The first table below looks at the demand for MS Visio skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Visio over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Applications category for the Bedfordshire 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.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visio
Rank 21 29 39
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +10
Contract jobs citing MS Visio 9 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 4.787% 2.113% 1.038%
As % of the Applications category 32.14% 13.95% 9.677%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 2
Average daily rate £390 £185 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+110.81% -40.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £158 £185 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £185 £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £31.50 £20.25
% change year-on-year
-44.44% +55.55%
All Applications
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
28 43 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 14.89% 15.14% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 11
Average daily rate £325 £250 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £185 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £375 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
Average hourly rate £22.00 £29.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.13% +163.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Visio
East of England

MS Visio
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MS Visio across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Bedfordshire MS Visio Jobs Demand Trend

MS Visio
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Visio across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire MS Visio Daily Rate Trend

MS Visio
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Visio across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bedfordshire MS Visio Daily Rate Histogram

MS Visio
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire MS Visio Hourly Rate Trend

MS Visio
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Visio within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Dunstable - 4 £475 -
Bedford - 2 £158 -
Luton -5 1 - -
MS Visio
East of England

MS Visio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing MS Visio 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 MS Visio.

1 10 (66.67%) Windows
2 9 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 8 (53.33%) Finance
3 8 (53.33%) SQL Server
3 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
4 7 (46.67%) Citrix
5 5 (33.33%) Project Management
5 5 (33.33%) PRINCE2
5 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 5 (33.33%) IIS
5 5 (33.33%) MS Project
5 5 (33.33%) VMware
5 5 (33.33%) IVR
5 5 (33.33%) VMware Server
5 5 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (33.33%) Retail
5 5 (33.33%) TOGAF
5 5 (33.33%) XenApp
6 4 (26.67%) XenDesktop
6 4 (26.67%) Nortel Meridian
6 4 (26.67%) Migration
6 4 (26.67%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (26.67%) Oracle
6 4 (26.67%) Windows XP
6 4 (26.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (26.67%) Cisco
6 4 (26.67%) Nortel
7 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
7 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
7 2 (13.33%) MS Office

MS Visio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing MS Visio 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 MS Visio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (33.33%) IIS
2 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) MS Project
1 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (13.33%) MS Office
3 1 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (6.667%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Nortel Meridian
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) GIS
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (6.667%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Architect
1 5 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) Project Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Desktop Support Technician
4 1 (6.667%) Deployment Project Manager
4 1 (6.667%) NHS Business Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Desktop Technician
4 1 (6.667%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Deployment Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (6.667%) Support Technician
4 1 (6.667%) Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Desktop Support
4 1 (6.667%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) IVR
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.667%) NHS
3 1 (6.667%) NPfIT
Operating Systems
1 10 (66.67%) Windows
2 9 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (26.67%) Windows XP
4 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
4 1 (6.667%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (6.667%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 5 (33.33%) Project Management
1 5 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 4 (26.67%) Migration
3 1 (6.667%) Asset Management
3 1 (6.667%) Business Analysis
3 1 (6.667%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (6.667%) Business Transformation
3 1 (6.667%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) VBScript
1 1 (6.667%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (6.667%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) VMware Server
1 5 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (33.33%) XenApp
2 4 (26.67%) XenDesktop
3 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
4 1 (6.667%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (6.667%) ZENworks
2 1 (6.667%) SCCM
2 1 (6.667%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) Citrix
3 5 (33.33%) VMware
4 4 (26.67%) Cisco
4 4 (26.67%) Nortel
4 4 (26.67%) Oracle
5 2 (13.33%) Mercator
6 1 (6.667%) Symantec
6 1 (6.667%) Cerner
6 1 (6.667%) Novell
6 1 (6.667%) SAP