Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Somerset region.

 Microsoft Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank212519
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Down-6
Matching contract IT job ads8715
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset5.063 %2.929 %5.155 %
As % of the Qualifications category13.79 %9.459 %15.46 %
Daily rates quoted400
Average daily rate£229--
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£275£325
% change year-on-year
-9.090 %-15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted0214
Average hourly rate-£10.13£16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--38.63 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.30£18.88£18.70
% change year-on-year
-3.040 %+0.930 %
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
587497
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset36.71 %30.96 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted371415
Average daily rate£350£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£130£100
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£450£590
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted32037
Average hourly rate£44.00£32.50£21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.38 %+51.16 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£12.45£14.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£52.50£36.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
Microsoft Certification South WestMicrosoft Certification
South West

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.

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Somerset Microsoft Certification Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Somerset region.

Somerset Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Somerset region.

Somerset Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
TauntonUp+87£229-
Microsoft Certification South WestMicrosoft Certification
South West

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification.

113 (92.86 %)ITIL
113 (92.86 %)MCP
113 (92.86 %)Windows
113 (92.86 %)MS Exchange
113 (92.86 %)Service Management
113 (92.86 %)assyst
210 (71.43 %)Security Cleared
39 (64.29 %)SC Cleared
39 (64.29 %)Government
48 (57.14 %)MS Excel
57 (50.00 %)MCSE
57 (50.00 %)Microsoft
57 (50.00 %)HP
57 (50.00 %)Compaq
57 (50.00 %)UNIX
57 (50.00 %)Service Delivery
57 (50.00 %)SAN
57 (50.00 %)Apple
57 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
57 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2008
66 (42.86 %)Windows Vista
66 (42.86 %)Altiris
66 (42.86 %)Windows XP
66 (42.86 %)Blackberry
66 (42.86 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
66 (42.86 %)Front Office
66 (42.86 %)Back Office
66 (42.86 %)MS Office
66 (42.86 %)Windows 2000
66 (42.86 %)Active Directory

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (7.143 %).NET
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (92.86 %)MS Exchange
27 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
36 (42.86 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (57.14 %)MS Excel
26 (42.86 %)MS Office
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (92.86 %)assyst
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (50.00 %)SAN
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)Datawarehouse
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (64.29 %)Government
26 (42.86 %)Front Office
26 (42.86 %)Back Office
32 (14.29 %)Telecoms
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (71.43 %)Support Technician
25 (35.71 %)2nd Line Support
32 (14.29 %)2nd Line Support Technician
41 (7.143 %)Developer
41 (7.143 %)Consultant
41 (7.143 %)Support Consultant
41 (7.143 %)3rd Line Support
41 (7.143 %)Database Developer
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (42.86 %)Blackberry
21 (7.143 %)NHS
21 (7.143 %)Data Extraction
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
113 (92.86 %)Windows
27 (50.00 %)UNIX
27 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2008
36 (42.86 %)Windows Vista
36 (42.86 %)Windows XP
36 (42.86 %)Windows 2000
42 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (92.86 %)ITIL
113 (92.86 %)Service Management
27 (50.00 %)Service Delivery
32 (14.29 %)Systems Analysis
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (7.143 %)VB.NET
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (92.86 %)MCP
210 (71.43 %)Security Cleared
39 (64.29 %)SC Cleared
47 (50.00 %)MCSE
51 (7.143 %)MCDBA
51 (7.143 %)MCSD
51 (7.143 %)MCITP
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (42.86 %)Active Directory
25 (35.71 %)VMware Infrastructure
25 (35.71 %)VMware ESX
25 (35.71 %)vSphere
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (35.71 %)Backup Exec
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (50.00 %)Microsoft
17 (50.00 %)HP
17 (50.00 %)Compaq
17 (50.00 %)Apple
26 (42.86 %)Altiris
35 (35.71 %)Citrix
35 (35.71 %)VMware