The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification 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 Qualifications for the Northampton 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 23 28 16
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 0.741% 0.862% 3.977%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.000% 6.667% 31.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £363 - £188
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £288 £265
% change year-on-year
+3.47% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £9.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
-4.83% -13.88%
All Qualifications
Northampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
20 30 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 14.81% 12.93% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 9
Average daily rate £363 £425 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.70% +60.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £302 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £525 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
Average hourly rate £13.50 - £8.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
Microsoft Certification
Northamptonshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton Microsoft Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northampton Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northampton Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) ASP
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) MCP

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2013
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Implementation Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
1 1 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft