The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Developer 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Developer
Rank 215 202 242
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 9 37 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.115% 0.365% 0.106%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.125% 0.395% 0.114%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 30 9
Average daily rate £300 £275 £401
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -31.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £273 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £464 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £33.50 £45.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.55% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £45.00 £24.19
% change year-on-year
-25.55% +86.04%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £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 577 716 825
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 £11.38 £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 Developer
England

Microsoft Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Microsoft Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Microsoft Developer Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Microsoft Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Microsoft Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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 +8 6 £325 -23.52%
Surrey +13 1 £300 -14.28%
Buckinghamshire +7 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Microsoft Developer
England

Microsoft Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Microsoft Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

1 15 (78.95%) .NET
2 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
3 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
4 7 (36.84%) SQL
5 6 (31.58%) MS Access
6 5 (26.32%) CRM
6 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
6 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
6 5 (26.32%) T-SQL
6 5 (26.32%) VB
6 5 (26.32%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (21.05%) C#
7 4 (21.05%) Visual Studio
7 4 (21.05%) ASP
7 4 (21.05%) ASP.NET
8 3 (15.79%) Windows
8 3 (15.79%) VBA
8 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (10.53%) Silverlight
9 2 (10.53%) LINQ
9 2 (10.53%) Windows 7
9 2 (10.53%) Graceful Degradation
9 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
9 2 (10.53%) C++
9 2 (10.53%) MVC
10 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
10 1 (5.263%) Advertising
10 1 (5.263%) Migration

Microsoft Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Microsoft Developer 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (78.95%) .NET
2 4 (21.05%) ASP
2 4 (21.05%) ASP.NET
3 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (10.53%) Silverlight
4 2 (10.53%) LINQ
5 1 (5.263%) Web Services
5 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.263%) IIS
2 1 (5.263%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Office
2 1 (5.263%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (5.263%) PowerPivot
2 1 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.263%) SalesLogix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
2 6 (31.58%) MS Access
3 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (5.263%) PerformancePoint
4 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.263%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.263%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) CRM
2 2 (10.53%) Graceful Degradation
2 2 (10.53%) MVC
3 1 (5.263%) Migration
3 1 (5.263%) ERP
3 1 (5.263%) ETL
3 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.263%) Budget Control
3 1 (5.263%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (5.263%) Data Migration
3 1 (5.263%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (5.263%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) SQL
2 5 (26.32%) T-SQL
2 5 (26.32%) VB
3 4 (21.05%) C#
4 3 (15.79%) VBA
5 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
5 2 (10.53%) C++
6 1 (5.263%) Java
6 1 (5.263%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) LiteSpeed
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.263%) Red Gate