Microsoft Contracts in South Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft 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 Vendors for the South Wales 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 5 5 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 51 60 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 15.32% 14.96% 20.81%
As % of the Vendors category 34.46% 32.97% 45.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 26 59
Average daily rate £350 £281 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.44% -13.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £167 £188 £108
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £413 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
Average hourly rate £25.25 £16.25 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+55.38% +35.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.40 £10.05 £9.89
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.75 £20.00 £12.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.96 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.26% -
All Vendors
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 148 182 193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 44.44% 45.39% 46.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 80 109
Average daily rate £375 £311 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.48% -4.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £200 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £450 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 8
Average hourly rate £15.00 £18.75 £13.05
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +43.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.80 £9.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £24.55 £20.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Microsoft
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Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Wales Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South Wales 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
Cardiff +2 41 £350 +19.14%
Newport -2 2 £293 -35.00%
Bridgend +1 1 - -
Microsoft
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Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 42 (41.18%) MS Office
2 41 (40.20%) Windows
3 35 (34.31%) Project Management
3 35 (34.31%) Finance
4 26 (25.49%) SQL Server
5 25 (24.51%) MS Project
6 22 (21.57%) MS Excel
7 21 (20.59%) SQL
8 20 (19.61%) Active Directory
9 19 (18.63%) AS400
10 17 (16.67%) UNIX
11 15 (14.71%) Windows Server 2008
12 14 (13.73%) Banking
12 14 (13.73%) Windows Server 2003
13 13 (12.75%) Security Cleared
13 13 (12.75%) Windows 7
14 12 (11.76%) Degree
15 10 (9.804%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (9.804%) SQL Server 2005
15 10 (9.804%) SQL Server 2008
15 10 (9.804%) Stakeholder Management
15 10 (9.804%) UML
15 10 (9.804%) OO
15 10 (9.804%) .NET
15 10 (9.804%) IIS
16 9 (8.824%) COBOL
16 9 (8.824%) PRINCE2
16 9 (8.824%) Data Warehouse
16 9 (8.824%) SLA
16 9 (8.824%) IBM

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 10 (9.804%) .NET
2 9 (8.824%) WebSphere
3 4 (3.922%) COM
3 4 (3.922%) J2EE
3 4 (3.922%) HTML
4 3 (2.941%) ASP.NET
4 3 (2.941%) XML
4 3 (2.941%) WinForms
4 3 (2.941%) Application Packaging
5 2 (1.961%) Ajax
5 2 (1.961%) MDX
5 2 (1.961%) WPF
5 2 (1.961%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
5 2 (1.961%) jQuery
5 2 (1.961%) CSS
6 1 (0.980%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.980%) CSS3
6 1 (0.980%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (0.980%) Web Services
6 1 (0.980%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 10 (9.804%) IIS
2 8 (7.843%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.843%) MS Exchange
3 7 (6.863%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (5.882%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (3.922%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (1.961%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (1.961%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (0.980%) Kentico
8 1 (0.980%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.980%) CMS
8 1 (0.980%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 42 (41.18%) MS Office
2 25 (24.51%) MS Project
3 22 (21.57%) MS Excel
4 4 (3.922%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.980%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.902%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (0.980%) Tridion
2 1 (0.980%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.902%) Internet
2 4 (3.922%) DHCP
2 4 (3.922%) DNS
3 3 (2.941%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.961%) Network Security
4 2 (1.961%) Firewall
4 2 (1.961%) LAN
4 2 (1.961%) WAN
5 1 (0.980%) SAN
5 1 (0.980%) DAB
5 1 (0.980%) VoIP
5 1 (0.980%) VPN
5 1 (0.980%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (25.49%) SQL Server
2 10 (9.804%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 10 (9.804%) SQL Server 2005
2 10 (9.804%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (8.824%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (8.824%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 9 (8.824%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (5.882%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 6 (5.882%) DB2
5 5 (4.902%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (4.902%) DTS
5 5 (4.902%) OLTP
6 3 (2.941%) Informix
7 2 (1.961%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (1.961%) OLAP
8 1 (0.980%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.980%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.980%) Cognos Impromptu
8 1 (0.980%) InterBase
8 1 (0.980%) Firebird
Development Applications
1 9 (8.824%) TestDirector
2 4 (3.922%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.941%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 35 (34.31%) Finance
2 14 (13.73%) Banking
3 1 (0.980%) Military
3 1 (0.980%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.980%) Legal
3 1 (0.980%) Advertising
3 1 (0.980%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 34 (33.33%) Analyst
2 14 (13.73%) Support Analyst
3 10 (9.804%) Project Manager
4 9 (8.824%) Applications Support
5 8 (7.843%) Applications Support Analyst
5 8 (7.843%) Developer
5 8 (7.843%) DBA
5 8 (7.843%) Business Analyst
6 7 (6.863%) SQL DBA
7 6 (5.882%) SQL Server DBA
7 6 (5.882%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.922%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (3.922%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (3.922%) Technical Support
8 4 (3.922%) IT Support
9 3 (2.941%) 3rd Line Technical Support
9 3 (2.941%) Applications Packager
9 3 (2.941%) 3rd Line Support
9 3 (2.941%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (2.941%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.63%) AS400
2 9 (8.824%) iSeries
3 6 (5.882%) Clustering
4 4 (3.922%) Blackberry
4 4 (3.922%) NHS
5 2 (1.961%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.980%) Social Media
6 1 (0.980%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.980%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.980%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.980%) Handset
6 1 (0.980%) Replication
6 1 (0.980%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.980%) RMADS
6 1 (0.980%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 41 (40.20%) Windows
2 17 (16.67%) UNIX
3 15 (14.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (13.73%) Windows Server 2003
5 13 (12.75%) Windows 7
6 6 (5.882%) AIX
6 6 (5.882%) OS/400
7 5 (4.902%) Linux
8 3 (2.941%) Windows XP
9 2 (1.961%) Solaris
10 1 (0.980%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.980%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (34.31%) Project Management
2 10 (9.804%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (9.804%) UML
2 10 (9.804%) OO
3 9 (8.824%) PRINCE2
4 8 (7.843%) ETL
5 7 (6.863%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (6.863%) Migration
5 7 (6.863%) Risk Management
5 7 (6.863%) Business Analysis
5 7 (6.863%) Kimball Methodology
6 5 (4.902%) Data Management
6 5 (4.902%) Content Management
7 4 (3.922%) Risk Analysis
8 3 (2.941%) Network Architecture
8 3 (2.941%) Change Control
8 3 (2.941%) Service Delivery
8 3 (2.941%) ITIL
8 3 (2.941%) RUP
8 3 (2.941%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 21 (20.59%) SQL
2 9 (8.824%) COBOL
2 9 (8.824%) Shell Script
3 7 (6.863%) T-SQL
4 6 (5.882%) RPG
5 3 (2.941%) C#
5 3 (2.941%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.961%) C
6 2 (1.961%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.980%) XAML
7 1 (0.980%) LINC
Qualifications
1 13 (12.75%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.76%) Degree
3 9 (8.824%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (7.843%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.882%) MCP
6 4 (3.922%) MCSE
7 3 (2.941%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (2.941%) ISEB
8 1 (0.980%) CISSP
8 1 (0.980%) MCSA
8 1 (0.980%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.980%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.824%) SLA
2 1 (0.980%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (19.61%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.941%) XenApp
4 2 (1.961%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.961%) Novell eDirectory
4 2 (1.961%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (1.961%) ISA Server
4 2 (1.961%) vSphere
5 1 (0.980%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.980%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (3.922%) SCCM
2 2 (1.961%) SCOM
2 2 (1.961%) ZENworks
2 2 (1.961%) HP SIM
3 1 (0.980%) ARCserve
3 1 (0.980%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.980%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.980%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (8.824%) IBM
1 9 (8.824%) VMware
2 6 (5.882%) SAP
2 6 (5.882%) Cognos
2 6 (5.882%) Citrix
3 4 (3.922%) Oracle
3 4 (3.922%) HP
4 3 (2.941%) Rackspace
5 2 (1.961%) Sun
5 2 (1.961%) Lotus
5 2 (1.961%) NetApp
6 1 (0.980%) Veritas
6 1 (0.980%) Dell
6 1 (0.980%) Intel
6 1 (0.980%) Cisco
6 1 (0.980%) SolarWinds
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