The first table below looks at the demand for Office 365 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 Office 365 over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office 365
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Office 365 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.604% - -
As % of the Applications category 3.947% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £456 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £304 £339 £408
% change year-on-year
-10.33% -16.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.11 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
-47.58% -
All Applications
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
76 84 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 15.29% 13.19% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 45 33
Average daily rate £300 £313 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £167 £150 £144
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £415 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £301 £315
% change year-on-year
+3.16% -4.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 13
Average hourly rate £30.00 £13.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+122.22% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £22.50 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
Office 365
West Midlands

Office 365
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Office 365 Daily Rate Trend

Office 365
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) Lync
2 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Advertising
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Business Development
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) JSON
2 1 (33.33%) Silverlight
2 1 (33.33%) SCOM

Office 365
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 Development
1 1 (33.33%) REST
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) Lync
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Development Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Business Development Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Microsoft Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM Developer
1 1 (33.33%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
Birmingham, West Midlands
Messaging Lead (Exchange/Lync/Enterprise) requiredThe Ideal Candidate will be responsible for:-Supporting Lync 2010 environment -Supporting Messaging environment (Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2010, BlackBerry, Good Technology, Enterprise...
OPUS
Rate: GBP500 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Messaging Lead (Exchange/Lync/Enterprise) required. The Ideal Candidate will be responsible for: -Supporting Lync 2010 environment -Supporting Messaging environment (Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2010, BlackBerry, Good Technology,...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £500
Posted: 14 June 2013