The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 23 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 Bristol 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 29 31 30
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing MS Office 24 36 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 4.697% 4.306% 4.128%
As % of the Applications category 30.77% 25.35% 30.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 19 12
Average daily rate £350 £165 £269
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+112.12% -38.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £118 £116
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £318 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £273 £275
% change year-on-year
+0.91% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 6
Average hourly rate £13.50 £35.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-61.42% +191.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £14.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £39.30 £13.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
All Applications
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
78 142 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 15.26% 16.99% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 92 42
Average daily rate £325 £275 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £120 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £390 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 10
Average hourly rate £14.50 £23.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.95% +84.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £16.00 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £36.50 £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Office
South West

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 19 (35.19%) Windows
2 19 (35.19%) Microsoft
3 15 (27.78%) Finance
3 15 (27.78%) MS PowerPoint
4 14 (25.93%) MS Project
4 14 (25.93%) Windows 7
5 10 (18.52%) Active Directory
6 9 (16.67%) Windows XP
6 9 (16.67%) Retail
7 7 (12.96%) MS Visio
8 6 (11.11%) SharePoint
8 6 (11.11%) Project Planning
8 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (9.259%) Migration
9 5 (9.259%) Banking
9 5 (9.259%) ITIL
9 5 (9.259%) Project Management
9 5 (9.259%) Security Cleared
10 4 (7.407%) Retail Banking
10 4 (7.407%) SC Cleared
10 4 (7.407%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (7.407%) Blackberry
10 4 (7.407%) Citrix
10 4 (7.407%) Change Management
11 3 (5.556%) Risk Management
11 3 (5.556%) Programme Management
11 3 (5.556%) MATLAB
11 3 (5.556%) Business Analysis
11 3 (5.556%) MS Project Server

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 2 (3.704%) Web Services
1 2 (3.704%) .NET
1 2 (3.704%) ASP.NET
1 2 (3.704%) WCF
1 2 (3.704%) Silverlight
2 1 (1.852%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.556%) MS Project Server
3 2 (3.704%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (3.704%) MS Exchange
3 2 (3.704%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (3.704%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.852%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 24 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 15 (27.78%) MS PowerPoint
3 14 (25.93%) MS Project
4 7 (12.96%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.852%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (1.852%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.556%) WAN
1 3 (5.556%) LAN
2 2 (3.704%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.704%) VPN
2 2 (3.704%) DNS
2 2 (3.704%) DHCP
3 1 (1.852%) 2G
3 1 (1.852%) IP Telephony
3 1 (1.852%) BSS
3 1 (1.852%) HTTP
3 1 (1.852%) 3G
3 1 (1.852%) UTRAN
3 1 (1.852%) MPLS
3 1 (1.852%) SAN
3 1 (1.852%) PBX
3 1 (1.852%) UMTS
3 1 (1.852%) ATM
3 1 (1.852%) GPRS
3 1 (1.852%) GSM
3 1 (1.852%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.704%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (3.704%) SQL Server
1 2 (3.704%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.852%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (3.704%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (3.704%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 15 (27.78%) Finance
2 9 (16.67%) Retail
3 5 (9.259%) Banking
4 4 (7.407%) Retail Banking
5 2 (3.704%) Legal
6 1 (1.852%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.852%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (24.07%) Analyst
2 6 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
3 4 (7.407%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (7.407%) Support Engineer
4 3 (5.556%) Project Coordinator
4 3 (5.556%) Business Analyst
4 3 (5.556%) Coordinator
4 3 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (3.704%) Help Desk Assistant
5 2 (3.704%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (3.704%) IT Assistant
5 2 (3.704%) IT Support
5 2 (3.704%) Developer
5 2 (3.704%) Project Planner
5 2 (3.704%) Support Analyst
5 2 (3.704%) SharePoint Developer
5 2 (3.704%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (3.704%) Programme Planner
5 2 (3.704%) Team Leader
5 2 (3.704%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.407%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.852%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.852%) Statistics
2 1 (1.852%) Fat Client
2 1 (1.852%) CMDB
2 1 (1.852%) PMI
2 1 (1.852%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 19 (35.19%) Windows
2 14 (25.93%) Windows 7
3 9 (16.67%) Windows XP
4 4 (7.407%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (11.11%) Project Planning
1 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (9.259%) Migration
2 5 (9.259%) ITIL
2 5 (9.259%) Project Management
3 4 (7.407%) Change Management
4 3 (5.556%) Risk Management
4 3 (5.556%) Programme Management
4 3 (5.556%) Business Analysis
4 3 (5.556%) PRINCE2
4 3 (5.556%) Performance Management
4 3 (5.556%) Change Control
5 2 (3.704%) Data Migration
5 2 (3.704%) UML
5 2 (3.704%) OO
5 2 (3.704%) Problem Management
5 2 (3.704%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (3.704%) Multithreading
5 2 (3.704%) Time Management
5 2 (3.704%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.556%) MATLAB
1 3 (5.556%) SQL
2 1 (1.852%) VB
2 1 (1.852%) C#
2 1 (1.852%) C++
2 1 (1.852%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (9.259%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.407%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.704%) Degree
4 1 (1.852%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.852%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.852%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.852%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.852%) MCSE
4 1 (1.852%) MCP
4 1 (1.852%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.704%) SLA
2 1 (1.852%) QA
2 1 (1.852%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.852%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.704%) Terminal Server
3 1 (1.852%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (1.852%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.852%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (3.704%) DameWare
2 1 (1.852%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (35.19%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.407%) Citrix
3 2 (3.704%) Teradata
3 2 (3.704%) VMware
4 1 (1.852%) LANDesk
4 1 (1.852%) Nokia
4 1 (1.852%) Lotus
4 1 (1.852%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.852%) SAP
4 1 (1.852%) Progress
Bristol, Avon
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