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

The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the Scotland 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
20 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Consultant
Rank 114 102 -
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 9 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.354% 0.152% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.383% 0.162% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £431 £428 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.87% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £428 £375
% change year-on-year
-12.28% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year
- +21.95%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2351 2467 2594
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.49% 93.52% 92.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1108 1144 1315
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 106 94
Average hourly rate £14.00 £18.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.32% +8.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £11.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £32.50 £33.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Microsoft Consultant
UK

Microsoft Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Microsoft Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Microsoft Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Scotland Microsoft Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Microsoft Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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
Glasgow -18 1 - - 1
Aberdeen - - - - 1
Microsoft Consultant
UK

Microsoft Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 with Microsoft Consultant in their job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (36.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (36.36%) CRM
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
4 2 (18.18%) Banking
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
5 1 (9.091%) Lync
5 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (9.091%) X++
5 1 (9.091%) QA
5 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (9.091%) SCOM
5 1 (9.091%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (9.091%) SaaS
5 1 (9.091%) Information Architecture
5 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing

Microsoft Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 with Microsoft Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (9.091%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) Lync
1 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (9.091%) MS Exchange
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (36.36%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (9.091%) Data Mart
2 1 (9.091%) OLTP
2 1 (9.091%) OLAP
General
1 2 (18.18%) Banking
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.091%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) SaaS
1 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) CRM
2 2 (18.18%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (9.091%) Information Architecture
3 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) X++
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
1 1 (9.091%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
MS Dynamics AX Support Consultant
Scotland
This will be for an initial 3 month period where you will be required to carry out various tasks including X++ coding, bug fixing, report writing and general...
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
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