The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Swindon 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 6 8 7
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 47 46 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 15.67% 12.67% 10.73%
As % of the Vendors category 28.66% 24.21% 26.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 38 23
Average daily rate £335 £355 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.63% -16.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £245 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £559 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
Average hourly rate £15.50 - £13.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 - £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 - £19.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
164 190 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 54.67% 52.34% 41.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 137 76
Average daily rate £425 £418 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.79% +1.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £314 £300 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £490 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 9
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -23.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £15.40 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £32.50 £29.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Wiltshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 60 (67.42%) Finance
2 47 (52.81%) Banking
3 42 (47.19%) MS Project
4 41 (46.07%) Retail
5 39 (43.82%) Retail Banking
6 32 (35.96%) Change Management
7 23 (25.84%) Change Control
8 22 (24.72%) MS Excel
9 19 (21.35%) .NET
9 19 (21.35%) PRINCE2
10 18 (20.22%) C#
11 16 (17.98%) SQL Server
12 15 (16.85%) Windows
13 12 (13.48%) XML
13 12 (13.48%) SQL
13 12 (13.48%) MS Office
14 11 (12.36%) jQuery
15 10 (11.24%) ASP.NET
16 9 (10.11%) WCF
17 8 (8.989%) Security Cleared
17 8 (8.989%) SharePoint
18 7 (7.865%) Web Services
18 7 (7.865%) HP
18 7 (7.865%) ISEB
18 7 (7.865%) XSLT
18 7 (7.865%) ITIL
19 6 (6.742%) Silverlight
19 6 (6.742%) LINQ
19 6 (6.742%) .NET Framework
19 6 (6.742%) Project Planning

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 19 (21.35%) .NET
2 12 (13.48%) XML
3 11 (12.36%) jQuery
4 10 (11.24%) ASP.NET
5 9 (10.11%) WCF
6 7 (7.865%) Web Services
6 7 (7.865%) XSLT
7 6 (6.742%) Silverlight
7 6 (6.742%) LINQ
7 6 (6.742%) .NET Framework
7 6 (6.742%) Ajax
7 6 (6.742%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 6 (6.742%) HTML
8 5 (5.618%) CSS
9 4 (4.494%) WinForms
10 3 (3.371%) JSON
11 2 (2.247%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (2.247%) Razor View Engine
11 2 (2.247%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 1 (1.124%) AppFabric
Application Platforms
1 8 (8.989%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.618%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (4.494%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (3.371%) MS Exchange
5 2 (2.247%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (2.247%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (2.247%) IIS
6 1 (1.124%) Content Management Server
6 1 (1.124%) Windows Azure
6 1 (1.124%) Lync
6 1 (1.124%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 42 (47.19%) MS Project
2 22 (24.72%) MS Excel
3 12 (13.48%) MS Office
4 1 (1.124%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.124%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.618%) Intranet
2 3 (3.371%) Internet
3 2 (2.247%) DHCP
3 2 (2.247%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.247%) SAN
3 2 (2.247%) DNS
4 1 (1.124%) Firewall
4 1 (1.124%) VPN
4 1 (1.124%) ATM
4 1 (1.124%) LAN
4 1 (1.124%) WAN
4 1 (1.124%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (17.98%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.618%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (4.494%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.247%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.124%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.124%) SAP BI
5 1 (1.124%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.124%) OLAP
5 1 (1.124%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.124%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.494%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (4.494%) Subversion
1 4 (4.494%) LoadRunner
1 4 (4.494%) WinRunner
2 3 (3.371%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.124%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (1.124%) JIRA
3 1 (1.124%) Selenium
General
1 60 (67.42%) Finance
2 47 (52.81%) Banking
3 41 (46.07%) Retail
4 39 (43.82%) Retail Banking
5 2 (2.247%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.124%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.124%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.124%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (33.71%) Analyst
2 25 (28.09%) PMO Analyst
3 22 (24.72%) Programme Analyst
3 22 (24.72%) Programme Office Analyst
4 18 (20.22%) Developer
5 9 (10.11%) Project Manager
5 9 (10.11%) Junior
6 8 (8.989%) .NET Developer
7 7 (7.865%) Junior Project Manager
7 7 (7.865%) Project Planner
7 7 (7.865%) Workstream Manager
8 6 (6.742%) Test Manager
9 5 (5.618%) Administrator
10 4 (4.494%) SharePoint Developer
10 4 (4.494%) Senior Programme Analyst
10 4 (4.494%) Senior Programme Office Analyst
10 4 (4.494%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (3.371%) Programme Administrator
11 3 (3.371%) Designer
11 3 (3.371%) Programme Office Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.247%) Fat Client
1 2 (2.247%) Thin Client
2 1 (1.124%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.124%) Clustering
2 1 (1.124%) EPoS
2 1 (1.124%) W3C
2 1 (1.124%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.124%) iPad
2 1 (1.124%) PDA
2 1 (1.124%) Blog
2 1 (1.124%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (16.85%) Windows
2 5 (5.618%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (4.494%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (3.371%) Windows XP
5 2 (2.247%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.124%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (35.96%) Change Management
2 23 (25.84%) Change Control
3 19 (21.35%) PRINCE2
4 7 (7.865%) ITIL
5 6 (6.742%) Project Planning
5 6 (6.742%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (5.618%) Project Management
6 5 (5.618%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (4.494%) Performance Testing
7 4 (4.494%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (4.494%) Scrum
8 3 (3.371%) Unit Testing
8 3 (3.371%) Migration
9 2 (2.247%) Data Migration
9 2 (2.247%) TDD
9 2 (2.247%) Business Transformation
9 2 (2.247%) PRINCE
9 2 (2.247%) Programme Management
9 2 (2.247%) BPR
9 2 (2.247%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.22%) C#
2 12 (13.48%) SQL
3 6 (6.742%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.494%) VB
5 3 (3.371%) VB.NET
6 2 (2.247%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.247%) VBScript
7 1 (1.124%) C
7 1 (1.124%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (8.989%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.865%) ISEB
3 4 (4.494%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.247%) ISTQB
4 2 (2.247%) MCP
4 2 (2.247%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.247%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.124%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.124%) MCITP
5 1 (1.124%) MOS
5 1 (1.124%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.371%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.124%) SLA
2 1 (1.124%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.742%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.247%) vSphere
2 2 (2.247%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.124%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.124%) XenApp
3 1 (1.124%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.618%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (2.247%) SCOM
2 2 (2.247%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.124%) MOM
3 1 (1.124%) ZENworks
3 1 (1.124%) HP SIM
3 1 (1.124%) WSUS
3 1 (1.124%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (7.865%) HP
2 4 (4.494%) VMware
3 3 (3.371%) Dell
4 2 (2.247%) Juniper
4 2 (2.247%) Cisco
4 2 (2.247%) Sophos
4 2 (2.247%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.124%) Wyse
5 1 (1.124%) NetApp
5 1 (1.124%) Nokia
5 1 (1.124%) Novell
5 1 (1.124%) Niku
5 1 (1.124%) Compaq
5 1 (1.124%) EMC
5 1 (1.124%) Citrix
5 1 (1.124%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.124%) SAP
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