The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Stratford-upon-Avon 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 Stratford-upon-Avon 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 3 4 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 4 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stratford-upon-Avon 23.53% 22.22% -
As % of the Vendors category 50.00% 57.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
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
Stratford-upon-Avon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
8 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stratford-upon-Avon 47.06% 38.89% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
Average daily rate £375 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Warwickshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stratford-upon-Avon 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 Stratford-upon-Avon region.

Stratford-upon-Avon Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Stratford-upon-Avon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Stratford-upon-Avon Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stratford-upon-Avon Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stratford-upon-Avon 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 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) IBM
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) MCP
2 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Ajax
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) jQuery
2 1 (25.00%) iPhone
2 1 (25.00%) iSeries
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (25.00%) iPad
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) RACF
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) Web Services
2 1 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) XSLT

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stratford-upon-Avon 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 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
1 1 (25.00%) XML
1 1 (25.00%) XSLT
1 1 (25.00%) Ajax
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (25.00%) jQuery
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) iPhone
1 1 (25.00%) iSeries
1 1 (25.00%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) MCP
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) RACF
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) SAP