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Microsoft Contracts in Oxfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills
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The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 18 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 Vendors 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.

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
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 4 8 6
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 76 69 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 16.14% 11.86% 13.77%
As % of the Vendors category 32.90% 21.04% 26.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 19 35
Average daily rate £360 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £206 £177 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £426 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 12
Average hourly rate £13.70 £12.50 £16.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.60% -25.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.85 £9.00 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.13 £19.10 £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
All Vendors
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 231 328 260
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 49.04% 56.36% 52.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 166 125
Average daily rate £340 £425 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +36.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £300 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £540 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 46 36
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.90 £10.86 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £20.06 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 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 +6 38 £340 +18.26% 12
Banbury -5 7 £376 - 3
Kidlington +1 3 - - 1
Abingdon 0 3 £140 +3.70% 2
Witney +1 1 - - 4
Bicester - - - - 1
Burford - - - -
Henley-on-Thames - - - -
Thame - - - -
Wallingford - - - -
Wantage - - - -
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 65 (44.83%) Windows
2 50 (34.48%) MS Exchange
3 45 (31.03%) VMware
4 41 (28.28%) MS Excel
5 39 (26.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 36 (24.83%) MCSE
6 36 (24.83%) Exchange Server 2010
7 34 (23.45%) vSphere
8 33 (22.76%) SCOM
8 33 (22.76%) Exchange Server 2003
8 33 (22.76%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 32 (22.07%) Migration
9 32 (22.07%) Data Protection
9 32 (22.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 32 (22.07%) MobileIron
10 29 (20.00%) Windows 7
10 29 (20.00%) MS Office
11 27 (18.62%) Postini
12 26 (17.93%) Windows Server 2008
13 23 (15.86%) Active Directory
14 21 (14.48%) Disaster Recovery
15 19 (13.10%) Windows XP
16 18 (12.41%) SCCM
16 18 (12.41%) SQL Server
17 16 (11.03%) .NET
18 15 (10.34%) Oracle
18 15 (10.34%) C#
18 15 (10.34%) DNS
19 14 (9.655%) Lync
20 13 (8.966%) Web Services

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 16 (11.03%) .NET
2 13 (8.966%) Web Services
2 13 (8.966%) WebSphere
3 11 (7.586%) Middleware
4 8 (5.517%) ASP.NET
5 5 (3.448%) XML
6 4 (2.759%) XSLT
6 4 (2.759%) WinForms
7 2 (1.379%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.379%) WCF
7 2 (1.379%) jQuery
7 2 (1.379%) HTML
8 1 (0.690%) COM
8 1 (0.690%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 50 (34.48%) MS Exchange
2 36 (24.83%) Exchange Server 2010
3 33 (22.76%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 33 (22.76%) Exchange Server 2003
4 14 (9.655%) Lync
5 13 (8.966%) Office Communications Server
6 11 (7.586%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 11 (7.586%) WebLogic
7 9 (6.207%) SharePoint
8 5 (3.448%) SharePoint 2010
9 4 (2.759%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (1.379%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (1.379%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.690%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.690%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.690%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.690%) Lotus Domino
11 1 (0.690%) QuickPlace
Applications
1 41 (28.28%) MS Excel
2 29 (20.00%) MS Office
3 7 (4.828%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (3.448%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.069%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.379%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.690%) MS Project
7 1 (0.690%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (0.690%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.690%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.690%) Epicor iScala
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.34%) DNS
2 8 (5.517%) WAN
3 6 (4.138%) DHCP
4 5 (3.448%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.759%) LAN
5 4 (2.759%) VoIP
5 4 (2.759%) Intranet
6 2 (1.379%) Internet
6 2 (1.379%) Wireless
6 2 (1.379%) SAN
7 1 (0.690%) LDAP
7 1 (0.690%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.448%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.379%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.379%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (1.379%) MS Access
3 2 (1.379%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.379%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.690%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.690%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.690%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 8 (5.517%) Wise Package Studio
2 6 (4.138%) JIRA
3 4 (2.759%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (2.069%) MSI
5 2 (1.379%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.379%) MSBuild
General
1 12 (8.276%) Publishing
2 9 (6.207%) Finance
3 6 (4.138%) Banking
4 2 (1.379%) Retail
4 2 (1.379%) Marketing
4 2 (1.379%) Law
5 1 (0.690%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.690%) Advertising
5 1 (0.690%) Games
5 1 (0.690%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.690%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.690%) Billing
5 1 (0.690%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (19.31%) Consultant
2 21 (14.48%) Analyst
3 19 (13.10%) Messaging Consultant
4 15 (10.34%) Applications Packager
5 12 (8.276%) Support Analyst
5 12 (8.276%) Systems Engineer
6 11 (7.586%) Developer
7 10 (6.897%) Project Manager
7 10 (6.897%) IT Support
8 9 (6.207%) Exchange Consultant
9 7 (4.828%) Middleware Engineer
9 7 (4.828%) Messaging Engineer
9 7 (4.828%) Support Engineer
10 6 (4.138%) Administrator
10 6 (4.138%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.448%) .NET Developer
11 5 (3.448%) IT Support Analyst
11 5 (3.448%) Systems Administrator
12 4 (2.759%) Technical Project Manager
12 4 (2.759%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.069%) Mathematics
2 2 (1.379%) Computer Science
2 2 (1.379%) Blackberry
2 2 (1.379%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.690%) N-Tier
3 1 (0.690%) Copywriting
3 1 (0.690%) SaaS
3 1 (0.690%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 65 (44.83%) Windows
2 29 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 26 (17.93%) Windows Server 2008
4 19 (13.10%) Windows XP
5 12 (8.276%) UNIX
6 11 (7.586%) Linux
7 5 (3.448%) Windows 2000
8 4 (2.759%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.690%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.690%) AIX
9 1 (0.690%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (22.07%) Migration
1 32 (22.07%) Data Protection
2 21 (14.48%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (8.276%) ITIL
4 11 (7.586%) SOA
5 8 (5.517%) Release Management
6 7 (4.828%) PRINCE2
6 7 (4.828%) Project Management
6 7 (4.828%) Incident Management
7 6 (4.138%) Scrum
7 6 (4.138%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (2.759%) Business Continuity
9 4 (2.759%) Business Analysis
9 4 (2.759%) Risk Management
10 3 (2.069%) Service Delivery
10 3 (2.069%) CRM
10 3 (2.069%) Content Management
10 3 (2.069%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (2.069%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.34%) C#
2 12 (8.276%) SQL
3 4 (2.759%) VB
3 4 (2.759%) VB.NET
4 3 (2.069%) VBScript
5 2 (1.379%) Java
5 2 (1.379%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.690%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.690%) C
6 1 (0.690%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 39 (26.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (24.83%) MCSE
3 32 (22.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 13 (8.966%) Degree
5 3 (2.069%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.379%) MCP
6 2 (1.379%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.379%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.690%) CCIE
7 1 (0.690%) ISEB
7 1 (0.690%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.690%) SLA
1 1 (0.690%) QA
System Software
1 34 (23.45%) vSphere
2 23 (15.86%) Active Directory
3 13 (8.966%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (2.759%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.759%) XenApp
5 3 (2.069%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.690%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (22.76%) SCOM
2 18 (12.41%) SCCM
3 2 (1.379%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.690%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.690%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 45 (31.03%) VMware
2 32 (22.07%) MobileIron
3 27 (18.62%) Postini
4 15 (10.34%) Oracle
5 12 (8.276%) IBM
6 10 (6.897%) Citrix
7 9 (6.207%) Mercator
8 6 (4.138%) NetApp
8 6 (4.138%) Cisco
9 4 (2.759%) CheckPoint
9 4 (2.759%) F5
10 2 (1.379%) Sage
10 2 (1.379%) Remedy
10 2 (1.379%) Cognos
10 2 (1.379%) Business Objects
11 1 (0.690%) SAP
11 1 (0.690%) Lotus
11 1 (0.690%) HP
Deployment/Floor Walking/Installation Engineer
Oxfordshire
Due to the sensitive nature of this project we will require candidates to hold SC Clearance prior to commencement in post... - IT literate, preferably MCP or MCSE qualified...
Opus IT Consulting
Rate: £147 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Infrastructure Engineer/Analyst/Specialist
Banbury, South East
Successful candidates will be involved in a number of projects including: The implementation of live and business continuity environments, networking systems including Data Centre (NetApp), core switches and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Network Engineer - Contract Role
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Essential Skills Background in implementing 1 or more SAN (EMC (AX, CX, VNXe/HP MSA/P2000 VMware or Hyper - v Exchange 2003/2007/2010 Citrix Xenapp 5/6/...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Posted: 14 June 2013
Service Desk Manager
Oxfordshire, South East
This is a unique position to showcase your Leadership skills managing a team of 15-20 2nd Line support engineers. This role will suit an individual who has...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £250.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Service Desk Manager
Oxfordshire, South East
This is a unique position to showcase your Leadership skills managing a team of 15-20 2nd Line support engineers. This role will suit an individual who has...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £200.00 - £225.00 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
BUSINESS ANALYST - INFRASTRUCTURE - SDLC / AGILE / SCRUM - BLUE
Banbury, Oxfordshire
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £400 - £450 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
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