Microsoft Certification Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 22 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 Qualifications for the West Midlands 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 59 52 71
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +19
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 40 61 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.385% 2.670% 1.515%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.15% 18.94% 9.689%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 25 11
Average daily rate £286 £301 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.74% +9.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £127 £277 £88
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £330 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £265
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 3
Average hourly rate £12.50 £14.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.79% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £12.60 £11.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.40 £17.50 £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -11.42%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 264 322 289
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.74% 14.09% 15.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 149 126
Average daily rate £325 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £426 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 27
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.15 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.75 £36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Warwickshire +3 17 £255 -7.27%
Worcestershire -6 6 £475 +93.67%
Coventry -3 4 £108 -
Shropshire +6 2 £300 -
Birmingham -8 2 £250 -20.06%
Walsall - 1 £350 -
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
Herefordshire - 1 £135 -
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 62 (93.94%) Microsoft
2 47 (71.21%) Windows
3 26 (39.39%) Windows Server 2008
4 25 (37.88%) MCSE
5 24 (36.36%) VMware
6 23 (34.85%) Windows XP
7 22 (33.33%) Windows 7
8 21 (31.82%) Active Directory
9 20 (30.30%) Windows Server 2003
10 19 (28.79%) MS Exchange
11 17 (25.76%) MS Office
11 17 (25.76%) DNS
12 15 (22.73%) MS Excel
13 14 (21.21%) DHCP
14 13 (19.70%) Exchange Server 2010
15 12 (18.18%) MCITP
15 12 (18.18%) Cisco
15 12 (18.18%) SharePoint
15 12 (18.18%) ITIL
16 11 (16.67%) SQL
16 11 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
17 10 (15.15%) .NET
17 10 (15.15%) LAN
17 10 (15.15%) TCP/IP
18 9 (13.64%) Citrix
18 9 (13.64%) MCP
18 9 (13.64%) SCCM
19 8 (12.12%) SQL Server
19 8 (12.12%) HP
20 7 (10.61%) C#

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 Development
1 10 (15.15%) .NET
2 6 (9.091%) XML
3 4 (6.061%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.030%) Ajax
4 2 (3.030%) MDX
4 2 (3.030%) LINQ
5 1 (1.515%) HTML
5 1 (1.515%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.515%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 19 (28.79%) MS Exchange
2 13 (19.70%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (18.18%) SharePoint
4 5 (7.576%) IIS
5 4 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (6.061%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (4.545%) Lotus Notes
6 3 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (3.030%) Lync
8 1 (1.515%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (1.515%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 17 (25.76%) MS Office
2 15 (22.73%) MS Excel
3 4 (6.061%) Office 365
4 1 (1.515%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 5 (7.576%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.515%) CODA-Financials
2 1 (1.515%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 17 (25.76%) DNS
2 14 (21.21%) DHCP
3 10 (15.15%) LAN
3 10 (15.15%) TCP/IP
4 7 (10.61%) WAN
5 5 (7.576%) Firewall
6 4 (6.061%) SAN
7 3 (4.545%) IP Telephony
7 3 (4.545%) VPN
7 3 (4.545%) MPLS
8 2 (3.030%) Network Security
8 2 (3.030%) Internet
9 1 (1.515%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.061%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (4.545%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 3 (4.545%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.545%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (4.545%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (3.030%) RDBMS
4 2 (3.030%) GIS
5 1 (1.515%) UniData
5 1 (1.515%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.515%) OLAP
5 1 (1.515%) JasperReports
Development Applications
1 5 (7.576%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (3.030%) Back Office
1 2 (3.030%) Finance
2 1 (1.515%) Automotive
2 1 (1.515%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (12.12%) Server Engineer
1 8 (12.12%) Server Support
2 7 (10.61%) Analyst
2 7 (10.61%) Support Engineer
2 7 (10.61%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (10.61%) Wintel Engineer
3 5 (7.576%) Desktop Support
3 5 (7.576%) Developer
3 5 (7.576%) Programmer
4 4 (6.061%) Support Analyst
4 4 (6.061%) Consultant
5 3 (4.545%) Network Engineer
5 3 (4.545%) Support Specialist
5 3 (4.545%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (4.545%) Server Support Specialist
5 3 (4.545%) Network Support
5 3 (4.545%) Server Support Engineer
5 3 (4.545%) Network Support Engineer
5 3 (4.545%) Wintel Support
5 3 (4.545%) Helpdesk Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.545%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.030%) Computer Science
2 2 (3.030%) iPad
2 2 (3.030%) NHS
3 1 (1.515%) Replication
3 1 (1.515%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.515%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 47 (71.21%) Windows
2 26 (39.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (34.85%) Windows XP
4 22 (33.33%) Windows 7
5 20 (30.30%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (9.091%) Windows 2000
7 5 (7.576%) VMS
7 5 (7.576%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.515%) Windows NT
8 1 (1.515%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (18.18%) ITIL
2 6 (9.091%) CRM
3 3 (4.545%) Project Management
3 3 (4.545%) Service Management
3 3 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (3.030%) PRINCE
4 2 (3.030%) Network Architecture
4 2 (3.030%) PRINCE2
4 2 (3.030%) Service Delivery
4 2 (3.030%) ITSM
5 1 (1.515%) Migration
5 1 (1.515%) Workflow
5 1 (1.515%) Security Management
5 1 (1.515%) Programme Management
5 1 (1.515%) Asset Management
5 1 (1.515%) Logistics
5 1 (1.515%) TOGAF
5 1 (1.515%) Six Sigma
5 1 (1.515%) ITIL V3
5 1 (1.515%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.67%) SQL
2 7 (10.61%) C#
3 5 (7.576%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.030%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (37.88%) MCSE
2 12 (18.18%) MCITP
3 9 (13.64%) MCP
4 6 (9.091%) MCSD
5 5 (7.576%) MCAD
5 5 (7.576%) Degree
6 2 (3.030%) MCSA
7 1 (1.515%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.515%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.515%) Microsoft Certified Master
7 1 (1.515%) Microsoft Certified Architect
7 1 (1.515%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.515%) MCDST
7 1 (1.515%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.515%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (1.515%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 11 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (9.091%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.061%) VMware Server
4 4 (6.061%) vSphere
5 1 (1.515%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.515%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.515%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.515%) DFS Replication
5 1 (1.515%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 9 (13.64%) SCCM
2 7 (10.61%) SCOM
3 6 (9.091%) Backup Exec
4 5 (7.576%) MOM
4 5 (7.576%) WSUS
5 2 (3.030%) SCVMM
5 2 (3.030%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (3.030%) DameWare
6 1 (1.515%) NetBackup
6 1 (1.515%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 62 (93.94%) Microsoft
2 24 (36.36%) VMware
3 12 (18.18%) Cisco
4 9 (13.64%) Citrix
5 8 (12.12%) HP
6 6 (9.091%) Symantec
7 4 (6.061%) Panasonic
7 4 (6.061%) EMC
8 3 (4.545%) Lotus
9 2 (3.030%) DevExpress
10 1 (1.515%) Websense
10 1 (1.515%) Altiris
10 1 (1.515%) IBM
10 1 (1.515%) CODA
10 1 (1.515%) Sage
10 1 (1.515%) Adobe
10 1 (1.515%) Avaya
10 1 (1.515%) Sophos
10 1 (1.515%) Remedy
10 1 (1.515%) McAfee
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