The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the West Sussex 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 4 6 6
Rank change year-on-year
+2 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 65 85 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 17.02% 13.54% 13.63%
As % of the Vendors category 31.10% 31.72% 30.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 35 35
Average daily rate £400 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.67% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 8
Average hourly rate £17.38 £13.21 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.56% -33.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £11.38 £10.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.43 £21.80 £21.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
All Vendors
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
209 268 203
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 54.71% 42.68% 44.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 133 87
Average daily rate £375 £370 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% -3.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £258 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £494 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 21
Average hourly rate £25.75 £14.90 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.81% -25.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.75 £13.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £29.55 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

West Sussex Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Crawley +4 27 £360 +22.55% 7
Gatwick +14 11 £585 +103.47%
Horsham +6 5 £445 - 1
Haywards Heath 0 1 - - 1
Pulborough - - - -
Shoreham-by-Sea - - - -
Worthing - - - -
East Grinstead - - - -
Burgess Hill - - - - 5
Chichester - - - -
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 54 (39.42%) Windows
2 47 (34.31%) SQL
3 31 (22.63%) VMware
3 31 (22.63%) .NET
4 30 (21.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (21.17%) Active Directory
6 28 (20.44%) SQL Server
6 28 (20.44%) MS Office
7 26 (18.98%) MS Excel
7 26 (18.98%) Cisco
8 25 (18.25%) ASP.NET
9 24 (17.52%) Linux
10 23 (16.79%) Windows Server 2008
11 22 (16.06%) SharePoint
12 20 (14.60%) NetApp
12 20 (14.60%) Scrum
12 20 (14.60%) vSphere
13 19 (13.87%) Oracle
14 18 (13.14%) Migration
15 16 (11.68%) CSS
15 16 (11.68%) JavaScript
15 16 (11.68%) Windows XP
15 16 (11.68%) Project Management
16 15 (10.95%) XHTML
16 15 (10.95%) PRINCE2
16 15 (10.95%) VB
16 15 (10.95%) MS Project
16 15 (10.95%) SAP
16 15 (10.95%) Back Office
16 15 (10.95%) MVC

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 31 (22.63%) .NET
2 25 (18.25%) ASP.NET
3 16 (11.68%) CSS
4 15 (10.95%) XHTML
4 15 (10.95%) jQuery
4 15 (10.95%) ASP.NET MVC
5 13 (9.489%) Google Maps API
6 12 (8.759%) Bing Maps
7 7 (5.109%) XML
8 3 (2.190%) Web Services
9 2 (1.460%) HTML
9 2 (1.460%) COM
9 2 (1.460%) XSL
9 2 (1.460%) XSLT
9 2 (1.460%) JSON
9 2 (1.460%) Application Packaging
9 2 (1.460%) WSDL
9 2 (1.460%) Ajax
9 2 (1.460%) WCF
10 1 (0.730%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 22 (16.06%) SharePoint
2 15 (10.95%) Umbraco
3 14 (10.22%) CMS
4 11 (8.029%) Apache
5 10 (7.299%) MS Exchange
5 10 (7.299%) SharePoint 2010
6 8 (5.839%) OpenEdge
7 7 (5.109%) Sitecore CMS
8 5 (3.650%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 5 (3.650%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (2.920%) IIS
10 3 (2.190%) WebLogic
10 3 (2.190%) Lync
11 2 (1.460%) Mule
11 2 (1.460%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (1.460%) ESB
11 2 (1.460%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.730%) IBM Notes
12 1 (0.730%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 28 (20.44%) MS Office
2 26 (18.98%) MS Excel
3 15 (10.95%) MS Project
4 10 (7.299%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.920%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.730%) Office 365
6 1 (0.730%) Pro/ENGINEER
Business Applications
1 8 (5.839%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (2.190%) Oracle 11i
3 2 (1.460%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 2 (1.460%) assyst
4 1 (0.730%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.730%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.730%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.22%) WAN
2 11 (8.029%) LAN
2 11 (8.029%) SAN
2 11 (8.029%) Firewall
3 8 (5.839%) DNS
3 8 (5.839%) DHCP
4 7 (5.109%) TCP/IP
4 7 (5.109%) VPN
4 7 (5.109%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (3.650%) NetScaler
5 5 (3.650%) Network Security
5 5 (3.650%) SNMP
5 5 (3.650%) Wireless
6 4 (2.920%) IPsec
6 4 (2.920%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (2.190%) VLAN
7 3 (2.190%) EIGRP
7 3 (2.190%) HTTP
8 2 (1.460%) SMTP
8 2 (1.460%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (20.44%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.029%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (7.299%) MS Access
4 8 (5.839%) MySQL
5 5 (3.650%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (3.650%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.920%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (2.190%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (1.460%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (1.460%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (10.95%) Subversion
2 14 (10.22%) NUnit
3 2 (1.460%) XMLSpy
3 2 (1.460%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.730%) FxCop
4 1 (0.730%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (0.730%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.730%) ReSharper
General
1 15 (10.95%) Back Office
2 14 (10.22%) Finance
3 3 (2.190%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.730%) Local Government
4 1 (0.730%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (27.74%) Analyst
2 27 (19.71%) Developer
3 21 (15.33%) Architect
4 13 (9.489%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 12 (8.759%) .NET Developer
6 11 (8.029%) Consultant
7 10 (7.299%) Project Manager
8 9 (6.569%) Data Architect
9 8 (5.839%) Data Analyst
9 8 (5.839%) ASP.NET Developer
10 6 (4.380%) Support Engineer
10 6 (4.380%) Web Developer
11 5 (3.650%) Team Leader
11 5 (3.650%) Systems Architect
11 5 (3.650%) Infrastructure Manager
11 5 (3.650%) Infrastructure Team Leader
12 4 (2.920%) Security Architect
12 4 (2.920%) Systems Developer
12 4 (2.920%) Desktop Engineer
12 4 (2.920%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.299%) Clustering
2 3 (2.190%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.190%) Mathematics
2 3 (2.190%) Smart Meter
2 3 (2.190%) Blackberry
3 2 (1.460%) iPad
3 2 (1.460%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.460%) Computer Science
3 2 (1.460%) Tandem
3 2 (1.460%) SecurID
3 2 (1.460%) CCTV
3 2 (1.460%) IVR
3 2 (1.460%) N-Tier
4 1 (0.730%) PMI
4 1 (0.730%) CESG
4 1 (0.730%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 54 (39.42%) Windows
2 24 (17.52%) Linux
3 23 (16.79%) Windows Server 2008
4 16 (11.68%) Windows XP
5 14 (10.22%) Windows 7
6 13 (9.489%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (8.029%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (5.839%) UNIX
9 5 (3.650%) Solaris
10 3 (2.190%) Windows Vista
11 2 (1.460%) AIX
11 2 (1.460%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.730%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (14.60%) Scrum
2 18 (13.14%) Migration
3 16 (11.68%) Project Management
4 15 (10.95%) PRINCE2
4 15 (10.95%) MVC
4 15 (10.95%) TDD
5 14 (10.22%) ITIL
5 14 (10.22%) Continuous Integration
6 11 (8.029%) Data Architecture
6 11 (8.029%) Data Security
7 9 (6.569%) Data Modelling
8 8 (5.839%) Data Management
8 8 (5.839%) Master Data Management
9 6 (4.380%) Database Security
9 6 (4.380%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (4.380%) SOA
9 6 (4.380%) ERP
10 4 (2.920%) Service Delivery
10 4 (2.920%) Change Management
10 4 (2.920%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 47 (34.31%) SQL
2 16 (11.68%) JavaScript
3 15 (10.95%) VB
4 10 (7.299%) C#
5 8 (5.839%) PHP
6 5 (3.650%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.920%) VBA
7 4 (2.920%) VB6
8 3 (2.190%) Java
9 2 (1.460%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.460%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.460%) C
10 1 (0.730%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (21.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (7.299%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.839%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.650%) MCP
4 5 (3.650%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (2.920%) CISM
5 4 (2.920%) ISSAP
5 4 (2.920%) CISSP
6 3 (2.190%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (2.190%) MCSE
6 3 (2.190%) MCITP
7 2 (1.460%) MCSD
7 2 (1.460%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.730%) CCNP
8 1 (0.730%) CCNA
8 1 (0.730%) Degree
8 1 (0.730%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.730%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.730%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.759%) QA
2 4 (2.920%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.460%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.730%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (21.17%) Active Directory
2 20 (14.60%) vSphere
3 13 (9.489%) XenApp
4 11 (8.029%) VMware ESX
5 10 (7.299%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (6.569%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (2.920%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.460%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (1.460%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.730%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 8 (5.839%) NetBackup
2 6 (4.380%) SCOM
3 5 (3.650%) SCCM
4 3 (2.190%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (1.460%) ZENworks
5 2 (1.460%) Cisco IPCC
5 2 (1.460%) Backup Exec
5 2 (1.460%) WSUS
5 2 (1.460%) HP SIM
6 1 (0.730%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.730%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.730%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 31 (22.63%) VMware
2 26 (18.98%) Cisco
3 20 (14.60%) NetApp
4 19 (13.87%) Oracle
5 15 (10.95%) SAP
6 14 (10.22%) Citrix
7 13 (9.489%) Google
8 11 (8.029%) Red Hat
8 11 (8.029%) Novell
9 10 (7.299%) HP
10 9 (6.569%) Business Objects
10 9 (6.569%) Symantec
11 7 (5.109%) Sitecore
12 6 (4.380%) SolarWinds
13 5 (3.650%) LANDesk
13 5 (3.650%) CheckPoint
13 5 (3.650%) Juniper
14 3 (2.190%) StorageTek
14 3 (2.190%) EMC
15 2 (1.460%) Nortel
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