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 Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 3 3 20
Rank change year-on-year
0 +17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 55 46 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 20.52% 18.04% 6.667%
As % of the Vendors category 51.40% 34.85% 15.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 24 8
Average daily rate £340 £350 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.92% +18.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £297 £185 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £518 £441
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 7
Average hourly rate £12.44 £16.78 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.86% +34.24%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.48 £10.26 £10.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.15 £23.40 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
107 132 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 39.93% 51.76% 42.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 67 61
Average daily rate £350 £270 £279
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.44% -3.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £185 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £447
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 24
Average hourly rate £12.44 £23.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.91% +6.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.48 £10.56 £10.83
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.80 £40.00 £51.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Yorkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Sheffield +1 36 £300 +50.00%
Doncaster +2 9 £500 +22.69%
Rotherham +2 6 £345 -8.00%
Microsoft
Yorkshire

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 67 (58.26%) Windows
2 46 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 36 (31.30%) Active Directory
4 34 (29.57%) Windows Server 2003
5 32 (27.83%) Windows Server 2008
6 28 (24.35%) SCCM
7 25 (21.74%) Windows 7
8 24 (20.87%) Windows XP
9 23 (20.00%) SLA
10 22 (19.13%) CRM
10 22 (19.13%) SQL Server
11 20 (17.39%) MS Office
11 20 (17.39%) Citrix
12 19 (16.52%) ITIL
12 19 (16.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (15.65%) Remedy
13 18 (15.65%) Dynamics CRM
14 17 (14.78%) Security Cleared
14 17 (14.78%) VMware
14 17 (14.78%) SQL
15 16 (13.91%) MCSE
16 15 (13.04%) SharePoint
16 15 (13.04%) MS Exchange
16 15 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
17 14 (12.17%) .NET
18 11 (9.565%) Symantec
18 11 (9.565%) Software Deployment
19 10 (8.696%) Data Warehouse
19 10 (8.696%) SC Cleared
20 9 (7.826%) SQL Server 2005

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 14 (12.17%) .NET
2 5 (4.348%) ASP.NET
2 5 (4.348%) COM
3 3 (2.609%) Silverlight
4 1 (0.870%) HTML5
4 1 (0.870%) CSS
4 1 (0.870%) SOAP
4 1 (0.870%) Web Services
4 1 (0.870%) XML
4 1 (0.870%) XSL
4 1 (0.870%) XSLT
4 1 (0.870%) XHTML
4 1 (0.870%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 15 (13.04%) SharePoint
1 15 (13.04%) MS Exchange
2 6 (5.217%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (5.217%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (3.478%) SharePoint 2013
5 3 (2.609%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.739%) IIS
7 1 (0.870%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.870%) Apache
7 1 (0.870%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.870%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.870%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 46 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 20 (17.39%) MS Office
3 6 (5.217%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.870%) Office 365
4 1 (0.870%) MS Project
4 1 (0.870%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (15.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.870%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.348%) Intranet
2 4 (3.478%) Internet
2 4 (3.478%) DNS
3 2 (1.739%) SAN
3 2 (1.739%) LAN
4 1 (0.870%) VoIP
4 1 (0.870%) WAN
4 1 (0.870%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.870%) VPN
4 1 (0.870%) Wireless
4 1 (0.870%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.870%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (0.870%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (19.13%) SQL Server
2 10 (8.696%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (7.826%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (6.957%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (6.087%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (5.217%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (5.217%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (2.609%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (2.609%) OLAP
8 1 (0.870%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.870%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.870%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.870%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.870%) ProClarity
8 1 (0.870%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.870%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 6 (5.217%) MSI
2 2 (1.739%) AdminStudio
3 1 (0.870%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (6.087%) Finance
2 6 (5.217%) Telecoms
2 6 (5.217%) Advertising
3 4 (3.478%) Publishing
4 3 (2.609%) Local Government
5 2 (1.739%) Banking
6 1 (0.870%) Retail
6 1 (0.870%) Military
6 1 (0.870%) Electronics
6 1 (0.870%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.870%) Law
6 1 (0.870%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (24.35%) Analyst
2 16 (13.91%) Support Engineer
3 12 (10.43%) Service Analyst
3 12 (10.43%) Service Desk Analyst
3 12 (10.43%) Developer
4 10 (8.696%) Server Support
5 9 (7.826%) Server Engineer
6 8 (6.957%) Server Support Engineer
7 4 (3.478%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (3.478%) Deployment Engineer
7 4 (3.478%) Support Technician
7 4 (3.478%) Consultant
7 4 (3.478%) Administrator
7 4 (3.478%) Dynamics CRM Developer
7 4 (3.478%) CRM Developer
7 4 (3.478%) IT Support
7 4 (3.478%) Platform Engineer
8 3 (2.609%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (2.609%) Technical Support
8 3 (2.609%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.609%) Replication
2 2 (1.739%) Clustering
2 2 (1.739%) CESG
2 2 (1.739%) EFT
3 1 (0.870%) Blackberry
3 1 (0.870%) Client/Server
3 1 (0.870%) PDA
3 1 (0.870%) Statistics
3 1 (0.870%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.870%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 67 (58.26%) Windows
2 34 (29.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 32 (27.83%) Windows Server 2008
4 25 (21.74%) Windows 7
5 24 (20.87%) Windows XP
6 9 (7.826%) Windows 2000
7 6 (5.217%) Windows Vista
8 5 (4.348%) Windows NT
9 3 (2.609%) Linux
10 1 (0.870%) SUSE
10 1 (0.870%) Debian
10 1 (0.870%) Fedora
10 1 (0.870%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.870%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.870%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (19.13%) CRM
2 19 (16.52%) ITIL
3 11 (9.565%) Software Deployment
4 9 (7.826%) Project Management
5 8 (6.957%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (5.217%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (5.217%) Incident Management
6 6 (5.217%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (5.217%) Service Delivery
6 6 (5.217%) ERP
7 5 (4.348%) ETL
7 5 (4.348%) Asset Management
7 5 (4.348%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (3.478%) Migration
8 4 (3.478%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (2.609%) Scrum
9 3 (2.609%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (2.609%) Data Modelling
9 3 (2.609%) PRINCE2
9 3 (2.609%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.78%) SQL
2 7 (6.087%) C#
3 6 (5.217%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.348%) T-SQL
4 5 (4.348%) VBScript
5 4 (3.478%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.609%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.870%) XPath
7 1 (0.870%) PHP
7 1 (0.870%) Java
7 1 (0.870%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (16.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (14.78%) Security Cleared
3 16 (13.91%) MCSE
4 10 (8.696%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.609%) MCP
6 2 (1.739%) CISSP
6 2 (1.739%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.870%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.870%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.870%) ISEB
7 1 (0.870%) CCA
7 1 (0.870%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.870%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.870%) MCDST
7 1 (0.870%) MCITP
7 1 (0.870%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.00%) SLA
2 3 (2.609%) QA
System Software
1 36 (31.30%) Active Directory
2 15 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.348%) XenApp
4 4 (3.478%) vSphere
4 4 (3.478%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.609%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.739%) VMware ESX
6 2 (1.739%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.739%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.870%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 28 (24.35%) SCCM
2 7 (6.087%) WSUS
3 5 (4.348%) SCOM
3 5 (4.348%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (3.478%) Unicenter
5 2 (1.739%) OpenView
5 2 (1.739%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (1.739%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.739%) Backup Exec
5 2 (1.739%) OVSD
Vendors
1 20 (17.39%) Citrix
2 18 (15.65%) Remedy
3 17 (14.78%) VMware
4 11 (9.565%) Symantec
5 9 (7.826%) HP
6 6 (5.217%) CA
7 4 (3.478%) Oracle
7 4 (3.478%) Siebel
7 4 (3.478%) Salesforce.com
7 4 (3.478%) NetSuite
8 3 (2.609%) Genesys
9 2 (1.739%) McAfee
9 2 (1.739%) NetApp
9 2 (1.739%) Computacenter
9 2 (1.739%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.870%) Lagan
10 1 (0.870%) IronPort
10 1 (0.870%) Lotus
10 1 (0.870%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.870%) CheckPoint
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