The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint
Rank 53 58 61
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +3
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 10 5 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.381% 0.626% 1.135%
As % of the Applications category 15.38% 5.952% 9.402%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 6
Average daily rate £263 £425 £289
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.23% +47.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £173 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £465 £369
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £314 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.94% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.09 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £17.25 £21.70
% change year-on-year
-24.63% -20.50%
All Applications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
65 84 117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 8.978% 10.51% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 39 68
Average daily rate £300 £313 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £114 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £487 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 7
Average hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +200.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.09 £30.00 £8.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS PowerPoint
North West

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire MS PowerPoint Jobs Demand Trend

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Knutsford - 3 - -
Warrington -4 2 - -
Crewe - 1 - -
Macclesfield - 1 £275 -
MS PowerPoint
North West

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint.

1 23 (76.67%) MS Excel
2 16 (53.33%) Microsoft
3 13 (43.33%) MS Visio
4 12 (40.00%) MS Project
5 11 (36.67%) MS Office
5 11 (36.67%) Windows
6 9 (30.00%) SharePoint
6 9 (30.00%) Active Directory
7 8 (26.67%) ITIL
7 8 (26.67%) Finance
8 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (23.33%) MCP
8 7 (23.33%) Lotus Notes
8 7 (23.33%) MCSE
8 7 (23.33%) OpenView
8 7 (23.33%) HP
8 7 (23.33%) Windows XP
8 7 (23.33%) ISO 9000
8 7 (23.33%) Lotus
8 7 (23.33%) MCITP
8 7 (23.33%) Incident Management
8 7 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (23.33%) MCDST
8 7 (23.33%) BS25999
8 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
8 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
8 7 (23.33%) ServiceCenter
8 7 (23.33%) Windows 7
9 5 (16.67%) Project Management
10 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Certification

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.333%) .NET
1 1 (3.333%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 9 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (23.33%) Lotus Notes
3 4 (13.33%) LiveLink
4 1 (3.333%) eRoom
Applications
1 23 (76.67%) MS Excel
2 13 (43.33%) MS Visio
3 12 (40.00%) MS Project
4 11 (36.67%) MS Office
5 1 (3.333%) Acrobat
5 1 (3.333%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.333%) Internet
1 1 (3.333%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (3.333%) MS Access
General
1 8 (26.67%) Finance
2 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.667%) Banking
3 2 (6.667%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.333%) French Language
4 1 (3.333%) German Language
4 1 (3.333%) Italian Language
4 1 (3.333%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (3.333%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (43.33%) Analyst
2 7 (23.33%) Support Analyst
3 6 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 6 (20.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Coordinator
5 3 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (6.667%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (6.667%) Programme Planner
6 2 (6.667%) Document Controller
6 2 (6.667%) Process Consultant
7 1 (3.333%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Administrator
7 1 (3.333%) Service Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.333%) Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.333%) Mainframe
1 1 (3.333%) Statistics
1 1 (3.333%) FMCG
1 1 (3.333%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 11 (36.67%) Windows
2 7 (23.33%) Windows XP
2 7 (23.33%) Windows 7
3 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (3.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) ITIL
2 7 (23.33%) Incident Management
3 5 (16.67%) Project Management
4 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2
5 3 (10.00%) Migration
6 2 (6.667%) Document Management
6 2 (6.667%) Data Analysis
6 2 (6.667%) Critical Path Analysis
6 2 (6.667%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (6.667%) Project Planning
6 2 (6.667%) Information Security
7 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.333%) ITSM
7 1 (3.333%) Identity Management
7 1 (3.333%) Workflow
7 1 (3.333%) Service Management
7 1 (3.333%) UML
7 1 (3.333%) Resource Management
7 1 (3.333%) Business Analysis
7 1 (3.333%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.333%) SQL
1 1 (3.333%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (23.33%) MCP
1 7 (23.33%) MCSE
1 7 (23.33%) MCITP
1 7 (23.33%) MCDST
1 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.333%) GIAC
3 1 (3.333%) CISA
3 1 (3.333%) CISSP
3 1 (3.333%) HNC
3 1 (3.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) ISO 9000
1 7 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (23.33%) BS25999
2 1 (3.333%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (10.00%) XenApp
3 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (23.33%) OpenView
1 7 (23.33%) ServiceCenter
2 1 (3.333%) Tivoli
2 1 (3.333%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) HP
2 7 (23.33%) Lotus
3 3 (10.00%) SAP
3 3 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (3.333%) VMware
4 1 (3.333%) Adobe
4 1 (3.333%) Remedy
4 1 (3.333%) Oracle
4 1 (3.333%) Business Objects