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The table looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank9494
Rank change on the same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads5721336
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.665 %1.735 %
As % of the Qualifications category9.670 %11.41 %
Daily rates quoted173350
Average daily rate£245£300
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-18.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£122£140
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£215£275
% change on same period last year-21.81 %
Hourly rates quoted146293
Average hourly rate£18.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£12.05
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£38.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.63£20.00
% change on same period last year-11.87 %
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
591511708
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.22 %15.21 %
Daily rates quoted22253608
Average daily rate£340£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-9.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£197£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£538
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£350
% change on same period last year-8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted6491251
Average hourly rate£23.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£41.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£27.00
% change on same period last year-7.400 %

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.

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Microsoft Certification Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the UK.

Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the UK.

Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+3521£236-21.25 %
LondonDown-9187£283-13.74 %
South EastDown-11115£225-27.41 %
East of EnglandUp+1258£153+8.92 %
City of LondonNo change053£300-5.51 %
South WestUp+4550£275-5.17 %
North WestUp+3643£185-52.25 %
EssexUp+1134£140+21.47 %
BuckinghamshireUp+833£300-10.71 %
Milton KeynesUp+433£300-6.83 %
West MidlandsUp+3328£245-2.00 %
ScotlandUp+2428£175+20.68 %
East MidlandsUp+1020£160-17.41 %
BerkshireDown-2220£238-32.14 %
ManchesterUp+2519£170-59.15 %
GlasgowUp+2518£175-16.56 %
HampshireUp+1216£250-9.09 %
HertfordshireUp+3113£175-46.15 %
KentUp+2612£314+5.46 %
YorkshireDown-112£275-
ReadingDown-1211£275-21.42 %
DorsetUp+2910£203-
SomersetUp+1910£244-
WiltshireUp+1810£253-14.40 %
SurreyUp+110£310+41.71 %
BournemouthNew entry-10£203-
CheshireUp+369£241-37.74 %
West YorkshireUp+39£288+2.67 %
ChelmsfordDown-19£155+29.16 %
OxfordshireDown-109£200-27.27 %

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1789 (64.25 %)Windows
2784 (63.84 %)MCSE
3657 (53.50 %)Microsoft
4509 (41.45 %)Active Directory
5451 (36.73 %)Windows Server 2003
6331 (26.95 %)MCP
7290 (23.62 %)MS Exchange
8260 (21.17 %)ITIL
9250 (20.36 %)VMware
10232 (18.89 %)Citrix
11220 (17.92 %)SQL Server
12185 (15.07 %)Cisco
13182 (14.82 %)Windows XP
14179 (14.58 %)MS Excel
15177 (14.41 %)SQL
16174 (14.17 %)Windows 2000
17173 (14.09 %)Security Cleared
18169 (13.76 %)Exchange Server 2003
19161 (13.11 %)MS Office
20150 (12.21 %)Cisco Certification
21137 (11.16 %)CCNA
22132 (10.75 %)MCSA
23128 (10.42 %).NET
24126 (10.26 %)Finance
25123 (10.02 %)SharePoint
26121 (9.853 %)SAN
27120 (9.772 %)SC Cleared
28119 (9.691 %)HP
29116 (9.446 %)DNS
29116 (9.446 %)VMware Infrastructure

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1128 (10.42 %).NET
264 (5.212 %)ASP.NET
331 (2.524 %)XML
429 (2.362 %)WebServices
523 (1.873 %).NET Framework
618 (1.466 %)Application Packaging
711 (0.896 %)WSH
711 (0.896 %)SOAP
711 (0.896 %)HTML
810 (0.814 %)WMI
810 (0.814 %)WCF
99 (0.733 %)AJAX
99 (0.733 %)XSLT
108 (0.651 %)ASP
108 (0.651 %)WinForms
108 (0.651 %)XHTML
108 (0.651 %)ASP.NET 2.0
117 (0.570 %)Silverlight
117 (0.570 %)Windows SharePoint Services
117 (0.570 %)CSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1290 (23.62 %)MS Exchange
2169 (13.76 %)Exchange Server 2003
3123 (10.02 %)SharePoint
487 (7.085 %)Exchange Server 2007
584 (6.840 %)IIS
637 (3.013 %)SharePoint Server 2007
734 (2.769 %)BizTalk Server
827 (2.199 %)Exchange Server 2000
923 (1.873 %)Lotus Notes
1021 (1.710 %)Lotus Domino
1116 (1.303 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
127 (0.570 %)GroupWise
136 (0.489 %)CMS
136 (0.489 %)MapXtreme
145 (0.407 %)Exchange Server 5.5
145 (0.407 %)Apache
154 (0.326 %)Site Server
154 (0.326 %)Office Project Server
154 (0.326 %)SharePoint Portal Server
163 (0.244 %)Office Communications Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1179 (14.58 %)MS Excel
2161 (13.11 %)MS Office
319 (1.547 %)MS Visio
416 (1.303 %)MS PowerPoint
58 (0.651 %)Spreadsheet
65 (0.407 %)MS Project
74 (0.326 %)InfoPath
83 (0.244 %)Authorware
83 (0.244 %)AutoCAD
92 (0.163 %)Photoshop
92 (0.163 %)Acrobat
101 (0.081 %)Paint Shop Pro
101 (0.081 %)Pro/ENGINEER
101 (0.081 %)MicroStation
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
119 (1.547 %)Microsoft CRM
213 (1.059 %)Dynamics CRM
39 (0.733 %)SoftGrid
45 (0.407 %)assyst
52 (0.163 %)Navision
61 (0.081 %)Dynamics AX
61 (0.081 %)Remedy ITSM
61 (0.081 %)Axapta
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1121 (9.853 %)SAN
2116 (9.446 %)DNS
394 (7.655 %)Firewall
492 (7.492 %)TCP/IP
587 (7.085 %)DHCP
677 (6.270 %)LAN
774 (6.026 %)WAN
851 (4.153 %)Internet
933 (2.687 %)Network Security
1028 (2.280 %)VPN
1123 (1.873 %)VoIP
1222 (1.792 %)Wireless
1321 (1.710 %)NAS
1416 (1.303 %)SMS
1416 (1.303 %)Intranet
1511 (0.896 %)FTP
1511 (0.896 %)HTTP
169 (0.733 %)Ethernet
169 (0.733 %)MPLS
177 (0.570 %)BGP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1220 (17.92 %)SQL Server
2104 (8.469 %)SQL Server 2005
377 (6.270 %)SQL Server 2000
426 (2.117 %)SQL Server 2008
523 (1.873 %)SQL Server Integration Services
621 (1.710 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
719 (1.547 %)Crystal Reports
812 (0.977 %)DTS
911 (0.896 %)Oracle 10g
109 (0.733 %)BusinessObjects
118 (0.651 %)Datawarehouse
118 (0.651 %)BusinessObjects XI
126 (0.489 %)GIS
126 (0.489 %)RDBMS
135 (0.407 %)Oracle Reports
135 (0.407 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
144 (0.326 %)IDOL
144 (0.326 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
144 (0.326 %)Oracle 8/8i
153 (0.244 %)Oracle 9i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
123 (1.873 %)Visual Studio
212 (0.977 %)MSI
39 (0.733 %)ClearCase
45 (0.407 %)VSS/SourceSafe
45 (0.407 %)NUnit
54 (0.326 %)RequisitePro
54 (0.326 %)ClearQuest
54 (0.326 %)Team Foundation Server
63 (0.244 %)Visual Studio Team System
71 (0.081 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.081 %)TestDirector
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1126 (10.26 %)Finance
290 (7.329 %)Government
383 (6.759 %)Banking
444 (3.583 %)Insurance
540 (3.257 %)Education
637 (3.013 %)Health
733 (2.687 %)Investment Banking
818 (1.466 %)Telecoms
910 (0.814 %)Financial Institution
109 (0.733 %)Local Government
109 (0.733 %)Retail
118 (0.651 %)Pensions
118 (0.651 %)Front Office
127 (0.570 %)Back Office
127 (0.570 %)Pharmaceutical
127 (0.570 %)Legal
136 (0.489 %)Publishing
145 (0.407 %)Military
154 (0.326 %)Construction
154 (0.326 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1233 (18.97 %)Analyst
2127 (10.34 %)Support Engineer
3115 (9.365 %)Support Analyst
491 (7.410 %)Developer
584 (6.840 %)Desktop Support
674 (6.026 %)3rd Line Support
773 (5.945 %)Consultant
773 (5.945 %)Server Engineer
872 (5.863 %)Administrator
953 (4.316 %)Server Support
1051 (4.153 %).NET Developer
1149 (3.990 %)Service Analyst
1149 (3.990 %)2nd Line Support
1149 (3.990 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1244 (3.583 %)DBA
1244 (3.583 %)Network Engineer
1343 (3.502 %)Desktop Engineer
1441 (3.339 %)Service Desk Analyst
1540 (3.257 %)SQL DBA
1638 (3.094 %)Desktop Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
164 (5.212 %)Clustering
259 (4.805 %)Blackberry
345 (3.664 %)NHS
417 (1.384 %)PDA
515 (1.221 %)Client/Server
614 (1.140 %)Thin Client
614 (1.140 %)Fat Client
710 (0.814 %)French Language
89 (0.733 %)Computer Science
89 (0.733 %)CLARiiON
97 (0.570 %)E-Learning
106 (0.489 %)Mathematics
115 (0.407 %)PKI
115 (0.407 %)Firmware
115 (0.407 %)N-Tier
124 (0.326 %)EMC Centera
124 (0.326 %)Statistics
124 (0.326 %)Dutch Language
124 (0.326 %)German Language
133 (0.244 %)Celerra
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1789 (64.25 %)Windows
2451 (36.73 %)Windows Server 2003
3182 (14.82 %)Windows XP
4174 (14.17 %)Windows 2000
598 (7.980 %)Windows Server 2008
689 (7.248 %)Windows 2000 Server
780 (6.515 %)Windows Vista
839 (3.176 %)Linux
935 (2.850 %)UNIX
1034 (2.769 %)Windows NT
1124 (1.954 %)Solaris
1211 (0.896 %)Red Hat Linux
138 (0.651 %)Windows Mobile
147 (0.570 %)HPUX
154 (0.326 %)NetWare
163 (0.244 %)Mac OS X
171 (0.081 %)MVS
171 (0.081 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
171 (0.081 %)AIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1260 (21.17 %)ITIL
277 (6.270 %)Migration
336 (2.932 %)Project Management
433 (2.687 %)ITSM
530 (2.443 %)Change Management
628 (2.280 %)Time Management
727 (2.199 %)CRM
822 (1.792 %)Network Design
921 (1.710 %)PRINCE2
921 (1.710 %)Service Management
1018 (1.466 %)Configuration Management
1116 (1.303 %)Disaster Recovery
1116 (1.303 %)OO
1215 (1.221 %)Service Delivery
1314 (1.140 %)Incident Management
1412 (0.977 %)Web Development
1412 (0.977 %)Data Management
1412 (0.977 %)UML
1412 (0.977 %)Data Migration
1510 (0.814 %)Agile Software Development
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1177 (14.41 %)SQL
287 (7.085 %)C#
349 (3.990 %)VB
430 (2.443 %)C
525 (2.036 %)T-SQL
621 (1.710 %)PowerShell
719 (1.547 %)VB.NET
817 (1.384 %)VBScript
911 (0.896 %)VBA
109 (0.733 %)JavaScript
118 (0.651 %)Java
118 (0.651 %)PL/SQL
118 (0.651 %)C++
127 (0.570 %)Shell Script
135 (0.407 %)Delphi
143 (0.244 %)Perl
143 (0.244 %)VB6
152 (0.163 %)FoxPro (VFP)
152 (0.163 %)Tcl
161 (0.081 %)XAML
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1784 (63.84 %)MCSE
2331 (26.95 %)MCP
3173 (14.09 %)Security Cleared
4150 (12.21 %)Cisco Certification
5137 (11.16 %)CCNA
6132 (10.75 %)MCSA
7120 (9.772 %)SC Cleared
872 (5.863 %)Degree
954 (4.397 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1050 (4.072 %)Novell Certification
1147 (3.827 %)CNE
1243 (3.502 %)Citrix Certification
1341 (3.339 %)MCDBA
1440 (3.257 %)CCNP
1529 (2.362 %)CCA
1529 (2.362 %)A+ Certification
1529 (2.362 %)MCTS
1628 (2.280 %)ITIL Certification
1727 (2.199 %)MCSD
1727 (2.199 %)MCDST
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
154 (4.397 %)SLA
210 (0.814 %)QA
35 (0.407 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.163 %)TickIT
42 (0.163 %)ISO9000
42 (0.163 %)COBIT
51 (0.081 %)ISO17799
51 (0.081 %)BS7799
51 (0.081 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.081 %)ISO27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1509 (41.45 %)Active Directory
2116 (9.446 %)VMware Infrastructure
386 (7.003 %)VMware ESX
435 (2.850 %)Citrix Presentation Server
529 (2.362 %)XenApp
529 (2.362 %)Backup Exec
625 (2.036 %)NetBackup
722 (1.792 %)ISA Server
820 (1.629 %)Terminal Server
918 (1.466 %)Terminal Services
1013 (1.059 %)MetaFrame
1110 (0.814 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
126 (0.489 %)VMware Server
135 (0.407 %)NFS
144 (0.326 %)Hyper-V
152 (0.163 %)XenServer
152 (0.163 %)Novell eDirectory
152 (0.163 %)MailMarshal
161 (0.081 %)Squid
161 (0.081 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
153 (4.316 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
235 (2.850 %)SCCM
334 (2.769 %)SCOM
334 (2.769 %)MOM
421 (1.710 %)OpenView Configuration Management
515 (1.221 %)Tivoli
612 (0.977 %)WSUS
711 (0.896 %)OpenView
89 (0.733 %)Legato
98 (0.651 %)ARCserve
107 (0.570 %)EMC NetWorker
107 (0.570 %)ServiceCenter
116 (0.489 %)HP Data Protector
116 (0.489 %)Norton AntiVirus
125 (0.407 %)OVOW
134 (0.326 %)OVPI
143 (0.244 %)WhatsUp Gold
143 (0.244 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
143 (0.244 %)Unicenter
152 (0.163 %)CiscoWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1657 (53.50 %)Microsoft
2250 (20.36 %)VMware
3232 (18.89 %)Citrix
4185 (15.07 %)Cisco
5119 (9.691 %)HP
653 (4.316 %)Oracle
741 (3.339 %)Lotus
833 (2.687 %)EMC
931 (2.524 %)Symantec
1030 (2.443 %)Dell
1030 (2.443 %)IBM
1128 (2.280 %)Altiris
1223 (1.873 %)Remedy
1322 (1.792 %)McAfee Security
1421 (1.710 %)CheckPoint
1518 (1.466 %)Novell
1617 (1.384 %)Veritas
1713 (1.059 %)NetApp
1713 (1.059 %)NetIQ
1812 (0.977 %)Juniper