The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Norwich region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Norwich 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 4 6 9
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 27 19 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norwich 21.43% 11.24% 12.94%
As % of the Vendors category 57.45% 28.36% 40.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 4
Average daily rate £225 £288 £218
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.73% +32.18%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 5
Average hourly rate £25.00 £18.50 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.13% +45.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.45 £14.90 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.05 £22.10 £25.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Norwich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
47 67 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norwich 37.30% 39.64% 31.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 27 12
Average daily rate £250 £288 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% -23.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £233 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £352 £400 £444
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 £23.00 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.39% +80.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £15.80 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £25.00 £25.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Norfolk

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norwich 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 Norwich region.

Norwich 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 Norwich region.

Norwich Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norwich 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 18 (36.00%) Windows
2 16 (32.00%) VMware
3 15 (30.00%) MS Exchange
4 14 (28.00%) Active Directory
5 13 (26.00%) UAG
6 11 (22.00%) Hyper-V
6 11 (22.00%) ITIL
7 10 (20.00%) SQL
7 10 (20.00%) MS Excel
7 10 (20.00%) HP
7 10 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (18.00%) Windows XP
8 9 (18.00%) .NET
8 9 (18.00%) IIS
8 9 (18.00%) Finance
8 9 (18.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (18.00%) Exchange Server 2010
9 8 (16.00%) Migration
9 8 (16.00%) C#
9 8 (16.00%) PRINCE2
10 7 (14.00%) MS Office
10 7 (14.00%) DNS
10 7 (14.00%) PRINCE
10 7 (14.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (14.00%) MCITP
10 7 (14.00%) Exchange Server 2007
10 7 (14.00%) Forefront TMG
10 7 (14.00%) VMware Infrastructure
10 7 (14.00%) VCP5
11 6 (12.00%) vSphere

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norwich 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 (18.00%) .NET
2 5 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (8.000%) COM
3 4 (8.000%) Web Services
3 4 (8.000%) HTML
3 4 (8.000%) .NET Framework
4 3 (6.000%) jQuery
4 3 (6.000%) Ajax
4 3 (6.000%) XML
5 2 (4.000%) HTML5
6 1 (2.000%) CSS3
6 1 (2.000%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (2.000%) Razor View Engine
6 1 (2.000%) AutoMapper
6 1 (2.000%) RESTful
6 1 (2.000%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (2.000%) WCF
6 1 (2.000%) LINQ
6 1 (2.000%) XHTML
6 1 (2.000%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 15 (30.00%) MS Exchange
2 9 (18.00%) IIS
2 9 (18.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (14.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (6.000%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (4.000%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (4.000%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (2.000%) SharePoint
6 1 (2.000%) Lync
6 1 (2.000%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (2.000%) CMS
6 1 (2.000%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 10 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (14.00%) MS Office
3 4 (8.000%) MS Visio
4 3 (6.000%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.000%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.00%) DNS
2 4 (8.000%) LAN
3 2 (4.000%) Internet
4 1 (2.000%) Wireless
4 1 (2.000%) HTTP
4 1 (2.000%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.000%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.000%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (8.000%) SpecFlow
2 3 (6.000%) WatiN
2 3 (6.000%) MSI
2 3 (6.000%) Visual Studio
2 3 (6.000%) Selenium
3 2 (4.000%) Git (software)
3 2 (4.000%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.000%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.000%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (2.000%) Bugzilla
4 1 (2.000%) NUnit
4 1 (2.000%) CruiseControl
4 1 (2.000%) Subversion
4 1 (2.000%) JIRA
General
1 9 (18.00%) Finance
2 2 (4.000%) Games
Job Titles
1 15 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (22.00%) Analyst
3 6 (12.00%) Support Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 5 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
5 4 (8.000%) Business Analyst
5 4 (8.000%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (8.000%) Support Analyst
6 3 (6.000%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.000%) Developer
6 3 (6.000%) Support Specialist
6 3 (6.000%) Web Developer
6 3 (6.000%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 2 (4.000%) .NET Developer
7 2 (4.000%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (4.000%) .NET Web Developer
7 2 (4.000%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (4.000%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (4.000%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.000%) Online Games
2 1 (2.000%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (2.000%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 18 (36.00%) Windows
2 9 (18.00%) Windows XP
2 9 (18.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (12.00%) Windows 8
4 4 (8.000%) Windows 7
5 2 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (2.000%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.00%) ITIL
2 8 (16.00%) PRINCE2
2 8 (16.00%) Migration
3 7 (14.00%) PRINCE
4 6 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (8.000%) Unit Testing
5 4 (8.000%) BDD
6 3 (6.000%) Data Mapping
6 3 (6.000%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (6.000%) TDD
6 3 (6.000%) OOP
6 3 (6.000%) OO
7 2 (4.000%) ERP
7 2 (4.000%) RDF
7 2 (4.000%) Project Management
7 2 (4.000%) Service Delivery
7 2 (4.000%) Regression Testing
7 2 (4.000%) Test Automation
7 2 (4.000%) Automated Testing
7 2 (4.000%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) SQL
2 8 (16.00%) C#
3 1 (2.000%) C++
3 1 (2.000%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.000%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (14.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (14.00%) MCITP
2 7 (14.00%) VCP5
3 2 (4.000%) Degree
4 1 (2.000%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.000%) ISEB
4 1 (2.000%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.000%) QA
2 1 (2.000%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (28.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (26.00%) UAG
3 11 (22.00%) Hyper-V
4 7 (14.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (14.00%) Forefront TMG
5 6 (12.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.000%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 16 (32.00%) VMware
2 10 (20.00%) HP
3 3 (6.000%) Guidewire
3 3 (6.000%) Cisco
4 2 (4.000%) Veritas
4 2 (4.000%) Lotus
4 2 (4.000%) Dell
4 2 (4.000%) Oracle
4 2 (4.000%) SAP
5 1 (2.000%) Citrix
5 1 (2.000%) Sophos