Microsoft Contracts in Wiltshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend 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 Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 6 7 7
Rank change year-on-year
+1 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 62 87 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 13.90% 13.77% 10.53%
As % of the Vendors category 30.69% 26.61% 26.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 51 32
Average daily rate £325 £355 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.45% -11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £200 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £456 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 12
Average hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +12.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 202 327 218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 45.29% 51.74% 39.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 186 109
Average daily rate £401 £400 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.25% -1.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £290 £246
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £477
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 29 29
Average hourly rate £13.75 £28.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.89% +40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £15.53 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £41.80 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon +1 42 £335 -5.63%
Trowbridge 0 3 - -
Salisbury -4 2 £300 -
Malmesbury +3 1 £170 -32.00%
Corsham - 1 - -
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 68 (53.13%) Finance
2 51 (39.84%) Banking
3 45 (35.16%) MS Project
3 45 (35.16%) MS Excel
4 43 (33.59%) Retail
5 41 (32.03%) Retail Banking
5 41 (32.03%) SQL Server
6 35 (27.34%) .NET
7 33 (25.78%) C#
7 33 (25.78%) Change Management
8 25 (19.53%) ASP.NET
9 23 (17.97%) Windows
9 23 (17.97%) Change Control
10 22 (17.19%) SQL
10 22 (17.19%) PRINCE2
11 20 (15.63%) jQuery
12 16 (12.50%) Security Cleared
12 16 (12.50%) XML
13 15 (11.72%) MS Office
14 13 (10.16%) Web Services
14 13 (10.16%) JavaScript
15 12 (9.375%) WCF
16 11 (8.594%) SC Cleared
16 11 (8.594%) MVC
16 11 (8.594%) ASP.NET MVC
17 10 (7.813%) Windows Server 2008
18 9 (7.031%) Project Management
18 9 (7.031%) CSS
18 9 (7.031%) SharePoint
18 9 (7.031%) Active Directory

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 35 (27.34%) .NET
2 25 (19.53%) ASP.NET
3 20 (15.63%) jQuery
4 16 (12.50%) XML
5 13 (10.16%) Web Services
6 12 (9.375%) WCF
7 11 (8.594%) ASP.NET MVC
8 9 (7.031%) CSS
9 8 (6.250%) XSLT
9 8 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 7 (5.469%) Razor View Engine
10 7 (5.469%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 7 (5.469%) HTML
10 7 (5.469%) Ajax
10 7 (5.469%) .NET Framework
11 6 (4.688%) Silverlight
11 6 (4.688%) LINQ
12 4 (3.125%) WinForms
13 3 (2.344%) OLE DB
13 3 (2.344%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 9 (7.031%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.906%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (3.125%) IIS
3 4 (3.125%) MS Exchange
3 4 (3.125%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (2.344%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (1.563%) Liferay
5 2 (1.563%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (1.563%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.781%) Lync
6 1 (0.781%) Windows Azure
6 1 (0.781%) Content Management Server
6 1 (0.781%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 45 (35.16%) MS Project
1 45 (35.16%) MS Excel
2 15 (11.72%) MS Office
3 4 (3.125%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (3.125%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.781%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.344%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.781%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.781%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.781%) Maximo
2 1 (0.781%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.906%) Intranet
2 3 (2.344%) Internet
2 3 (2.344%) Network Security
3 2 (1.563%) DHCP
3 2 (1.563%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.563%) DNS
3 2 (1.563%) SAN
4 1 (0.781%) ATM
4 1 (0.781%) Broadband
4 1 (0.781%) LAN
4 1 (0.781%) WAN
4 1 (0.781%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.781%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (32.03%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.688%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (4.688%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (4.688%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (3.906%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (3.906%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 5 (3.906%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.344%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (2.344%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
5 2 (1.563%) MS Access
6 1 (0.781%) OLAP
6 1 (0.781%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.781%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.781%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.781%) SAP BI
6 1 (0.781%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.906%) LoadRunner
1 5 (3.906%) WinRunner
1 5 (3.906%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (3.125%) Subversion
3 3 (2.344%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.781%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (0.781%) JIRA
4 1 (0.781%) Selenium
General
1 68 (53.13%) Finance
2 51 (39.84%) Banking
3 43 (33.59%) Retail
4 41 (32.03%) Retail Banking
5 3 (2.344%) Local Government
6 2 (1.563%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.563%) Military
6 2 (1.563%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.781%) Back Office
7 1 (0.781%) Automotive
7 1 (0.781%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.781%) Billing
7 1 (0.781%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (28.13%) Developer
2 35 (27.34%) Analyst
3 26 (20.31%) PMO Analyst
4 23 (17.97%) Programme Office Analyst
4 23 (17.97%) Programme Analyst
5 17 (13.28%) .NET Developer
6 12 (9.375%) Project Manager
7 9 (7.031%) Junior
7 9 (7.031%) C# Developer
8 8 (6.250%) Test Manager
8 8 (6.250%) C# .NET Developer
9 7 (5.469%) Project Planner
9 7 (5.469%) Administrator
9 7 (5.469%) Workstream Manager
9 7 (5.469%) ASP.NET Developer
9 7 (5.469%) Junior Project Manager
10 6 (4.688%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 4 (3.125%) Front-End Developer
11 4 (3.125%) Senior Programme Analyst
11 4 (3.125%) Senior Programme Office Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.563%) Thin Client
1 2 (1.563%) Clustering
1 2 (1.563%) Fat Client
2 1 (0.781%) Visualisation
2 1 (0.781%) Open Source
2 1 (0.781%) iPad
2 1 (0.781%) Tandem
2 1 (0.781%) Physics
2 1 (0.781%) Computer Science
2 1 (0.781%) Blog
2 1 (0.781%) Social Network
2 1 (0.781%) Biometrics
2 1 (0.781%) Mainframe
2 1 (0.781%) Replication
2 1 (0.781%) Client/Server
2 1 (0.781%) EPoS
2 1 (0.781%) NHS
2 1 (0.781%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.97%) Windows
2 10 (7.813%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (5.469%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (3.125%) Windows 7
5 3 (2.344%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (25.78%) Change Management
2 23 (17.97%) Change Control
3 22 (17.19%) PRINCE2
4 11 (8.594%) MVC
5 9 (7.031%) Project Management
6 8 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (6.250%) ITIL
7 7 (5.469%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (5.469%) Web Development
8 6 (4.688%) Project Planning
8 6 (4.688%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (4.688%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (3.906%) Scrum
9 5 (3.906%) Performance Testing
9 5 (3.906%) Database Security
10 4 (3.125%) Unit Testing
10 4 (3.125%) ETL
10 4 (3.125%) TDD
10 4 (3.125%) Migration
11 3 (2.344%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 33 (25.78%) C#
2 22 (17.19%) SQL
3 13 (10.16%) JavaScript
4 7 (5.469%) T-SQL
5 6 (4.688%) VB
6 4 (3.125%) C
6 4 (3.125%) VBScript
6 4 (3.125%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.344%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.563%) VBA
8 2 (1.563%) Java
9 1 (0.781%) C++
9 1 (0.781%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 16 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.594%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.250%) ISEB
3 8 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.125%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 4 (3.125%) MCP
4 4 (3.125%) MCDBA
5 2 (1.563%) MCITP
5 2 (1.563%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.563%) Degree
6 1 (0.781%) MCAD
6 1 (0.781%) MCSD
6 1 (0.781%) MCSE
6 1 (0.781%) MCSA
6 1 (0.781%) MOS
6 1 (0.781%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.781%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.344%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.781%) SLA
2 1 (0.781%) QA
System Software
1 9 (7.031%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.344%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.563%) VMware ESX
3 2 (1.563%) vSphere
4 1 (0.781%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.781%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (5.469%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (4.688%) SCOM
3 3 (2.344%) Tivoli
3 3 (2.344%) MOM
3 3 (2.344%) Netcool
4 2 (1.563%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.781%) WSUS
5 1 (0.781%) SCCM
5 1 (0.781%) HP SIM
5 1 (0.781%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (0.781%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 8 (6.250%) Business Objects
1 8 (6.250%) VMware
2 7 (5.469%) HP
3 5 (3.906%) IBM
4 3 (2.344%) SAP
4 3 (2.344%) Cisco
4 3 (2.344%) Dell
5 2 (1.563%) Juniper
5 2 (1.563%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.563%) Remedy
5 2 (1.563%) Sophos
5 2 (1.563%) Oracle
6 1 (0.781%) SIMUL8
6 1 (0.781%) Capita
6 1 (0.781%) Niku
6 1 (0.781%) Wyse
6 1 (0.781%) BMC
6 1 (0.781%) NetApp
6 1 (0.781%) Nokia
6 1 (0.781%) Novell
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