The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 19 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 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.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 9 14 15
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 27 29 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 10.51% 8.033% 7.267%
As % of the Vendors category 29.35% 22.14% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 13
Average daily rate £330 £225 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.66% -47.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £122 £153
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £322 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 5
Average hourly rate - £11.00 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +15.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.98 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.13% -
All Vendors
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
92 131 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 35.80% 36.29% 36.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 83 71
Average daily rate £356 £250 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.50% -33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £583 £475 £442
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 12
Average hourly rate £18.00 £13.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -20.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.80 £8.65 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £16.60 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Northamptonshire Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Northampton +1 12 £250 +11.11% 7
Kettering - 1 £325 - 1
Wellingborough - - - - 2
Brackley - - - - 1
Corby - - - -
Daventry - - - -
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 20 (37.04%) MS Office
2 16 (29.63%) Windows
2 16 (29.63%) Finance
3 15 (27.78%) MS Excel
4 11 (20.37%) .NET
5 10 (18.52%) SQL Server
6 9 (16.67%) SQL
6 9 (16.67%) CRM
7 8 (14.81%) ERP
8 7 (12.96%) BPR
8 7 (12.96%) Dynamics CRM
8 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
8 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
9 6 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
9 6 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
9 6 (11.11%) Banking
9 6 (11.11%) Change Management
9 6 (11.11%) Project Management
9 6 (11.11%) SharePoint
10 5 (9.259%) Business Objects
10 5 (9.259%) IIS
10 5 (9.259%) MS Project
10 5 (9.259%) C#
10 5 (9.259%) JavaScript
10 5 (9.259%) MS Exchange
10 5 (9.259%) Migration
11 4 (7.407%) Windows XP
11 4 (7.407%) SLA
11 4 (7.407%) Active Directory
11 4 (7.407%) ASP.NET

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 11 (20.37%) .NET
2 4 (7.407%) ASP.NET
2 4 (7.407%) CSS
2 4 (7.407%) XML
2 4 (7.407%) LINQ
3 3 (5.556%) .NET Framework
4 2 (3.704%) Ajax
4 2 (3.704%) ADO.NET
4 2 (3.704%) HTML
4 2 (3.704%) Web Services
4 2 (3.704%) REST
4 2 (3.704%) JSON
4 2 (3.704%) WCF
5 1 (1.852%) jQuery
5 1 (1.852%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (1.852%) LINQ to SQL
5 1 (1.852%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 6 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 5 (9.259%) IIS
2 5 (9.259%) MS Exchange
3 2 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (3.704%) IBM Notes
3 2 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.852%) Lync
4 1 (1.852%) Windows Azure
4 1 (1.852%) Amazon AWS
4 1 (1.852%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.852%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.852%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.852%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (37.04%) MS Office
2 15 (27.78%) MS Excel
3 6 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (9.259%) MS Project
5 3 (5.556%) Google Apps
6 2 (3.704%) MS Visio
7 1 (1.852%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.556%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (3.704%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.852%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.556%) DNS
2 2 (3.704%) SAN
2 2 (3.704%) DHCP
2 2 (3.704%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.704%) LAN
3 1 (1.852%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.852%) WAN
3 1 (1.852%) Firewall
3 1 (1.852%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.52%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (7.407%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.704%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (3.704%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (3.704%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (3.704%) Oracle 9i
5 2 (3.704%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (1.852%) Xcelsius
6 1 (1.852%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (1.852%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.852%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.852%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 3 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (29.63%) Finance
2 6 (11.11%) Banking
3 3 (5.556%) Retail
4 2 (3.704%) Legal
4 2 (3.704%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.852%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.852%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (31.48%) Analyst
2 6 (11.11%) Developer
2 6 (11.11%) .NET Developer
2 6 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 3 (5.556%) Migration Engineer
3 3 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (3.704%) MI Analyst
4 2 (3.704%) Senior .NET Developer
4 2 (3.704%) Team Leader
4 2 (3.704%) Support Engineer
4 2 (3.704%) DBA
4 2 (3.704%) Senior Developer
4 2 (3.704%) Data Analyst
4 2 (3.704%) Oracle DBA
4 2 (3.704%) C# Developer
4 2 (3.704%) Project Analyst
4 2 (3.704%) Project Manager
4 2 (3.704%) Development DBA
4 2 (3.704%) Oracle Development DBA
4 2 (3.704%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.556%) Smartphone
2 1 (1.852%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.852%) Data Extraction
2 1 (1.852%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 16 (29.63%) Windows
2 4 (7.407%) Windows XP
3 3 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (5.556%) UNIX
3 3 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (3.704%) Windows 7
4 2 (3.704%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.852%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.852%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.67%) CRM
2 8 (14.81%) ERP
3 7 (12.96%) BPR
4 6 (11.11%) Change Management
4 6 (11.11%) Project Management
5 5 (9.259%) Migration
6 4 (7.407%) ITIL
6 4 (7.407%) PRINCE2
6 4 (7.407%) UML
7 3 (5.556%) Change Control
8 2 (3.704%) Business Analysis
9 1 (1.852%) Unit Testing
9 1 (1.852%) Integration Testing
9 1 (1.852%) ISMS
9 1 (1.852%) Lean Six Sigma
9 1 (1.852%) Responsive Web Design
9 1 (1.852%) Analytics
9 1 (1.852%) SOA
9 1 (1.852%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (1.852%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.67%) SQL
2 5 (9.259%) C#
2 5 (9.259%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.704%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.852%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.852%) VB
4 1 (1.852%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.852%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
1 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.852%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.407%) SLA
2 1 (1.852%) QA
2 1 (1.852%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (7.407%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.852%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.852%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (9.259%) Business Objects
2 3 (5.556%) Oracle
2 3 (5.556%) VMware
2 3 (5.556%) Google
3 2 (3.704%) Lotus
3 2 (3.704%) Cisco
3 2 (3.704%) SAP
4 1 (1.852%) HP
4 1 (1.852%) Novell
4 1 (1.852%) Capita
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