The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Oxfordshire 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 13 49 34
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 40 4 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 8.547% 0.696% 3.476%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.24% 4.545% 14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 0 9
Average daily rate £365 - £190
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 - £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £260
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +10.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £13.75 £11.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.56% -54.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £16.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -3.03%
All Qualifications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
165 88 115
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 35.26% 15.30% 23.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 29 50
Average daily rate £365 £330 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.60% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £168 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £475 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 18 16
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.06 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.22% +21.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.05 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £30.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
Microsoft Certification
South East

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Microsoft Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Oxfordshire Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oxford +28 30 £365 - 7
Banbury - 1 £425 -
Bicester - - - -
Thame - - - -
Witney - - - - 1
Abingdon - - - -
Microsoft Certification
South East

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification.

1 50 (92.59%) MCSE
1 50 (92.59%) VMware
2 49 (90.74%) MS Exchange
3 45 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 44 (81.48%) Exchange Server 2003
5 40 (74.07%) Microsoft
5 40 (74.07%) vSphere
6 39 (72.22%) SCOM
6 39 (72.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 38 (70.37%) Migration
8 33 (61.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 33 (61.11%) MobileIron
9 32 (59.26%) Data Protection
10 28 (51.85%) Postini
11 25 (46.30%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (24.07%) Office Communications Server
12 13 (24.07%) Lync
13 9 (16.67%) Publishing
13 9 (16.67%) Mercator
13 9 (16.67%) Windows
14 4 (7.407%) MCP
14 4 (7.407%) MS Office
14 4 (7.407%) Active Directory
14 4 (7.407%) VMware Infrastructure
14 4 (7.407%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (7.407%) Windows 7
15 3 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
15 3 (5.556%) Windows XP
15 3 (5.556%) ITIL
15 3 (5.556%) SQL

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.852%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 49 (90.74%) MS Exchange
2 45 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 44 (81.48%) Exchange Server 2003
4 39 (72.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 13 (24.07%) Office Communications Server
5 13 (24.07%) Lync
6 3 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (7.407%) MS Office
2 2 (3.704%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.704%) LAN
1 2 (3.704%) WAN
2 1 (1.852%) SAN
2 1 (1.852%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.852%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (16.67%) Publishing
2 3 (5.556%) Finance
Job Titles
1 32 (59.26%) Consultant
2 26 (48.15%) Messaging Consultant
3 13 (24.07%) Messaging Engineer
4 11 (20.37%) Exchange Consultant
5 5 (9.259%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (7.407%) Administrator
6 4 (7.407%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (3.704%) Messaging Administrator
7 2 (3.704%) Exchange Engineer
7 2 (3.704%) Exchange Administrator
7 2 (3.704%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.704%) Analyst
8 1 (1.852%) IT Support
8 1 (1.852%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (1.852%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (1.852%) Architect
8 1 (1.852%) Project Manager
8 1 (1.852%) Desktop Support
8 1 (1.852%) Test Analyst
8 1 (1.852%) IT Consultant
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.67%) Windows
2 4 (7.407%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (7.407%) Windows 7
3 3 (5.556%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.852%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.852%) UNIX
4 1 (1.852%) AIX
4 1 (1.852%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (70.37%) Migration
2 32 (59.26%) Data Protection
3 25 (46.30%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (5.556%) ITIL
5 2 (3.704%) Problem Management
5 2 (3.704%) Change Control
6 1 (1.852%) Test Strategy
6 1 (1.852%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (1.852%) Load Balancing
6 1 (1.852%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (1.852%) Project Management
6 1 (1.852%) Service Management
6 1 (1.852%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (92.59%) MCSE
2 33 (61.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (7.407%) MCP
4 3 (5.556%) Degree
5 2 (3.704%) CCIE
5 2 (3.704%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.704%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.852%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.852%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.852%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.852%) Server+ Certification
System Software
1 40 (74.07%) vSphere
2 4 (7.407%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.407%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.852%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 39 (72.22%) SCOM
2 1 (1.852%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (1.852%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 50 (92.59%) VMware
2 40 (74.07%) Microsoft
3 33 (61.11%) MobileIron
4 28 (51.85%) Postini
5 9 (16.67%) Mercator
6 1 (1.852%) HP
6 1 (1.852%) Citrix
6 1 (1.852%) Oracle
Oxfordshire
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Opus IT Consulting
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Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
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Posted: 13 June 2013
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Understanding Recruitment
Rate: £375 - £400 per day
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