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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Reading region.

 Microsoft
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank664
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Down-2
Matching contract IT job ads7688139
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading12.34 %13.54 %16.30 %
As % of the Vendors category22.62 %24.38 %31.38 %
Daily rates quoted172651
Average daily rate£313£400£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.87 %+6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£325£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£420£483£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£325£323
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+0.770 %
Hourly rates quoted111319
Average hourly rate£15.13£40.00£21.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-62.17 %+88.23 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.50£15.80
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£59.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.00£15.00£16.50
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-9.090 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
336361443
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading54.55 %55.54 %51.93 %
Daily rates quoted10782138
Average daily rate£390£390£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+6.840 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£275£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£350£360
% change year-on-year
-5.710 %-2.770 %
Hourly rates quoted181934
Average hourly rate£20.00£35.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85 %+40.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.30£11.50£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£55.00£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£21.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %+5.000 %
Microsoft BerkshireMicrosoft
Berkshire

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Reading Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Reading region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Reading Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Reading region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Reading Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

163 (44.68 %)Windows
260 (42.55 %)Security Cleared
346 (32.62 %)SC Cleared
444 (31.21 %).NET
444 (31.21 %)Active Directory
539 (27.66 %)Windows Server 2003
637 (26.24 %)SQL
637 (26.24 %)MS Excel
732 (22.70 %)SQL Server
828 (19.86 %)C#
925 (17.73 %)SQL Server 2005
1020 (14.18 %)ASP.NET
1119 (13.48 %)Oracle
1217 (12.06 %)UNIX
1217 (12.06 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1316 (11.35 %)Citrix
1316 (11.35 %)Java
1415 (10.64 %)MS Office
1415 (10.64 %)SharePoint
1415 (10.64 %)DNS
1415 (10.64 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1513 (9.220 %)Solaris
1513 (9.220 %)C
1513 (9.220 %)Migration
1611 (7.801 %)InstallShield
1611 (7.801 %)Government
1611 (7.801 %)Validation
1611 (7.801 %)VMware
1611 (7.801 %)VBScript
1611 (7.801 %)Visual Studio

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
144 (31.21 %).NET
220 (14.18 %)ASP.NET
311 (7.801 %)Web Services
49 (6.383 %)XML
58 (5.674 %).NET Framework
67 (4.965 %)HTML
67 (4.965 %)CSS
67 (4.965 %)WCF
76 (4.255 %)ASP
76 (4.255 %)J2EE
85 (3.546 %)AJAX
94 (2.837 %)Silverlight
94 (2.837 %)JSF
94 (2.837 %)JRules
103 (2.128 %)SOAP
103 (2.128 %)COM+
103 (2.128 %)XSLT
103 (2.128 %)WSDL
103 (2.128 %)NHibernate
103 (2.128 %).NET Remoting
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (10.64 %)SharePoint
115 (10.64 %)SharePoint Server 2007
28 (5.674 %)IIS
37 (4.965 %)WebLogic
37 (4.965 %)BizTalk Server
37 (4.965 %)MS Exchange
46 (4.255 %)Exchange Server 2003
55 (3.546 %)WebLogic Portal
62 (1.418 %)TIBCO EMS
62 (1.418 %)Exchange Server 2000
71 (0.709 %)CMS
71 (0.709 %)Apache
71 (0.709 %)Tomcat
71 (0.709 %)SharePoint Portal Server
71 (0.709 %)Office Project Server
71 (0.709 %)Exchange Server 2007
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
137 (26.24 %)MS Excel
215 (10.64 %)MS Office
36 (4.255 %)MS Project
43 (2.128 %)MS Visio
43 (2.128 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (1.418 %)CA Clarity
61 (0.709 %)InfoPath
61 (0.709 %)Open Workbench
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (2.837 %)Maximo
23 (2.128 %)SAP PM
23 (2.128 %)BusinessWorks
31 (0.709 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.709 %)Singl.eView
31 (0.709 %)WebTrends
31 (0.709 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.709 %)SAP Oil and Gas
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
115 (10.64 %)DNS
29 (6.383 %)TCP/IP
38 (5.674 %)Internet
38 (5.674 %)Firewall
46 (4.255 %)HTTP
55 (3.546 %)DHCP
55 (3.546 %)SAN
63 (2.128 %)WAN
63 (2.128 %)Intranet
72 (1.418 %)LAN
72 (1.418 %)IPsec
72 (1.418 %)SSH
81 (0.709 %)SDH
81 (0.709 %)VoIP
81 (0.709 %)ATM
81 (0.709 %)Ethernet
81 (0.709 %)3G
81 (0.709 %)Extranet
81 (0.709 %)VLAN
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (22.70 %)SQL Server
225 (17.73 %)SQL Server 2005
311 (7.801 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (4.965 %)Datawarehouse
47 (4.965 %)OLAP
56 (4.255 %)ETL
56 (4.255 %)DTS
63 (2.128 %)MS Access
71 (0.709 %)GIS
71 (0.709 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.709 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.709 %)MySQL
71 (0.709 %)Oracle Discoverer
71 (0.709 %)Reference Data
71 (0.709 %)PerformancePoint
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (7.801 %)InstallShield
111 (7.801 %)Visual Studio
210 (7.092 %)StarTeam
33 (2.128 %)Team Foundation Server
42 (1.418 %)Visual Studio Team System
42 (1.418 %)PVCS
51 (0.709 %)ClearCase
51 (0.709 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (7.801 %)Government
29 (6.383 %)Finance
35 (3.546 %)Construction
35 (3.546 %)Publishing
44 (2.837 %)Telecoms
53 (2.128 %)Education
62 (1.418 %)Marketing
62 (1.418 %)Military
62 (1.418 %)Billing
62 (1.418 %)Insurance
71 (0.709 %)Retail
71 (0.709 %)Home Office
71 (0.709 %)Games
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
132 (22.70 %)Developer
223 (16.31 %)Analyst
313 (9.220 %)Designer
412 (8.511 %)Consultant
511 (7.801 %)SharePoint Developer
69 (6.383 %)Applications Packager
78 (5.674 %).NET Developer
78 (5.674 %)Support Analyst
87 (4.965 %)Test Analyst
87 (4.965 %)1st Line Support
87 (4.965 %)Helpdesk Support
96 (4.255 %)1st Line Support Analyst
96 (4.255 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
96 (4.255 %)Service Desk Analyst
96 (4.255 %)C# Developer
96 (4.255 %)Service Analyst
96 (4.255 %)Helpdesk Analyst
105 (3.546 %)Tester
114 (2.837 %)Systems Engineer
114 (2.837 %)Applications Developer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (4.965 %)Thin Client
17 (4.965 %)Fat Client
26 (4.255 %)Clustering
34 (2.837 %)N-Tier
43 (2.128 %)NHS
52 (1.418 %)Computer Science
52 (1.418 %)Statistics
52 (1.418 %)PKI
52 (1.418 %)Client/Server
52 (1.418 %)Management Information System
52 (1.418 %)Cryptography
61 (0.709 %)Blackberry
61 (0.709 %)Handset
61 (0.709 %)French Language
61 (0.709 %)CMDB
61 (0.709 %)Data Protection Act
61 (0.709 %)iPhone
61 (0.709 %)Open Source
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
163 (44.68 %)Windows
239 (27.66 %)Windows Server 2003
317 (12.06 %)UNIX
413 (9.220 %)Solaris
59 (6.383 %)Windows XP
68 (5.674 %)Windows Server 2008
68 (5.674 %)Windows 2000
75 (3.546 %)Windows 2000 Server
84 (2.837 %)Windows Vista
93 (2.128 %)Linux
93 (2.128 %)HPUX
102 (1.418 %)Windows NT
102 (1.418 %)AIX
111 (0.709 %)SUSE
111 (0.709 %)Debian
111 (0.709 %)Red Hat Linux
111 (0.709 %)Windows 7
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (9.220 %)Migration
211 (7.801 %)Validation
310 (7.092 %)Service Delivery
49 (6.383 %)Requirements Analysis
58 (5.674 %)Service Management
58 (5.674 %)Workflow
67 (4.965 %)Regression Testing
67 (4.965 %)Business Intelligence
67 (4.965 %)Web Development
75 (3.546 %)SOA
75 (3.546 %)Capacity Planning
75 (3.546 %)Unit Testing
84 (2.837 %)Load Balancing
84 (2.837 %)Business Analysis
84 (2.837 %)ERP
84 (2.837 %)CRM
84 (2.837 %)UML
84 (2.837 %)PRINCE2
84 (2.837 %)Configuration Management
84 (2.837 %)Project Management
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
137 (26.24 %)SQL
228 (19.86 %)C#
316 (11.35 %)Java
413 (9.220 %)C
511 (7.801 %)VBScript
610 (7.092 %)VB
77 (4.965 %)VB.NET
86 (4.255 %)T-SQL
95 (3.546 %)JavaScript
102 (1.418 %)PowerShell
102 (1.418 %)XPath
102 (1.418 %)Korn
111 (0.709 %)C++
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
160 (42.55 %)Security Cleared
246 (32.62 %)SC Cleared
311 (7.801 %)Degree
410 (7.092 %)Microsoft Certification
57 (4.965 %)ISEB
64 (2.837 %)MCTS
73 (2.128 %)MCSD
73 (2.128 %)MCSE
82 (1.418 %)MCSA
82 (1.418 %)MCAD
82 (1.418 %)ECDL
91 (0.709 %)MCDBA
91 (0.709 %)MCP
91 (0.709 %)PRINCE2 Certification
91 (0.709 %)ISTQB
91 (0.709 %)BC Cleared
91 (0.709 %)DV Cleared
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.709 %)SLA
11 (0.709 %)QA
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
144 (31.21 %)Active Directory
27 (4.965 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (2.837 %)MSMQ
34 (2.837 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.709 %)VMware Workstation
41 (0.709 %)NFS
41 (0.709 %)MetaFrame
41 (0.709 %)ISA Server
41 (0.709 %)Terminal Services
41 (0.709 %)vSphere
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
117 (12.06 %)OpenView Configuration Management
210 (7.092 %)MSI
39 (6.383 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
42 (1.418 %)SCCM
42 (1.418 %)SCOM
42 (1.418 %)MOM
51 (0.709 %)NetBackup
51 (0.709 %)MIIS
51 (0.709 %)Legato
51 (0.709 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (0.709 %)HP Data Protector
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
119 (13.48 %)Oracle
216 (11.35 %)Citrix
311 (7.801 %)VMware
49 (6.383 %)Altiris
49 (6.383 %)Sun
49 (6.383 %)Borland
57 (4.965 %)TIBCO
66 (4.255 %)HP
75 (3.546 %)Cisco
84 (2.837 %)BEA
84 (2.837 %)ILOG
84 (2.837 %)SAP
93 (2.128 %)Informatica
102 (1.418 %)MicroStrategy
102 (1.418 %)IBM
102 (1.418 %)Thunderhead
111 (0.709 %)Niku
111 (0.709 %)Cognos
111 (0.709 %)Compaq
111 (0.709 %)Dell