The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Scottish Borders region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 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 Vendors for the Scottish Borders 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Scottish Borders 40.00% - -
As % of the Vendors category 66.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
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 £14.98 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.13% -
All Vendors
Scottish Borders
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Scottish Borders 60.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £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 £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Microsoft
Scotland

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scottish Borders 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 Scottish Borders region.

Scottish Borders Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scottish Borders 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 Scottish Borders region over the 3 months to 19 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
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Job
Vacancies
Galashiels - - - -
Microsoft
Scotland

Microsoft
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scottish Borders 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 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) WinForms
3 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scottish Borders 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 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) WinForms
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Report Writer
3 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Project Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
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