Windows Azure Contracts in Reading
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Azure 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Reading 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 Windows Azure
Rank 56 69 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing Windows Azure 9 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.073% 0.897% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.172% 6.098% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £230
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +73.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £15.00 -
All Application Platforms
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		 174 164 198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 20.74% 14.71% 18.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 61 84
Average daily rate £381 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.30% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £178 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 11
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +8.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.85 £10.00 £10.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £37.00 £19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Windows Azure
Berkshire

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Azure across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Reading Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Windows Azure Daily Rate Trend

Windows Azure
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the Reading region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Reading Windows Azure Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure.

1 23 (88.46%) C#
2 20 (76.92%) .NET
3 18 (69.23%) SQL Server
4 14 (53.85%) Microsoft
4 14 (53.85%) HTML
4 14 (53.85%) .NET Framework
5 13 (50.00%) WCF
6 12 (46.15%) Visual Studio
6 12 (46.15%) SQL
6 12 (46.15%) MS Excel
7 11 (42.31%) Windows
8 9 (34.62%) XML
8 9 (34.62%) MVC
8 9 (34.62%) CSS
8 9 (34.62%) IIS
8 9 (34.62%) JavaScript
8 9 (34.62%) LINQ
8 9 (34.62%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 8 (30.77%) BizTalk Server
10 7 (26.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (26.92%) Web Services
10 7 (26.92%) Information Architecture
11 5 (19.23%) ASP.NET
11 5 (19.23%) CRM
11 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
11 5 (19.23%) EAI
11 5 (19.23%) Workflow
11 5 (19.23%) Finance
11 5 (19.23%) Middleware

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (76.92%) .NET
2 14 (53.85%) HTML
2 14 (53.85%) .NET Framework
3 13 (50.00%) WCF
4 9 (34.62%) XML
4 9 (34.62%) CSS
4 9 (34.62%) LINQ
4 9 (34.62%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 7 (26.92%) Web Services
6 5 (19.23%) ASP.NET
6 5 (19.23%) Middleware
6 5 (19.23%) Silverlight
7 4 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 3 (11.54%) AppFabric
8 3 (11.54%) Razor View Engine
8 3 (11.54%) Ajax
8 3 (11.54%) WF
8 3 (11.54%) jQuery
9 2 (7.692%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (34.62%) IIS
2 8 (30.77%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.846%) Orchard CMS
4 1 (3.846%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (46.15%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (19.23%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (69.23%) SQL Server
2 5 (19.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (19.23%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (19.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (7.692%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (46.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (26.92%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (19.23%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Games
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Developer
2 8 (30.77%) Consultant
3 5 (19.23%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
3 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Consultant
3 5 (19.23%) CRM Consultant
4 4 (15.38%) Software Development Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Software Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Development Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) .NET Developer
5 3 (11.54%) BizTalk Developer
5 3 (11.54%) BizTalk Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) SQL Server DBA
6 2 (7.692%) SQL DBA
6 2 (7.692%) DBA
7 1 (3.846%) Front-End Developer
7 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (3.846%) C# Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Development DBA
7 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Development DBA
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (7.692%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.846%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (3.846%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (42.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) MVC
2 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (26.92%) Information Architecture
3 5 (19.23%) CRM
3 5 (19.23%) EAI
3 5 (19.23%) Workflow
3 5 (19.23%) Project Management
4 3 (11.54%) SOA
4 3 (11.54%) Test Automation
4 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (11.54%) TDD
5 2 (7.692%) Performance Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Load Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Kanban
5 2 (7.692%) Domain-Driven Design
5 2 (7.692%) Scrum
5 2 (7.692%) Test Strategy
5 2 (7.692%) BDD
6 1 (3.846%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.846%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (88.46%) C#
2 12 (46.15%) SQL
3 9 (34.62%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.692%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.692%) Degree
3 1 (3.846%) ISTQB
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (53.85%) Microsoft
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