The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Wolverhampton 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 7 7 9
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 7 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 19.44% 8.108% 12.50%
As % of the Vendors category 35.00% 27.27% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £10.50 £12.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.98 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.13% -
All Vendors
Wolverhampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
20 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 55.56% 29.73% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 4
Average daily rate £200 £225 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
Average hourly rate £10.50 £15.50 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.25% +34.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Microsoft
West Midlands

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 6 (60.00%) MS Office
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 4 (40.00%) Windows
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (20.00%) Citrix
5 2 (20.00%) HP
5 2 (20.00%) VMware
5 2 (20.00%) Windows Vista
5 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
6 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
6 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (10.00%) iPad
6 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
6 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
6 1 (10.00%) SCOM
6 1 (10.00%) SCVMM
6 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Statistics
6 1 (10.00%) Degree

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (60.00%) MS Office
2 5 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Developer
1 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (20.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Support
2 1 (10.00%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Graduate Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Performance Tester
2 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Graduate
2 1 (10.00%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) iPad
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (10.00%) Statistics
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) UNIX
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) ISEB
2 1 (10.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (10.00%) SCOM
1 1 (10.00%) SCVMM
1 1 (10.00%) DameWare
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Citrix
1 2 (20.00%) HP
1 2 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) Dell
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Avaya
2 1 (10.00%) NetApp
2 1 (10.00%) Symantec