The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 Southampton 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 4 10 6
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 41 24 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 13.80% 10.26% 12.70%
As % of the Vendors category 23.84% 24.00% 24.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 8 4
Average daily rate £325 £263 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.80% -17.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £186 £243 £299
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £446
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 9
Average hourly rate £13.75 £11.00 £12.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -10.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.45 £9.66 £10.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £18.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.96 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.26% -
All Vendors
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
172 100 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 57.91% 42.74% 51.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 44 31
Average daily rate £325 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £235 £299
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £480 £551
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 26 22
Average hourly rate £19.63 £25.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.50% +7.02%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.18 £11.15 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £41.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Microsoft
Hampshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Southampton Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 32 (52.46%) Windows
2 30 (49.18%) Active Directory
3 20 (32.79%) Windows 7
4 15 (24.59%) Security Cleared
4 15 (24.59%) MS Excel
5 14 (22.95%) SC Cleared
6 13 (21.31%) Migration
6 13 (21.31%) VMware
6 13 (21.31%) HP
7 12 (19.67%) Cisco
7 12 (19.67%) VMware Infrastructure
8 11 (18.03%) Citrix
9 10 (16.39%) MS Project
10 9 (14.75%) SQL Server
10 9 (14.75%) MS Exchange
10 9 (14.75%) Project Management
11 8 (13.11%) SLA
11 8 (13.11%) Clustering
11 8 (13.11%) Windows XP
11 8 (13.11%) MS Office
12 7 (11.48%) DNS
12 7 (11.48%) A+ Certification
13 6 (9.836%) Exchange Server 2003
13 6 (9.836%) Programme Management
13 6 (9.836%) ITIL
14 5 (8.197%) SQL
14 5 (8.197%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (8.197%) Exchange Server 2010
14 5 (8.197%) Time Management
14 5 (8.197%) Degree

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 3 (4.918%) XML
1 3 (4.918%) HTML
1 3 (4.918%) CSS
2 2 (3.279%) Spring
2 2 (3.279%) Java EE
2 2 (3.279%) JPA
2 2 (3.279%) Hibernate
2 2 (3.279%) JDBC
2 2 (3.279%) JSP
2 2 (3.279%) Servlets
2 2 (3.279%) SOAP
2 2 (3.279%) Web Services
3 1 (1.639%) XHTML
3 1 (1.639%) XSLT
3 1 (1.639%) .NET
3 1 (1.639%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.639%) COM
3 1 (1.639%) Application Packaging
3 1 (1.639%) Regular Expression
Application Platforms
1 9 (14.75%) MS Exchange
2 6 (9.836%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (8.197%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (4.918%) SharePoint
4 3 (4.918%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (4.918%) Lync
5 2 (3.279%) Windows Azure
5 2 (3.279%) GroupWise
5 2 (3.279%) WebLogic
5 2 (3.279%) Tomcat
6 1 (1.639%) IIS
6 1 (1.639%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.639%) Exchange Server 2000
6 1 (1.639%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 15 (24.59%) MS Excel
2 10 (16.39%) MS Project
3 8 (13.11%) MS Office
4 1 (1.639%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.639%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.639%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.48%) DNS
2 3 (4.918%) DHCP
2 3 (4.918%) Network Security
3 2 (3.279%) SAN
3 2 (3.279%) LAN
3 2 (3.279%) WAN
4 1 (1.639%) ADSL
4 1 (1.639%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.639%) VPN
4 1 (1.639%) Firewall
4 1 (1.639%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.639%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.75%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.639%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (1.639%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.279%) FitNesse
1 2 (3.279%) Log4j
1 2 (3.279%) JUnit
2 1 (1.639%) MSI
2 1 (1.639%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (1.639%) Finance
1 1 (1.639%) Telecoms
1 1 (1.639%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (22.95%) Project Manager
2 12 (19.67%) Support Engineer
3 9 (14.75%) Analyst
4 8 (13.11%) Administrator
5 7 (11.48%) Systems Engineer
5 7 (11.48%) Support Analyst
5 7 (11.48%) Server Support
5 7 (11.48%) Systems Support
5 7 (11.48%) Systems Support Engineer
6 6 (9.836%) Server Administrator
6 6 (9.836%) Server Engineer
6 6 (9.836%) Server Support Engineer
6 6 (9.836%) Windows Server Engineer
6 6 (9.836%) Windows Systems Administrator
6 6 (9.836%) Windows Administrator
6 6 (9.836%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (9.836%) Windows Support Engineer
6 6 (9.836%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 6 (9.836%) 3rd Line Server Support
6 6 (9.836%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.11%) Clustering
2 2 (3.279%) Fat Client
2 2 (3.279%) Thin Client
3 1 (1.639%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.639%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.639%) EPoS
3 1 (1.639%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.639%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 32 (52.46%) Windows
2 20 (32.79%) Windows 7
3 8 (13.11%) Windows XP
4 5 (8.197%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (4.918%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (3.279%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (3.279%) UNIX
6 2 (3.279%) Linux
6 2 (3.279%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (21.31%) Migration
2 9 (14.75%) Project Management
3 6 (9.836%) Programme Management
3 6 (9.836%) ITIL
4 5 (8.197%) Time Management
5 3 (4.918%) PRINCE2
5 3 (4.918%) Service Delivery
5 3 (4.918%) Problem Management
5 3 (4.918%) Operations Management
5 3 (4.918%) Data Migration
5 3 (4.918%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (3.279%) Incident Management
6 2 (3.279%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (3.279%) Workflow
6 2 (3.279%) CRM
7 1 (1.639%) OOD
7 1 (1.639%) E-Commerce
7 1 (1.639%) OO
7 1 (1.639%) Scrum
7 1 (1.639%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.197%) SQL
2 3 (4.918%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.279%) Bash shell
3 2 (3.279%) Java
4 1 (1.639%) Python
4 1 (1.639%) C
4 1 (1.639%) C#
4 1 (1.639%) VBScript
4 1 (1.639%) VBA
4 1 (1.639%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.639%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (24.59%) Security Cleared
2 14 (22.95%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.48%) A+ Certification
4 5 (8.197%) Degree
5 4 (6.557%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (6.557%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (4.918%) MCP
7 2 (3.279%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.639%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.639%) PMP
8 1 (1.639%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.639%) CCNA
8 1 (1.639%) ISEB
8 1 (1.639%) MCSE
8 1 (1.639%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.11%) SLA
2 3 (4.918%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 30 (49.18%) Active Directory
2 12 (19.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.279%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.279%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.639%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (3.279%) ARCserve
2 1 (1.639%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (21.31%) VMware
1 13 (21.31%) HP
2 12 (19.67%) Cisco
3 11 (18.03%) Citrix
4 4 (6.557%) LANDesk
5 3 (4.918%) Oracle
6 2 (3.279%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.639%) Avaya
7 1 (1.639%) Intel
7 1 (1.639%) Cognos
7 1 (1.639%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.639%) BMC
7 1 (1.639%) Remedy
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