The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Consultant role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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 Consultant
Rank 475 476 491
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 54 108 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.116% 0.185% 0.152%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.126% 0.200% 0.164%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 63 50
Average daily rate £375 £401 £373
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.54% +7.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £296 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £524 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £365
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £50.00 £41.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +21.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year
- +21.95%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Microsoft Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Microsoft Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Microsoft Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Microsoft Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Microsoft Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Consultant
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 Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
England +5 47 £375 -6.25%
London +16 18 £444 +4.41%
South East +8 16 £400 +33.33%
Berkshire +17 5 £378 -13.71%
North West +13 5 £390 +9.47%
City of London +6 5 £350 -22.22%
Scotland -7 5 - -
Hampshire -12 4 £375 -12.79%
Buckinghamshire +8 3 - -
Milton Keynes +8 3 - -
East of England +9 2 £375 -6.25%
Manchester +8 2 £405 +15.30%
Reading - 2 - -
Preston - 2 £375 -
Portsmouth - 2 £375 -
South West - 2 - -
Middlesex - 2 £375 -
Lancashire - 2 £375 -
Hertfordshire - 2 £375 -
Surrey +15 1 £525 -
West Midlands +6 1 £300 -40.00%
Oxfordshire +6 1 - -
Edinburgh +6 1 - -
South Coast +2 1 - -
Cheshire -2 1 £475 -
Glasgow -14 1 - -
Perth and Kinross - 1 - -
Watford - 1 £375 -
Warrington - 1 £475 -
Southampton - 1 £425 -

Microsoft Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 with Microsoft Consultant in their job title.

1 102 (80.95%) Microsoft
2 51 (40.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 49 (38.89%) CRM
4 40 (31.75%) MS Excel
5 37 (29.37%) SQL Server
6 27 (21.43%) Windows
7 26 (20.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 24 (19.05%) SharePoint
9 21 (16.67%) .NET
10 20 (15.87%) Active Directory
10 20 (15.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (15.08%) MS Exchange
12 18 (14.29%) Finance
13 17 (13.49%) Migration
13 17 (13.49%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (13.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (13.49%) Dynamics AX
14 16 (12.70%) C#
15 15 (11.90%) SQL
16 14 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 14 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
17 13 (10.32%) Exchange Server 2010
18 11 (8.730%) Data Warehouse
19 10 (7.937%) OLAP
19 10 (7.937%) Lync
19 10 (7.937%) SCCM
19 10 (7.937%) SCOM
19 10 (7.937%) SQL Server 2005
20 9 (7.143%) .NET Framework
20 9 (7.143%) Silverlight

Microsoft Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 with Microsoft Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (16.67%) .NET
2 9 (7.143%) .NET Framework
2 9 (7.143%) Silverlight
2 9 (7.143%) Web Services
3 8 (6.349%) XML
3 8 (6.349%) WCF
4 7 (5.556%) HTML
5 5 (3.968%) ASP.NET
5 5 (3.968%) Middleware
6 4 (3.175%) jQuery
7 3 (2.381%) CSS
8 2 (1.587%) XSD
8 2 (1.587%) XSL
8 2 (1.587%) COM
8 2 (1.587%) WPF
9 1 (0.794%) REST
9 1 (0.794%) Ajax
9 1 (0.794%) JSON
9 1 (0.794%) Application Packaging
9 1 (0.794%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 24 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 19 (15.08%) MS Exchange
3 13 (10.32%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (7.937%) Lync
5 9 (7.143%) IIS
6 7 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (3.968%) Windows Azure
7 5 (3.968%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (3.175%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (3.175%) WorkSite
8 4 (3.175%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (1.587%) Lotus Notes
9 2 (1.587%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (1.587%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.794%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.794%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.794%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 40 (31.75%) MS Excel
2 6 (4.762%) MS Office
3 3 (2.381%) MS Project
4 2 (1.587%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 51 (40.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (13.49%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (4.762%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (1.587%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.175%) TCP/IP
1 4 (3.175%) DNS
2 2 (1.587%) SMTP
3 1 (0.794%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.794%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.794%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.794%) PBX
3 1 (0.794%) POP3
3 1 (0.794%) VPN
3 1 (0.794%) SSL
3 1 (0.794%) SAN
3 1 (0.794%) LDAP
3 1 (0.794%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (29.37%) SQL Server
2 26 (20.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 20 (15.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 14 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
5 11 (8.730%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (7.937%) OLAP
6 10 (7.937%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (2.381%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.794%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.794%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.794%) QlikView
8 1 (0.794%) MS Access
8 1 (0.794%) OLTP
8 1 (0.794%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.794%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.794%) ProClarity
Development Applications
1 9 (7.143%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.587%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (14.29%) Finance
2 7 (5.556%) Banking
3 5 (3.968%) Law
4 4 (3.175%) Advertising
4 4 (3.175%) Legal
5 3 (2.381%) Marketing
5 3 (2.381%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.587%) Retail
6 2 (1.587%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.587%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.794%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.762%) Blackberry
2 1 (0.794%) iPad
2 1 (0.794%) EqualLogic
2 1 (0.794%) SaaS
2 1 (0.794%) PKI
2 1 (0.794%) Computer Science
2 1 (0.794%) Market Risk
2 1 (0.794%) Smartcard
2 1 (0.794%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.794%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 27 (21.43%) Windows
2 6 (4.762%) Windows XP
2 6 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (4.762%) Windows 7
3 4 (3.175%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (3.175%) Windows 8
4 1 (0.794%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.794%) Windows Phone
4 1 (0.794%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (0.794%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.794%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.794%) Android
4 1 (0.794%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (38.89%) CRM
2 17 (13.49%) Migration
2 17 (13.49%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (5.556%) Workflow
4 6 (4.762%) Project Management
4 6 (4.762%) ITIL
4 6 (4.762%) Data Migration
4 6 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (3.968%) EAI
6 4 (3.175%) Document Management
6 4 (3.175%) Change Control
7 3 (2.381%) System Testing
7 3 (2.381%) TOGAF
7 3 (2.381%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (1.587%) Software Engineering
8 2 (1.587%) Service Management
8 2 (1.587%) Data Modelling
8 2 (1.587%) ETL
8 2 (1.587%) ERP
8 2 (1.587%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.70%) C#
2 15 (11.90%) SQL
3 5 (3.968%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.175%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.381%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.381%) VB
6 2 (1.587%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (13.49%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (7.143%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.349%) MCP
3 8 (6.349%) MCITP
4 7 (5.556%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.762%) MCSE
6 3 (2.381%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.587%) MCSA
7 2 (1.587%) CCA
7 2 (1.587%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (1.587%) CCEA
7 2 (1.587%) Degree
7 2 (1.587%) CCIA
8 1 (0.794%) MCTS
8 1 (0.794%) MCDBA
8 1 (0.794%) MCSD
8 1 (0.794%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.587%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (15.87%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.968%) XenApp
2 5 (3.968%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.381%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.381%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (2.381%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 2 (1.587%) XenServer
5 1 (0.794%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (0.794%) UAG
5 1 (0.794%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.794%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 10 (7.937%) SCCM
1 10 (7.937%) SCOM
2 3 (2.381%) Opalis
3 2 (1.587%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (0.794%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.794%) WSUS
4 1 (0.794%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.794%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 102 (80.95%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.762%) NetApp
3 5 (3.968%) Citrix
3 5 (3.968%) VMware
4 4 (3.175%) Oracle
4 4 (3.175%) Cisco
5 3 (2.381%) HP
5 3 (2.381%) Dell
5 3 (2.381%) EMC
5 3 (2.381%) SAP
5 3 (2.381%) Hitachi
5 3 (2.381%) Symantec
6 2 (1.587%) Sage
6 2 (1.587%) Lotus
6 2 (1.587%) CA
6 2 (1.587%) Mitel
7 1 (0.794%) RightFax
7 1 (0.794%) F5
7 1 (0.794%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.794%) Polycom
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