The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire 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 Shropshire 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 2 6 20
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 22 29 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 18.64% 22.31% 3.636%
As % of the Vendors category 23.66% 31.52% 8.696%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 0
Average daily rate £365 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.30% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £13.00 - £10.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.98 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.13% -
All Vendors
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
93 92 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 78.81% 70.77% 41.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 50 8
Average daily rate £475 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.71% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £268 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £500 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Average hourly rate £19.48 - £18.88
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.89 - £11.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.59 - £25.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Microsoft
West Midlands

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire 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
Telford 0 13 £365 +12.30% 3
Oswestry - - - -
Shrewsbury - - - -
Microsoft
West Midlands

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 22 (57.89%) Windows
2 15 (39.47%) SCCM
3 14 (36.84%) Microsoft App-V
3 14 (36.84%) .NET
4 12 (31.58%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 11 (28.95%) C#
6 10 (26.32%) MS Excel
7 9 (23.68%) ASP.NET
8 8 (21.05%) HP
8 8 (21.05%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (21.05%) Windows 7
9 7 (18.42%) Software Packaging
9 7 (18.42%) Windows Server 2003
9 7 (18.42%) MSI
9 7 (18.42%) Web Services
9 7 (18.42%) XML
9 7 (18.42%) SQL
10 6 (15.79%) SQL Server
11 5 (13.16%) SharePoint
11 5 (13.16%) Windows XP
11 5 (13.16%) MS Office
11 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
12 4 (10.53%) XSLT
12 4 (10.53%) BizTalk Server
12 4 (10.53%) QA
12 4 (10.53%) Security Cleared
13 3 (7.895%) BC Cleared
13 3 (7.895%) Windows Vista
13 3 (7.895%) VB
13 3 (7.895%) Java

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 14 (36.84%) .NET
2 9 (23.68%) ASP.NET
3 7 (18.42%) Software Packaging
3 7 (18.42%) Web Services
3 7 (18.42%) XML
4 4 (10.53%) XSLT
5 2 (5.263%) Silverlight
6 1 (2.632%) REST
6 1 (2.632%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 1 (2.632%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.632%) Application Packaging
6 1 (2.632%) WCF
6 1 (2.632%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 5 (13.16%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.53%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (5.263%) WebLogic
4 1 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.632%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (2.632%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (2.632%) MS Exchange
4 1 (2.632%) MQSeries
Applications
1 10 (26.32%) MS Excel
2 5 (13.16%) MS Office
3 1 (2.632%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Sage 200
1 1 (2.632%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (2.632%) Sage 1000
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.263%) LAN
2 1 (2.632%) Internet
2 1 (2.632%) Firewall
2 1 (2.632%) WAN
2 1 (2.632%) DHCP
2 1 (2.632%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.632%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.632%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.632%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (2.632%) Oracle OWB
3 1 (2.632%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 7 (18.42%) MSI
General
1 1 (2.632%) Swedish Language
1 1 (2.632%) Telecoms
1 1 (2.632%) Finance
1 1 (2.632%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 12 (31.58%) Developer
2 8 (21.05%) .NET Developer
3 6 (15.79%) Applications Packager
4 4 (10.53%) Senior Developer
4 4 (10.53%) Senior .NET Developer
5 3 (7.895%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 3 (7.895%) SharePoint Developer
5 3 (7.895%) BizTalk Developer
5 3 (7.895%) Consultant
5 3 (7.895%) 1st Line Support
5 3 (7.895%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.263%) Architect
6 2 (5.263%) VB6 Developer
6 2 (5.263%) Wintel Engineer
6 2 (5.263%) C# Developer
6 2 (5.263%) VB.NET Developer
6 2 (5.263%) VB Developer
6 2 (5.263%) VBA Developer
6 2 (5.263%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (2.632%) BizTalk Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.632%) Blackberry
1 1 (2.632%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (57.89%) Windows
2 8 (21.05%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (21.05%) Windows 7
3 7 (18.42%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (13.16%) Windows XP
5 3 (7.895%) Windows Vista
6 2 (5.263%) UNIX
6 2 (5.263%) Windows 8
7 1 (2.632%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.632%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (5.263%) Migration
1 2 (5.263%) Test Strategy
2 1 (2.632%) Network Architecture
2 1 (2.632%) TOGAF
2 1 (2.632%) Automated Testing
2 1 (2.632%) Performance Testing
2 1 (2.632%) Test Management
2 1 (2.632%) Test Scripting
2 1 (2.632%) Service Delivery
2 1 (2.632%) ITIL
2 1 (2.632%) SOA
2 1 (2.632%) UML
2 1 (2.632%) OO
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.95%) C#
2 7 (18.42%) SQL
3 3 (7.895%) VB
3 3 (7.895%) Java
4 2 (5.263%) VB.NET
4 2 (5.263%) VBA
4 2 (5.263%) T-SQL
4 2 (5.263%) VB6
5 1 (2.632%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.632%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.895%) BC Cleared
3 2 (5.263%) ISEB
3 2 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.632%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (2.632%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.632%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.632%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) QA
System Software
1 14 (36.84%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.632%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.632%) DFS Replication
3 1 (2.632%) vSphere
3 1 (2.632%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 15 (39.47%) SCCM
2 12 (31.58%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (2.632%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (2.632%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 8 (21.05%) HP
2 3 (7.895%) Oracle
3 2 (5.263%) Citrix
3 2 (5.263%) webMethods
3 2 (5.263%) VMware
4 1 (2.632%) AppSense
4 1 (2.632%) Symantec
4 1 (2.632%) McAfee
4 1 (2.632%) Sage
4 1 (2.632%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.632%) IBM