The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley 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 2 6 8
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 1 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 25.00% 10.87% 6.250%
As % of the Vendors category 25.00% 23.81% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £358 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +19.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £14.00 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -40.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Thames Valley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
4 21 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 100.00% 45.65% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 12
Average daily rate £450 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £14.00 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -40.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) OLAP
2 1 (50.00%) MS Project
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) PVCS
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) MCSD
2 1 (50.00%) LDAP
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) DTS
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) IDOL
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Process
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Meridio

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) WCF
2 1 (50.00%) WF
2 1 (50.00%) AppFabric
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Azure
1 1 (50.00%) CM System
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) OLAP
1 1 (50.00%) DTS
1 1 (50.00%) IDOL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (50.00%) PVCS
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Process
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCSD
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Meridio