The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf 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 36 17 45
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +28
Contract jobs citing MS Office 18 31 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 4.675% 8.378% 2.400%
As % of the Applications category 36.73% 46.27% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 8
Average daily rate £330 £600 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.00% +36.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £314 £368
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £613 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.61% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +133.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.88 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+0.90% -1.14%
All Applications
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
49 67 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 12.73% 18.11% 9.600%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 41 36
Average daily rate £364 £550 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.86% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £400 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £573 £600 £650
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 - £35.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +133.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
London

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 16 (59.26%) Finance
2 14 (51.85%) MS Excel
3 10 (37.04%) SharePoint
3 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
4 7 (25.93%) Project Management
5 6 (22.22%) ITIL
6 5 (18.52%) UML
6 5 (18.52%) Retail
7 4 (14.81%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 4 (14.81%) Yahoo!
7 4 (14.81%) Windows 7
7 4 (14.81%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (14.81%) Waterfall
7 4 (14.81%) Mobile App
7 4 (14.81%) Windows
7 4 (14.81%) MS Project
7 4 (14.81%) SAP
7 4 (14.81%) VBA
7 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
7 4 (14.81%) Windows XP
7 4 (14.81%) LAN
7 4 (14.81%) VPN
7 4 (14.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (14.81%) Internet
7 4 (14.81%) Change Management
8 3 (11.11%) SQL
8 3 (11.11%) B2B
8 3 (11.11%) HP
8 3 (11.11%) Oracle
8 3 (11.11%) MS Exchange

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 Platforms
1 10 (37.04%) SharePoint
2 4 (14.81%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (11.11%) MS Exchange
4 2 (7.407%) ESB
5 1 (3.704%) SAS
5 1 (3.704%) LiveLink
Applications
1 14 (51.85%) MS Excel
2 4 (14.81%) MS Project
3 3 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (7.407%) MS Visio
5 1 (3.704%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (3.704%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (14.81%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) LAN
1 4 (14.81%) VPN
1 4 (14.81%) Internet
2 1 (3.704%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.407%) QlikView
2 1 (3.704%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (3.704%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (3.704%) RequisitePro
1 1 (3.704%) ClearQuest
1 1 (3.704%) Rational Robot
1 1 (3.704%) JIRA
1 1 (3.704%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 16 (59.26%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Retail
3 2 (7.407%) Banking
3 2 (7.407%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.704%) Marketing
4 1 (3.704%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Analyst
2 11 (40.74%) Project Manager
3 5 (18.52%) PMO Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Junior
4 4 (14.81%) Junior Project Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Business Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (7.407%) Project Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Agile Project Manager
6 2 (7.407%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Service Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) UML Business Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Junior Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Business Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Software Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Deployment Project Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Business Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Software Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.407%) Data Integration
3 1 (3.704%) New Media
3 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.704%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
1 4 (14.81%) Windows XP
1 4 (14.81%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Project Management
2 6 (22.22%) ITIL
3 5 (18.52%) UML
4 4 (14.81%) Change Management
4 4 (14.81%) Waterfall
5 3 (11.11%) Change Control
5 3 (11.11%) Data Management
5 3 (11.11%) Project Planning
5 3 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 3 (11.11%) B2B
6 2 (7.407%) B2C
6 2 (7.407%) OOA/OOD
6 2 (7.407%) RUP
6 2 (7.407%) OOD
6 2 (7.407%) SOA
6 2 (7.407%) Scrum
6 2 (7.407%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (7.407%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (7.407%) Release Management
6 2 (7.407%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) VBA
2 3 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.704%) MCTS
1 1 (3.704%) MCITP
1 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (7.407%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.704%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (7.407%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) SAP
2 4 (14.81%) Yahoo!
3 3 (11.11%) Oracle
3 3 (11.11%) HP
4 1 (3.704%) Quark
4 1 (3.704%) Cognos
4 1 (3.704%) IBM