The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Northwood region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 23 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 Northwood 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northwood - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.96 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.26% -
All Vendors
Northwood
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northwood - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northwood 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 Northwood region.

Northwood Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northwood Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northwood 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northwood 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 Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Technical Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec