The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Stevenage 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 Stevenage 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 10 14 13
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 3 2 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 8.571% 3.333% 20.48%
As % of the Vendors category 12.50% 12.50% 36.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £180 - £190
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 11
Average hourly rate £33.00 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Stevenage
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
24 16 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 68.57% 26.67% 55.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 4
Average daily rate £250 £306 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.36% +5.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £271 £90
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £341 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 30
Average hourly rate £33.00 - £35.38
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.75 - £35.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.25 - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Hertfordshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (71.43%) MS Exchange
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (71.43%) Symantec
4 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
5 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
5 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
5 3 (42.86%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 3 (42.86%) Remedy
5 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
5 3 (42.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (42.86%) Migration
5 3 (42.86%) VMware
5 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
6 2 (28.57%) Windows Vista
6 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (28.57%) Apple
6 2 (28.57%) Terminal Services
6 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (28.57%) McAfee
6 2 (28.57%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (28.57%) Sophos
6 2 (28.57%) MS Office
6 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
6 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
6 2 (28.57%) Veeam

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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 Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) MS Exchange
1 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (42.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Office
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (14.29%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Messaging Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) SCCM Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
5 2 (28.57%) Windows Vista
5 2 (28.57%) Windows 8
6 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
1 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Software Distribution
3 1 (14.29%) SysML
3 1 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) VBScript
1 1 (14.29%) VB
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (14.29%) MCTS
3 1 (14.29%) MCITP
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
2 2 (28.57%) vSphere
2 2 (28.57%) Terminal Services
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (28.57%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Symantec
2 3 (42.86%) Remedy
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) Apple
3 2 (28.57%) Veeam
3 2 (28.57%) McAfee
3 2 (28.57%) Sophos
4 1 (14.29%) Serena