The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Staffordshire 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.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank - 23 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 0 12 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire - 5.911% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 40.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 0
Average daily rate - £330 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £263
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £15.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -6.06%
All Qualifications
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
10 30 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 10.64% 14.78% 3.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 2
Average daily rate £175 £328 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-46.56% +0.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
Average hourly rate £65.00 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+271.42% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
Microsoft Certification
West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire Microsoft Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Burton-upon-Trent - - - -
Cannock - - - - 1
Lichfield - - - -
Stafford - - - -
Stoke-on-Trent - - - - 2
Tamworth - - - - 2
Microsoft Certification
West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification.

1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) RDBMS
2 2 (50.00%) NHS
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (50.00%) MCITP
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (50.00%) MDX
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Altiris
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) MCSD
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) IBM Notes
3 1 (25.00%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (50.00%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) IBM Notes
1 1 (25.00%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (50.00%) RDBMS
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) MCSD
2 1 (25.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Lotus
2 1 (25.00%) Altiris