The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 26 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 Qualifications for the Suffolk 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
26 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank - 25 29
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 0 16 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk - 6.452% 2.105%
As % of the Qualifications category - 22.22% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 3
Average daily rate - £275 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +71.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £265
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £27.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +54.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-6.45% -11.42%
All Qualifications
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
9 72 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 6.207% 29.03% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 41 10
Average daily rate £283 £325 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.07% +85.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £225 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
Average hourly rate £9.63 £29.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-67.37% +68.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Microsoft Certification
East of England

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) MCP
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 26 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
2 1 (33.33%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft