MS Office Contracts in Cambridge
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 25 39 22
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -17
Contract jobs citing MS Office 14 10 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 4.268% 2.370% 5.747%
As % of the Applications category 37.84% 25.64% 35.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 4
Average daily rate £300 £213 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.17% -26.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £273 £275
% change year-on-year
+0.91% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 4
Average hourly rate £28.75 £10.13 £12.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+183.95% -17.34%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.75 £9.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.75 £11.31 £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
All Applications
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 37 39 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 11.28% 9.242% 16.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 16
Average daily rate £260 £275 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.45% -5.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £500 £312
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 13
Average hourly rate £25.00 £11.63 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+115.05% -7.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.80 £9.75 £10.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.60 £13.37 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Office
Cambridgeshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 33 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 20 (41.67%) SQL
2 20 (41.67%) T-SQL
2 20 (41.67%) SQL Server
3 18 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
3 18 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
4 17 (35.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 15 (31.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (31.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 15 (31.25%) PL/SQL
5 15 (31.25%) Oracle
5 15 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (20.83%) Active Directory
7 7 (14.58%) PRINCE2
8 6 (12.50%) Windows
8 6 (12.50%) ITIL
8 6 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (12.50%) COBIT
8 6 (12.50%) QA
9 5 (10.42%) Degree
9 5 (10.42%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (10.42%) InDesign
9 5 (10.42%) Telecoms
9 5 (10.42%) MS Excel
9 5 (10.42%) Adobe
9 5 (10.42%) VPN
10 4 (8.333%) Windows XP
10 4 (8.333%) MS Exchange
10 4 (8.333%) OLAP
10 4 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 (6.250%) HTML
2 1 (2.083%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.083%) WCF
2 1 (2.083%) .NET
2 1 (2.083%) COM
2 1 (2.083%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.333%) MS Exchange
1 4 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.083%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.083%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (2.083%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (10.42%) InDesign
1 5 (10.42%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (6.250%) FrameMaker
2 3 (6.250%) Acrobat
3 2 (4.167%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.083%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.42%) VPN
2 2 (4.167%) LAN
2 2 (4.167%) WAN
3 1 (2.083%) Network Security
3 1 (2.083%) Wireless
3 1 (2.083%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.083%) Internet
3 1 (2.083%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 18 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
2 18 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 17 (35.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (31.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 15 (31.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (8.333%) OLAP
6 3 (6.250%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (2.083%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.083%) MSI
General
1 5 (10.42%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.250%) Publishing
3 2 (4.167%) Front Office
3 2 (4.167%) Legal
3 2 (4.167%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.083%) Marketing
4 1 (2.083%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 20 (41.67%) Support Engineer
2 14 (29.17%) Analyst
3 9 (18.75%) Support Analyst
4 7 (14.58%) Project Manager
5 5 (10.42%) IT Support
5 5 (10.42%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (6.250%) Senior Support Engineer
6 3 (6.250%) Business Support Analyst
6 3 (6.250%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.250%) Author
6 3 (6.250%) Technical Author
6 3 (6.250%) Information Analyst
7 2 (4.167%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (4.167%) Designer
7 2 (4.167%) Graphic Designer
7 2 (4.167%) Instructional Designer
7 2 (4.167%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
8 1 (2.083%) SharePoint Developer
8 1 (2.083%) Desktop Analyst
8 1 (2.083%) Desktop Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.167%) NHS
1 2 (4.167%) Graphic Design
1 2 (4.167%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.50%) Windows
2 4 (8.333%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.083%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (14.58%) PRINCE2
3 6 (12.50%) ITIL
3 6 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (8.333%) Matrix Management
5 2 (4.167%) ITSM
5 2 (4.167%) CAD
5 2 (4.167%) Project Management
5 2 (4.167%) Service Management
5 2 (4.167%) Change Management
6 1 (2.083%) Web Analytics
6 1 (2.083%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (2.083%) Analytics
6 1 (2.083%) Mobile Marketing
Programming Languages
1 20 (41.67%) SQL
1 20 (41.67%) T-SQL
2 15 (31.25%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.083%) C
3 1 (2.083%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (10.42%) Degree
2 4 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (6.250%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.083%) MCDST
4 1 (2.083%) MCP
4 1 (2.083%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.50%) COBIT
1 6 (12.50%) QA
2 4 (8.333%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.083%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (20.83%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 33 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 15 (31.25%) Oracle
3 5 (10.42%) Adobe
4 1 (2.083%) Google
4 1 (2.083%) Remedy
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