The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Winchester 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 Winchester 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 6 6 7
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 5 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Winchester 9.259% 16.67% 14.89%
As % of the Vendors category 23.81% 25.00% 23.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
Average daily rate £318 £300 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.83% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £164 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £360 £337
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £13.35 £39.00 £13.64
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-65.76% +185.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £15.00
All Vendors
Winchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21 20 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Winchester 38.89% 66.67% 63.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 12 21
Average daily rate £325 £375 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +10.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £270 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £499 £451 £404
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £13.35 £33.00 £13.64
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-59.54% +141.93%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Microsoft
Hampshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Winchester 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 Winchester region.

Winchester 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 Winchester region.

Winchester Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Winchester 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 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) MS Office
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (33.33%) XenApp
3 2 (33.33%) vSphere
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle UPK
4 1 (16.67%) Remedy
4 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) IIS
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (16.67%) SLA
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Winchester 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 Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle UPK
2 1 (16.67%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle EBS R12
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Trainer
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Trainer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Service Management
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) XenApp
2 2 (33.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
1 2 (33.33%) VMware
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) Remedy
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
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