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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Southampton region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank137
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads1236
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.036 %
As % of the category below15.00 %31.58 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£275£281
Average daily rate£313£300
% change on same period last year+4.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£319
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£316
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted224
Average minimum hourly rate£12.98£15.10
Average hourly rate£14.45£16.68
% change on same period last year-13.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.92£18.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.85£20.89
% change on same period last year-4.98 %
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Southampton
Matching contract IT job ads80114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.106 %0.114 %
Daily rates quoted1316
Average minimum daily rate£341£319
Average daily rate£381£344
% change on same period last year+10.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£421£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted1341
Average minimum hourly rate£17.80£18.91
Average hourly rate£19.45£21.11
% change on same period last year-7.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.10£23.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Microsoft HampshireMicrosoft
Hampshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Southampton Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Southampton Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

113 (40.63 %)Windows
210 (31.25 %)MS Excel
39 (28.13 %)Active Directory
48 (25.00 %)MS Office
56 (18.75 %).NET
56 (18.75 %)MS Project
56 (18.75 %)Windows XP
56 (18.75 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (15.63 %)MS Exchange
65 (15.63 %)SQL Server
65 (15.63 %)Project Management
74 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (12.50 %)C#
74 (12.50 %)PRINCE2
83 (9.375 %)Intranet
83 (9.375 %)Internet
83 (9.375 %)Lotus
83 (9.375 %)Visual Studio
83 (9.375 %)ITIL
83 (9.375 %)ASP.NET
83 (9.375 %)Lotus Notes
83 (9.375 %)SC Cleared
83 (9.375 %)Security Cleared
83 (9.375 %)MS PowerPoint
83 (9.375 %)Finance
92 (6.250 %)Wireless
92 (6.250 %)MS Visio
92 (6.250 %)Change Management
92 (6.250 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
92 (6.250 %)SAP PS

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (18.75 %).NET
23 (9.375 %)ASP.NET
32 (6.250 %)WebServices
32 (6.250 %)XML
41 (3.125 %)WSDL
41 (3.125 %)ASP
41 (3.125 %)XSLT
41 (3.125 %)COM+
41 (3.125 %)DCOM
41 (3.125 %)CSS
41 (3.125 %)JSP
41 (3.125 %)ActiveX
41 (3.125 %)XHTML
41 (3.125 %).NET Remoting
41 (3.125 %).NET Framework
41 (3.125 %)WinForms
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (15.63 %)MS Exchange
23 (9.375 %)Lotus Notes
32 (6.250 %)BizTalk Server
41 (3.125 %)SharePoint
41 (3.125 %)IIS
41 (3.125 %)Apache
41 (3.125 %)MTS
41 (3.125 %)Tomcat
41 (3.125 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (3.125 %)CMS
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (31.25 %)MS Excel
28 (25.00 %)MS Office
36 (18.75 %)MS Project
43 (9.375 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (6.250 %)MS Visio
61 (3.125 %)Acrobat
61 (3.125 %)Photoshop
61 (3.125 %)Open Workbench
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (6.250 %)SAP PS
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (9.375 %)Intranet
13 (9.375 %)Internet
22 (6.250 %)Wireless
31 (3.125 %)SAN
31 (3.125 %)VPN
31 (3.125 %)Firewall
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (15.63 %)SQL Server
24 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (6.250 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (3.125 %)BusinessObjects
41 (3.125 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (3.125 %)Oracle 8/8i
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (9.375 %)Visual Studio
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (9.375 %)Finance
22 (6.250 %)Retail
31 (3.125 %)Pensions
31 (3.125 %)Auditing
31 (3.125 %)Government
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (25.00 %)Analyst
26 (18.75 %)Developer
33 (9.375 %)Service Desk Analyst
33 (9.375 %)Support Analyst
33 (9.375 %)3rd Line Support
33 (9.375 %)Service Analyst
33 (9.375 %)C# Developer
42 (6.250 %)2nd Line Support
42 (6.250 %)Administrator
42 (6.250 %)Support Engineer
42 (6.250 %)Project Planner
42 (6.250 %)Project Manager
42 (6.250 %)Project Administrator
42 (6.250 %)IT Support Analyst
51 (3.125 %)C# Web Developer
51 (3.125 %)Business Manager
51 (3.125 %)Systems Developer
51 (3.125 %)Systems Support Analyst
51 (3.125 %)Programme Planner
51 (3.125 %)Business Systems Manager
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.125 %)N-Tier
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (40.63 %)Windows
26 (18.75 %)Windows XP
26 (18.75 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (6.250 %)UNIX
32 (6.250 %)Windows 2000
41 (3.125 %)Windows NT
41 (3.125 %)Windows 2000 Server
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (15.63 %)Project Management
24 (12.50 %)PRINCE2
33 (9.375 %)ITIL
33 (9.375 %)SC Cleared
33 (9.375 %)Security Cleared
42 (6.250 %)Change Management
42 (6.250 %)Project Planning
51 (3.125 %)UML
51 (3.125 %)E-Commerce
51 (3.125 %)SSADM
51 (3.125 %)Workflow Management
51 (3.125 %)Web Development
51 (3.125 %)Performance Management
51 (3.125 %)Configuration Management
51 (3.125 %)Workflow
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (12.50 %)C#
22 (6.250 %)SQL
31 (3.125 %)VBScript
31 (3.125 %)VB
31 (3.125 %)VBA
31 (3.125 %)Perl
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.125 %)Citrix Certification
11 (3.125 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (3.125 %)CISM
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (6.250 %)SLA
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (28.13 %)Active Directory
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (6.250 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (9.375 %)Lotus
22 (6.250 %)SAP
22 (6.250 %)Oracle
22 (6.250 %)Cisco
22 (6.250 %)Novell
22 (6.250 %)HP
31 (3.125 %)EMC
31 (3.125 %)Citrix
31 (3.125 %)Tridion
31 (3.125 %)Adobe
31 (3.125 %)CheckPoint
31 (3.125 %)Business Objects
31 (3.125 %)Google
31 (3.125 %)McAfee Security
31 (3.125 %)Websense