14.29%)	MS Exchange
9	76 (13.92%)	Finance
10	75 (13.74%)	Windows XP
10	75 (13.74%)	ITIL
11	74 (13.55%)	Citrix
11	74 (13.55%)	Windows Server 2008
12	70 (12.82%)	C#
13	68 (12.45%)	SharePoint

14	66 (12.09%)	SQL Server 2008
14	66 (12.09%)	Windows 7
15	64 (11.72%)	Microsoft Certification
16	56 (10.26%)	Security Cleared
17	52 (9.524%)	SQL Server Integration Services
18	51 (9.341%)	Windows Server 2003
19	49 (8.974%)	MS Visio
20	48 (8.791%)	MS Project
20	48 (8.791%)	ASP.NET
20	48 (8.791%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
21	47 (8.608%)	SQL Server 2005
22	45 (8.242%)	CRM
22	45 (8.242%)	Project Management
22	45 (8.242%)	SC Cleared
23	44 (8.059%)	SCCM

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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	90 (16.48%)	.NET
2	48 (8.791%)	ASP.NET
3	40 (7.326%)	.NET Framework
4	34 (6.227%)	HTML
5	33 (6.044%)	CSS
6	30 (5.495%)	WCF
7	28 (5.128%)	XML
8	20 (3.663%)	Application Packaging
9	17 (3.114%)	jQuery
9	17 (3.114%)	ADO.NET Entity Framework
9	17 (3.114%)	COM
10	14 (2.564%)	Web Services
11	12 (2.198%)	XSD
11	12 (2.198%)	WPF
12	11 (2.015%)	MDX
12	11 (2.015%)	ASP.NET MVC
12	11 (2.015%)	SOAP
13	10 (1.832%)	ASP
14	9 (1.648%)	Ajax
15	8 (1.465%)	XHTML

Application Platforms
1	78 (14.29%)	MS Exchange
2	68 (12.45%)	SharePoint
3	28 (5.128%)	Exchange Server 2010
4	26 (4.762%)	Exchange Server 2007
4	26 (4.762%)	Exchange Server 2003
5	24 (4.396%)	IIS
6	15 (2.747%)	IBM Notes
7	13 (2.381%)	SharePoint 2010
8	9 (1.648%)	CMS
9	7 (1.282%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
9	7 (1.282%)	Apache
10	6 (1.099%)	Lync
11	5 (0.916%)	NetWeaver
11	5 (0.916%)	BizTalk Server
11	5 (0.916%)	LiveLink
12	4 (0.733%)	ESB
12	4 (0.733%)	SAS
13	3 (0.549%)	SharePoint Server
13	3 (0.549%)	Exchange Server 5.5
14	2 (0.366%)	SharePoint Foundation

Applications
1	178 (32.60%)	MS Excel
2	137 (25.09%)	MS Office
3	49 (8.974%)	MS Visio
4	48 (8.791%)	MS Project
5	22 (4.029%)	MS PowerPoint
6	7 (1.282%)	Spreadsheet
7	5 (0.916%)	Photoshop
7	5 (0.916%)	Adobe Illustrator
8	3 (0.549%)	Fireworks
9	2 (0.366%)	InDesign
9	2 (0.366%)	Acrobat
10	1 (0.183%)	AutoCAD
10	1 (0.183%)	Mingle

Business Applications
1	33 (6.044%)	Dynamics CRM
2	14 (2.564%)	Dynamics AX
3	8 (1.465%)	SAP GRC
4	5 (0.916%)	Dynamics NAV
4	5 (0.916%)	Maximo
5	1 (0.183%)	SAP Oil and Gas
5	1 (0.183%)	SAP R/3
5	1 (0.183%)	SAP MM
5	1 (0.183%)	Oracle EBS
5	1 (0.183%)	SAP ERP
5	1 (0.183%)	Google Analytics

Communications & Networking
1	30 (5.495%)	VPN
2	24 (4.396%)	SAN
2	24 (4.396%)	TCP/IP
3	23 (4.212%)	DNS
3	23 (4.212%)	LAN
4	22 (4.029%)	WAN
5	16 (2.930%)	DHCP
6	15 (2.747%)	Firewall
7	12 (2.198%)	Internet
8	10 (1.832%)	Intranet
9	9 (1.648%)	Wireless
9	9 (1.648%)	LDAP
9	9 (1.648%)	NAS
10	6 (1.099%)	Ethernet
10	6 (1.099%)	VLAN
11	5 (0.916%)	SMTP
11	5 (0.916%)	ADSL
11	5 (0.916%)	VoIP
12	4 (0.733%)	HTTP
12	4 (0.733%)	NetScreen

Database & Business Intelligence
1	127 (23.26%)	SQL Server
2	66 (12.09%)	SQL Server 2008
3	52 (9.524%)	SQL Server Integration Services
4	48 (8.791%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
5	47 (8.608%)	SQL Server 2005
6	38 (6.960%)	Data Warehouse
7	33 (6.044%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
8	16 (2.930%)	MS Access
9	13 (2.381%)	OLAP
10	11 (2.015%)	SQL Server 2012
11	9 (1.648%)	Oracle 8/8i
12	8 (1.465%)	Microsoft Analysis Services
12	8 (1.465%)	DTS
13	6 (1.099%)	RDBMS
14	5 (0.916%)	Business Intelligence Development Studio
14	5 (0.916%)	Data Mart
15	4 (0.733%)	PerformancePoint
15	4 (0.733%)	Star Schema
16	3 (0.549%)	SQL Server 2000
17	2 (0.366%)	MySQL

Development Applications
1	40 (7.326%)	Visual Studio
2	12 (2.198%)	MSI
3	10 (1.832%)	InstallShield
4	8 (1.465%)	Team Foundation Server
5	7 (1.282%)	Subversion
5	7 (1.282%)	Visual Studio Team System
6	6 (1.099%)	AdminStudio
6	6 (1.099%)	Wise Package Studio
7	4 (0.733%)	Eclipse
8	3 (0.549%)	VSS/SourceSafe
8	3 (0.549%)	ERwin
9	2 (0.366%)	Git (software)
9	2 (0.366%)	NetBeans
9	2 (0.366%)	JIRA
10	1 (0.183%)	TeamCity
10	1 (0.183%)	TortoiseSVN
10	1 (0.183%)	Rhino Mocks
10	1 (0.183%)	Axure RP
10	1 (0.183%)	NUnit
10	1 (0.183%)	LoadRunner

General
1	76 (13.92%)	Finance
2	27 (4.945%)	Banking
3	25 (4.579%)	Telecoms
4	20 (3.663%)	Retail
5	12 (2.198%)	Marketing
5	12 (2.198%)	Legal
6	11 (2.015%)	Local Government
7	7 (1.282%)	Advertising
7	7 (1.282%)	Law
8	5 (0.916%)	Manufacturing
9	4 (0.733%)	Financial Institution
10	3 (0.549%)	Billing
10	3 (0.549%)	Investment Banking
11	1 (0.183%)	General Ledger
11	1 (0.183%)	German Language
11	1 (0.183%)	Electronics
11	1 (0.183%)	Publishing

Job Titles
1	115 (21.06%)	Analyst
2	103 (18.86%)	Developer
3	35 (6.410%)	Consultant
3	35 (6.410%)	Support Engineer
4	33 (6.044%)	2nd Line Support
5	26 (4.762%)	Business Analyst
6	25 (4.579%)	Project Manager
7	24 (4.396%)	.NET Developer
8	23 (4.212%)	Support Analyst
9	21 (3.846%)	Desktop Support
10	16 (2.930%)	Architect
10	16 (2.930%)	IT Support
11	13 (2.381%)	Designer
11	13 (2.381%)	CRM Developer
11	13 (2.381%)	2nd Line Support Engineer
11	13 (2.381%)	Software Developer
11	13 (2.381%)	Service Analyst
12	12 (2.198%)	3rd Line Support
12	12 (2.198%)	Help Desk Support
12	12 (2.198%)	Desktop Engineer

Miscellaneous
1	34 (6.227%)	NHS
2	30 (5.495%)	Blackberry
3	18 (3.297%)	Management Information System
4	15 (2.747%)	Statistics
5	11 (2.015%)	Enterprise Software
6	10 (1.832%)	Clustering
7	9 (1.648%)	Replication
8	7 (1.282%)	Client/Server
8	7 (1.282%)	Wiki
8	7 (1.282%)	Mobile App
9	6 (1.099%)	Digital Media
9	6 (1.099%)	Data Integration
10	5 (0.916%)	Fat Client
10	5 (0.916%)	Thin Client
10	5 (0.916%)	iPad
11	4 (0.733%)	Grid Computing
11	4 (0.733%)	W3C
12	3 (0.549%)	Data Protection Act
13	2 (0.366%)	Mathematics
13	2 (0.366%)	CMDB

Operating Systems
1	222 (40.66%)	Windows
2	75 (13.74%)	Windows XP
3	74 (13.55%)	Windows Server 2008
4	66 (12.09%)	Windows 7
5	51 (9.341%)	Windows Server 2003
6	24 (4.396%)	UNIX
7	23 (4.212%)	Windows Vista
8	17 (3.114%)	Linux
9	12 (2.198%)	Windows NT
10	9 (1.648%)	Windows 2000
11	8 (1.465%)	Solaris
12	7 (1.282%)	AIX
13	6 (1.099%)	Android
13	6 (1.099%)	Windows 2000 Server
14	4 (0.733%)	Apple iOS
14	4 (0.733%)	Windows 8
14	4 (0.733%)	VMS
15	2 (0.366%)	Windows Server 2012
16	1 (0.183%)	CentOS
16	1 (0.183%)	NetWare

Processes & Methodologies
1	75 (13.74%)	ITIL
2	45 (8.242%)	CRM
2	45 (8.242%)	Project Management
3	44 (8.059%)	Business Intelligence
4	41 (7.509%)	Migration
5	30 (5.495%)	PRINCE2
6	29 (5.311%)	MVC
7	21 (3.846%)	Incident Management
8	19 (3.480%)	ETL
9	16 (2.930%)	Data Management
10	15 (2.747%)	Data Migration
11	14 (2.564%)	Stakeholder Management
11	14 (2.564%)	Change Management
11	14 (2.564%)	Disaster Recovery
12	13 (2.381%)	Workflow
12	13 (2.381%)	OO
12	13 (2.381%)	Agile Software Development
12	13 (2.381%)	Business Analysis
12	13 (2.381%)	Software Deployment
13	12 (2.198%)	UML

Programming Languages
1	113 (20.70%)	SQL
2	70 (12.82%)	C#
3	42 (7.692%)	JavaScript
4	39 (7.143%)	T-SQL
5	30 (5.495%)	VB
6	21 (3.846%)	C
7	16 (2.930%)	Java
7	16 (2.930%)	VBA
8	14 (2.564%)	VBScript
9	11 (2.015%)	Perl
9	11 (2.015%)	VB.NET
10	10 (1.832%)	PowerShell
11	8 (1.465%)	C++
12	7 (1.282%)	Ruby
13	5 (0.916%)	X++
13	5 (0.916%)	ABAP
13	5 (0.916%)	VB6
14	2 (0.366%)	XPath
14	2 (0.366%)	PHP
15	1 (0.183%)	PHP5

Qualifications
1	64 (11.72%)	Microsoft Certification
2	56 (10.26%)	Security Cleared
3	45 (8.242%)	SC Cleared
4	23 (4.212%)	Degree
5	22 (4.029%)	MCITP
6	21 (3.846%)	MCSE
7	17 (3.114%)	MCP
8	15 (2.747%)	MCTS
9	13 (2.381%)	MCDST
10	11 (2.015%)	DV Cleared
11	10 (1.832%)	Cisco Certification
12	9 (1.648%)	ITIL Certification
13	8 (1.465%)	PRINCE2 Certification
13	8 (1.465%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
13	8 (1.465%)	CCNP
13	8 (1.465%)	MCSD
13	8 (1.465%)	MCSA
14	7 (1.282%)	MCAD
14	7 (1.282%)	MCPD
15	6 (1.099%)	CCNA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	35 (6.410%)	SLA
2	18 (3.297%)	ISO 9000
3	17 (3.114%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	10 (1.832%)	QA
5	7 (1.282%)	BS25999
6	2 (0.366%)	Solvency II
6	2 (0.366%)	HL7
6	2 (0.366%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
6	2 (0.366%)	GAAP
7	1 (0.183%)	TickIT
7	1 (0.183%)	ISO 9001

System Software
1	134 (24.54%)	Active Directory
2	35 (6.410%)	Microsoft App-V
3	28 (5.128%)	XenApp
4	24 (4.396%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	12 (2.198%)	Hyper-V
6	7 (1.282%)	XenServer
6	7 (1.282%)	XenDesktop
7	5 (0.916%)	vSphere
8	4 (0.733%)	Postfix
8	4 (0.733%)	Citrix Presentation Server
9	3 (0.549%)	VMware Server
9	3 (0.549%)	Oracle RAC
10	2 (0.366%)	Forefront TMG
10	2 (0.366%)	UAG
11	1 (0.183%)	NFS
11	1 (0.183%)	ISA Server
11	1 (0.183%)	VMware ESX

Systems Management
1	44 (8.059%)	SCCM
2	14 (2.564%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
3	10 (1.832%)	OpenView
4	9 (1.648%)	SCOM
5	7 (1.282%)	ServiceCenter
5	7 (1.282%)	Puppet
5	7 (1.282%)	Netcool
5	7 (1.282%)	Nagios
5	7 (1.282%)	Norton AntiVirus
6	4 (0.733%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
7	3 (0.549%)	McAfee ePO
8	2 (0.366%)	Data Guard
8	2 (0.366%)	NetBackup
8	2 (0.366%)	Backup Exec
9	1 (0.183%)	Business Desktop Deployment
9	1 (0.183%)	Tivoli
9	1 (0.183%)	MOM
9	1 (0.183%)	DameWare
9	1 (0.183%)	HP Quality Center
9	1 (0.183%)	Sysprep

Vendors
1	74 (13.55%)	Citrix
2	43 (7.875%)	VMware
3	40 (7.326%)	SAP
4	33 (6.044%)	Oracle
5	31 (5.678%)	HP
6	29 (5.311%)	Cisco
7	15 (2.747%)	IBM
7	15 (2.747%)	Lotus
7	15 (2.747%)	AppSense
8	13 (2.381%)	Symantec
8	13 (2.381%)	CA
8	13 (2.381%)	Dell
9	11 (2.015%)	Lumension
10	9 (1.648%)	NetApp
11	8 (1.465%)	Red Hat
11	8 (1.465%)	Remedy
12	6 (1.099%)	EMC
12	6 (1.099%)	Teradata
13	5 (0.916%)	Planview
13	5 (0.916%)	Business Objects

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