Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MTS over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Transaction Server (MTS)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£286£330
% change on same period last year-13.25 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads6536
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.102 %0.039 %
Daily rates quoted206
Average minimum daily rate£340£282
Average daily rate£364£309
% change on same period last year+18.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£340
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Hourly rates quoted1512
Average minimum hourly rate£23.14£10.75
Average hourly rate£23.55£11.76
% change on same period last year+100.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.96£12.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.01£23.80
% change on same period last year+0.89 %
MTS OxfordshireMTS
Oxfordshire

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.

MTS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MTS across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Oxford MTS Demand Trend

MTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford MTS Daily Rate Trend

MTS
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing MTS 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 MTS.

12 (100.00 %)C#
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)VB
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)ASP
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (100.00 %)COM
12 (100.00 %)DCOM
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)XSLT
12 (100.00 %)UML
12 (100.00 %)OO
12 (100.00 %)RUP
12 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
12 (100.00 %)Intranet
12 (100.00 %)Internet
12 (100.00 %)VB6

MTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing MTS 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 MTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)ASP
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (100.00 %)COM
12 (100.00 %)DCOM
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)XSLT
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)Intranet
12 (100.00 %)Internet
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Software Engineer
12 (100.00 %)Senior Software Engineer
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)UML
12 (100.00 %)OO
12 (100.00 %)RUP
12 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)C#
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)VB
12 (100.00 %)VB6
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft