Northern Ireland Microsoft Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Northern Ireland region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Banbury Barking Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clapham Clydebank Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Filton Flintshire Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Grantham Great Yarmouth Greenwich Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hartlepool Havant Hemel Hempstead Henley-on-Thames Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Johnstone Kegworth Kent Kettering Kidderminster King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Matlock Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Morecambe Nantwich Neath Port Talbot Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Pershore Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Port Talbot Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Scottish Borders Scunthorpe Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidmouth Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark Spalding St Albans St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wetherby Weybridge Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	22	14
Rank change on same period last year	-8
Matching contract IT job ads	14	12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.020 %	0.012 %
As % of the category below	16.67 %	16.90 %
Daily rates quoted	6	3
Average minimum daily rate	£360	£233
Average daily rate	£370	£292
% change on same period last year	+27.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£381	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£323	£306
% change on same period last year	+5.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	4
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£13.00
Average hourly rate	-	£14.04
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£15.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.63	£19.89
% change on same period last year	-1.31 %
Vendors Northern Ireland
Matching contract IT job ads	84	71
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.119 %	0.072 %
Daily rates quoted	27	23
Average minimum daily rate	£303	£331
Average daily rate	£322	£374
% change on same period last year	-13.97 %
Average maximum daily rate	£340	£416
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	4
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£13.67
Average hourly rate	-	£14.95
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£16.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.41	£24.34
% change on same period last year	+0.26 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the Northern Ireland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft across the Northern Ireland region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
County Antrim	-5	13	£370	+27.00 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 30 (65.22 %) Windows 2 19 (41.30 %) MS Excel 3 16 (34.78 %) Windows 2000 4 15 (32.61 %) Windows Server 2003 5 14 (30.43 %) Active Directory 5 14 (30.43 %) SQL Server 6 13 (28.26 %) MS Office 6 13 (28.26 %) Finance 7 11 (23.91 %) SQL 8 10 (21.74 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 8 (17.39 %) VMware 9 8 (17.39 %) Citrix 10 6 (13.04 %) SQL Server 2000 10 6 (13.04 %) HTML 10 6 (13.04 %) VBScript

10 6 (13.04 %) Education 10 6 (13.04 %) Altiris 10 6 (13.04 %) MOS 10 6 (13.04 %) SQL Server 2005 11 5 (10.87 %) Logistics 11 5 (10.87 %) Clustering 11 5 (10.87 %) VB.NET 11 5 (10.87 %) .NET 11 5 (10.87 %) IIS 11 5 (10.87 %) SharePoint 11 5 (10.87 %) TCP/IP 12 4 (8.696 %) Internet 12 4 (8.696 %) Microsoft Certification 12 4 (8.696 %) MCSE 12 4 (8.696 %) Oracle

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 6 (13.04 %) HTML 2 5 (10.87 %) .NET 3 2 (4.348 %) ASP 3 2 (4.348 %) ASP.NET 3 2 (4.348 %) CSS 3 2 (4.348 %) XML 3 2 (4.348 %) XSLT 4 1 (2.174 %) WMI 4 1 (2.174 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 5 (10.87 %) IIS 1 5 (10.87 %) SharePoint 2 3 (6.522 %) BizTalk Server 3 2 (4.348 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 2 (4.348 %) MS Exchange 4 1 (2.174 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 19 (41.30 %) MS Excel 2 13 (28.26 %) MS Office 3 1 (2.174 %) Photoshop 3 1 (2.174 %) MS Project 3 1 (2.174 %) Acrobat 3 1 (2.174 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 1 (2.174 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 2 (4.348 %) Oracle Financials 2 1 (2.174 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 5 (10.87 %) TCP/IP 2 4 (8.696 %) Internet 3 2 (4.348 %) VoIP 3 2 (4.348 %) FTP 3 2 (4.348 %) Wireless 3 2 (4.348 %) SNA 4 1 (2.174 %) Network Security 4 1 (2.174 %) Wireless Security 4 1 (2.174 %) VPN 4 1 (2.174 %) LAN 4 1 (2.174 %) WAN 4 1 (2.174 %) Ethernet 4 1 (2.174 %) MPLS 4 1 (2.174 %) BGP 4 1 (2.174 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (30.43 %) SQL Server 2 6 (13.04 %) SQL Server 2000 2 6 (13.04 %) SQL Server 2005 3 3 (6.522 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 3 (6.522 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 4 2 (4.348 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 4 2 (4.348 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 2 (4.348 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 1 (2.174 %) MS Access 5 1 (2.174 %) RDBMS
General 1 13 (28.26 %) Finance 2 6 (13.04 %) Education 3 2 (4.348 %) Auditing 4 1 (2.174 %) Telecoms 4 1 (2.174 %) Government 4 1 (2.174 %) Publishing 4 1 (2.174 %) Banking 4 1 (2.174 %) Investment Banking	Job Titles 1 9 (19.57 %) Analyst 1 9 (19.57 %) Helpdesk Engineer 2 8 (17.39 %) Consultant 3 5 (10.87 %) DBA 3 5 (10.87 %) Infrastructure Consultant 3 5 (10.87 %) SQL DBA 4 4 (8.696 %) Helpdesk Analyst 5 3 (6.522 %) Architect 5 3 (6.522 %) Developer 5 3 (6.522 %) SQL Server DBA 6 2 (4.348 %) .NET Developer 6 2 (4.348 %) Senior Network Engineer 6 2 (4.348 %) Desktop Support 6 2 (4.348 %) Network Engineer 6 2 (4.348 %) Technical Consultant 6 2 (4.348 %) Information Architect 7 1 (2.174 %) Network Security Engineer 7 1 (2.174 %) Process Consultant 7 1 (2.174 %) Support Analyst 7 1 (2.174 %) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous 1 5 (10.87 %) Clustering 2 4 (8.696 %) Statistics 3 1 (2.174 %) Blackberry	Operating Systems 1 30 (65.22 %) Windows 2 16 (34.78 %) Windows 2000 3 15 (32.61 %) Windows Server 2003 4 10 (21.74 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 3 (6.522 %) Windows XP 6 2 (4.348 %) Windows Vista 6 2 (4.348 %) Windows NT 7 1 (2.174 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (10.87 %) Logistics 2 3 (6.522 %) Business Analysis 2 3 (6.522 %) Technical Architecture 2 3 (6.522 %) PRINCE2 2 3 (6.522 %) Security Cleared 3 2 (4.348 %) ITIL 3 2 (4.348 %) Project Management 3 2 (4.348 %) Service Management 4 1 (2.174 %) Change Management 4 1 (2.174 %) Workflow 4 1 (2.174 %) Migration 4 1 (2.174 %) Information Management 4 1 (2.174 %) Document Management 4 1 (2.174 %) Problem Management 4 1 (2.174 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 1 (2.174 %) DV Cleared 4 1 (2.174 %) Business Intelligence	Programming Languages 1 11 (23.91 %) SQL 2 6 (13.04 %) VBScript 3 5 (10.87 %) VB.NET 4 2 (4.348 %) Transact-SQL 4 2 (4.348 %) C 4 2 (4.348 %) JavaScript 5 1 (2.174 %) FoxPro (VFP) 5 1 (2.174 %) VB
Qualifications 1 6 (13.04 %) MOS 2 4 (8.696 %) MCSE 2 4 (8.696 %) Microsoft Certification 3 3 (6.522 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (4.348 %) CCNA 5 1 (2.174 %) CCNP 5 1 (2.174 %) A+ Certification 5 1 (2.174 %) Check Point Certification 5 1 (2.174 %) Network+ Certification 5 1 (2.174 %) Server+ Certification 5 1 (2.174 %) CCSE 5 1 (2.174 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.174 %) SLA
System Software 1 14 (30.43 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 2 (4.348 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (2.174 %) DameWare
Vendors 1 8 (17.39 %) Citrix 1 8 (17.39 %) VMware 2 6 (13.04 %) Altiris 3 4 (8.696 %) Oracle 3 4 (8.696 %) Remedy 4 2 (4.348 %) Cisco 4 2 (4.348 %) HP 4 2 (4.348 %) Compaq 4 2 (4.348 %) Dell 4 2 (4.348 %) CheckPoint 4 2 (4.348 %) Symantec 5 1 (2.174 %) Avaya 5 1 (2.174 %) Juniper 5 1 (2.174 %) Lotus 5 1 (2.174 %) Adobe 5 1 (2.174 %) SAP 5 1 (2.174 %) Cognos 5 1 (2.174 %) Siebel