Microsoft Consultant Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South East 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.

Location
 3 months to
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Consultant
Rank 207 218 237
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 16 24 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.206% 0.236% 0.208%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.222% 0.256% 0.225%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 14
Average daily rate £400 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £275 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £462 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £365
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year
- +21.95%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 7204 9391 9776
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.56% 92.35% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4218 4213
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 721 839
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Microsoft Consultant
England

Microsoft Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Microsoft Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Microsoft Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 23 May 2013.

South East Microsoft Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Microsoft Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Consultant
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 23 May 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
Berkshire +19 5 £378 -13.71%
Hampshire -4 4 £375 -12.79%
Buckinghamshire +7 3 - -
Middlesex - 2 £375 -
Surrey +18 1 £525 -
Oxfordshire +9 1 - -
Microsoft Consultant
England

Microsoft Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 24 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 11 (42.31%) Windows
3 10 (38.46%) MS Excel
3 10 (38.46%) CRM
3 10 (38.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (34.62%) SharePoint
5 8 (30.77%) Dynamics AX
6 7 (26.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (26.92%) Silverlight
6 7 (26.92%) Web Services
6 7 (26.92%) XML
6 7 (26.92%) C#
6 7 (26.92%) .NET
6 7 (26.92%) SQL Server
6 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
7 6 (23.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (23.08%) Finance
7 6 (23.08%) Migration
8 5 (19.23%) Workflow
8 5 (19.23%) WCF
8 5 (19.23%) .NET Framework
8 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
8 5 (19.23%) EAI
8 5 (19.23%) BizTalk Server
8 5 (19.23%) Middleware
8 5 (19.23%) Project Management
8 5 (19.23%) IIS
8 5 (19.23%) Visual Studio
8 5 (19.23%) HTML
8 5 (19.23%) Windows Azure

Microsoft Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 7 (26.92%) Silverlight
1 7 (26.92%) Web Services
1 7 (26.92%) XML
1 7 (26.92%) .NET
2 5 (19.23%) WCF
2 5 (19.23%) .NET Framework
2 5 (19.23%) Middleware
2 5 (19.23%) HTML
3 2 (7.692%) XSD
3 2 (7.692%) XSL
4 1 (3.846%) COM
Application Platforms
1 9 (34.62%) SharePoint
2 5 (19.23%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (19.23%) IIS
2 5 (19.23%) Windows Azure
3 4 (15.38%) Lync
4 3 (11.54%) MS Exchange
5 2 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 10 (38.46%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (38.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (30.77%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (7.692%) SalesLogix
3 2 (7.692%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) Internet
1 1 (3.846%) VPN
1 1 (3.846%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 7 (26.92%) SQL Server
2 6 (23.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (23.08%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.846%) Advertising
Operating Systems
1 11 (42.31%) Windows
2 2 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (7.692%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.846%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) CRM
2 6 (23.08%) Migration
3 5 (19.23%) Workflow
3 5 (19.23%) EAI
3 5 (19.23%) Project Management
4 4 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (7.692%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.846%) Data Security
6 1 (3.846%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) C#
2 2 (7.692%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.692%) SQL
3 1 (3.846%) VBScript
3 1 (3.846%) VB
3 1 (3.846%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.846%) MCITP
4 1 (3.846%) MCSE
4 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.846%) UAG
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) SCCM
1 4 (15.38%) SCOM
2 3 (11.54%) Opalis
3 1 (3.846%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.692%) Sage
3 1 (3.846%) Polycom
3 1 (3.846%) Cisco
3 1 (3.846%) HP
3 1 (3.846%) Dell
3 1 (3.846%) NetApp
3 1 (3.846%) SolarWinds
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