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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts within the West Sussex region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4036
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads514
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.014 %
As % of the category below7.143 %13.46 %
Daily rates quoted23
Average minimum daily rate£280£265
Average daily rate£300£282
% change on same period last year+6.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£298
UK excluding London average daily rate£266£275
% change on same period last year-3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted24
Average minimum hourly rate£21.50£23.25
Average hourly rate£23.00£23.88
% change on same period last year-3.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.50£24.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.07£23.18
% change on same period last year-0.50 %
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
West Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads70104
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.093 %0.105 %
Daily rates quoted2947
Average minimum daily rate£339£366
Average daily rate£356£382
% change on same period last year-6.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£338
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted79
Average minimum hourly rate£24.82£24.05
Average hourly rate£26.59£25.34
% change on same period last year+4.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.36£26.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.98£25.56
% change on same period last year-2.29 %
Microsoft Certification South EastMicrosoft Certification
South East

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 Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Sussex Microsoft Certification Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the West Sussex region 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.

LocationRank 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
CrawleyUp+12£175-
ChichesterNew entry-1--
WorthingUp+81£425-
Microsoft Certification South EastMicrosoft Certification
South East

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

110 (83.33 %)Microsoft
26 (50.00 %)Windows
35 (41.67 %)SQL
35 (41.67 %)Active Directory
35 (41.67 %)MS Exchange
43 (25.00 %)MCP
43 (25.00 %)C#
43 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
43 (25.00 %)MCSE
43 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
43 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (16.67 %)Operations Management
52 (16.67 %)Cisco
52 (16.67 %)WMI
52 (16.67 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (16.67 %)MS Office
52 (16.67 %)ITIL
52 (16.67 %)VBA
52 (16.67 %).NET
52 (16.67 %)Windows XP
52 (16.67 %)DHCP
52 (16.67 %)DNS
52 (16.67 %)Compaq
52 (16.67 %)Dell
52 (16.67 %)EMC
52 (16.67 %)Citrix
52 (16.67 %)MetaFrame
52 (16.67 %)NetBackup
52 (16.67 %)VMware
52 (16.67 %)VMware Workstation

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (16.67 %).NET
12 (16.67 %)WMI
21 (8.333 %).NET Framework
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (41.67 %)MS Exchange
23 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
23 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (8.333 %)BizTalk Server
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (16.67 %)MS Office
21 (8.333 %)MS Excel
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (16.67 %)DHCP
12 (16.67 %)DNS
12 (16.67 %)SAN
21 (8.333 %)Wireless
21 (8.333 %)TCP/IP
21 (8.333 %)VPN
21 (8.333 %)VoIP
21 (8.333 %)WAN
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server
11 (8.333 %)MS Access
11 (8.333 %)DTS
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (16.67 %)MSI
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Finance
11 (8.333 %)Education
11 (8.333 %)Manufacturing
11 (8.333 %)Banking
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (41.67 %)Analyst
22 (16.67 %)Server Engineer
22 (16.67 %)Support Analyst
22 (16.67 %)Helpdesk Analyst
22 (16.67 %)Citrix Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Senior DBA
31 (8.333 %)Systems Programmer
31 (8.333 %)Support Engineer
31 (8.333 %)3rd Line Support
31 (8.333 %)Service Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Administrator
31 (8.333 %)C# Developer
31 (8.333 %)Service Desk Analyst
31 (8.333 %)IT Support Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Technical Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Applications Architect
31 (8.333 %)Architect
31 (8.333 %)Developer
31 (8.333 %)Systems Analyst
31 (8.333 %)DBA
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Clustering
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (50.00 %)Windows
23 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
32 (16.67 %)Windows XP
41 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (8.333 %)Windows NT
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (16.67 %)ITIL
12 (16.67 %)Operations Management
21 (8.333 %)SC Cleared
21 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
21 (8.333 %)OO
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (41.67 %)SQL
23 (25.00 %)C#
32 (16.67 %)VBA
41 (8.333 %)C++
41 (8.333 %)Transact-SQL
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (25.00 %)MCP
13 (25.00 %)MCSE
21 (8.333 %)MCSA
21 (8.333 %)MCDBA
21 (8.333 %)ITIL Certification
21 (8.333 %)Degree
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (8.333 %)SLA
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (41.67 %)Active Directory
22 (16.67 %)MetaFrame
22 (16.67 %)VMware Workstation
22 (16.67 %)NetBackup
22 (16.67 %)VMware Infrastructure
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (16.67 %)MOM
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (83.33 %)Microsoft
22 (16.67 %)Compaq
22 (16.67 %)Dell
22 (16.67 %)EMC
22 (16.67 %)Citrix
22 (16.67 %)VERITAS
22 (16.67 %)VMware
22 (16.67 %)Cisco
31 (8.333 %)Oracle
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