Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the Stevenage 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank611
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads96
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.006 %
As % of the category below24.32 %18.18 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£110
Average daily rate-£120
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£130
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£295
% change on same period last year+5.70 %
Hourly rates quoted45
Average minimum hourly rate£28.75£23.40
Average hourly rate£29.38£23.60
% change on same period last year+24.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£23.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.89£19.03
% change on same period last year-0.72 %
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Stevenage
Matching contract IT job ads3733
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.035 %
Daily rates quoted510
Average minimum daily rate£347£258
Average daily rate£379£295
% change on same period last year+28.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£348
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted2118
Average minimum hourly rate£28.08£29.35
Average hourly rate£29.21£30.94
% change on same period last year-5.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.33£32.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.26£24.41
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
Microsoft HertfordshireMicrosoft
Hertfordshire

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 Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Stevenage Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

17 (43.75 %)C
26 (37.50 %)Windows
35 (31.25 %)Degree
44 (25.00 %)XML
44 (25.00 %)XSLT
44 (25.00 %)C++
44 (25.00 %).NET
44 (25.00 %)Pharmaceutical
53 (18.75 %)Electronics
53 (18.75 %)Citrix
53 (18.75 %)MFC
53 (18.75 %)Visual Studio
53 (18.75 %)Computer Science
62 (12.50 %)MS Office
62 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
62 (12.50 %)Windows Vista
62 (12.50 %)Physics
62 (12.50 %)MCSE
62 (12.50 %)Windows XP
62 (12.50 %)COM
62 (12.50 %)Active Directory
62 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
62 (12.50 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (12.50 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
62 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (12.50 %)Project Management
62 (12.50 %)Mainframe
71 (6.250 %)MOM
71 (6.250 %)Aerospace
71 (6.250 %)Electric

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (25.00 %).NET
14 (25.00 %)XML
14 (25.00 %)XSLT
23 (18.75 %)MFC
32 (12.50 %)COM
41 (6.250 %)JDBC
41 (6.250 %)JSP
41 (6.250 %)Servlets
41 (6.250 %)SOAP
41 (6.250 %)WebServices
41 (6.250 %)ASP
41 (6.250 %)XSD
41 (6.250 %)ODBC
41 (6.250 %)SAX
41 (6.250 %)HTML
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
12 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (6.250 %)TPMS
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (12.50 %)MS Office
21 (6.250 %)MS Excel
21 (6.250 %)MS Visio
21 (6.250 %)MATLAB
21 (6.250 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (6.250 %)MS Project
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.250 %)TCP/IP
11 (6.250 %)SAN
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server
11 (6.250 %)DB2
11 (6.250 %)Informix
11 (6.250 %)IDMS
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (18.75 %)Visual Studio
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (25.00 %)Pharmaceutical
23 (18.75 %)Electronics
31 (6.250 %)Aerospace
31 (6.250 %)Electric
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (25.00 %)Developer
23 (18.75 %)Software Developer
23 (18.75 %)Test Engineer
23 (18.75 %)Software Engineer
31 (6.250 %)Performance Engineer
31 (6.250 %)ERP Project Manager
31 (6.250 %)C++/Java Developer
31 (6.250 %)Project Manager
31 (6.250 %)Author
31 (6.250 %)Technical Author
31 (6.250 %)Consultant
31 (6.250 %)Systems Engineer
31 (6.250 %)Network Designer
31 (6.250 %)3rd Line Support
31 (6.250 %)Java Developer
31 (6.250 %).NET Developer
31 (6.250 %)C++ Developer
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (18.75 %)Computer Science
22 (12.50 %)Physics
22 (12.50 %)Mainframe
31 (6.250 %)Mathematics
31 (6.250 %)PMI
31 (6.250 %)HACMP
31 (6.250 %)LIMS
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (37.50 %)Windows
22 (12.50 %)Windows XP
22 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (12.50 %)Windows Vista
31 (6.250 %)VME
31 (6.250 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (6.250 %)AIX
31 (6.250 %)Windows 2000
31 (6.250 %)UNIX
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (12.50 %)Project Management
21 (6.250 %)Migration
21 (6.250 %)Agile Software Development
21 (6.250 %)Project Planning
21 (6.250 %)Security Cleared
21 (6.250 %)PRINCE2
21 (6.250 %)UML
21 (6.250 %)OO
21 (6.250 %)ERP
21 (6.250 %)EAI
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (43.75 %)C
24 (25.00 %)C++
31 (6.250 %)COBOL
31 (6.250 %)Java
31 (6.250 %)JavaScript
31 (6.250 %)SQL
31 (6.250 %)VB
31 (6.250 %)XPath
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (31.25 %)Degree
22 (12.50 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (12.50 %)MCSE
31 (6.250 %)Citrix Certification
31 (6.250 %)CCEA
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (12.50 %)Active Directory
21 (6.250 %)Terminal Server
21 (6.250 %)ISA Server
21 (6.250 %)NetBackup
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (12.50 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (6.250 %)MOM
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (18.75 %)Citrix
21 (6.250 %)Micro Focus
21 (6.250 %)InterSystems
21 (6.250 %)Softricity
21 (6.250 %)ICL
21 (6.250 %)Oracle
21 (6.250 %)SAP
21 (6.250 %)Cisco
21 (6.250 %)IBM
21 (6.250 %)EMC