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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1021
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads204122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.272 %0.122 %
As % of the category below29.82 %17.18 %
Daily rates quoted4315
Average minimum daily rate£259£252
Average daily rate£280£264
% change on same period last year+6.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£302£275
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£315
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Hourly rates quoted2637
Average minimum hourly rate£18.94£23.24
Average hourly rate£20.66£24.81
% change on same period last year-16.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.38£26.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.86£20.83
% change on same period last year-4.63 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads684710
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.912 %0.708 %
Daily rates quoted148126
Average minimum daily rate£329£355
Average daily rate£351£379
% change on same period last year-7.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£359
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted5782
Average minimum hourly rate£19.11£20.80
Average hourly rate£20.76£22.70
% change on same period last year-8.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.42£24.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.10£24.81
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Microsoft YorkshireMicrosoft
Yorkshire

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

West Yorkshire Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

West Yorkshire Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
LeedsUp+12142£266-2.93 %
BradfordUp+116£317-
HalifaxDown-210£285-
WakefieldUp+32£303-
WetherbyUp+32£350-7.89 %
BingleyNew entry-1--
HuddersfieldDown-31£303-
BatleyNew entry-1--
Microsoft YorkshireMicrosoft
Yorkshire

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1161 (38.15 %)Windows
2119 (28.20 %)MS Excel
3116 (27.49 %).NET
4112 (26.54 %)SQL Server
5101 (23.93 %)MS Office
696 (22.75 %)Active Directory
795 (22.51 %)SQL
875 (17.77 %)Windows Server 2003
974 (17.54 %)C#
1060 (14.22 %)Finance
1156 (13.27 %)ASP.NET
1156 (13.27 %)Windows XP
1254 (12.80 %)XML
1352 (12.32 %)MS Exchange
1450 (11.85 %)Windows Vista
1548 (11.37 %)Health
1647 (11.14 %)SQL Server 2005
1647 (11.14 %)NHS
1740 (9.479 %)Project Management
1838 (9.005 %)SharePoint
1838 (9.005 %)Microsoft Certification
1838 (9.005 %)PRINCE2
1937 (8.768 %)ITIL
1937 (8.768 %)HTML
2034 (8.057 %)Windows 2000
2130 (7.109 %)Oracle
2228 (6.635 %)SQL Server 2000
2228 (6.635 %)WebServices
2228 (6.635 %)CSS
2327 (6.398 %)VPN

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1116 (27.49 %).NET
256 (13.27 %)ASP.NET
354 (12.80 %)XML
437 (8.768 %)HTML
528 (6.635 %)WebServices
528 (6.635 %)CSS
624 (5.687 %).NET Framework
723 (5.450 %)ASP
812 (2.844 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
812 (2.844 %)XSLT
910 (2.370 %)WCF
109 (2.133 %)XHTML
118 (1.896 %)ADO.NET
127 (1.659 %)ADO
127 (1.659 %)COM+
127 (1.659 %)Application Packaging
136 (1.422 %)Middleware
136 (1.422 %)XSD
136 (1.422 %)ASP.NET 2.0
145 (1.185 %)MFC
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
152 (12.32 %)MS Exchange
238 (9.005 %)SharePoint
324 (5.687 %)SharePoint Server 2007
421 (4.976 %)Lotus Notes
518 (4.265 %)Exchange Server 2003
611 (2.607 %)IIS
78 (1.896 %)Lotus Domino
78 (1.896 %)CMS
85 (1.185 %)Content Management Server
85 (1.185 %)BizTalk Server
94 (0.948 %)Exchange Server 2000
103 (0.711 %)Commerce Server
103 (0.711 %)Apache
103 (0.711 %)WebLogic
103 (0.711 %)Tomcat
112 (0.474 %)Exchange Server 5.5
112 (0.474 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
112 (0.474 %)Exchange Server 2007
112 (0.474 %)Office Project Server
121 (0.237 %)SharePoint Portal Server
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1119 (28.20 %)MS Excel
2101 (23.93 %)MS Office
322 (5.213 %)MS Project
412 (2.844 %)MS Visio
412 (2.844 %)MS PowerPoint
57 (1.659 %)InfoPath
61 (0.237 %)Spreadsheet
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.711 %)Microsoft CRM
13 (0.711 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.237 %)Dynamics AX
21 (0.237 %)Siebel Analytics
21 (0.237 %)Axapta
21 (0.237 %)Movex
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (6.398 %)VPN
224 (5.687 %)TCP/IP
224 (5.687 %)Firewall
323 (5.450 %)Internet
420 (4.739 %)WAN
516 (3.791 %)SAN
516 (3.791 %)DNS
611 (2.607 %)DHCP
611 (2.607 %)LAN
710 (2.370 %)MPLS
86 (1.422 %)LDAP
95 (1.185 %)SSL
95 (1.185 %)Broadband
103 (0.711 %)Intranet
103 (0.711 %)Network Security
112 (0.474 %)X.509
112 (0.474 %)Kerberos
121 (0.237 %)SNMP
121 (0.237 %)ATM
121 (0.237 %)PBX
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1112 (26.54 %)SQL Server
247 (11.14 %)SQL Server 2005
328 (6.635 %)SQL Server 2000
426 (6.161 %)MS Access
59 (2.133 %)BusinessObjects
68 (1.896 %)SQL Server Integration Services
77 (1.659 %)MySQL
86 (1.422 %)Datawarehouse
86 (1.422 %)OLAP
86 (1.422 %)Crystal Reports
95 (1.185 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
103 (0.711 %)Oracle 8/8i
103 (0.711 %)DTS
103 (0.711 %)Oracle 10g
103 (0.711 %)DB2
103 (0.711 %)OLTP
112 (0.474 %)EDRMS
112 (0.474 %)Oracle OWB
121 (0.237 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
121 (0.237 %)Data Cleansing
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
124 (5.687 %)Visual Studio
211 (2.607 %)Visual Studio Team System
38 (1.896 %)Flash
46 (1.422 %)JUnit
46 (1.422 %)MSI
55 (1.185 %)Dreamweaver
64 (0.948 %)Eclipse
64 (0.948 %)VSS/SourceSafe
72 (0.474 %)ClearCase
72 (0.474 %)ClearQuest
81 (0.237 %)InstallShield
81 (0.237 %)NUnit
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
160 (14.22 %)Finance
248 (11.37 %)Health
317 (4.028 %)Banking
412 (2.844 %)Legal
412 (2.844 %)Government
510 (2.370 %)Telecoms
67 (1.659 %)Retail
76 (1.422 %)Insurance
76 (1.422 %)Education
76 (1.422 %)Law
85 (1.185 %)Pensions
85 (1.185 %)Marketing
94 (0.948 %)Retail Banking
101 (0.237 %)International Banking
101 (0.237 %)Auditing
101 (0.237 %)Graphic Design
101 (0.237 %)Billing
101 (0.237 %)Publishing
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1122 (28.91 %)Developer
282 (19.43 %)Analyst
347 (11.14 %).NET Developer
430 (7.109 %)Support Analyst
528 (6.635 %)C# Developer
624 (5.687 %)Project Manager
714 (3.318 %)Desktop Support
714 (3.318 %)Consultant
714 (3.318 %)2nd Line Support
813 (3.081 %)Architect
813 (3.081 %)Support Engineer
813 (3.081 %)Helpdesk Support
912 (2.844 %)Business Analyst
1011 (2.607 %)3rd Line Support
1011 (2.607 %)Technical Support
1011 (2.607 %)Project Engineer
119 (2.133 %)Technical Manager
119 (2.133 %)Administrator
119 (2.133 %)Systems Engineer
128 (1.896 %)Web Developer
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
147 (11.14 %)NHS
26 (1.422 %)N-Tier
26 (1.422 %)AS400
26 (1.422 %)E-Learning
26 (1.422 %)SCORM
26 (1.422 %)Multithreading
35 (1.185 %)Computer Science
35 (1.185 %)Management Information System
35 (1.185 %)Clustering
35 (1.185 %)Blackberry
44 (0.948 %)NPfIT
44 (0.948 %)Client/Server
44 (0.948 %)PDA
53 (0.711 %)Fat Client
53 (0.711 %)Video Conferencing
53 (0.711 %)Data Integration
53 (0.711 %)Thin Client
53 (0.711 %)Smartcard
62 (0.474 %)Replication
71 (0.237 %)PACS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1161 (38.15 %)Windows
275 (17.77 %)Windows Server 2003
356 (13.27 %)Windows XP
450 (11.85 %)Windows Vista
534 (8.057 %)Windows 2000
618 (4.265 %)UNIX
712 (2.844 %)NetWare
810 (2.370 %)Windows 2000 Server
97 (1.659 %)Linux
97 (1.659 %)Windows Mobile
106 (1.422 %)Solaris
113 (0.711 %)HPUX
113 (0.711 %)Windows Server 2008
121 (0.237 %)SUSE
121 (0.237 %)Windows NT
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (9.479 %)Project Management
238 (9.005 %)PRINCE2
337 (8.768 %)ITIL
420 (4.739 %)Migration
519 (4.502 %)UML
615 (3.555 %)Data Migration
714 (3.318 %)Unit Testing
714 (3.318 %)PRINCE
813 (3.081 %)OO
912 (2.844 %)Data Analysis
912 (2.844 %)Business Analysis
1010 (2.370 %)Service Management
119 (2.133 %)Stakeholder Management
119 (2.133 %)CRM
128 (1.896 %)Use Case
128 (1.896 %)ERD
137 (1.659 %)Network Load Balancing
137 (1.659 %)SOA
137 (1.659 %)Workflow
137 (1.659 %)Configuration Management
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
195 (22.51 %)SQL
274 (17.54 %)C#
321 (4.976 %)JavaScript
419 (4.502 %)VB
518 (4.265 %)VB.NET
616 (3.791 %)VBScript
712 (2.844 %)Java
87 (1.659 %)PHP
87 (1.659 %)PL/SQL
96 (1.422 %)C++
96 (1.422 %)VB6
105 (1.185 %)VBA
114 (0.948 %)Transact-SQL
122 (0.474 %)C
131 (0.237 %)DHTML
131 (0.237 %)Perl
131 (0.237 %)ActionScript
131 (0.237 %)Ruby
131 (0.237 %)PHP4
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
138 (9.005 %)Microsoft Certification
222 (5.213 %)MCSE
39 (2.133 %)ITIL Certification
48 (1.896 %)Degree
57 (1.659 %)MCP
65 (1.185 %)CCNA
65 (1.185 %)Cisco Certification
65 (1.185 %)PRINCE2 Certification
65 (1.185 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
74 (0.948 %)Novell Certification
74 (0.948 %)CNA
83 (0.711 %)ISEB
83 (0.711 %)MCSA
83 (0.711 %)MCDST
83 (0.711 %)CITP
92 (0.474 %)Network+ Certification
101 (0.237 %)PMP
101 (0.237 %)PMI Certification
101 (0.237 %)A+ Certification
101 (0.237 %)HNC
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.896 %)SLA
26 (1.422 %)QA
34 (0.948 %)BS15000
42 (0.474 %)ISO27001
42 (0.474 %)WAI
42 (0.474 %)ISO17799
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
196 (22.75 %)Active Directory
217 (4.028 %)VMware Infrastructure
315 (3.555 %)VMware ESX
411 (2.607 %)Novell eDirectory
58 (1.896 %)Backup Exec
64 (0.948 %)MetaFrame
64 (0.948 %)Oracle RAC
73 (0.711 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
81 (0.237 %)Terminal Services
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
119 (4.502 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
218 (4.265 %)Norton AntiVirus
35 (1.185 %)ZENworks
43 (0.711 %)WSUS
43 (0.711 %)ARCserve
43 (0.711 %)OpenView
43 (0.711 %)MOM
51 (0.237 %)DameWare
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (7.109 %)Oracle
222 (5.213 %)Novell
321 (4.976 %)Lotus
419 (4.502 %)VMware
518 (4.265 %)Symantec
518 (4.265 %)Citrix
610 (2.370 %)HP
79 (2.133 %)Business Objects
79 (2.133 %)IBM
87 (1.659 %)Cisco
94 (0.948 %)Sun
94 (0.948 %)SAP
94 (0.948 %)Juniper
94 (0.948 %)Perforce
103 (0.711 %)BEA
103 (0.711 %)Cognos
103 (0.711 %)Remedy
103 (0.711 %)Intel
103 (0.711 %)VERITAS
103 (0.711 %)ESRI