MS Office Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office 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 Berkshire 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 Office
Rank 25 34 26
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -8
Contract jobs citing MS Office 133 133 162
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 5.467% 4.339% 5.544%
As % of the Applications category 36.24% 32.44% 39.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 32 38
Average daily rate £325 £328 £294
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.76% +11.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £121 £216 £129
10% offered a daily rate of more than £417 £450 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 30
Average hourly rate £20.00 £14.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -8.19%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.65 £10.00 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £20.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.75 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+1.81% -1.78%
All Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 367 410 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 15.08% 13.38% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 163 131
Average daily rate £325 £350 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +23.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £157 £210 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 40 55
Average hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -11.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.37 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
South East

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire MS Office Jobs Demand Trend

MS Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MS Office Daily Rate Trend

MS Office
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire MS Office Daily Rate Histogram

MS Office
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Office
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Office within the Berkshire 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
Reading +10 77 £188 -55.88%
Bracknell -15 8 £165 -42.10%
Maidenhead -3 7 £203 -
Slough -10 7 £256 -9.69%
Windsor -5 1 - -
Newbury -8 1 - -
MS Office
South East

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 153 (62.45%) Microsoft
2 105 (42.86%) Windows
3 89 (36.33%) MS Excel
4 65 (26.53%) Active Directory
5 52 (21.22%) Windows Server 2003
5 52 (21.22%) SQL Server
6 51 (20.82%) SQL
7 49 (20.00%) Telecoms
8 44 (17.96%) SharePoint
9 43 (17.55%) MS Visio
9 43 (17.55%) Windows 7
10 42 (17.14%) Windows XP
11 36 (14.69%) Windows Server 2008
12 35 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
13 33 (13.47%) VMware
14 29 (11.84%) VPN
15 28 (11.43%) MS Exchange
16 27 (11.02%) .NET
17 26 (10.61%) Finance
18 25 (10.20%) Security Cleared
19 23 (9.388%) Project Management
19 23 (9.388%) TCP/IP
20 22 (8.980%) XML
21 21 (8.571%) ITIL
21 21 (8.571%) MS Project
22 20 (8.163%) VMware Infrastructure
22 20 (8.163%) SharePoint Server
23 19 (7.755%) SC Cleared
24 18 (7.347%) MS PowerPoint
24 18 (7.347%) Retail

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 27 (11.02%) .NET
2 22 (8.980%) XML
3 16 (6.531%) Web Services
4 12 (4.898%) HTML
4 12 (4.898%) ASP.NET
4 12 (4.898%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 12 (4.898%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.041%) CSS
6 4 (1.633%) J2EE
6 4 (1.633%) WCF
6 4 (1.633%) WF
6 4 (1.633%) AppFabric
7 3 (1.224%) Apache Flex
8 2 (0.816%) ASP
8 2 (0.816%) COM
8 2 (0.816%) Flash
9 1 (0.408%) LAMP
9 1 (0.408%) Ajax
9 1 (0.408%) XSD
9 1 (0.408%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 44 (17.96%) SharePoint
2 28 (11.43%) MS Exchange
3 20 (8.163%) SharePoint Server
4 16 (6.531%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (4.490%) SharePoint 2010
6 9 (3.673%) MS Project Server
7 8 (3.265%) Exchange Server 2003
8 7 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (2.041%) ArcGIS
10 4 (1.633%) BizTalk Server
10 4 (1.633%) Windows Azure
11 3 (1.224%) CM System
12 1 (0.408%) Lync
12 1 (0.408%) Drupal
12 1 (0.408%) IIS
12 1 (0.408%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 89 (36.33%) MS Excel
2 43 (17.55%) MS Visio
3 21 (8.571%) MS Project
4 18 (7.347%) MS PowerPoint
5 9 (3.673%) Acrobat
6 7 (2.857%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (2.041%) Office 365
7 5 (2.041%) Photoshop
8 3 (1.224%) XMetaL
9 2 (0.816%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.816%) InDesign
10 1 (0.408%) QuarkXPress
10 1 (0.408%) Google Apps
10 1 (0.408%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (1.224%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.408%) SAP R/3
2 1 (0.408%) HFM
2 1 (0.408%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.408%) CA Clarity
2 1 (0.408%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.84%) VPN
2 23 (9.388%) TCP/IP
3 16 (6.531%) WAN
4 15 (6.122%) Internet
5 12 (4.898%) LAN
6 10 (4.082%) LDAP
6 10 (4.082%) FTP
6 10 (4.082%) OSPF
6 10 (4.082%) BGP
6 10 (4.082%) LTE
6 10 (4.082%) Radio Access Network
7 9 (3.673%) HTTP
7 9 (3.673%) DHCP
7 9 (3.673%) Ethernet
8 8 (3.265%) MPLS
8 8 (3.265%) Firewall
9 7 (2.857%) VRRP
9 7 (2.857%) SMTP
9 7 (2.857%) DNS
9 7 (2.857%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (21.22%) SQL Server
2 35 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
3 16 (6.531%) IDOL
4 15 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
5 12 (4.898%) OLAP
5 12 (4.898%) DTS
6 7 (2.857%) GIS
7 6 (2.449%) MS Access
8 2 (0.816%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (0.816%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.816%) EDMS
9 1 (0.408%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.408%) TOAD
9 1 (0.408%) DB2
9 1 (0.408%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.408%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (5.306%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.816%) PVCS
2 2 (0.816%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (0.816%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.816%) ClearQuest
3 1 (0.408%) StarTeam
General
1 49 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 26 (10.61%) Finance
3 18 (7.347%) Retail
4 6 (2.449%) Marketing
5 5 (2.041%) Legal
6 4 (1.633%) Publishing
6 4 (1.633%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.224%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.816%) Banking
8 2 (0.816%) French Language
8 2 (0.816%) German Language
8 2 (0.816%) Automotive
9 1 (0.408%) Back Office
9 1 (0.408%) Games
9 1 (0.408%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.408%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.408%) Portuguese Language
9 1 (0.408%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.408%) Billing
9 1 (0.408%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (20.41%) Analyst
2 28 (11.43%) Administrator
3 26 (10.61%) Developer
4 18 (7.347%) Support Engineer
5 14 (5.714%) Project Manager
6 13 (5.306%) Service Analyst
7 12 (4.898%) Service Desk Analyst
7 12 (4.898%) Author
7 12 (4.898%) Technical Author
8 11 (4.490%) Desktop Support
8 11 (4.490%) Support Analyst
8 11 (4.490%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (4.082%) Network Engineer
9 10 (4.082%) Business Analyst
10 9 (3.673%) Coordinator
10 9 (3.673%) Systems Administrator
10 9 (3.673%) SharePoint Developer
11 8 (3.265%) Architect
11 8 (3.265%) 1st Line Support
12 7 (2.857%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.673%) Management Information System
2 6 (2.449%) PMI
2 6 (2.449%) Blackberry
3 4 (1.633%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (0.816%) Mobile App
4 2 (0.816%) Mobile Payment
4 2 (0.816%) EPoS
4 2 (0.816%) NHS
4 2 (0.816%) Clustering
4 2 (0.816%) SecurID
4 2 (0.816%) PDA
5 1 (0.408%) Statistics
5 1 (0.408%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.408%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.408%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.408%) Data Extraction
5 1 (0.408%) iPhone
5 1 (0.408%) NPfIT
Operating Systems
1 105 (42.86%) Windows
2 52 (21.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 43 (17.55%) Windows 7
4 42 (17.14%) Windows XP
5 36 (14.69%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (2.041%) Linux
7 4 (1.633%) Mac OS X
8 3 (1.224%) Windows Vista
8 3 (1.224%) Android
8 3 (1.224%) Windows 2000
8 3 (1.224%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.816%) Windows 2000 Server
9 2 (0.816%) VMS
9 2 (0.816%) UNIX
10 1 (0.408%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (9.388%) Project Management
2 21 (8.571%) ITIL
3 12 (4.898%) PRINCE2
3 12 (4.898%) Migration
3 12 (4.898%) Fault Management
4 11 (4.490%) Change Management
5 7 (2.857%) Service Management
5 7 (2.857%) CRM
5 7 (2.857%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (2.857%) Workflow
5 7 (2.857%) Document Management
5 7 (2.857%) Release Management
5 7 (2.857%) Project Planning
5 7 (2.857%) Business Analysis
5 7 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (2.449%) Capacity Planning
6 6 (2.449%) Web Development
6 6 (2.449%) Network Design
6 6 (2.449%) Validation
7 5 (2.041%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (20.82%) SQL
2 18 (7.347%) C#
3 16 (6.531%) PowerShell
4 15 (6.122%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.449%) VBA
6 4 (1.633%) C
7 3 (1.224%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.816%) Java
8 2 (0.816%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.816%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.408%) Python
9 1 (0.408%) VB
9 1 (0.408%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (10.20%) Security Cleared
2 19 (7.755%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.898%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (3.673%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.265%) Degree
5 8 (3.265%) PMP
6 7 (2.857%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 7 (2.857%) ISEB
7 6 (2.449%) MCSD
8 5 (2.041%) CCNP
8 5 (2.041%) CCNA
8 5 (2.041%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.041%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.633%) MCP
10 3 (1.224%) CCIE
11 1 (0.408%) ECDL
11 1 (0.408%) ACCA
11 1 (0.408%) CIMA
11 1 (0.408%) MBA
11 1 (0.408%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.531%) SLA
2 3 (1.224%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (1.224%) QA
3 2 (0.816%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.816%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.816%) GxP
4 1 (0.408%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 65 (26.53%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.163%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.082%) vSphere
4 7 (2.857%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (1.633%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.408%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.408%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.408%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (0.408%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.408%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (4.490%) SCCM
2 7 (2.857%) SCOM
3 5 (2.041%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 4 (1.633%) Unicenter
5 2 (0.816%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.408%) WSUS
Vendors
1 153 (62.45%) Microsoft
2 33 (13.47%) VMware
3 18 (7.347%) Business Objects
3 18 (7.347%) Citrix
4 14 (5.714%) Cisco
4 14 (5.714%) Oracle
4 14 (5.714%) Meridio
5 13 (5.306%) HP
6 12 (4.898%) Remedy
7 5 (2.041%) Clearswift
7 5 (2.041%) Dell
7 5 (2.041%) Vignette
7 5 (2.041%) SAP
7 5 (2.041%) FrontRange
8 4 (1.633%) Adobe
8 4 (1.633%) Royalblue
8 4 (1.633%) CA
8 4 (1.633%) McAfee
9 3 (1.224%) Primavera
9 3 (1.224%) Nokia
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