Microsoft Contracts in Oxford
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford 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 4 10 3
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 40 36 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 17.39% 10.53% 16.88%
As % of the Vendors category 35.71% 17.56% 35.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 5 10
Average daily rate £340 £250 £203
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.00% +23.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £193 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £341 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 8
Average hourly rate £14.63 £12.50 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.00% -39.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.19 £9.00 £13.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.93 £16.35 £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
- -3.22%
All Vendors
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 112 205 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 48.70% 59.94% 48.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 101 33
Average daily rate £340 £425 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +54.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £300 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £550 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 31 15
Average hourly rate £14.81 £16.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.42% -25.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.40 £10.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £20.06 £28.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Microsoft
Oxfordshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 35 (53.03%) Windows
2 27 (40.91%) MS Office
3 25 (37.88%) MS Exchange
3 25 (37.88%) Windows 7
4 24 (36.36%) VMware
5 22 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 22 (33.33%) MCSE
5 22 (33.33%) vSphere
5 22 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
5 22 (33.33%) SCOM
6 21 (31.82%) Data Protection
6 21 (31.82%) Exchange Server 2003
6 21 (31.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 21 (31.82%) MobileIron
6 21 (31.82%) Migration
7 18 (27.27%) Postini
8 16 (24.24%) Windows XP
9 15 (22.73%) SCCM
9 15 (22.73%) Windows Server 2008
10 14 (21.21%) MS Excel
10 14 (21.21%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (19.70%) Microsoft App-V
12 12 (18.18%) DNS
13 8 (12.12%) Wise Package Studio
13 8 (12.12%) Lync
13 8 (12.12%) Office Communications Server
13 8 (12.12%) Publishing
13 8 (12.12%) .NET
14 7 (10.61%) Web Services

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 8 (12.12%) .NET
2 7 (10.61%) Web Services
2 7 (10.61%) XML
3 3 (4.545%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.030%) WinForms
4 2 (3.030%) HTML
4 2 (3.030%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 25 (37.88%) MS Exchange
2 22 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 22 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 21 (31.82%) Exchange Server 2003
4 8 (12.12%) Lync
4 8 (12.12%) Office Communications Server
5 4 (6.061%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.515%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 27 (40.91%) MS Office
2 14 (21.21%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.030%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (3.030%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (3.030%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (7.576%) HFM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (18.18%) DNS
2 6 (9.091%) DHCP
3 5 (7.576%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.545%) VoIP
5 2 (3.030%) WAN
5 2 (3.030%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.061%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.515%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Wise Package Studio
2 6 (9.091%) Visual Studio
3 5 (7.576%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
4 2 (3.030%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (12.12%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (24.24%) Consultant
2 13 (19.70%) Messaging Consultant
3 12 (18.18%) Applications Packager
4 11 (16.67%) Analyst
5 9 (13.64%) IT Support
6 7 (10.61%) Support Analyst
7 5 (7.576%) Programmer
7 5 (7.576%) VB.NET Programmer
7 5 (7.576%) .NET Programmer
7 5 (7.576%) Exchange Consultant
8 4 (6.061%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (6.061%) Messaging Engineer
9 3 (4.545%) Support Technician
9 3 (4.545%) Support Engineer
9 3 (4.545%) IT Support Technician
9 3 (4.545%) Technical Analyst
10 2 (3.030%) Service Desk Analyst
10 2 (3.030%) IT Support Engineer
10 2 (3.030%) Desktop Analyst
10 2 (3.030%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.030%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.515%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 35 (53.03%) Windows
2 25 (37.88%) Windows 7
3 16 (24.24%) Windows XP
4 15 (22.73%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (6.061%) Windows 2000
6 2 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.515%) AIX
7 1 (1.515%) UNIX
7 1 (1.515%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.82%) Data Protection
1 21 (31.82%) Migration
2 14 (21.21%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (6.061%) ITIL
4 2 (3.030%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (3.030%) TDD
4 2 (3.030%) Content Management
4 2 (3.030%) MVC
4 2 (3.030%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.576%) VB.NET
1 5 (7.576%) VBA
1 5 (7.576%) XPath
2 3 (4.545%) VB
3 2 (3.030%) C#
4 1 (1.515%) SQL
4 1 (1.515%) C
Qualifications
1 22 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 22 (33.33%) MCSE
2 21 (31.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (1.515%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.515%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (33.33%) vSphere
2 13 (19.70%) Microsoft App-V
3 6 (9.091%) Active Directory
4 2 (3.030%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.515%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (33.33%) SCOM
2 15 (22.73%) SCCM
3 1 (1.515%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 24 (36.36%) VMware
2 21 (31.82%) MobileIron
3 18 (27.27%) Postini
4 7 (10.61%) Mercator
5 5 (7.576%) Oracle
5 5 (7.576%) Hyperion
6 4 (6.061%) Citrix
7 1 (1.515%) NetApp
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