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Microsoft Contracts in Somerset
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills
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The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 18 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 Somerset 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
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 3 9 2
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 44 29 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 23.04% 16.29% 26.96%
As % of the Vendors category 44.90% 32.95% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 21
Average daily rate £313 £365 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.38% +7.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £137 £333 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £388 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 13
Average hourly rate £10.00 £10.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
All Vendors
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 98 88 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 51.31% 49.44% 53.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 48 45
Average daily rate £300 £375 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +15.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £177 £230 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 17
Average hourly rate £10.00 £18.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% +20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 18 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
Taunton +4 17 £350 +1.44% 3
Bath +9 10 - - 7
Yeovil - 4 £290 -
Weston-super-Mare - 2 £108 - 1
Templecombe - - - -
Wells - - - -
Frome - - - -
Shepton Mallet - - - -
Street - - - - 1
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 50 (51.02%) .NET
2 46 (46.94%) C#
3 45 (45.92%) SQL
4 42 (42.86%) SQL Server
5 40 (40.82%) SharePoint
6 39 (39.80%) HTML
7 37 (37.76%) Windows
8 36 (36.73%) JavaScript
8 36 (36.73%) VB
9 35 (35.71%) Java
9 35 (35.71%) ASP
9 35 (35.71%) ASP.NET
10 34 (34.69%) XML
10 34 (34.69%) ITIL
10 34 (34.69%) Oracle
11 31 (31.63%) .NET Framework
12 29 (29.59%) UML
13 28 (28.57%) Active Directory
14 27 (27.55%) UNIX
14 27 (27.55%) IIS
14 27 (27.55%) MS Office
15 25 (25.51%) Security Cleared
16 24 (24.49%) C++
16 24 (24.49%) VB.NET
17 23 (23.47%) Ingres
17 23 (23.47%) ISEB
18 22 (22.45%) OpenROAD
18 22 (22.45%) Windows XP
19 21 (21.43%) MS Excel
19 21 (21.43%) Unit Testing

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 50 (51.02%) .NET
2 39 (39.80%) HTML
3 35 (35.71%) ASP
3 35 (35.71%) ASP.NET
4 34 (34.69%) XML
5 31 (31.63%) .NET Framework
6 14 (14.29%) CSS
7 6 (6.122%) Web Services
7 6 (6.122%) J2EE
7 6 (6.122%) Spring
7 6 (6.122%) Spring MVC
8 5 (5.102%) XSL
9 3 (3.061%) WCF
9 3 (3.061%) WPF
9 3 (3.061%) WF
10 1 (1.020%) jQuery
10 1 (1.020%) XSLT
10 1 (1.020%) EDI
10 1 (1.020%) Middleware
10 1 (1.020%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 40 (40.82%) SharePoint
2 27 (27.55%) IIS
3 22 (22.45%) OpenROAD
4 8 (8.163%) SharePoint 2010
5 6 (6.122%) BizTalk Server
6 5 (5.102%) MS Exchange
7 4 (4.082%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (4.082%) SharePoint 2013
8 3 (3.061%) Commerce Server
9 2 (2.041%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (2.041%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (2.041%) Apache
9 2 (2.041%) nginx
9 2 (2.041%) Lync
9 2 (2.041%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 27 (27.55%) MS Office
2 21 (21.43%) MS Excel
3 4 (4.082%) Office 365
4 2 (2.041%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.020%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.020%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.082%) SAP R/3
2 3 (3.061%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.020%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.020%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.143%) VPN
2 6 (6.122%) TCP/IP
3 4 (4.082%) VoIP
3 4 (4.082%) DHCP
3 4 (4.082%) Intranet
3 4 (4.082%) Internet
4 2 (2.041%) DNS
4 2 (2.041%) SAN
5 1 (1.020%) 3G
5 1 (1.020%) BSS
5 1 (1.020%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 23 (23.47%) Ingres
3 12 (12.24%) SQLPlus
4 7 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (6.122%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (3.061%) MySQL
7 2 (2.041%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (1.020%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.020%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
8 1 (1.020%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (1.020%) DB2
8 1 (1.020%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (1.020%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.020%) DTS
Development Applications
1 16 (16.33%) Subversion
2 14 (14.29%) NUnit
2 14 (14.29%) MSTest
3 12 (12.24%) Team Foundation Server
4 11 (11.22%) Jenkins
4 11 (11.22%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 10 (10.20%) TeamCity
6 9 (9.184%) CruiseControl
7 6 (6.122%) Visual Studio
8 3 (3.061%) JUnit
9 2 (2.041%) Git (software)
10 1 (1.020%) WebDriver
10 1 (1.020%) Rhino Mocks
10 1 (1.020%) MSBuild
10 1 (1.020%) QuickTest Pro
10 1 (1.020%) MorphX
10 1 (1.020%) Selenium
General
1 7 (7.143%) Retail
2 2 (2.041%) Investment Banking
2 2 (2.041%) Back Office
2 2 (2.041%) Banking
3 1 (1.020%) Finance
3 1 (1.020%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (38.78%) Developer
2 23 (23.47%) Analyst
3 16 (16.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 14 (14.29%) Analyst Developer
5 12 (12.24%) Support Engineer
6 11 (11.22%) Help Desk Support
6 11 (11.22%) .NET Developer
6 11 (11.22%) Senior Developer
7 10 (10.20%) C# Developer
7 10 (10.20%) Senior Analyst
7 10 (10.20%) C# .NET Developer
8 9 (9.184%) Help Desk Support Technician
8 9 (9.184%) Support Technician
8 9 (9.184%) Helpdesk Technician
8 9 (9.184%) 2nd Line Support Technician
8 9 (9.184%) Service Desk Technician
9 7 (7.143%) Senior Analyst Developer
10 6 (6.122%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (6.122%) Support Analyst
10 6 (6.122%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.31%) Blackberry
2 12 (12.24%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.041%) Open Source
3 2 (2.041%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.020%) Clustering
4 1 (1.020%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 37 (37.76%) Windows
2 27 (27.55%) UNIX
3 22 (22.45%) Windows XP
4 20 (20.41%) Windows 7
5 13 (13.27%) Windows Server 2008
6 12 (12.24%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (4.082%) Windows Vista
7 4 (4.082%) Linux
8 3 (3.061%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (2.041%) Windows 8
9 2 (2.041%) FreeBSD
9 2 (2.041%) Solaris
9 2 (2.041%) Mac OS X Server
10 1 (1.020%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (34.69%) ITIL
2 29 (29.59%) UML
3 21 (21.43%) Unit Testing
4 18 (18.37%) Service Delivery
5 17 (17.35%) Continuous Integration
6 13 (13.27%) ITSM
6 13 (13.27%) Service Management
7 9 (9.184%) MVC
8 7 (7.143%) Scrum
8 7 (7.143%) TDD
9 6 (6.122%) Web Development
9 6 (6.122%) PRINCE2
9 6 (6.122%) Product Management
10 5 (5.102%) Waterfall
10 5 (5.102%) RAD
11 4 (4.082%) Change Management
11 4 (4.082%) Workflow
11 4 (4.082%) Test Scripting
11 4 (4.082%) Performance Management
12 3 (3.061%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 46 (46.94%) C#
2 45 (45.92%) SQL
3 36 (36.73%) JavaScript
3 36 (36.73%) VB
4 35 (35.71%) Java
5 24 (24.49%) C++
5 24 (24.49%) VB.NET
6 8 (8.163%) C
7 5 (5.102%) VB6
7 5 (5.102%) VBScript
8 2 (2.041%) PowerShell
8 2 (2.041%) Perl
9 1 (1.020%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.020%) X++
Qualifications
1 25 (25.51%) Security Cleared
2 23 (23.47%) ISEB
3 17 (17.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (12.24%) MCP
4 12 (12.24%) SC Cleared
5 11 (11.22%) MCTS
5 11 (11.22%) MCPD
6 5 (5.102%) ISEB Practitioner
6 5 (5.102%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (4.082%) MCSD
8 3 (3.061%) BC Cleared
9 2 (2.041%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.020%) MCSE
10 1 (1.020%) Degree
10 1 (1.020%) MCITP
10 1 (1.020%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.102%) ISO 9000
2 4 (4.082%) TickIT
2 4 (4.082%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.061%) COBIT
4 1 (1.020%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 18 (18.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.041%) XenApp
3 2 (2.041%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (1.020%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.020%) VMware Server
4 1 (1.020%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.020%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.020%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (13.27%) SCCM
2 2 (2.041%) Puppet
3 1 (1.020%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (1.020%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 34 (34.69%) Oracle
2 19 (19.39%) Cisco
2 19 (19.39%) VMware
3 12 (12.24%) Kaspersky
3 12 (12.24%) Apple
4 8 (8.163%) SAP
5 7 (7.143%) Citrix
6 3 (3.061%) HP
7 1 (1.020%) Adobe
7 1 (1.020%) Sybase
7 1 (1.020%) Panasonic
7 1 (1.020%) AppSense
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Service Desk Analyst
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An opportunity has arisen for a service desk analyst to join my client on a contract.
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Rate: £10.00 - £12.00 per day
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An opportunity has arisen for a service desk analyst to join my client on a contract.
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Rate: £10.00 - £11.00 per hour
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