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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the East Anglia 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
Rank1817
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.004 %
As % of the category below18.75 %50.00 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£200£325
Average daily rate£275£325
% change on same period last year-15.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£325
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 %
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
East Anglia
Matching contract IT job ads168
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.008 %
Daily rates quoted42
Average minimum daily rate£238£325
Average daily rate£269£325
% change on same period last year-17.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£284
% change on same period last year+4.33 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£40.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.62£19.30
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
MS Office East of EnglandMS Office
East of England

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 East Anglia region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

East Anglia 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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia 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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 19 Related IT Skills

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

13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
22 (50.00 %)EMC
22 (50.00 %)MS Excel
22 (50.00 %)C
22 (50.00 %)HNC
22 (50.00 %)HND
22 (50.00 %)UNIX
22 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
31 (25.00 %)Windows XP
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
31 (25.00 %)Lotus
31 (25.00 %)Remedy
31 (25.00 %)Project Management
31 (25.00 %)NPfIT
31 (25.00 %)Electric
31 (25.00 %)Health

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)MS Excel
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Electric
11 (25.00 %)Health
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Test Engineer
12 (50.00 %)Mechanical Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Project Manager
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)NPfIT
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)UNIX
31 (25.00 %)Windows XP
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (25.00 %)Project Management
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)C
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)HNC
12 (50.00 %)HND
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
22 (50.00 %)EMC
31 (25.00 %)Lotus
31 (25.00 %)Remedy