The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 Northamptonshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 29 40 22
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 3 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.190% 1.202% 3.650%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.54% 9.615% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
Average daily rate £363 £250 £190
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.29% +31.31%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £265
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-6.45% -11.42%
All Qualifications
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
26 52 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 10.32% 12.50% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 30 12
Average daily rate £363 £330 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.84% +24.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £225 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £513 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +8.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Microsoft Certification
East Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Northampton +7 1 £363 -
Microsoft Certification
East Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) SAN
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
3 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (25.00%) Web Development
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) jQuery
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) ASP
4 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (25.00%) MCP

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (25.00%) jQuery
1 1 (25.00%) ASP
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Web Development
1 1 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) MCP
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) VMware