The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Wimbledon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Wimbledon 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wimbledon 100.00% 25.00% 33.33%
As % of the Vendors category 100.00% 33.33% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Wimbledon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wimbledon 100.00% 75.00% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £325 £263 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.80% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wimbledon 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 Wimbledon region.

Wimbledon Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wimbledon Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wimbledon 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 3 (60.00%) MS Office
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Mitel
3 1 (20.00%) Document Management
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) MCTS
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2000
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) MS Project Server
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Physics
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) NetApp
3 1 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wimbledon 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 1 (20.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2000
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project Server
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
1 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (20.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (20.00%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Migration Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (20.00%) Physics
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (20.00%) Handset
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Document Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) MCTS
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) HP
1 2 (40.00%) Mitel
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) NetApp
2 1 (20.00%) VMware