The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the Wakefield 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 3 1 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 7 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 30.43% 44.44% -
As % of the Vendors category 70.00% 88.89% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £375 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Wakefield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
10 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 43.48% 50.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Average daily rate £375 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
Average hourly rate £14.25 £15.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.06% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
West Yorkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the Wakefield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Wakefield Microsoft Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region 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.

1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) MS Office
3 6 (46.15%) Windows XP
3 6 (46.15%) Windows 7
4 5 (38.46%) SCCM
4 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
5 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (30.77%) Performance Management
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
6 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (23.08%) Windows Vista
6 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (23.08%) Internet
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
6 3 (23.08%) LAN
6 3 (23.08%) WAN
6 3 (23.08%) MCSE
6 3 (23.08%) MCSA
6 3 (23.08%) Windows 2000
6 3 (23.08%) MCP
6 3 (23.08%) HNC
6 3 (23.08%) UNIX
7 2 (15.38%) VB
8 1 (7.692%) Information Management
8 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (7.692%) Use Case
8 1 (7.692%) Silverlight

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region 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.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) HTML
1 1 (7.692%) .NET
1 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
1 1 (7.692%) CSS
1 1 (7.692%) SOAP
1 1 (7.692%) XML
1 1 (7.692%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
1 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 7 (53.85%) MS Office
2 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.692%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) LAN
1 3 (23.08%) WAN
1 3 (23.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
1 1 (7.692%) ClearCase
General
1 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Support
2 3 (23.08%) Service Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Support Officer
3 2 (15.38%) Rollout Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) MI Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Information Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows XP
2 6 (46.15%) Windows 7
3 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (23.08%) Windows Vista
4 3 (23.08%) Windows 2000
4 3 (23.08%) UNIX
5 1 (7.692%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Performance Management
2 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.692%) Migration
3 1 (7.692%) Information Management
3 1 (7.692%) Use Case
3 1 (7.692%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (7.692%) Web Application Development
3 1 (7.692%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) VB
2 1 (7.692%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.692%) C#
2 1 (7.692%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) MCP
1 3 (23.08%) HNC
1 3 (23.08%) MCSE
1 3 (23.08%) MCSA
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (7.692%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) SCCM
2 1 (7.692%) SCOM
2 1 (7.692%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) Business Objects
1 1 (7.692%) Dell