Microsoft Contracts in Staines
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Staines 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 Staines 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 7 7 18
Rank change year-on-year
0 +11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 16 15 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 11.68% 10.20% 8.230%
As % of the Vendors category 21.33% 18.75% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 1
Average daily rate £400 £400 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +150.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Staines
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 75 80 142
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 54.74% 54.42% 58.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 20 26
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £323 £301
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £489
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £23.75 £41.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.77% +3.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Surrey

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staines 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 Staines region.

Staines Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staines Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 22 (53.66%) Windows
2 15 (36.59%) Citrix
2 15 (36.59%) Microsoft App-V
3 13 (31.71%) MS Excel
4 12 (29.27%) AppSense
4 12 (29.27%) XenDesktop
5 10 (24.39%) XenApp
5 10 (24.39%) Windows 7
6 9 (21.95%) MS Office
7 8 (19.51%) Finance
7 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (19.51%) XenServer
7 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (19.51%) CloudStack
7 8 (19.51%) Hyper-V
8 7 (17.07%) Lumension
9 6 (14.63%) SQL
9 6 (14.63%) Active Directory
10 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
10 5 (12.20%) Service Management
10 5 (12.20%) Windows 8
10 5 (12.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (12.20%) MS PowerPoint
10 5 (12.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (12.20%) PowerShell
11 4 (9.756%) SCCM
11 4 (9.756%) SAP IS-U
11 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (9.756%) Data Quality
11 4 (9.756%) SAP CRM

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 4 (9.756%) XML
2 2 (4.878%) SOAP
2 2 (4.878%) Web Services
2 2 (4.878%) soapUI
3 1 (2.439%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 8 (19.51%) CloudStack
2 4 (9.756%) SharePoint
3 3 (7.317%) Windows Azure
4 2 (4.878%) IIS
4 2 (4.878%) ESB
Applications
1 13 (31.71%) MS Excel
2 9 (21.95%) MS Office
3 5 (12.20%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (9.756%) MS Project
5 2 (4.878%) MS Visio
6 1 (2.439%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 4 (9.756%) SAP CRM
1 4 (9.756%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.439%) VPN
1 1 (2.439%) Firewall
1 1 (2.439%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (12.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (9.756%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.756%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (7.317%) Visual Studio
1 3 (7.317%) JMeter
General
1 8 (19.51%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (17.07%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) Technical Specialist
3 5 (12.20%) Coordinator
4 4 (9.756%) Data Analyst
4 4 (9.756%) Quality Analyst
4 4 (9.756%) Data Quality Analyst
5 3 (7.317%) Data Programmer
5 3 (7.317%) Citrix Specialist
5 3 (7.317%) Applications Manager
5 3 (7.317%) Analyst Programmer
5 3 (7.317%) Programmer
6 2 (4.878%) Architect
6 2 (4.878%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.878%) Developer
6 2 (4.878%) Technical Support
6 2 (4.878%) Citrix Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) iPhone Developer
6 2 (4.878%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Test Leader
7 1 (2.439%) Agile Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.878%) PKI
1 2 (4.878%) iPhone
1 2 (4.878%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.439%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (53.66%) Windows
2 10 (24.39%) Windows 7
3 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (12.20%) Windows 8
5 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (4.878%) Apple iOS
6 2 (4.878%) Android
7 1 (2.439%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
1 5 (12.20%) Service Management
2 4 (9.756%) ETL
2 4 (9.756%) CRM
3 3 (7.317%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (7.317%) Project Management
3 3 (7.317%) Migration
3 3 (7.317%) Scrum
3 3 (7.317%) Supplier Management
4 2 (4.878%) Programme Management
4 2 (4.878%) Project Planning
4 2 (4.878%) Data Modelling
5 1 (2.439%) SOA
5 1 (2.439%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.439%) Risk Management
5 1 (2.439%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.439%) Data Migration
5 1 (2.439%) Data Protection
5 1 (2.439%) Change Control
5 1 (2.439%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) SQL
2 5 (12.20%) PowerShell
3 4 (9.756%) T-SQL
3 4 (9.756%) VBScript
3 4 (9.756%) VB
4 3 (7.317%) Groovy
5 2 (4.878%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.439%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (7.317%) MCSE
1 3 (7.317%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.878%) MCITP
3 1 (2.439%) Degree
3 1 (2.439%) MCP
3 1 (2.439%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.439%) MCDST
3 1 (2.439%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.756%) Data Quality
System Software
1 15 (36.59%) Microsoft App-V
2 12 (29.27%) XenDesktop
3 10 (24.39%) XenApp
4 8 (19.51%) XenServer
4 8 (19.51%) Hyper-V
5 6 (14.63%) Active Directory
6 1 (2.439%) UAG
Systems Management
1 4 (9.756%) SCCM
2 1 (2.439%) SCOM
2 1 (2.439%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (36.59%) Citrix
2 12 (29.27%) AppSense
3 7 (17.07%) Lumension
4 4 (9.756%) SAP
5 2 (4.878%) Siebel
5 2 (4.878%) Apple
6 1 (2.439%) VMware
6 1 (2.439%) Dell
6 1 (2.439%) NetApp
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Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 14 May 2013
Server / Windows Engineer- SCCM / SCOM / Config Manager
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Rate: market rates
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Windows Security Specialist- Microsoft EndPoint Protection, Fir
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Active Directory Specialist - Microsoft Active Directory
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The Active Directory Specialist will be required to build and configure Windows Servers and Features and provide High Level and Low Level Design and Documentation. Skills and experience...
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Rate: market rates
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Technical Support Analyst - SCCM 2012 / MAC’s / HDD / Microsoft
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Rate: Competative Market Rates
Posted: 13 May 2013
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