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 West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 20 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 West 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 7 7 7
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 267 420 334
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 12.99% 12.77% 12.13%
As % of the Vendors category 29.87% 29.96% 27.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 219 148
Average daily rate £335 £339 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.17% +4.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £461 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 49 51
Average hourly rate £13.95 £22.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.00% +40.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.60 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.40 £50.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
894 1402 1200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.50% 42.64% 43.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 811 549
Average daily rate £370 £400 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +8.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £261 £210
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 53 99 116
Average hourly rate £13.73 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.10% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.45 £50.00 £31.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Wiltshire 0 62 £325 -7.80%
Bristol +3 55 £350 +12.90%
Somerset +2 43 £310 -10.46%
Dorset 0 43 £355 -
Gloucestershire -3 23 £325 -4.41%
Devon -9 16 £350 +13.82%
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 182 (32.33%) MS Excel
2 167 (29.66%) SQL Server
3 166 (29.48%) .NET
4 162 (28.77%) Windows
5 155 (27.53%) SQL
6 148 (26.29%) C#
7 120 (21.31%) Finance
8 112 (19.89%) SharePoint
9 110 (19.54%) ASP.NET
10 104 (18.47%) Active Directory
11 95 (16.87%) Security Cleared
12 91 (16.16%) Oracle
13 79 (14.03%) MS Office
13 79 (14.03%) JavaScript
14 78 (13.85%) ITIL
15 74 (13.14%) Microsoft Certification
16 73 (12.97%) VMware
17 72 (12.79%) Banking
18 69 (12.26%) HTML
19 67 (11.90%) .NET Framework
20 66 (11.72%) Retail
21 63 (11.19%) MS Project
22 61 (10.83%) XML
23 60 (10.66%) VB
24 56 (9.947%) UML
25 55 (9.769%) Windows 7
26 54 (9.591%) SQL Server 2008
26 54 (9.591%) SC Cleared
26 54 (9.591%) SQL Server Reporting Services
27 52 (9.236%) Cisco

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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
1 166 (29.48%) .NET
2 110 (19.54%) ASP.NET
3 69 (12.26%) HTML
4 67 (11.90%) .NET Framework
5 61 (10.83%) XML
6 46 (8.171%) CSS
7 43 (7.638%) jQuery
8 39 (6.927%) ASP
9 34 (6.039%) ASP.NET MVC
10 32 (5.684%) Web Services
11 29 (5.151%) WCF
12 13 (2.309%) XSLT
13 12 (2.131%) Ajax
14 11 (1.954%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 10 (1.776%) WinForms
16 9 (1.599%) Middleware
16 9 (1.599%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 8 (1.421%) Silverlight
17 8 (1.421%) LINQ
17 8 (1.421%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 112 (19.89%) SharePoint
2 45 (7.993%) IIS
3 39 (6.927%) SharePoint 2010
4 33 (5.861%) MS Exchange
5 25 (4.440%) OpenROAD
6 15 (2.664%) Exchange Server 2010
7 13 (2.309%) SharePoint Server
7 13 (2.309%) Windows Azure
8 10 (1.776%) SharePoint 2013
9 9 (1.599%) Exchange Server 2003
9 9 (1.599%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 9 (1.599%) Exchange Server 2007
9 9 (1.599%) BizTalk Server
10 8 (1.421%) MS Project Server
11 7 (1.243%) Amazon AWS
11 7 (1.243%) GlassFish
11 7 (1.243%) WebLogic
11 7 (1.243%) Oracle Application Server
12 6 (1.066%) Apache
12 6 (1.066%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 182 (32.33%) MS Excel
2 79 (14.03%) MS Office
3 63 (11.19%) MS Project
4 21 (3.730%) MS PowerPoint
5 9 (1.599%) Office 365
6 8 (1.421%) MS Visio
7 7 (1.243%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.533%) PowerPivot
8 3 (0.533%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.533%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (2.309%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.954%) Visualfiles
3 8 (1.421%) SAP R/3
4 7 (1.243%) Lawson
5 4 (0.710%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.355%) assyst
7 1 (0.178%) Agresso
7 1 (0.178%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.178%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.178%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.178%) Maximo
7 1 (0.178%) Summit
7 1 (0.178%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.178%) SAP FI-GL
Communications & Networking
1 38 (6.750%) TCP/IP
2 32 (5.684%) Firewall
3 27 (4.796%) LAN
3 27 (4.796%) DNS
4 26 (4.618%) VPN
5 22 (3.908%) DHCP
6 21 (3.730%) SAN
6 21 (3.730%) WAN
7 17 (3.020%) Internet
8 14 (2.487%) MPLS
9 12 (2.131%) Intranet
10 11 (1.954%) VoIP
11 8 (1.421%) Network Security
12 7 (1.243%) DMZ
12 7 (1.243%) BGP
13 5 (0.888%) Wireless
14 3 (0.533%) Cisco PIX
15 2 (0.355%) Cisco ASA
15 2 (0.355%) DSL
15 2 (0.355%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (29.66%) SQL Server
2 54 (9.591%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 54 (9.591%) SQL Server 2008
3 46 (8.171%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 30 (5.329%) SQL Server 2005
4 30 (5.329%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (5.151%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 26 (4.618%) Ingres
7 15 (2.664%) SQLPlus
7 15 (2.664%) MS Access
8 12 (2.131%) Oracle 11g
8 12 (2.131%) Oracle 10g
9 9 (1.599%) Crystal Reports
10 7 (1.243%) DTS
10 7 (1.243%) MySQL
11 6 (1.066%) OLAP
11 6 (1.066%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (1.066%) Oracle 8/8i
12 4 (0.710%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 4 (0.710%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 45 (7.993%) Visual Studio
2 29 (5.151%) Subversion
2 29 (5.151%) Team Foundation Server
3 20 (3.552%) NUnit
4 14 (2.487%) MSTest
5 12 (2.131%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 11 (1.954%) Jenkins
7 10 (1.776%) TeamCity
8 9 (1.599%) JIRA
8 9 (1.599%) CruiseControl
9 8 (1.421%) JMeter
10 6 (1.066%) Dreamweaver
10 6 (1.066%) InstallShield
11 5 (0.888%) WinRunner
11 5 (0.888%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.710%) MSI
13 3 (0.533%) Selenium
13 3 (0.533%) Git (software)
14 2 (0.355%) TestDirector
14 2 (0.355%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 120 (21.31%) Finance
2 72 (12.79%) Banking
3 66 (11.72%) Retail
4 44 (7.815%) Retail Banking
5 16 (2.842%) Legal
6 10 (1.776%) Telecoms
7 5 (0.888%) Local Government
7 5 (0.888%) Marketing
8 4 (0.710%) Military
8 4 (0.710%) Investment Banking
8 4 (0.710%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.533%) Advertising
10 2 (0.355%) Law
10 2 (0.355%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.355%) Back Office
10 2 (0.355%) Wholesale Banking
11 1 (0.178%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.178%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.178%) Billing
11 1 (0.178%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 181 (32.15%) Developer
2 110 (19.54%) Analyst
3 47 (8.348%) .NET Developer
4 38 (6.750%) Support Engineer
5 37 (6.572%) C# Developer
6 29 (5.151%) Project Manager
7 28 (4.973%) PMO Analyst
8 26 (4.618%) C# .NET Developer
8 26 (4.618%) Desktop Support
9 23 (4.085%) Architect
9 23 (4.085%) 2nd Line Support
9 23 (4.085%) ASP.NET Developer
10 22 (3.908%) Analyst Developer
10 22 (3.908%) Programme Office Analyst
10 22 (3.908%) Programme Analyst
11 21 (3.730%) Senior Analyst
12 18 (3.197%) Support Analyst
13 17 (3.020%) Consultant
13 17 (3.020%) Network Engineer
13 17 (3.020%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.618%) Blackberry
2 19 (3.375%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.309%) Video Conferencing
4 11 (1.954%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (1.421%) IaaS
5 8 (1.421%) PaaS
5 8 (1.421%) Clustering
5 8 (1.421%) EPoS
6 5 (0.888%) Thin Client
6 5 (0.888%) Statistics
6 5 (0.888%) Computer Science
6 5 (0.888%) VAX
6 5 (0.888%) Fat Client
7 4 (0.710%) PKI
7 4 (0.710%) Handset
7 4 (0.710%) NHS
8 3 (0.533%) CMDB
8 3 (0.533%) iPad
8 3 (0.533%) SWIFT
8 3 (0.533%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 162 (28.77%) Windows
2 55 (9.769%) Windows 7
3 51 (9.059%) Windows Server 2008
4 47 (8.348%) Windows XP
5 46 (8.171%) Windows Server 2003
6 40 (7.105%) UNIX
7 17 (3.020%) Linux
8 11 (1.954%) Solaris
9 10 (1.776%) Windows Vista
10 9 (1.599%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (1.066%) Mac OS X Server
12 5 (0.888%) VMS
13 4 (0.710%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.710%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.355%) FreeBSD
14 2 (0.355%) AIX
14 2 (0.355%) Windows 2000 Server
15 1 (0.178%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.178%) SUSE
15 1 (0.178%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (13.85%) ITIL
2 56 (9.947%) UML
3 50 (8.881%) MVC
4 44 (7.815%) Change Management
5 41 (7.282%) PRINCE2
6 40 (7.105%) Change Control
7 31 (5.506%) Business Intelligence
8 30 (5.329%) OO
8 30 (5.329%) Project Management
9 29 (5.151%) Unit Testing
10 25 (4.440%) Service Delivery
10 25 (4.440%) Agile Software Development
11 24 (4.263%) User Acceptance Testing
12 23 (4.085%) Test Scripting
12 23 (4.085%) Continuous Integration
13 22 (3.908%) Time Management
13 22 (3.908%) Migration
14 20 (3.552%) Service Management
15 19 (3.375%) Scrum
15 19 (3.375%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 155 (27.53%) SQL
2 148 (26.29%) C#
3 79 (14.03%) JavaScript
4 60 (10.66%) VB
5 41 (7.282%) Java
6 39 (6.927%) VB.NET
7 34 (6.039%) C++
8 25 (4.440%) VBA
9 20 (3.552%) C
10 18 (3.197%) T-SQL
11 16 (2.842%) VBScript
12 13 (2.309%) PL/SQL
13 12 (2.131%) VB6
14 11 (1.954%) PHP
15 10 (1.776%) PowerShell
16 9 (1.599%) Delphi
17 5 (0.888%) Fortran
18 4 (0.710%) Shell Script
19 3 (0.533%) MATLAB
19 3 (0.533%) Python
Qualifications
1 95 (16.87%) Security Cleared
2 74 (13.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 54 (9.591%) SC Cleared
4 47 (8.348%) ISEB
5 41 (7.282%) Degree
6 28 (4.973%) MCP
7 21 (3.730%) MCTS
8 18 (3.197%) DV Cleared
9 17 (3.020%) MCSE
10 14 (2.487%) MCITP
11 13 (2.309%) MCPD
12 8 (1.421%) ISTQB
12 8 (1.421%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (1.421%) MCSA
13 7 (1.243%) MCSD
13 7 (1.243%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.888%) ISEB Practitioner
14 5 (0.888%) Citrix Certification
14 5 (0.888%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.710%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.796%) QA
2 12 (2.131%) SLA
3 8 (1.421%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.888%) ISO 9000
5 4 (0.710%) TickIT
6 3 (0.533%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.533%) COBIT
7 2 (0.355%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.178%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.178%) Basel II
System Software
1 104 (18.47%) Active Directory
2 51 (9.059%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.664%) vSphere
4 10 (1.776%) VMware ESX
5 8 (1.421%) VMware Workstation
6 7 (1.243%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (1.243%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (1.243%) Forefront TMG
6 7 (1.243%) XenApp
7 6 (1.066%) ISA Server
8 3 (0.533%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.178%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.178%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.178%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 25 (4.440%) SCCM
2 12 (2.131%) HP Quality Center
3 9 (1.599%) SCOM
4 7 (1.243%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 6 (1.066%) Tivoli
6 3 (0.533%) MOM
6 3 (0.533%) Netcool
6 3 (0.533%) NetBackup
6 3 (0.533%) WSUS
7 2 (0.355%) DameWare
7 2 (0.355%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 2 (0.355%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 2 (0.355%) Unicenter
7 2 (0.355%) Puppet
8 1 (0.178%) ZENworks
8 1 (0.178%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.178%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (0.178%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.178%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.178%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 91 (16.16%) Oracle
2 73 (12.97%) VMware
3 52 (9.236%) Cisco
4 30 (5.329%) Citrix
5 20 (3.552%) HP
6 19 (3.375%) SAP
6 19 (3.375%) Apple
7 15 (2.664%) Business Objects
8 13 (2.309%) Kaspersky
9 10 (1.776%) Avaya
10 9 (1.599%) IBM
10 9 (1.599%) Symantec
11 8 (1.421%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.421%) Siemens
12 7 (1.243%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.243%) ATG
12 7 (1.243%) Sun
12 7 (1.243%) SolarWinds
12 7 (1.243%) Fiserv
12 7 (1.243%) Kronos
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