Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft 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 Vendors currently tracked.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank1512
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads26916460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK7.834 %8.391 %
As % of the Vendors category17.21 %19.35 %
Daily rates quoted9801782
Average daily rate£315£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£150£175
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£488£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£315
% change on same period last year-4.760 %
Hourly rates quoted4211200
Average hourly rate£16.50£16.50
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.55£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.60£15.75
% change on same period last year-0.950 %
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsAll Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1563233392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK45.51 %43.37 %
Daily rates quoted55539648
Average daily rate£375£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£235
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350
% change on same period last year-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted11362908
Average hourly rate£22.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.29£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£20.00
% change on same period last year+12.50 %

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

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

Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

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

Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
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 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
EnglandDown-42468£320-8.57 %
LondonDown-4982£338-10.00 %
South EastDown-4547£315-6.59 %
City of LondonDown-5301£375-
East of EnglandUp+1196£225-29.46 %
North WestUp+6191£225-18.18 %
South WestUp+3191£310-7.60 %
BerkshireDown-5143£318-6.12 %
West MidlandsDown-1110£251-3.65 %
YorkshireUp+2109£330+20.00 %
ScotlandDown-3107£199-24.35 %
HampshireDown-4105£345-4.82 %
SurreyUp+187£270-10.00 %
ManchesterUp+786£173-37.27 %
BuckinghamshireUp+184£320-1.53 %
East MidlandsUp+378£280-11.81 %
West YorkshireUp+178£340+27.10 %
ReadingDown-575£313-10.71 %
EssexUp+267£118-41.25 %
BristolUp+366£330-2.22 %
CambridgeshireUp+166£400-5.88 %
LeedsUp+460£340+30.76 %
Milton KeynesUp+357£367+18.38 %
GlasgowUp+647£198-28.18 %
WalesDown-145£275-21.42 %
HertfordshireDown-740£168-61.93 %
North EastUp+139£290-20.00 %
South WalesDown-439£283-19.14 %
GloucestershireUp+334£375+19.04 %
CheshireUp+731£263-19.23 %

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

12161 (35.99 %)Windows
21728 (28.78 %)MS Excel
31387 (23.10 %)MS Office
41176 (19.59 %)Active Directory
51156 (19.25 %)SQL Server
61134 (18.89 %).NET
71051 (17.50 %)SQL
8962 (16.02 %)Windows Server 2003
9800 (13.32 %)SharePoint
10785 (13.07 %)Finance
11764 (12.72 %)Security Cleared
12744 (12.39 %)C#
13690 (11.49 %)MS Exchange
14657 (10.94 %)Microsoft Certification
15618 (10.29 %)Windows XP
16499 (8.311 %)SQL Server 2005
17493 (8.211 %)SC Cleared
18492 (8.195 %)ASP.NET
19485 (8.078 %)Oracle
20454 (7.562 %)ITIL
21440 (7.328 %)Banking
22436 (7.262 %)Government
23422 (7.029 %)VMware
24415 (6.912 %)Citrix
25392 (6.529 %)SharePoint Server 2007
26358 (5.963 %)Windows 2000
27357 (5.946 %)Project Management
28351 (5.846 %)MCSE
29339 (5.646 %)HP
30338 (5.630 %)Exchange Server 2003

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11134 (18.89 %).NET
2492 (8.195 %)ASP.NET
3331 (5.513 %)XML
4279 (4.647 %)HTML
5217 (3.614 %)WebServices
6209 (3.481 %).NET Framework
7169 (2.815 %)CSS
8113 (1.882 %)AJAX
9105 (1.749 %)WCF
1094 (1.566 %)WinForms
1193 (1.549 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1288 (1.466 %)ASP
1363 (1.049 %)XHTML
1363 (1.049 %)Silverlight
1461 (1.016 %)COM
1559 (0.983 %)J2EE
1655 (0.916 %)XSLT
1751 (0.849 %)WebSphere
1848 (0.799 %)SOAP
1947 (0.783 %)WPF
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1800 (13.32 %)SharePoint
2690 (11.49 %)MS Exchange
3392 (6.529 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4338 (5.630 %)Exchange Server 2003
5278 (4.630 %)IIS
6220 (3.664 %)Exchange Server 2007
7203 (3.381 %)BizTalk Server
8110 (1.832 %)Lotus Notes
988 (1.466 %)CMS
1061 (1.016 %)Exchange Server 2000
1152 (0.866 %)Lotus Domino
1251 (0.849 %)Apache
1344 (0.733 %)Office Project Server
1442 (0.700 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1541 (0.683 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1640 (0.666 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1735 (0.583 %)Office Communications Server
1830 (0.500 %)SAS
1929 (0.483 %)Site Server
2027 (0.450 %)GroupWise
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11728 (28.78 %)MS Excel
21387 (23.10 %)MS Office
3332 (5.530 %)MS Project
4223 (3.714 %)MS PowerPoint
5205 (3.414 %)MS Visio
672 (1.199 %)Spreadsheet
749 (0.816 %)Photoshop
839 (0.650 %)InfoPath
918 (0.300 %)Acrobat
1014 (0.233 %)CA Clarity
1110 (0.167 %)MATLAB
129 (0.150 %)Adobe Illustrator
129 (0.150 %)SPSS
137 (0.117 %)Fireworks
143 (0.050 %)FreeHand
143 (0.050 %)Paint Shop Pro
152 (0.033 %)Authorware
152 (0.033 %)AutoCAD
152 (0.033 %)QuarkXPress
152 (0.033 %)ImageReady
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1188 (3.131 %)Dynamics CRM
2142 (2.365 %)Dynamics AX
3103 (1.716 %)Axapta
496 (1.599 %)Microsoft CRM
527 (0.450 %)SoftGrid
620 (0.333 %)Dynamics NAV
719 (0.316 %)assyst
816 (0.266 %)Navision
912 (0.200 %)GoldMine
1011 (0.183 %)Singl.eView
1011 (0.183 %)Oracle Applications
119 (0.150 %)Oracle Financials
128 (0.133 %)WebTrends
128 (0.133 %)Global One
137 (0.117 %)Oracle EBS
137 (0.117 %)SAP FI
137 (0.117 %)Great Plains
146 (0.100 %)BusinessWorks
146 (0.100 %)BPCS
146 (0.100 %)SAP FI/CO
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1289 (4.813 %)Internet
2277 (4.614 %)TCP/IP
3256 (4.264 %)DNS
4252 (4.197 %)SAN
5232 (3.864 %)LAN
6214 (3.564 %)WAN
7213 (3.548 %)Firewall
8165 (2.748 %)DHCP
9145 (2.415 %)Intranet
10111 (1.849 %)VPN
1159 (0.983 %)NAS
1258 (0.966 %)SMTP
1346 (0.766 %)LDAP
1441 (0.683 %)Network Security
1539 (0.650 %)VoIP
1634 (0.566 %)HTTP
1634 (0.566 %)SSL
1634 (0.566 %)Wireless
1729 (0.483 %)Ethernet
1729 (0.483 %)FTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11156 (19.25 %)SQL Server
2499 (8.311 %)SQL Server 2005
3264 (4.397 %)SQL Server 2000
4197 (3.281 %)MS Access
5183 (3.048 %)Datawarehouse
6159 (2.648 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
7129 (2.149 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8106 (1.765 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
997 (1.616 %)SQL Server 2008
1090 (1.499 %)ETL
1188 (1.466 %)BusinessObjects
1281 (1.349 %)Crystal Reports
1368 (1.133 %)Oracle 10g
1464 (1.066 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1561 (1.016 %)OLAP
1660 (0.999 %)DTS
1752 (0.866 %)RDBMS
1845 (0.750 %)Oracle Reports
1941 (0.683 %)EDRMS
2039 (0.650 %)GIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1200 (3.331 %)Visual Studio
254 (0.899 %)Team Foundation Server
353 (0.883 %)ClearCase
452 (0.866 %)VSS/SourceSafe
539 (0.650 %)ClearQuest
637 (0.616 %)MorphX
729 (0.483 %)MSI
729 (0.483 %)LoadRunner
827 (0.450 %)RequisitePro
926 (0.433 %)Eclipse
1021 (0.350 %)Dreamweaver
1118 (0.300 %)TestDirector
1118 (0.300 %)FrontPage
1118 (0.300 %)Visual Studio Team System
1217 (0.283 %)NUnit
1316 (0.266 %)StarTeam
1413 (0.217 %)Subversion
1413 (0.217 %)Oracle Forms
1511 (0.183 %)QuickTest Pro
1511 (0.183 %)InstallShield
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1785 (13.07 %)Finance
2440 (7.328 %)Banking
3436 (7.262 %)Government
4251 (4.181 %)Investment Banking
5160 (2.665 %)Telecoms
6155 (2.582 %)Health
7123 (2.049 %)Education
8109 (1.815 %)Insurance
9100 (1.666 %)Retail
1086 (1.432 %)Marketing
1181 (1.349 %)Front Office
1270 (1.166 %)Back Office
1369 (1.149 %)Local Government
1461 (1.016 %)Financial Institution
1559 (0.983 %)Manufacturing
1654 (0.899 %)Legal
1751 (0.849 %)Publishing
1836 (0.600 %)Pensions
1836 (0.600 %)Military
1934 (0.566 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11123 (18.70 %)Analyst
21091 (18.17 %)Developer
3512 (8.528 %)Consultant
4360 (5.996 %)Support Analyst
5319 (5.313 %)Administrator
6310 (5.163 %)Architect
7304 (5.063 %).NET Developer
8279 (4.647 %)Support Engineer
9243 (4.047 %)C# Developer
10218 (3.631 %)Desktop Support
11203 (3.381 %)Project Manager
12162 (2.698 %)Business Analyst
13149 (2.482 %)2nd Line Support
14130 (2.165 %)Helpdesk Analyst
15125 (2.082 %)DBA
16122 (2.032 %)1st Line Support
17118 (1.965 %)SharePoint Developer
18115 (1.915 %)Desktop Engineer
19114 (1.899 %)Programmer
20101 (1.682 %)3rd Line Support
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1253 (4.214 %)NHS
2168 (2.798 %)Clustering
3136 (2.265 %)Blackberry
482 (1.366 %)Management Information System
574 (1.233 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
665 (1.083 %)Derivative
757 (0.949 %)Client/Server
852 (0.866 %)Replication
945 (0.750 %)N-Tier
1043 (0.716 %)PDA
1141 (0.683 %)Thin Client
1141 (0.683 %)Fat Client
1238 (0.633 %)French Language
1336 (0.600 %)Computer Science
1429 (0.483 %)Taxonomies
1429 (0.483 %)Fixed Income
1527 (0.450 %)PKI
1527 (0.450 %)Equities
1626 (0.433 %)Credit Risk
1722 (0.366 %)German Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12161 (35.99 %)Windows
2962 (16.02 %)Windows Server 2003
3618 (10.29 %)Windows XP
4358 (5.963 %)Windows 2000
5331 (5.513 %)UNIX
6229 (3.814 %)Windows Vista
7201 (3.348 %)Linux
8189 (3.148 %)Windows Server 2008
9170 (2.831 %)Windows 2000 Server
10124 (2.065 %)Solaris
1172 (1.199 %)Windows NT
1247 (0.783 %)NetWare
1329 (0.483 %)AIX
1422 (0.366 %)HPUX
1422 (0.366 %)Mac OS X
1422 (0.366 %)Red Hat Linux
1512 (0.200 %)Windows Mobile
168 (0.133 %)VMS
168 (0.133 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
174 (0.067 %)VxWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1454 (7.562 %)ITIL
2357 (5.946 %)Project Management
3336 (5.596 %)Migration
4306 (5.097 %)CRM
5273 (4.547 %)PRINCE2
6189 (3.148 %)Business Intelligence
7139 (2.315 %)OO
8135 (2.249 %)Change Management
9127 (2.115 %)Content Management
10115 (1.915 %)Configuration Management
11107 (1.782 %)E-Commerce
11107 (1.782 %)ERP
12104 (1.732 %)Workflow
13101 (1.682 %)Web Development
1496 (1.599 %)Business Analysis
1496 (1.599 %)Service Management
1595 (1.582 %)UML
1595 (1.582 %)Agile Software Development
1683 (1.382 %)Service Delivery
1775 (1.249 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11051 (17.50 %)SQL
2744 (12.39 %)C#
3269 (4.480 %)VB
4217 (3.614 %)JavaScript
5214 (3.564 %)Java
6176 (2.931 %)VBA
7158 (2.632 %)VB.NET
8157 (2.615 %)C
9151 (2.515 %)T-SQL
10142 (2.365 %)C++
1187 (1.449 %)X++
1284 (1.399 %)VBScript
1383 (1.382 %)Perl
1469 (1.149 %)PL/SQL
1469 (1.149 %)VB6
1545 (0.750 %)Shell Script
1644 (0.733 %)VC++
1734 (0.566 %)PHP
1827 (0.450 %)PowerShell
1916 (0.266 %)RPG
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1764 (12.72 %)Security Cleared
2657 (10.94 %)Microsoft Certification
3493 (8.211 %)SC Cleared
4351 (5.846 %)MCSE
5200 (3.331 %)Degree
6166 (2.765 %)MCP
7110 (1.832 %)DV Cleared
8107 (1.782 %)Cisco Certification
979 (1.316 %)CCNA
1076 (1.266 %)MCSA
1150 (0.833 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1243 (0.716 %)ISEB
1340 (0.666 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1438 (0.633 %)MCTS
1534 (0.566 %)MCDST
1534 (0.566 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1632 (0.533 %)ITIL Certification
1729 (0.483 %)Novell Certification
1827 (0.450 %)Citrix Certification
1925 (0.416 %)CCNP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1138 (2.298 %)SLA
283 (1.382 %)QA
311 (0.183 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
47 (0.117 %)JSP 440
56 (0.100 %)PCI DSS
56 (0.100 %)ISO27001
56 (0.100 %)ISO9001
65 (0.083 %)COBIT
65 (0.083 %)BS15000
74 (0.067 %)Basel II
82 (0.033 %)BS7799
82 (0.033 %)ISO9000
82 (0.033 %)WAI
82 (0.033 %)HL7
91 (0.017 %)ISO17799
91 (0.017 %)TickIT
91 (0.017 %)ISO12207
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11176 (19.59 %)Active Directory
2224 (3.731 %)VMware Infrastructure
3153 (2.548 %)VMware ESX
476 (1.266 %)ISA Server
557 (0.949 %)Citrix Presentation Server
648 (0.799 %)NetBackup
736 (0.600 %)Backup Exec
736 (0.600 %)Terminal Server
834 (0.566 %)Terminal Services
932 (0.533 %)XenApp
1031 (0.516 %)Hyper-V
1127 (0.450 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1223 (0.383 %)MetaFrame
1319 (0.316 %)Oracle RAC
1416 (0.266 %)NFS
1512 (0.200 %)NDS
169 (0.150 %)Oracle RMAN
178 (0.133 %)VMware Server
187 (0.117 %)Novell eDirectory
187 (0.117 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1203 (3.381 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2102 (1.699 %)SCCM
377 (1.282 %)MOM
460 (0.999 %)SCOM
545 (0.750 %)OpenView Configuration Management
639 (0.650 %)OpenView
730 (0.500 %)WSUS
828 (0.466 %)ZENworks
925 (0.416 %)Norton AntiVirus
1017 (0.283 %)Tivoli
1115 (0.250 %)ARCserve
1214 (0.233 %)Legato
1214 (0.233 %)MIIS
138 (0.133 %)MIMEsweeper
147 (0.117 %)OVOW
147 (0.117 %)EMC NetWorker
147 (0.117 %)Data Guard
156 (0.100 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
165 (0.083 %)TIBCO Hawk
165 (0.083 %)ServiceCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1485 (8.078 %)Oracle
2422 (7.029 %)VMware
3415 (6.912 %)Citrix
4339 (5.646 %)HP
5282 (4.697 %)Cisco
6139 (2.315 %)Lotus
7115 (1.915 %)SAP
8103 (1.716 %)IBM
999 (1.649 %)Dell
1088 (1.466 %)Business Objects
1181 (1.349 %)Sun
1278 (1.299 %)Sybase
1377 (1.282 %)Novell
1468 (1.133 %)Remedy
1567 (1.116 %)Altiris
1662 (1.033 %)Symantec
1759 (0.983 %)EMC
1855 (0.916 %)McAfee Security
1954 (0.899 %)CheckPoint
2051 (0.849 %)Adobe