MS Office Contracts in Cheshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 41 38 27
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -11
Contract jobs citing MS Office 20 29 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.770% 3.589% 5.126%
As % of the Applications category 29.85% 32.58% 38.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 21
Average daily rate £350 £200 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -29.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £115 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £205 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.61% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £10.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.20 - £7.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 - £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.88 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+0.90% -1.14%
All Applications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 67 89 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 9.280% 11.01% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 43 77
Average daily rate £300 £318 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.51% +1.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £116 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £487 £416 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +215.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.33 £30.00 £6.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £30.00 £37.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
North West

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Cheshire 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
Chester +1 9 £123 -38.75%
Warrington -4 3 - -
Macclesfield - 1 £275 -
MS Office
North West

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 36 (61.02%) Windows
1 36 (61.02%) MS Excel
1 36 (61.02%) Microsoft
2 21 (35.59%) ITIL
3 18 (30.51%) Active Directory
4 17 (28.81%) Windows 7
5 15 (25.42%) MS Project
5 15 (25.42%) MS Visio
6 14 (23.73%) SharePoint
6 14 (23.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (22.03%) HP
7 13 (22.03%) Windows XP
7 13 (22.03%) Service Management
8 12 (20.34%) Security Cleared
9 11 (18.64%) MS PowerPoint
10 10 (16.95%) Lotus Notes
10 10 (16.95%) SAP
10 10 (16.95%) MCP
10 10 (16.95%) OpenView
10 10 (16.95%) Lotus
10 10 (16.95%) SC Cleared
11 9 (15.25%) Citrix
11 9 (15.25%) Project Management
12 8 (13.56%) UNIX
12 8 (13.56%) HTML
13 7 (11.86%) SQL
13 7 (11.86%) MCSE
13 7 (11.86%) ISO 9000
13 7 (11.86%) Finance
13 7 (11.86%) BS25999

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 8 (13.56%) HTML
2 5 (8.475%) CSS
3 4 (6.780%) XML
3 4 (6.780%) .NET
4 3 (5.085%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.695%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 14 (23.73%) SharePoint
2 10 (16.95%) Lotus Notes
3 5 (8.475%) CMS
3 5 (8.475%) LiveLink
4 3 (5.085%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (5.085%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (5.085%) MS Exchange
5 1 (1.695%) Documentum
5 1 (1.695%) eRoom
Applications
1 36 (61.02%) MS Excel
2 15 (25.42%) MS Visio
2 15 (25.42%) MS Project
3 11 (18.64%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.695%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.695%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (1.695%) SAP R/3
1 1 (1.695%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.475%) VPN
1 5 (8.475%) Intranet
2 4 (6.780%) Wireless
3 3 (5.085%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.390%) 3G
4 2 (3.390%) DNS
4 2 (3.390%) Broadband
5 1 (1.695%) LAN
5 1 (1.695%) WAN
5 1 (1.695%) SAN
5 1 (1.695%) Firewall
5 1 (1.695%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.390%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.695%) MySQL
3 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (1.695%) EDMS
3 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.390%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.695%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 7 (11.86%) Finance
2 5 (8.475%) Banking
3 4 (6.780%) Local Government
3 4 (6.780%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.695%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.695%) Law
4 1 (1.695%) Legal
Job Titles
1 21 (35.59%) Analyst
2 11 (18.64%) Support Analyst
3 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 6 (10.17%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 5 (8.475%) Content Editor
5 4 (6.780%) Administrator
5 4 (6.780%) Desktop Support
5 4 (6.780%) Service Analyst
6 3 (5.085%) Help Desk Support
6 3 (5.085%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.085%) Technical Support
6 3 (5.085%) SAP Manager
6 3 (5.085%) Web Editor
6 3 (5.085%) Web Content Editor
6 3 (5.085%) IT Support
7 2 (3.390%) Transition Manager
7 2 (3.390%) SAP Data Analyst
7 2 (3.390%) SAP Analyst
7 2 (3.390%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Blackberry
2 5 (8.475%) Digital Media
3 3 (5.085%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.085%) Handset
3 3 (5.085%) Clustering
3 3 (5.085%) iPad
4 2 (3.390%) Thin Client
4 2 (3.390%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.695%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.695%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 36 (61.02%) Windows
2 17 (28.81%) Windows 7
3 13 (22.03%) Windows XP
4 8 (13.56%) UNIX
5 5 (8.475%) AIX
5 5 (8.475%) Linux
6 4 (6.780%) Tru64
7 3 (5.085%) Windows Vista
7 3 (5.085%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (5.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (3.390%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (35.59%) ITIL
2 13 (22.03%) Service Management
3 9 (15.25%) Project Management
4 7 (11.86%) Incident Management
5 6 (10.17%) Migration
6 5 (8.475%) Change Management
7 4 (6.780%) Configuration Management
8 3 (5.085%) Problem Management
8 3 (5.085%) Test Scripting
8 3 (5.085%) ITIL V3
9 2 (3.390%) Service Delivery
9 2 (3.390%) Test Strategy
9 2 (3.390%) Manual Testing
9 2 (3.390%) Data Migration
9 2 (3.390%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (3.390%) Test Management
9 2 (3.390%) ETL
9 2 (3.390%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (3.390%) Project Planning
10 1 (1.695%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.86%) SQL
2 5 (8.475%) JavaScript
3 4 (6.780%) Shell Script
4 2 (3.390%) VB
5 1 (1.695%) FoxPro (VFP)
5 1 (1.695%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (23.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (20.34%) Security Cleared
3 10 (16.95%) SC Cleared
3 10 (16.95%) MCP
4 7 (11.86%) MCSE
4 7 (11.86%) MCDST
4 7 (11.86%) MCITP
5 2 (3.390%) ISTQB
5 2 (3.390%) ISEB
6 1 (1.695%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.695%) CCNA
6 1 (1.695%) Degree
6 1 (1.695%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.695%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.86%) ISO 9000
1 7 (11.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (11.86%) BS25999
2 3 (5.085%) QA
2 3 (5.085%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (30.51%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.475%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.780%) XenApp
4 3 (5.085%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.390%) PowerHA
5 2 (3.390%) VMware ESX
6 1 (1.695%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (1.695%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 10 (16.95%) OpenView
2 7 (11.86%) ServiceCenter
3 3 (5.085%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (3.390%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (1.695%) AppDNA
5 1 (1.695%) SCCM
5 1 (1.695%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 36 (61.02%) Microsoft
2 13 (22.03%) HP
3 10 (16.95%) SAP
3 10 (16.95%) Lotus
4 9 (15.25%) Citrix
5 5 (8.475%) VMware
6 4 (6.780%) Red Hat
6 4 (6.780%) Remedy
7 3 (5.085%) Dell
8 1 (1.695%) NetApp
8 1 (1.695%) Veritas
8 1 (1.695%) Cisco
8 1 (1.695%) IBM
8 1 (1.695%) Adobe
8 1 (1.695%) Brocade
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