The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 21 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 Coventry 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 14 18 15
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -3
Contract jobs citing MS Office 14 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 6.604% 3.891% 5.435%
As % of the Applications category 32.56% 33.33% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 4
Average daily rate £100 £300 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-66.66% +140.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £91 £300 £108
10% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £300 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £273 £275
% change year-on-year
+0.91% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Average hourly rate £17.75 £11.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.34% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.61 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+2.84% -3.01%
All Applications
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
43 30 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 20.28% 11.67% 18.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 15
Average daily rate £150 £250 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -14.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £99 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £323 £469
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 2
Average hourly rate £37.80 £12.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+215.00% -38.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Office
West Midlands

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 13 (54.17%) Windows
2 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
3 9 (37.50%) MS Excel
4 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 7 (29.17%) Windows XP
6 5 (20.83%) SLA
7 4 (16.67%) Windows 7
7 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
7 4 (16.67%) Incident Management
8 3 (12.50%) PL/SQL
8 3 (12.50%) SQL
8 3 (12.50%) T-SQL
8 3 (12.50%) Oracle
8 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
8 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (12.50%) Finance
8 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (8.333%) Programme Management
9 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (8.333%) ITIL
9 2 (8.333%) PRINCE2
9 2 (8.333%) DNS
9 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (8.333%) MS Exchange
9 2 (8.333%) CheckPoint

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (8.333%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.167%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (4.167%) MS Project Server
2 1 (4.167%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 9 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.167%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) DNS
2 1 (4.167%) Intranet
2 1 (4.167%) 3G
2 1 (4.167%) Broadband
2 1 (4.167%) DHCP
2 1 (4.167%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.167%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (4.167%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) 1st Line Support
2 4 (16.67%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Technical Support
3 3 (12.50%) Coordinator
3 3 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 3 (12.50%) Developer
3 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (12.50%) SQL Developer
4 2 (8.333%) IT Support
4 2 (8.333%) Programme Support Officer
4 2 (8.333%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (8.333%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Trainer
5 1 (4.167%) Field Service Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) Report Writer
5 1 (4.167%) Report Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (54.17%) Windows
2 7 (29.17%) Windows XP
3 4 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (4.167%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (8.333%) Programme Management
2 2 (8.333%) ITIL
2 2 (8.333%) PRINCE2
2 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.167%) Project Management
3 1 (4.167%) ETL
3 1 (4.167%) WFM
3 1 (4.167%) Asset Management
3 1 (4.167%) Content Management
3 1 (4.167%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) PL/SQL
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
1 3 (12.50%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.167%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (4.167%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.167%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (4.167%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle
3 2 (8.333%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.167%) Symantec
4 1 (4.167%) Citrix
4 1 (4.167%) SAP
4 1 (4.167%) VMware
Coventry, West Midlands
The rate will be 300-350 p/d based on experience of the following skills: VMware Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, Windows 7 & 8 Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013