South East Microsoft Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Consultant role in IT contracts within the South East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Devon East of England England Glasgow Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Isle of Man Knutsford London Manchester Midlands North West Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Scotland South East South Wales South West Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	234	271
Rank change on same period last year	+37
Matching contract IT job ads	13	22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.018 %	0.022 %
As % of the category below	0.119 %	0.140 %
Daily rates quoted	3	9
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£315
Average daily rate	£328	£344
% change on same period last year	-4.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£357	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£389	£354
% change on same period last year	+10.04 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	-
Average hourly rate	£37.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.67	£30.00
% change on same period last year	+22.22 %
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	10913	15672
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.36 %	15.84 %
Daily rates quoted	2841	4021
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£337
Average daily rate	£353	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.44 %
Average maximum daily rate	£374	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	1271	2066
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.91	£24.95
Average hourly rate	£24.44	£26.43
% change on same period last year	-7.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.97	£27.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£25.22
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+29	5	-	-
Thames Valley	-	4	£330	-
Buckinghamshire	+19	2	-	-
Oxfordshire	-6	1	£325	-
Surrey	+26	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 39 (100.00 %) Microsoft 2 14 (35.90 %) Microsoft CRM 2 14 (35.90 %) CRM 3 13 (33.33 %) Windows 4 12 (30.77 %) MS Excel 5 9 (23.08 %) MS Exchange 5 9 (23.08 %) Microsoft Certification 6 8 (20.51 %) Active Directory 6 8 (20.51 %) SharePoint 6 8 (20.51 %) .NET 6 8 (20.51 %) Office Communications Server 7 7 (17.95 %) Windows Vista 7 7 (17.95 %) C# 7 7 (17.95 %) MCSE 8 6 (15.38 %) MS Office

9 4 (10.26 %) Windows Server 2003 9 4 (10.26 %) SQL Server 9 4 (10.26 %) JavaScript 9 4 (10.26 %) SQL 9 4 (10.26 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 4 (10.26 %) Windows Server 2008 10 3 (7.692 %) SCCM 10 3 (7.692 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 3 (7.692 %) SharePoint Server 2007 10 3 (7.692 %) VBA 10 3 (7.692 %) DNS 10 3 (7.692 %) Telecoms 10 3 (7.692 %) Live Communications Server 10 3 (7.692 %) Exchange Server 2003 10 3 (7.692 %) Migration

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 8 (20.51 %) .NET 2 1 (2.564 %) ASP 2 1 (2.564 %) ASP.NET 2 1 (2.564 %) COM+ 2 1 (2.564 %) XML 2 1 (2.564 %) XSL 2 1 (2.564 %) Windows SharePoint Services 2 1 (2.564 %) MDX 2 1 (2.564 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 9 (23.08 %) MS Exchange 2 8 (20.51 %) SharePoint 2 8 (20.51 %) Office Communications Server 3 4 (10.26 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 3 (7.692 %) Live Communications Server 4 3 (7.692 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 3 (7.692 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 12 (30.77 %) MS Excel 2 6 (15.38 %) MS Office 3 1 (2.564 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 14 (35.90 %) Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking 1 3 (7.692 %) DNS 2 1 (2.564 %) SAN 2 1 (2.564 %) iSCSI 2 1 (2.564 %) DHCP 2 1 (2.564 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (10.26 %) SQL Server 2 2 (5.128 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (2.564 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 3 1 (2.564 %) SQL Server 2008 3 1 (2.564 %) DTS 3 1 (2.564 %) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications 1 1 (2.564 %) InterDev	General 1 3 (7.692 %) Telecoms 2 2 (5.128 %) Retail 3 1 (2.564 %) Education 3 1 (2.564 %) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.564 %) N-Tier	Operating Systems 1 13 (33.33 %) Windows 2 7 (17.95 %) Windows Vista 3 4 (10.26 %) Windows Server 2008 3 4 (10.26 %) Windows Server 2003 4 2 (5.128 %) Windows XP 5 1 (2.564 %) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (35.90 %) CRM 2 3 (7.692 %) Migration 2 3 (7.692 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 2 (5.128 %) Network Load Balancing 3 2 (5.128 %) Data Migration 4 1 (2.564 %) Computer Security 4 1 (2.564 %) Project Planning 4 1 (2.564 %) Business Intelligence 4 1 (2.564 %) ITIL 4 1 (2.564 %) PRINCE2	Programming Languages 1 7 (17.95 %) C# 2 4 (10.26 %) JavaScript 2 4 (10.26 %) SQL 3 3 (7.692 %) VBA 4 1 (2.564 %) DHTML 4 1 (2.564 %) Transact-SQL 4 1 (2.564 %) VB 4 1 (2.564 %) VB.NET
Qualifications 1 9 (23.08 %) Microsoft Certification 2 7 (17.95 %) MCSE 3 1 (2.564 %) Citrix Certification 3 1 (2.564 %) CCEA 3 1 (2.564 %) MOS 3 1 (2.564 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 3 1 (2.564 %) MCTS	System Software 1 8 (20.51 %) Active Directory 2 1 (2.564 %) ISA Server 2 1 (2.564 %) VMware ESX 2 1 (2.564 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 3 (7.692 %) SCCM 2 1 (2.564 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 39 (100.00 %) Microsoft 2 3 (7.692 %) VMware 3 1 (2.564 %) ProClarity 3 1 (2.564 %) Citrix