Microsoft Contracts in Renfrewshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Renfrewshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors for the Renfrewshire 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 7 11 1
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 28 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 45.90% 9.375% 60.00%
As % of the Vendors category 60.87% 14.29% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 1 2
Average daily rate £371 £270 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% +13.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £270 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £481 £270 £268
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
- -3.22%
All Vendors
Renfrewshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 46 21 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 75.41% 65.63% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 10 2
Average daily rate £410 £420 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.38% +76.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £375 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £420 £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Microsoft
Scotland

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Erskine - 28 £371 -
Microsoft
Scotland

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 36 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 34 (85.00%) Windows
3 27 (67.50%) SC Cleared
4 21 (52.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 20 (50.00%) Windows XP
5 20 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 15 (37.50%) Security Architecture
7 14 (35.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 11 (27.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (27.50%) Telecoms
9 10 (25.00%) Tivoli
9 10 (25.00%) Netcool
9 10 (25.00%) SharePoint
9 10 (25.00%) Solaris
9 10 (25.00%) VBScript
10 9 (22.50%) XML
10 9 (22.50%) SAN
10 9 (22.50%) Software Distribution
11 8 (20.00%) SaaS
11 8 (20.00%) Manufacturing
11 8 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
11 8 (20.00%) Linux
11 8 (20.00%) AIX
11 8 (20.00%) ERP
11 8 (20.00%) MS Excel
11 8 (20.00%) .NET
11 8 (20.00%) MS Office
12 7 (17.50%) MCP
12 7 (17.50%) Veritas
12 7 (17.50%) XML Schema

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 9 (22.50%) XML
2 8 (20.00%) .NET
3 7 (17.50%) XML Schema
3 7 (17.50%) .NET Framework
4 2 (5.000%) MooTools
4 2 (5.000%) Ajax
4 2 (5.000%) XSLT
4 2 (5.000%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 8 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (7.500%) IIS
4 1 (2.500%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 8 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (2.500%) MS Project
2 1 (2.500%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 9 (22.50%) SAN
2 6 (15.00%) NAS
2 6 (15.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (15.00%) DNS
2 6 (15.00%) DHCP
3 4 (10.00%) LDAP
4 1 (2.500%) Internet
4 1 (2.500%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.000%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.500%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.500%) QlikView
3 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 11 (27.50%) Telecoms
2 8 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (2.500%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (17.50%) Desktop Engineer
1 7 (17.50%) Build Engineer
2 5 (12.50%) Senior Desktop Engineer
2 5 (12.50%) Senior Build Engineer
3 4 (10.00%) Implementation Engineer
4 3 (7.500%) Analyst
5 2 (5.000%) Developer
6 1 (2.500%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.500%) Administrator
6 1 (2.500%) Software Developer
6 1 (2.500%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.500%) Business Analyst
6 1 (2.500%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (2.500%) .NET Developer
6 1 (2.500%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (2.500%) Citrix Support
6 1 (2.500%) CRM Developer
6 1 (2.500%) CRM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) SaaS
2 7 (17.50%) Clustering
2 7 (17.50%) Cryptography
3 6 (15.00%) Taxonomies
4 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 4 (10.00%) PKI
5 4 (10.00%) Smartcard
6 3 (7.500%) Thin Client
6 3 (7.500%) Fat Client
7 1 (2.500%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 34 (85.00%) Windows
2 21 (52.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 20 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 20 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (25.00%) Solaris
5 8 (20.00%) Linux
5 8 (20.00%) AIX
6 7 (17.50%) Windows 7
7 3 (7.500%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Security Architecture
2 9 (22.50%) Software Distribution
3 8 (20.00%) ERP
4 6 (15.00%) Document Management
4 6 (15.00%) Service Management
4 6 (15.00%) Configuration Management
5 4 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (10.00%) Release Management
5 4 (10.00%) Migration
6 3 (7.500%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (7.500%) Information Security
6 3 (7.500%) Software Deployment
7 1 (2.500%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.500%) CRM
7 1 (2.500%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.00%) VBScript
2 7 (17.50%) PowerShell
3 5 (12.50%) C#
4 3 (7.500%) Java
4 3 (7.500%) Perl
4 3 (7.500%) VB.NET
4 3 (7.500%) Korn
4 3 (7.500%) Bourne shell
5 2 (5.000%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.500%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.500%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 27 (67.50%) SC Cleared
3 11 (27.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (17.50%) MCP
5 3 (7.500%) CISSP
5 3 (7.500%) MCSE
6 2 (5.000%) CIMA
7 1 (2.500%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (2.500%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.500%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.500%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.500%) Microsoft App-V
1 3 (7.500%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.500%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (2.500%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 14 (35.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 10 (25.00%) Tivoli
2 10 (25.00%) Netcool
3 4 (10.00%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Veritas
2 6 (15.00%) Lumension
2 6 (15.00%) McAfee
3 5 (12.50%) VMware
4 4 (10.00%) IBM
4 4 (10.00%) HP
5 3 (7.500%) Symantec
5 3 (7.500%) Sophos
5 3 (7.500%) Oracle
5 3 (7.500%) Wyse
6 2 (5.000%) SAP
6 2 (5.000%) Business Objects
7 1 (2.500%) Citrix
7 1 (2.500%) Sage
7 1 (2.500%) EMC
7 1 (2.500%) Brocade
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