The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 22 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 Qualifications for the Peterborough 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank - 9 22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 0 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough - 12.22% 2.804%
As % of the Qualifications category - 45.83% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 1
Average daily rate - £288 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +91.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £265
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -11.42%
All Qualifications
Peterborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
15 24 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 15.96% 26.67% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 9
Average daily rate £363 £288 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.08% +12.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £263 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £438 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
Average hourly rate £13.00 £16.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Microsoft Certification
Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Lotus
1 2 (100.00%) Symantec
1 2 (100.00%) McAfee
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Lotus
1 2 (100.00%) Symantec
1 2 (100.00%) McAfee