The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors for the Northern Ireland 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 21 5 14
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 13 36 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 5.118% 18.27% 9.014%
As % of the Vendors category 15.66% 33.33% 16.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 14
Average daily rate £300 £260 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £196 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £269 £343
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
Average hourly rate - - £23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
- -3.22%
All Vendors
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
83 108 191
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 32.68% 54.82% 53.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 24 67
Average daily rate £375 £275 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £260 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Average hourly rate - - £15.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
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UK

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

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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 21 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
County Antrim -18 11 £298 +14.42%
County Tyrone - 2 £425 -
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Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 12 (44.44%) SQL
2 10 (37.04%) C#
3 9 (33.33%) .NET
4 8 (29.63%) SharePoint
5 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
6 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 6 (22.22%) SQL Server
6 6 (22.22%) MS Exchange
6 6 (22.22%) Lync
7 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (18.52%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (18.52%) Finance
7 5 (18.52%) Migration
7 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET
7 5 (18.52%) CSS
7 5 (18.52%) Windows
7 5 (18.52%) HTML
7 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
8 4 (14.81%) PBX
8 4 (14.81%) VMware
8 4 (14.81%) jQuery
9 3 (11.11%) .NET Framework
9 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
9 3 (11.11%) Intranet
9 3 (11.11%) Citrix
9 3 (11.11%) DHCP
9 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
9 3 (11.11%) DNS

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 9 (33.33%) .NET
2 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET
2 5 (18.52%) CSS
2 5 (18.52%) HTML
3 4 (14.81%) jQuery
4 3 (11.11%) .NET Framework
5 2 (7.407%) WPF
6 1 (3.704%) MDX
6 1 (3.704%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (29.63%) SharePoint
2 6 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 6 (22.22%) Lync
3 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (18.52%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (7.407%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.407%) MS Office
3 1 (3.704%) Office 365
3 1 (3.704%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) PBX
2 3 (11.11%) Intranet
2 3 (11.11%) DHCP
2 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 3 (11.11%) DNS
3 2 (7.407%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (3.704%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.704%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (3.704%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (18.52%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Banking
2 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.704%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Developer
2 6 (22.22%) Consultant
3 5 (18.52%) SharePoint Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Architect
4 4 (14.81%) Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) SharePoint Consultant
5 3 (11.11%) Web Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Web Support Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Support Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (7.407%) Citrix Consultant
6 2 (7.407%) Project Manager
6 2 (7.407%) Citrix Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Exchange Specialist
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Design Authority
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Design Architect
7 1 (3.704%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (3.704%) Data Conversion
1 1 (3.704%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (3.704%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (18.52%) Migration
2 3 (11.11%) ITIL
3 2 (7.407%) ERP
3 2 (7.407%) Project Management
3 2 (7.407%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (3.704%) Data Governance
4 1 (3.704%) Master Data Management
4 1 (3.704%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (3.704%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (3.704%) System Testing
4 1 (3.704%) Data Migration
4 1 (3.704%) Data Validation
4 1 (3.704%) Data Mapping
4 1 (3.704%) ETL
4 1 (3.704%) TDD
4 1 (3.704%) Data Management
4 1 (3.704%) Change Management
4 1 (3.704%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (44.44%) SQL
2 10 (37.04%) C#
3 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.704%) Python
4 1 (3.704%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.704%) C++
4 1 (3.704%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (7.407%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.407%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.704%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.407%) Hyper-V
3 2 (7.407%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (7.407%) Xen
4 1 (3.704%) XenServer
4 1 (3.704%) XenDesktop
4 1 (3.704%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) VMware
2 3 (11.11%) Citrix
3 2 (7.407%) HP
3 2 (7.407%) Dell
3 2 (7.407%) CommVault
3 2 (7.407%) NetApp
3 2 (7.407%) Symantec
4 1 (3.704%) 3PAR
4 1 (3.704%) Remedy
4 1 (3.704%) EMC
4 1 (3.704%) Cisco
4 1 (3.704%) Oracle