Microsoft Enterprise Library Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Enterprise Library skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Enterprise Library over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Birmingham City of London East Midlands Edinburgh England Leeds London Scotland UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	542	627
Rank change on same period last year	+85
Matching contract IT job ads	43	28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.057 %	0.028 %
As % of the category below	0.246 %	0.122 %
Daily rates quoted	13	4
Average minimum daily rate	£318	£316
Average daily rate	£327	£338
% change on same period last year	-3.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£336	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£307	£290
% change on same period last year	+5.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	8
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£28.75
Average hourly rate	-	£31.25
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£33.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£31.25
% change on same period last year	-
Application Development UK
Matching contract IT job ads	17514	22973
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	23.34 %	23.24 %
Daily rates quoted	5868	6997
Average minimum daily rate	£352	£372
Average daily rate	£378	£398
% change on same period last year	-5.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£405	£424
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	967	1398
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.29	£30.90
Average hourly rate	£32.64	£33.41
% change on same period last year	-2.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.98	£35.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Demand Trend

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

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Daily Rate Trend

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

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Enterprise Library within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Top 12 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Enterprise Library within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
England	+80	29	£326	-3.61 %
Scotland	+37	14	£335	-
Edinburgh	-	13	£350	-
West Yorkshire	+13	13	-	-
Yorkshire	+24	13	-	-
Leeds	+3	11	-	-
London	+68	10	£334	-5.83 %
West Midlands	-	5	£250	-
Birmingham	-	2	-	-
Warwickshire	-	1	£250	-
City of London	-	1	£340	-
East Midlands	-	1	-	-

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Microsoft Enterprise Library 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 Enterprise Library.

1 82 (100.00 %) .NET 2 78 (95.12 %) C# 3 69 (84.15 %) ASP.NET 4 45 (54.88 %) JavaScript 5 40 (48.78 %) SQL Server 5 40 (48.78 %) WebServices 6 39 (47.56 %) Windows 7 38 (46.34 %) Visual Studio 7 38 (46.34 %) AJAX 8 35 (42.68 %) Microsoft 9 34 (41.46 %) XML 10 29 (35.37 %) HTML 11 28 (34.15 %) IIS 11 28 (34.15 %) WCF 12 26 (31.71 %) CSS

13 25 (30.49 %) SQL Server 2005 14 24 (29.27 %) Oracle 15 20 (24.39 %) WinForms 16 19 (23.17 %) SQL 16 19 (23.17 %) ASP 17 18 (21.95 %) XSLT 18 16 (19.51 %) Fixed Income 18 16 (19.51 %) Derivative 19 15 (18.29 %) Interest Rate Derivative 20 13 (15.85 %) OO 21 12 (14.63 %) J2EE 22 11 (13.41 %) XHTML 23 10 (12.20 %) .NET Framework 24 9 (10.98 %) Agile Software Development 24 9 (10.98 %) Visual Studio Team System

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Microsoft Enterprise Library 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 Enterprise Library. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 82 (100.00 %) .NET 2 69 (84.15 %) ASP.NET 3 40 (48.78 %) WebServices 4 38 (46.34 %) AJAX 5 34 (41.46 %) XML 6 29 (35.37 %) HTML 7 28 (34.15 %) WCF 8 26 (31.71 %) CSS 9 20 (24.39 %) WinForms 10 19 (23.17 %) ASP 11 18 (21.95 %) XSLT 12 12 (14.63 %) J2EE 13 11 (13.41 %) XHTML 14 10 (12.20 %) .NET Framework 15 7 (8.537 %) ASP.NET 2.0 16 3 (3.659 %) WF 16 3 (3.659 %) LINQ 16 3 (3.659 %) jQuery 16 3 (3.659 %) SOAP 17 2 (2.439 %) XSD	Application Platforms 1 28 (34.15 %) IIS 2 6 (7.317 %) SharePoint 3 4 (4.878 %) BizTalk Server 4 2 (2.439 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 7 (8.537 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (1.220 %) Summit
Communications & Networking 1 2 (2.439 %) Internet 2 1 (1.220 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 40 (48.78 %) SQL Server 2 25 (30.49 %) SQL Server 2005 3 8 (9.756 %) SQL Server 2000 3 8 (9.756 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 7 (8.537 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 3 (3.659 %) RDBMS 6 2 (2.439 %) MS Access 7 1 (1.220 %) ETL 7 1 (1.220 %) SQL Server 7 7 1 (1.220 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 38 (46.34 %) Visual Studio 2 9 (10.98 %) Visual Studio Team System 3 7 (8.537 %) NUnit 4 2 (2.439 %) CruiseControl 4 2 (2.439 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 2 (2.439 %) ClearCase	General 1 5 (6.098 %) Finance 2 3 (3.659 %) Banking 2 3 (3.659 %) Marketing 3 2 (2.439 %) Advertising 4 1 (1.220 %) Publishing 4 1 (1.220 %) Investment Banking 4 1 (1.220 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 72 (87.80 %) Developer 2 51 (62.20 %) .NET Developer 3 20 (24.39 %) ASP.NET Developer 4 19 (23.17 %) C# Developer 5 12 (14.63 %) Web Developer 6 10 (12.20 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 7 3 (3.659 %) .NET Consultant 7 3 (3.659 %) Senior .NET Developer 7 3 (3.659 %) Technical Lead 7 3 (3.659 %) Consultant 7 3 (3.659 %) Senior Developer 8 2 (2.439 %) Architect 8 2 (2.439 %) Oracle Developer 8 2 (2.439 %) .NET Web Developer 9 1 (1.220 %) .NET Designer 9 1 (1.220 %) .NET Architect 9 1 (1.220 %) Technical Solutions Architect 9 1 (1.220 %) Lead Technical Architect 9 1 (1.220 %) C# Web Developer 9 1 (1.220 %) WinForms Developer	Miscellaneous 1 16 (19.51 %) Derivative 1 16 (19.51 %) Fixed Income 2 15 (18.29 %) Interest Rate Derivative 3 5 (6.098 %) N-Tier 4 1 (1.220 %) iDTV 4 1 (1.220 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 4 1 (1.220 %) NHS 4 1 (1.220 %) Management Information System 4 1 (1.220 %) Wiki 4 1 (1.220 %) Blog 4 1 (1.220 %) Market Risk 4 1 (1.220 %) Equities
Operating Systems 1 39 (47.56 %) Windows 2 1 (1.220 %) Linux 2 1 (1.220 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (15.85 %) OO 2 9 (10.98 %) Agile Software Development 3 6 (7.317 %) TDD 3 6 (7.317 %) SOA 4 5 (6.098 %) UML 4 5 (6.098 %) OOP 5 4 (4.878 %) RUP 5 4 (4.878 %) Workflow 6 3 (3.659 %) Technical Architecture 6 3 (3.659 %) Unit Testing 7 2 (2.439 %) Investment Management 7 2 (2.439 %) Time Management 7 2 (2.439 %) Web Development 7 2 (2.439 %) BPEL 7 2 (2.439 %) Software Testing 7 2 (2.439 %) Regression Testing 7 2 (2.439 %) Configuration Management 8 1 (1.220 %) Project Management 8 1 (1.220 %) CMMI 8 1 (1.220 %) RAD
Programming Languages 1 78 (95.12 %) C# 2 45 (54.88 %) JavaScript 3 19 (23.17 %) SQL 4 5 (6.098 %) VB 4 5 (6.098 %) XPath 5 3 (3.659 %) VB6 5 3 (3.659 %) Transact-SQL 6 2 (2.439 %) PL/SQL 6 2 (2.439 %) Java 6 2 (2.439 %) VBA 7 1 (1.220 %) C 7 1 (1.220 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 2 (2.439 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (7.317 %) QA 2 1 (1.220 %) SLA	System Software 1 2 (2.439 %) MSMQ
Vendors 1 35 (42.68 %) Microsoft 2 24 (29.27 %) Oracle 3 3 (3.659 %) telerik 4 1 (1.220 %) Sybase 4 1 (1.220 %) IBM 4 1 (1.220 %) Murex 4 1 (1.220 %) ESRI