The first table below looks at the demand for Office 365 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 Office 365 over the 3 months to 18 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office 365
Rank 110 141 -
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -
Contract jobs citing Office 365 8 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.339% 0.094% -
As % of the Applications category 2.346% 0.723% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £339 £413
% change year-on-year
-11.07% -17.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
-50.00% -
All Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
341 415 416
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 14.43% 12.96% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 177 146
Average daily rate £325 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £200 £148
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £304 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.88% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 34 45
Average hourly rate £30.00 £15.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+93.54% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.45 £9.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.50 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
Office 365
South East

Office 365
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Office 365 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Berkshire Office 365 Jobs Demand Trend

Office 365
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Office 365 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Office 365 Daily Rate Trend

Office 365
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Office 365 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Office 365 Hourly Rate Trend

Office 365
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Office 365 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading - 3 £425 - 2
Slough - - - -
Wokingham - - - -
Bracknell - - - - 1
Maidenhead - - - -
Newbury - - - -
Office 365
South East

Office 365
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Office 365 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 Office 365.

1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) MS Office
2 6 (46.15%) MS Exchange
2 6 (46.15%) SharePoint
3 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (30.77%) Lync
4 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
4 3 (23.08%) Windows
5 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (15.38%) Internet
5 2 (15.38%) Remedy
5 2 (15.38%) IIS
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (15.38%) Information Architecture
6 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.692%) Marketing
6 1 (7.692%) Business Development
6 1 (7.692%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (7.692%) vSphere
6 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (7.692%) Unified Communications
6 1 (7.692%) VCP5
6 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (7.692%) 3Com
6 1 (7.692%) VMware
6 1 (7.692%) ERP

Office 365
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Office 365 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 Office 365. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) SharePoint
1 6 (46.15%) MS Exchange
2 4 (30.77%) Lync
2 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (15.38%) IIS
5 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (7.692%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) MS Office
2 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Internet
2 1 (7.692%) Firewall
2 1 (7.692%) Wireless
2 1 (7.692%) Unified Communications
2 1 (7.692%) LAN
2 1 (7.692%) WAN
2 1 (7.692%) VPN
General
1 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
1 1 (7.692%) Advertising
1 1 (7.692%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Consultant
1 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Developer Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) SharePoint Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Business Manager
3 1 (7.692%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Messaging Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Telecoms Business Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Messaging Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Process Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Business Development Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Business Process Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Development Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Migration
1 2 (15.38%) Information Architecture
2 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
2 1 (7.692%) Business Development
2 1 (7.692%) CRM
2 1 (7.692%) ERP
2 1 (7.692%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (7.692%) VCP5
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (7.692%) vSphere
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Remedy
3 1 (7.692%) 3Com
3 1 (7.692%) VMware
3 1 (7.692%) HP
3 1 (7.692%) Dell
3 1 (7.692%) Juniper