The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Developer role 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 Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Developer
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.222% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.235% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £45.00 £24.19
% change year-on-year
-25.55% +86.04%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
425 597 446
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.24% 95.98% 96.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 286 199
Average daily rate £340 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £225 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £493 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 80 66
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.50 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +11.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.33 £11.00 £11.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £30.00 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Microsoft Developer
South East

Microsoft Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Microsoft Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Microsoft Developer Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Microsoft Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Oxford - 1 - -
Microsoft Developer
South East

Microsoft Developer
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) VBA
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) MS Access
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3

Microsoft Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) MS Access
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VBA