MS Office Contracts in Cardiff
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 20 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 Cardiff 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 12 19 19
Rank change year-on-year
+7 0
Contract jobs citing MS Office 20 14 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 11.63% 6.114% 6.579%
As % of the Applications category 51.28% 50.00% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 10
Average daily rate £375 £285 £207
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.57% +38.01%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £147 £203 £88
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £430 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.75 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+1.81% -1.78%
All Applications
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 39 28 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 22.67% 12.23% 15.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 24
Average daily rate £350 £325 £258
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +25.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £143
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £11.00 - £12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
South Wales

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 34 (80.95%) Microsoft
2 23 (54.76%) Project Management
3 22 (52.38%) Finance
4 18 (42.86%) MS Project
5 15 (35.71%) Windows
6 12 (28.57%) AS400
7 10 (23.81%) Banking
7 10 (23.81%) COBOL
8 9 (21.43%) IIS
8 9 (21.43%) Shell Script
8 9 (21.43%) UNIX
8 9 (21.43%) WebSphere
9 8 (19.05%) Degree
9 8 (19.05%) iSeries
9 8 (19.05%) IBM
9 8 (19.05%) TestDirector
9 8 (19.05%) SQL Server
9 8 (19.05%) UML
9 8 (19.05%) OO
10 7 (16.67%) MS Excel
10 7 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (16.67%) Business Analysis
11 6 (14.29%) Windows 7
11 6 (14.29%) OS/400
11 6 (14.29%) AIX
11 6 (14.29%) DB2
11 6 (14.29%) RPG
12 5 (11.90%) SLA
12 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
13 4 (9.524%) Microsoft Certification

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 9 (21.43%) WebSphere
2 3 (7.143%) .NET
2 3 (7.143%) J2EE
3 2 (4.762%) HTML
4 1 (2.381%) COM
4 1 (2.381%) Application Packaging
4 1 (2.381%) DWR
Application Platforms
1 9 (21.43%) IIS
2 2 (4.762%) MS Exchange
2 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.381%) GroupWise
3 1 (2.381%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 18 (42.86%) MS Project
2 7 (16.67%) MS Excel
3 3 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.381%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.381%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.143%) Internet
2 2 (4.762%) LAN
3 1 (2.381%) WAN
3 1 (2.381%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.381%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 6 (14.29%) DB2
3 1 (2.381%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (2.381%) Cognos Impromptu
3 1 (2.381%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.381%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.381%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 8 (19.05%) TestDirector
General
1 22 (52.38%) Finance
2 10 (23.81%) Banking
3 3 (7.143%) Retail
4 1 (2.381%) Billing
4 1 (2.381%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 25 (59.52%) Analyst
2 9 (21.43%) Support Analyst
3 8 (19.05%) Applications Support
4 7 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 7 (16.67%) Applications Support Analyst
5 6 (14.29%) Project Manager
6 4 (9.524%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (7.143%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (7.143%) Service Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) Senior Technical Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) Business Manager
8 2 (4.762%) Business Project Manager
8 2 (4.762%) Financial Business Analyst
9 1 (2.381%) AS400 Support
9 1 (2.381%) Technical Business Analyst
9 1 (2.381%) IT Business Analyst
9 1 (2.381%) Banking Business Analyst
9 1 (2.381%) Financial Services Business Analyst
9 1 (2.381%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (28.57%) AS400
2 8 (19.05%) iSeries
3 1 (2.381%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.381%) Data Extraction
3 1 (2.381%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.381%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.381%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (35.71%) Windows
2 9 (21.43%) UNIX
3 6 (14.29%) Windows 7
3 6 (14.29%) AIX
3 6 (14.29%) OS/400
4 3 (7.143%) Windows XP
5 2 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (54.76%) Project Management
2 8 (19.05%) UML
2 8 (19.05%) OO
3 7 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 4 (9.524%) Risk Analysis
4 4 (9.524%) Migration
5 3 (7.143%) Content Management
5 3 (7.143%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (7.143%) Network Architecture
6 2 (4.762%) Change Control
6 2 (4.762%) Incident Management
6 2 (4.762%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (4.762%) Programme Management
6 2 (4.762%) ITIL
7 1 (2.381%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.381%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.381%) ERP
7 1 (2.381%) ETL
7 1 (2.381%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 10 (23.81%) COBOL
2 9 (21.43%) Shell Script
3 6 (14.29%) RPG
4 2 (4.762%) SQL
5 1 (2.381%) LINC
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Degree
2 4 (9.524%) MCP
2 4 (9.524%) MCSE
2 4 (9.524%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.381%) MCSA
3 1 (2.381%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.381%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.381%) XenApp
3 1 (2.381%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (2.381%) ARCserve
1 1 (2.381%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 34 (80.95%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.05%) IBM
3 3 (7.143%) VMware
4 2 (4.762%) Rackspace
4 2 (4.762%) Citrix
5 1 (2.381%) Novell
5 1 (2.381%) Sophos
5 1 (2.381%) Intel
5 1 (2.381%) Business Objects
5 1 (2.381%) SAP
5 1 (2.381%) Cognos
5 1 (2.381%) Cisco
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