MS Office Contracts in Birmingham
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 17 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 Birmingham 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 26 20 14
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -6
Contract jobs citing MS Office 17 36 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 3.881% 5.873% 6.600%
As % of the Applications category 25.76% 39.13% 44.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 4
Average daily rate £215 £363 £435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.68% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £145 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £281 £408 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.61% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 11
Average hourly rate £10.00 £12.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £10.40 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.90 £15.40 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.88 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+0.90% -1.14%
All Applications
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 66 92 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 15.07% 15.01% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 42 27
Average daily rate £275 £350 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +94.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £150 £115
10% offered a daily rate of more than £382 £430 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 16
Average hourly rate £11.13 £13.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.40% -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £9.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £17.50 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
West Midlands

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 24 (48.00%) MS Excel
1 24 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (46.00%) Windows
3 17 (34.00%) Windows XP
4 15 (30.00%) Active Directory
5 13 (26.00%) Windows 7
6 8 (16.00%) MS Exchange
7 7 (14.00%) Cisco
7 7 (14.00%) ITIL
7 7 (14.00%) Telecoms
7 7 (14.00%) Windows Vista
8 6 (12.00%) MS Visio
8 6 (12.00%) Blackberry
8 6 (12.00%) Project Management
9 5 (10.00%) SharePoint
9 5 (10.00%) Citrix
9 5 (10.00%) MS Project
9 5 (10.00%) SQL
9 5 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
10 4 (8.000%) Finance
10 4 (8.000%) T-SQL
10 4 (8.000%) C#
10 4 (8.000%) SQL Server
10 4 (8.000%) Visual Studio
10 4 (8.000%) Thin Client
10 4 (8.000%) MPLS
10 4 (8.000%) Fat Client
10 4 (8.000%) DameWare
10 4 (8.000%) iPad
10 4 (8.000%) XenApp

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 3 (6.000%) ASP.NET
1 3 (6.000%) .NET
2 2 (4.000%) ADO.NET
2 2 (4.000%) HTML
2 2 (4.000%) CSS
3 1 (2.000%) Web Services
3 1 (2.000%) Ajax
3 1 (2.000%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 1 (2.000%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.000%) WCF
3 1 (2.000%) WPF
3 1 (2.000%) WF
3 1 (2.000%) Silverlight
3 1 (2.000%) DHTML
3 1 (2.000%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 8 (16.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.000%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.000%) SharePoint Foundation
4 1 (2.000%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (2.000%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (2.000%) IIS
4 1 (2.000%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 24 (48.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (12.00%) MS Visio
3 5 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (10.00%) MS Project
4 3 (6.000%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (4.000%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.000%) MPLS
2 3 (6.000%) LAN
2 3 (6.000%) WAN
2 3 (6.000%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.000%) Intranet
3 2 (4.000%) Internet
4 1 (2.000%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.000%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.000%) RDBMS
2 2 (4.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (4.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.000%) MS Access
3 1 (2.000%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.000%) DTS
Development Applications
1 4 (8.000%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.000%) NUnit
2 1 (2.000%) CruiseControl
2 1 (2.000%) Visual Studio Team System
2 1 (2.000%) MSBuild
General
1 7 (14.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (8.000%) Finance
3 2 (4.000%) Back Office
3 2 (4.000%) Legal
3 2 (4.000%) Banking
4 1 (2.000%) Retail
4 1 (2.000%) General Ledger
4 1 (2.000%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.000%) French Language
4 1 (2.000%) German Language
4 1 (2.000%) Italian Language
4 1 (2.000%) Law
4 1 (2.000%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.000%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 15 (30.00%) Analyst
2 8 (16.00%) 1st Line Support
3 6 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (12.00%) Desktop Support
4 5 (10.00%) Developer
4 5 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 5 (10.00%) Service Analyst
5 4 (8.000%) Support Analyst
6 3 (6.000%) Support Engineer
6 3 (6.000%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.000%) Coordinator
7 2 (4.000%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 2 (4.000%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (4.000%) Help Desk Support
7 2 (4.000%) Project Support Officer
7 2 (4.000%) Network Manager
7 2 (4.000%) Desktop Analyst
7 2 (4.000%) QA Analyst
7 2 (4.000%) Project Officer
7 2 (4.000%) 1st Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Blackberry
2 4 (8.000%) Thin Client
2 4 (8.000%) Fat Client
2 4 (8.000%) iPad
3 3 (6.000%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.000%) Mathematics
4 2 (4.000%) Computer Science
4 2 (4.000%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.000%) NHS
5 1 (2.000%) Smartcard
5 1 (2.000%) PDA
5 1 (2.000%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 23 (46.00%) Windows
2 17 (34.00%) Windows XP
3 13 (26.00%) Windows 7
4 7 (14.00%) Windows Vista
5 1 (2.000%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (14.00%) ITIL
2 6 (12.00%) Project Management
3 3 (6.000%) PRINCE2
3 3 (6.000%) Resource Management
4 2 (4.000%) UML
4 2 (4.000%) Programme Management
4 2 (4.000%) OO
4 2 (4.000%) Automated Testing
5 1 (2.000%) Business Analysis
5 1 (2.000%) RUP
5 1 (2.000%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.000%) Data Management
5 1 (2.000%) Content Management
5 1 (2.000%) OOA/OOD
5 1 (2.000%) Change Management
5 1 (2.000%) Workflow
5 1 (2.000%) Migration
5 1 (2.000%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (2.000%) Unified Process
5 1 (2.000%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.00%) SQL
2 4 (8.000%) T-SQL
2 4 (8.000%) C#
3 2 (4.000%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.000%) VB
3 2 (4.000%) VBA
4 1 (2.000%) C
4 1 (2.000%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.000%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (6.000%) SC Cleared
1 3 (6.000%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.000%) Degree
2 2 (4.000%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.000%) ACCA
3 1 (2.000%) CIMA
3 1 (2.000%) MCDST
3 1 (2.000%) HND
3 1 (2.000%) CCNA
3 1 (2.000%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.000%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.000%) QA
2 1 (2.000%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.000%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (8.000%) DameWare
2 1 (2.000%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 24 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.00%) Cisco
3 5 (10.00%) Citrix
4 3 (6.000%) SAP
5 1 (2.000%) Oracle
5 1 (2.000%) Lotus
5 1 (2.000%) Symantec
5 1 (2.000%) LANDesk
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