The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton 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 Brighton 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 14 21 20
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -1
Contract jobs citing MS Office 13 14 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 9.155% 5.469% 3.846%
As % of the Applications category 39.39% 32.56% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Average daily rate £350 £200 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -46.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.75 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+1.81% -1.78%
All Applications
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
33 43 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 23.24% 16.80% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 7
Average daily rate £350 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £135
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £464
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £50.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
East Sussex

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton MS Office Daily Rate Trend

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 Brighton region.

Brighton MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 19 (55.88%) MS Excel
2 16 (47.06%) MS Visio
3 11 (32.35%) UML
3 11 (32.35%) Electronics
3 11 (32.35%) Embedded C++
3 11 (32.35%) C
3 11 (32.35%) C++
3 11 (32.35%) Finance
4 9 (26.47%) SQL
4 9 (26.47%) MS Project
5 8 (23.53%) Business Analysis
5 8 (23.53%) Statistical Analysis
5 8 (23.53%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (23.53%) Data Governance
6 7 (20.59%) Data Quality
6 7 (20.59%) Performance Management
7 6 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (17.65%) ISEB
8 5 (14.71%) Project Management
9 4 (11.76%) Migration
9 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (5.882%) Open Text
10 2 (5.882%) Legal
10 2 (5.882%) Banking
10 2 (5.882%) Content Management
10 2 (5.882%) Alfresco
10 2 (5.882%) Taxonomies
10 2 (5.882%) Knowledge Management
10 2 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
10 2 (5.882%) EDRMS

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 1 (2.941%) .NET
1 1 (2.941%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) SharePoint
1 2 (5.882%) Documentum
1 2 (5.882%) FileNet
1 2 (5.882%) Alfresco
Applications
1 19 (55.88%) MS Excel
2 16 (47.06%) MS Visio
3 9 (26.47%) MS Project
4 8 (23.53%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.882%) EDRMS
General
1 11 (32.35%) Electronics
1 11 (32.35%) Finance
2 2 (5.882%) Legal
2 2 (5.882%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.882%) Banking
3 1 (2.941%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (47.06%) Analyst
2 11 (32.35%) Software Engineer
2 11 (32.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 11 (32.35%) C++ Software Engineer
2 11 (32.35%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 11 (32.35%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) Business Analyst
4 6 (17.65%) MI Analyst
5 5 (14.71%) Data Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) Junior Project Manager
6 2 (5.882%) Enterprise Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) Management Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) Junior
6 2 (5.882%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Trainer
7 1 (2.941%) Coordinator
7 1 (2.941%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Embedded C Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) C Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.882%) Taxonomies
2 1 (2.941%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.941%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (2.941%) Credit Risk
2 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.941%) E-Learning
2 1 (2.941%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.941%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) UML
2 8 (23.53%) Business Analysis
2 8 (23.53%) Statistical Analysis
2 8 (23.53%) Data Governance
3 7 (20.59%) Performance Management
4 6 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (14.71%) Project Management
6 4 (11.76%) Migration
6 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (5.882%) CRM
7 2 (5.882%) Data Migration
7 2 (5.882%) Knowledge Management
7 2 (5.882%) Content Management
8 1 (2.941%) Systems Analysis
8 1 (2.941%) Data Protection
8 1 (2.941%) ITIL
8 1 (2.941%) PRINCE2
8 1 (2.941%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (32.35%) C
1 11 (32.35%) C++
1 11 (32.35%) Embedded C++
2 9 (26.47%) SQL
3 1 (2.941%) Embedded C
3 1 (2.941%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) ISEB
2 1 (2.941%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (5.882%) IBM
1 2 (5.882%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.882%) Adobe
1 2 (5.882%) EMC
1 2 (5.882%) Kofax
1 2 (5.882%) Open Text