The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills 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 Windows Azure 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 of the Application Platforms category 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows Azure 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 20.00% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £230
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +73.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £15.00 -
All Application Platforms
Thames Valley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 80.00% 15.91% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
Average daily rate £450 £258 £273
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+74.75% -5.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Windows Azure
South East

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Azure across the Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Windows Azure Daily Rate Trend

Windows Azure
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) WF
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) AppFabric
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) XML

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) WF
1 2 (100.00%) AppFabric
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) BizTalk Developer
1 1 (50.00%) BizTalk Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft