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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Canterbury region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below66.67 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£150-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£150-
UK excluding London average daily rate£243£251
% change on same period last year-3.19 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.75£15.70
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Canterbury
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£150-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£150-
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£284
% change on same period last year+4.33 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.62£19.30
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
MS Office KentMS Office
Kent

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MS Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS Office across the Canterbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Canterbury MS Office Demand Trend

MS Office
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Office across the Canterbury region.

Canterbury MS Office Daily Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Office across the Canterbury region.

Canterbury MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canterbury 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.

14 (80.00 %)Microsoft
22 (40.00 %)Windows
22 (40.00 %)Windows XP
22 (40.00 %)Health
31 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
31 (20.00 %)Informatics
31 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (20.00 %)Migration
31 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (20.00 %)Active Directory
31 (20.00 %)NHS
31 (20.00 %)Java

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canterbury 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.

Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
11 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
11 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Health
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Administrator
12 (40.00 %)IT Administrator
21 (20.00 %)Desktop Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Installations Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Desktop Support
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Informatics
11 (20.00 %)NHS
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)Windows
12 (40.00 %)Windows XP
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Migration
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)Java
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Microsoft