The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Warwickshire 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 22 20 25
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 10 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 4.525% 3.540% 2.212%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.26% 33.33% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
Average daily rate £260 £275 £155
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.45% +77.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £260
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +10.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
Average hourly rate £12.75 £13.25 £20.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.77% -34.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.00 £16.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £16.30 £24.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £16.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -3.03%
All Qualifications
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
43 24 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 19.46% 10.62% 22.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 12
Average daily rate £325 £275 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -18.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £228 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 10
Average hourly rate £28.00 £15.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+80.64% -35.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
Microsoft Certification
West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire Microsoft Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Warwickshire Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Warwickshire Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warwickshire Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Warwick -3 3 - - 4
Stratford-upon-Avon - 1 £450 -
Leamington Spa - - - -
Nuneaton - - - -
Rugby - - - -
Southam - - - -
Microsoft Certification
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Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

1 19 (95.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (85.00%) Windows
3 14 (70.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 12 (60.00%) Windows XP
5 9 (45.00%) MS Exchange
6 8 (40.00%) MCSE
6 8 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (40.00%) Windows 7
6 8 (40.00%) VMware
7 7 (35.00%) MCITP
7 7 (35.00%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
7 7 (35.00%) HP
7 7 (35.00%) MS Office
7 7 (35.00%) DNS
8 6 (30.00%) Cisco
8 6 (30.00%) DHCP
8 6 (30.00%) Windows 2000
8 6 (30.00%) Backup Exec
9 5 (25.00%) VMS
10 4 (20.00%) MCP
10 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
10 4 (20.00%) EMC
10 4 (20.00%) Office 365
10 4 (20.00%) Panasonic
10 4 (20.00%) SCCM
11 3 (15.00%) VMware Server
11 3 (15.00%) VPN
12 2 (10.00%) LAN
12 2 (10.00%) MS Excel

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

Application Platforms
1 9 (45.00%) MS Exchange
2 7 (35.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (5.000%) IBM Notes
4 1 (5.000%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) MS Office
2 4 (20.00%) Office 365
3 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) DNS
2 6 (30.00%) DHCP
3 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (15.00%) VPN
5 2 (10.00%) LAN
5 2 (10.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (5.000%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Server Support
2 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Server Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Server Support Specialist
3 3 (15.00%) Helpdesk Technician
3 3 (15.00%) Server Specialist
3 3 (15.00%) Support Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Network Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Network Support
4 2 (10.00%) Server Support Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (5.000%) Software Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Management Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Desktop Support
5 1 (5.000%) Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 17 (85.00%) Windows
2 14 (70.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (60.00%) Windows XP
4 8 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (40.00%) Windows 7
5 6 (30.00%) Windows 2000
6 5 (25.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.000%) Asset Management
1 1 (5.000%) Project Management
1 1 (5.000%) Service Management
1 1 (5.000%) Security Management
1 1 (5.000%) Migration
1 1 (5.000%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) MCSE
2 7 (35.00%) MCITP
3 4 (20.00%) MCP
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.00%) VMware Server
3 1 (5.000%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Backup Exec
2 4 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (95.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (40.00%) VMware
3 7 (35.00%) HP
4 6 (30.00%) Cisco
5 4 (20.00%) EMC
5 4 (20.00%) Panasonic
6 1 (5.000%) Lotus
6 1 (5.000%) Symantec
6 1 (5.000%) Adobe
6 1 (5.000%) SAP
6 1 (5.000%) Oracle
6 1 (5.000%) IBM