The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint
Rank 37 40 40
Rank change year-on-year
+3 0
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 6 13 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.370% 2.121% 1.000%
As % of the Applications category 9.091% 14.13% 6.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 4
Average daily rate £208 £370 £205
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.91% +80.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £326 £121
10% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £488 £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.97% +4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £11.76 £15.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.91% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -
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 PowerPoint
West Midlands

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham MS PowerPoint Jobs Demand Trend

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint.

1 7 (43.75%) MS Excel
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Remedy
2 5 (31.25%) MS Office
3 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (18.75%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (18.75%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (18.75%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (18.75%) QA
4 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
4 3 (18.75%) Data Quality
4 3 (18.75%) Information Governance
4 3 (18.75%) BMC
4 3 (18.75%) Lotus
4 3 (18.75%) ITIL
5 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
5 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
5 2 (12.50%) NHS
5 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
5 2 (12.50%) Change Management
5 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (12.50%) Problem Management
5 2 (12.50%) Time Management
5 2 (12.50%) Finance
5 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 2 (12.50%) Resource Management
5 2 (12.50%) Statistics
6 1 (6.250%) Computer Science

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) .NET
1 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
1 1 (6.250%) COM
1 1 (6.250%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) MS Excel
2 5 (31.25%) MS Office
3 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (6.250%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Broadband
1 1 (6.250%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Incident Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Project Support Officer
3 2 (12.50%) Project Officer
4 1 (6.250%) Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Leader
4 1 (6.250%) Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Development Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Applications Support
4 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.250%) Administrator
4 1 (6.250%) Data Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (12.50%) NHS
2 2 (12.50%) Statistics
3 1 (6.250%) E-Learning
3 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (18.75%) ITIL
2 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
2 3 (18.75%) Information Governance
3 2 (12.50%) Time Management
3 2 (12.50%) Change Management
3 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 2 (12.50%) Resource Management
3 2 (12.50%) Problem Management
4 1 (6.250%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (6.250%) Unit Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
4 1 (6.250%) UML
4 1 (6.250%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) C#
1 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) ISEB
1 1 (6.250%) Degree
1 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (18.75%) QA
1 3 (18.75%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Remedy
3 3 (18.75%) BMC
3 3 (18.75%) Lotus
4 1 (6.250%) Adobe
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