The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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 21 15 18
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +3
Contract jobs citing MS Office 51 92 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 6.472% 9.055% 7.075%
As % of the Applications category 37.50% 56.10% 49.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 28 26
Average daily rate £260 £256 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.46% -25.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £129 £150 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £354 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.61% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 29 26
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% -13.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.23 £11.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £17.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.88 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+0.90% -1.14%
All Applications
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
136 164 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 17.26% 16.14% 14.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 63 49
Average daily rate £260 £215 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.93% -31.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £160 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £459
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 31 41
Average hourly rate £13.50 £15.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -10.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.57 £11.15 £10.67
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £17.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
South East

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Office within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +1 43 £260 +23.80%
Aylesbury -8 2 - -
Gerrards Cross - 2 £188 -
High Wycombe -9 1 - -
Iver - 1 £325 -
MS Office
South East

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 63 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 52 (49.52%) Windows
3 43 (40.95%) MS Excel
4 38 (36.19%) Active Directory
5 35 (33.33%) Windows XP
6 32 (30.48%) Windows 7
7 27 (25.71%) Finance
8 25 (23.81%) ITIL
9 21 (20.00%) Citrix
10 19 (18.10%) TCP/IP
11 17 (16.19%) Remedy
11 17 (16.19%) Security Cleared
12 16 (15.24%) MS PowerPoint
12 16 (15.24%) Windows Vista
12 16 (15.24%) VPN
13 15 (14.29%) Lotus Notes
13 15 (14.29%) Lotus
13 15 (14.29%) SC Cleared
14 13 (12.38%) Windows Server 2003
15 12 (11.43%) Project Management
15 12 (11.43%) Windows Server 2008
15 12 (11.43%) PDA
16 11 (10.48%) 3G
16 11 (10.48%) SAP
17 10 (9.524%) PRINCE2
17 10 (9.524%) SharePoint
17 10 (9.524%) Broadband
17 10 (9.524%) ITIL Certification
17 10 (9.524%) Wi-Fi
18 9 (8.571%) Service Delivery

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 (2.857%) XML
2 2 (1.905%) Flash
2 2 (1.905%) Apache Flex
2 2 (1.905%) HTML
3 1 (0.952%) jQuery
3 1 (0.952%) Middleware
3 1 (0.952%) LAMP
3 1 (0.952%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 15 (14.29%) Lotus Notes
2 10 (9.524%) SharePoint
3 9 (8.571%) MS Exchange
4 7 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
4 7 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.952%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.952%) CMS
Applications
1 43 (40.95%) MS Excel
2 16 (15.24%) MS PowerPoint
3 9 (8.571%) MS Visio
4 7 (6.667%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (6.667%) MS Project
5 3 (2.857%) Photoshop
6 2 (1.905%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (1.905%) InDesign
7 1 (0.952%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (0.952%) SAP HR
1 1 (0.952%) Oracle iRecruitment
1 1 (0.952%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 19 (18.10%) TCP/IP
2 16 (15.24%) VPN
3 11 (10.48%) 3G
4 10 (9.524%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (9.524%) Broadband
5 7 (6.667%) Internet
6 5 (4.762%) Firewall
6 5 (4.762%) DHCP
6 5 (4.762%) DNS
7 3 (2.857%) LAN
7 3 (2.857%) WAN
8 2 (1.905%) FTP
8 2 (1.905%) Wireless
9 1 (0.952%) 2G
9 1 (0.952%) HTTP
9 1 (0.952%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.952%) SQL Server
General
1 27 (25.71%) Finance
2 6 (5.714%) Marketing
3 5 (4.762%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.857%) Automotive
5 2 (1.905%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.952%) Law
6 1 (0.952%) Legal
6 1 (0.952%) Billing
6 1 (0.952%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 60 (57.14%) Analyst
2 37 (35.24%) Service Analyst
2 37 (35.24%) Service Desk Analyst
3 17 (16.19%) Support Analyst
4 9 (8.571%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (8.571%) Help Desk Analyst
5 8 (7.619%) Administrator
6 7 (6.667%) Support Engineer
7 6 (5.714%) Support Assistant
7 6 (5.714%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 5 (4.762%) Project Support Assistant
8 5 (4.762%) Coordinator
8 5 (4.762%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.762%) Applications Support
8 5 (4.762%) Project Administrator
8 5 (4.762%) Project Coordinator
9 4 (3.810%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (3.810%) Systems Analyst
9 4 (3.810%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (2.857%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.43%) PDA
2 7 (6.667%) Mathematics
3 6 (5.714%) EPoS
4 4 (3.810%) Blackberry
5 3 (2.857%) NHS
5 3 (2.857%) Informatics
6 2 (1.905%) iPhone
6 2 (1.905%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.952%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.952%) Statistics
7 1 (0.952%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 52 (49.52%) Windows
2 35 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 32 (30.48%) Windows 7
4 16 (15.24%) Windows Vista
5 13 (12.38%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (11.43%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (4.762%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.81%) ITIL
2 12 (11.43%) Project Management
3 10 (9.524%) PRINCE2
4 9 (8.571%) Service Delivery
5 5 (4.762%) Change Management
5 5 (4.762%) ERP
6 3 (2.857%) CRM
6 3 (2.857%) BPR
6 3 (2.857%) Logistics
6 3 (2.857%) Business Analysis
6 3 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (1.905%) Time Management
7 2 (1.905%) Supplier Management
7 2 (1.905%) Incident Management
7 2 (1.905%) Asset Management
8 1 (0.952%) Content Management
8 1 (0.952%) Ethical Hacking
8 1 (0.952%) Data Analysis
8 1 (0.952%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (0.952%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.667%) SQL
2 2 (1.905%) ActionScript
2 2 (1.905%) ActionScript 2.0
3 1 (0.952%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.952%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (16.19%) Security Cleared
2 15 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.524%) ITIL Certification
4 9 (8.571%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.714%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (4.762%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (4.762%) Degree
7 3 (2.857%) MCDST
8 2 (1.905%) MCITP
9 1 (0.952%) MCP
9 1 (0.952%) MCSE
9 1 (0.952%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (36.19%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.810%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.905%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.905%) XenApp
3 2 (1.905%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.952%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 5 (4.762%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (1.905%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.952%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 63 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 21 (20.00%) Citrix
3 17 (16.19%) Remedy
4 15 (14.29%) Lotus
5 11 (10.48%) SAP
6 5 (4.762%) Symantec
6 5 (4.762%) Sophos
7 4 (3.810%) VMware
8 2 (1.905%) Minitab
8 2 (1.905%) Oracle
8 2 (1.905%) Cognos
8 2 (1.905%) Adobe
8 2 (1.905%) HP
8 2 (1.905%) Dell
9 1 (0.952%) Cisco
9 1 (0.952%) CA
9 1 (0.952%) Salesforce.com
9 1 (0.952%) Google
9 1 (0.952%) Twitter
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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