The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 23 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 Worcestershire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 10 8 3
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 15 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 15.96% 8.929% 16.67%
As % of the Vendors category 27.78% 25.00% 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 9
Average daily rate £375 £260 £233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+44.23% +11.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £232 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £376 £280
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £33.00 £12.25 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+169.38% -45.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.96 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-0.26% -
All Vendors
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
54 20 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 57.45% 35.71% 51.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 6 19
Average daily rate £300 £318 £233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.51% +36.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £225 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £441 £465 £361
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 7
Average hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.48% -35.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £10.90 £10.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £14.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Microsoft
West Midlands

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Worcester 0 8 £475 +82.50%
Redditch 0 3 £313 -22.83%
Kidderminster - 2 £168 -
Microsoft
West Midlands

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 20 (60.61%) MS Office
2 18 (54.55%) ITIL
3 15 (45.45%) Project Management
4 14 (42.42%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (42.42%) Management Information System
4 14 (42.42%) Degree
4 14 (42.42%) Computer Science
5 13 (39.39%) CCNA
5 13 (39.39%) Six Sigma
5 13 (39.39%) Windows
6 12 (36.36%) MS Project
6 12 (36.36%) Cisco
7 11 (33.33%) MS Visio
8 9 (27.27%) Linux
8 9 (27.27%) .NET
8 9 (27.27%) C#
8 9 (27.27%) German Language
9 8 (24.24%) Firewall
9 8 (24.24%) MS Excel
9 8 (24.24%) UNIX
9 8 (24.24%) WAN
10 7 (21.21%) LAN
10 7 (21.21%) Italian Language
10 7 (21.21%) French Language
11 6 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
11 6 (18.18%) Retail
11 6 (18.18%) SAN
11 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
11 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (18.18%) CRM

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 9 (27.27%) .NET
2 6 (18.18%) XML
3 4 (12.12%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET
4 1 (3.030%) Web Services
4 1 (3.030%) HTML
4 1 (3.030%) XSLT
4 1 (3.030%) Ajax
4 1 (3.030%) jQuery
4 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 5 (15.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.030%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.030%) NetWeaver
2 1 (3.030%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 20 (60.61%) MS Office
2 12 (36.36%) MS Project
3 11 (33.33%) MS Visio
4 8 (24.24%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) Firewall
1 8 (24.24%) WAN
2 7 (21.21%) LAN
3 6 (18.18%) SAN
3 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
4 5 (15.15%) NAS
5 4 (12.12%) SNMP
5 4 (12.12%) MPLS
6 2 (6.061%) TACACS
6 2 (6.061%) WLAN
7 1 (3.030%) DNS
7 1 (3.030%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) MySQL
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.030%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (27.27%) German Language
2 7 (21.21%) Italian Language
2 7 (21.21%) French Language
3 6 (18.18%) Retail
4 4 (12.12%) Manufacturing
5 3 (9.091%) Automotive
6 2 (6.061%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Project Manager
2 6 (18.18%) Administrator
3 5 (15.15%) Systems Administrator
3 5 (15.15%) Network Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Systems Support
3 5 (15.15%) Programmer
4 3 (9.091%) Tester
4 3 (9.091%) Consultant
4 3 (9.091%) Network Project Manager
4 3 (9.091%) Software Tester
4 3 (9.091%) Network Manager
4 3 (9.091%) Implementation Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 1 (3.030%) Junior
5 1 (3.030%) Developer
5 1 (3.030%) Analyst
5 1 (3.030%) Network Consultant
5 1 (3.030%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.030%) Network Analyst
5 1 (3.030%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 14 (42.42%) Management Information System
1 14 (42.42%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (39.39%) Windows
2 9 (27.27%) Linux
3 8 (24.24%) UNIX
4 5 (15.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (12.12%) Windows 7
5 4 (12.12%) Windows XP
6 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) ITIL
2 15 (45.45%) Project Management
3 13 (39.39%) Six Sigma
4 6 (18.18%) CRM
5 5 (15.15%) Service Management
6 3 (9.091%) Configuration Management
6 3 (9.091%) Validation
6 3 (9.091%) Change Management
6 3 (9.091%) Software Testing
6 3 (9.091%) Incident Management
6 3 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (9.091%) Network Management
7 2 (6.061%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (6.061%) Programme Management
8 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2
8 1 (3.030%) SOA
8 1 (3.030%) ERP
8 1 (3.030%) PRINCE
8 1 (3.030%) Migration
8 1 (3.030%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (27.27%) C#
2 6 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 6 (18.18%) SQL
3 3 (9.091%) C
3 3 (9.091%) C++
4 1 (3.030%) Java
4 1 (3.030%) VB.NET
4 1 (3.030%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 14 (42.42%) Cisco Certification
1 14 (42.42%) Degree
2 13 (39.39%) CCNA
3 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (15.15%) MCAD
4 5 (15.15%) MCSD
5 4 (12.12%) PMP
5 4 (12.12%) PMI Certification
6 3 (9.091%) GCSC
7 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.091%) ISO 9001
1 3 (9.091%) TickIT
1 3 (9.091%) QA
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.091%) VMware ESX
3 1 (3.030%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) Cisco
2 6 (18.18%) Oracle
3 5 (15.15%) Red Hat
4 4 (12.12%) F5
4 4 (12.12%) VMware
4 4 (12.12%) Juniper
5 2 (6.061%) IBM
5 2 (6.061%) SAP
6 1 (3.030%) Business Objects
6 1 (3.030%) HP