Microsoft Contracts in West Yorkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

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 Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the West Yorkshire 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 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 10 9 13
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 135 182 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 10.64% 11.25% 8.385%
As % of the Vendors category 24.59% 25.24% 23.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 101 34
Average daily rate £308 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 18
Average hourly rate £12.42 £11.50 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.76 £10.58 £6.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £15.30 £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 549 721 405
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 43.26% 44.56% 36.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 358 157
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £170 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 35 44
Average hourly rate £15.25 £14.50 £16.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.17% -13.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.76 £10.30 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £32.50 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Yorkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

West Yorkshire Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leeds -7 83 £316 -9.64%
Bradford +9 14 £235 -12.96%
Halifax +6 8 £265 -30.07%
Wakefield -2 7 £375 +7.14%
Pontefract - 5 - -
Huddersfield -2 4 - -
Castleford - 1 - -
Microsoft
Yorkshire

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 127 (43.34%) Windows
2 104 (35.49%) MS Excel
3 78 (26.62%) SQL Server
4 74 (25.26%) SQL
4 74 (25.26%) MS Office
5 57 (19.45%) .NET
6 56 (19.11%) Windows Server 2003
7 48 (16.38%) Windows Server 2008
8 47 (16.04%) Active Directory
9 46 (15.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 45 (15.36%) Windows 7
11 43 (14.68%) Windows XP
12 42 (14.33%) Finance
13 38 (12.97%) ITIL
14 36 (12.29%) C#
15 34 (11.60%) Oracle
16 32 (10.92%) SAN
17 31 (10.58%) SharePoint
17 31 (10.58%) MS Exchange
18 28 (9.556%) ASP.NET
18 28 (9.556%) MS Project
18 28 (9.556%) VMware
19 27 (9.215%) MCSE
20 26 (8.874%) WAN
21 24 (8.191%) Cisco
21 24 (8.191%) Exchange Server 2003
22 23 (7.850%) LAN
22 23 (7.850%) Project Management
23 21 (7.167%) Migration
24 20 (6.826%) HTML

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 57 (19.45%) .NET
2 28 (9.556%) ASP.NET
3 20 (6.826%) HTML
4 12 (4.096%) Web Services
5 11 (3.754%) XML
6 10 (3.413%) CSS
7 9 (3.072%) ASP.NET MVC
8 8 (2.730%) .NET Framework
8 8 (2.730%) MDX
9 7 (2.389%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 7 (2.389%) ASP
9 7 (2.389%) Middleware
10 5 (1.706%) J2EE
10 5 (1.706%) JDBC
10 5 (1.706%) Silverlight
10 5 (1.706%) WebSphere
11 4 (1.365%) Application Packaging
11 4 (1.365%) SOAP
12 3 (1.024%) WinForms
12 3 (1.024%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 31 (10.58%) SharePoint
1 31 (10.58%) MS Exchange
2 24 (8.191%) Exchange Server 2003
3 11 (3.754%) Lotus Notes
4 10 (3.413%) IIS
5 8 (2.730%) StreamWeaver
6 5 (1.706%) BizTalk Server
6 5 (1.706%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (1.706%) Tomcat
6 5 (1.706%) MQSeries
6 5 (1.706%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (1.706%) IBM HTTP Server
7 4 (1.365%) Lotus Domino
8 3 (1.024%) SAS
8 3 (1.024%) CMS
8 3 (1.024%) Oracle Application Server
8 3 (1.024%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (1.024%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.683%) WorkSite
10 1 (0.341%) Lync
Applications
1 104 (35.49%) MS Excel
2 74 (25.26%) MS Office
3 28 (9.556%) MS Project
4 16 (5.461%) MS PowerPoint
5 12 (4.096%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.365%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.683%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 7 (2.389%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.024%) Line 500
2 3 (1.024%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.341%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 32 (10.92%) SAN
2 26 (8.874%) WAN
3 23 (7.850%) LAN
4 16 (5.461%) Internet
4 16 (5.461%) NAS
5 11 (3.754%) Firewall
6 9 (3.072%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.730%) GPRS
8 7 (2.389%) VPN
8 7 (2.389%) DNS
9 6 (2.048%) FTP
9 6 (2.048%) HTTP
10 5 (1.706%) Wireless
10 5 (1.706%) DHCP
11 4 (1.365%) iSCSI
11 4 (1.365%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (1.365%) VoIP
12 3 (1.024%) Fibre Channel
13 2 (0.683%) VLAN
13 2 (0.683%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (26.62%) SQL Server
2 18 (6.143%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (5.119%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (4.096%) Oracle Reports
5 10 (3.413%) SQL Server 2005
5 10 (3.413%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (3.072%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 8 (2.730%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.048%) DTS
8 6 (2.048%) Oracle OWB
8 6 (2.048%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 5 (1.706%) Oracle 11g
9 5 (1.706%) SQL Server 2000
9 5 (1.706%) Oracle 8/8i
9 5 (1.706%) DB2
9 5 (1.706%) OLAP
10 4 (1.365%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (1.365%) MS Access
11 3 (1.024%) Oracle 9i
11 3 (1.024%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 14 (4.778%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.365%) ClearCase
2 4 (1.365%) Selenium
3 3 (1.024%) Visual Studio Team System
3 3 (1.024%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.024%) WebDriver
3 3 (1.024%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.024%) SpecFlow
3 3 (1.024%) MSI
3 3 (1.024%) JIRA
4 2 (0.683%) Subversion
4 2 (0.683%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 42 (14.33%) Finance
2 16 (5.461%) Retail
3 13 (4.437%) Telecoms
3 13 (4.437%) Legal
4 10 (3.413%) Banking
5 5 (1.706%) Law
6 4 (1.365%) Retail Banking
6 4 (1.365%) Games
7 3 (1.024%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.683%) Back Office
8 2 (0.683%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.683%) Marketing
9 1 (0.341%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.341%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.341%) Advertising
9 1 (0.341%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 93 (31.74%) Analyst
2 50 (17.06%) Developer
3 26 (8.874%) Support Analyst
4 21 (7.167%) Project Manager
5 20 (6.826%) Service Analyst
5 20 (6.826%) Service Desk Analyst
6 19 (6.485%) 2nd Line Support
7 18 (6.143%) Support Engineer
8 17 (5.802%) .NET Developer
9 16 (5.461%) Technical Analyst
9 16 (5.461%) Technical Support
10 12 (4.096%) Desktop Support
11 10 (3.413%) Business Analyst
12 9 (3.072%) DBA
12 9 (3.072%) 1st Line Support
12 9 (3.072%) Desktop Engineer
13 8 (2.730%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 8 (2.730%) Messaging Analyst
14 7 (2.389%) SQL Developer
14 7 (2.389%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.413%) Blackberry
2 8 (2.730%) Data Integration
3 6 (2.048%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.048%) NHS
4 5 (1.706%) Replication
5 3 (1.024%) MPEG
5 3 (1.024%) STB
5 3 (1.024%) IPTV
5 3 (1.024%) Computer Science
6 2 (0.683%) Informatics
6 2 (0.683%) Mathematics
6 2 (0.683%) N-Tier
6 2 (0.683%) iPhone
6 2 (0.683%) Fat Client
6 2 (0.683%) Data Conversion
6 2 (0.683%) iPad
6 2 (0.683%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.341%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.341%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.341%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 127 (43.34%) Windows
2 56 (19.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 48 (16.38%) Windows Server 2008
4 45 (15.36%) Windows 7
5 43 (14.68%) Windows XP
6 18 (6.143%) UNIX
7 16 (5.461%) Windows 2000
8 13 (4.437%) Linux
9 12 (4.096%) Windows Vista
10 9 (3.072%) Solaris
11 5 (1.706%) AIX
12 4 (1.365%) Windows 8
13 3 (1.024%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.683%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.341%) CentOS
15 1 (0.341%) Debian
15 1 (0.341%) Windows NT
15 1 (0.341%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.341%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (12.97%) ITIL
2 23 (7.850%) Project Management
3 21 (7.167%) Migration
4 17 (5.802%) PRINCE2
5 16 (5.461%) User Acceptance Testing
6 15 (5.119%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (4.778%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (4.437%) CRM
9 12 (4.096%) Data Modelling
9 12 (4.096%) Agile Software Development
10 11 (3.754%) Web Development
11 10 (3.413%) Software Testing
11 10 (3.413%) Workflow
12 9 (3.072%) Change Management
12 9 (3.072%) E-Commerce
12 9 (3.072%) Project Planning
13 8 (2.730%) Time Management
13 8 (2.730%) UML
13 8 (2.730%) ETL
14 7 (2.389%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (25.26%) SQL
2 36 (12.29%) C#
3 12 (4.096%) T-SQL
3 12 (4.096%) JavaScript
4 10 (3.413%) PL/SQL
5 9 (3.072%) PowerShell
6 8 (2.730%) VB
6 8 (2.730%) VB.NET
7 6 (2.048%) Bash shell
7 6 (2.048%) Java
8 5 (1.706%) Perl
8 5 (1.706%) VBA
9 4 (1.365%) VBScript
10 2 (0.683%) PHP
10 2 (0.683%) C
10 2 (0.683%) C++
10 2 (0.683%) Tcl
11 1 (0.341%) XAML
11 1 (0.341%) Python
11 1 (0.341%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 46 (15.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (9.215%) MCSE
3 18 (6.143%) MCP
4 17 (5.802%) Degree
5 12 (4.096%) Security Cleared
6 9 (3.072%) MCSA
6 9 (3.072%) ISEB
7 7 (2.389%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.048%) CCNA
8 6 (2.048%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.706%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (1.706%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.365%) MCITP
10 4 (1.365%) HNC
11 3 (1.024%) HND
11 3 (1.024%) MCDST
11 3 (1.024%) MOS
12 2 (0.683%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.683%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.683%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.413%) SLA
2 5 (1.706%) QA
3 4 (1.365%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.341%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 47 (16.04%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.485%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.389%) vSphere
4 5 (1.706%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.365%) VMware ESX
6 3 (1.024%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (1.024%) Xen
6 3 (1.024%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.683%) NFS
8 1 (0.341%) XenApp
8 1 (0.341%) XenServer
8 1 (0.341%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (2.730%) SCCM
2 5 (1.706%) Backup Exec
3 4 (1.365%) Opalis
3 4 (1.365%) SCOM
4 3 (1.024%) ZENworks
4 3 (1.024%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (1.024%) NetBackup
4 3 (1.024%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.683%) Tivoli
5 2 (0.683%) MOM
5 2 (0.683%) ARCserve
5 2 (0.683%) SCVMM
5 2 (0.683%) Business Desktop Deployment
6 1 (0.341%) PureDisk
6 1 (0.341%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 34 (11.60%) Oracle
2 28 (9.556%) VMware
3 24 (8.191%) Cisco
4 15 (5.119%) HP
4 15 (5.119%) Citrix
5 14 (4.778%) F5
6 11 (3.754%) Lotus
7 9 (3.072%) SAP
8 8 (2.730%) IBM
9 6 (2.048%) EMC
10 4 (1.365%) Genesys
10 4 (1.365%) NetApp
10 4 (1.365%) Sun
10 4 (1.365%) Symantec
10 4 (1.365%) Remedy
11 3 (1.024%) Sage
11 3 (1.024%) LANDesk
11 3 (1.024%) Dell
11 3 (1.024%) Business Objects
11 3 (1.024%) Novell
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