East Midlands MS Office Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Ashton-under-Lyne Audenshaw Ayr Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barking Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Chalfont St Giles Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Coalville Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Dagenham Darlington Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Ayrshire East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenford Grimsby Guildford Gwent Hackney Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hastings Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Immingham Inverness Ipswich Kegworth Kendal Kent Kilmarnock Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sheffield Sherborne Shrewsbury Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Slough Snodland Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Tamworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Tonbridge Torpoint Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallington Walsall Ware Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Drayton West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Wymondham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	22	21
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	80	83
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.105 %	0.088 %
As % of the category below	39.41 %	32.68 %
Daily rates quoted	17	8
Average minimum daily rate	£178	£291
Average daily rate	£188	£306
% change on same period last year	-38.67 %
Average maximum daily rate	£197	£322
UK excluding London average daily rate	£256	£253
% change on same period last year	+0.89 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	30
Average minimum hourly rate	£11.86	£10.91
Average hourly rate	£12.30	£11.43
% change on same period last year	+7.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£12.75	£11.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.18	£15.02
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Applications East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	203	254
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.268 %	0.269 %
Daily rates quoted	47	45
Average minimum daily rate	£274	£289
Average daily rate	£291	£317
% change on same period last year	-8.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£308	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£281
% change on same period last year	+6.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	39	67
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.82	£17.06
Average hourly rate	£13.63	£17.89
% change on same period last year	-23.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.44	£18.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.92	£19.17
% change on same period last year	-6.53 %
MS Office 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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

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 Midlands region.

MS Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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 Midlands region.

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

MS Office
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing MS Office within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Leicestershire	-1	24	£153	-43.06 %
Northamptonshire	0	19	£302	+0.62 %
Nottinghamshire	-12	18	£168	-52.14 %
Derbyshire	+5	11	£188	-55.68 %
Lincolnshire	-	8	£107	-

MS Office England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 91 (47.40 %) Windows 2 88 (45.83 %) Microsoft 3 61 (31.77 %) Active Directory 4 52 (27.08 %) MS Excel 5 32 (16.67 %) Windows 2000 6 30 (15.63 %) Windows XP 7 27 (14.06 %) MS Exchange 8 25 (13.02 %) Finance 9 20 (10.42 %) Windows NT 10 17 (8.854 %) Novell 11 15 (7.813 %) Retail 12 14 (7.292 %) Project Management 12 14 (7.292 %) MS PowerPoint 13 13 (6.771 %) TCP/IP 13 13 (6.771 %) ITIL

13 13 (6.771 %) SQL 14 11 (5.729 %) Government 14 11 (5.729 %) Stakeholder Management 14 11 (5.729 %) Exchange Server 2003 14 11 (5.729 %) Java 14 11 (5.729 %) .NET 14 11 (5.729 %) Citrix 14 11 (5.729 %) Internet 15 10 (5.208 %) Microsoft Certification 15 10 (5.208 %) SQL Server 15 10 (5.208 %) Retail-J 15 10 (5.208 %) SC Cleared 15 10 (5.208 %) Security Cleared 16 9 (4.688 %) Local Government 16 9 (4.688 %) MCSE

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 11 (5.729 %) .NET 2 6 (3.125 %) XML 3 1 (0.521 %) Windows SharePoint Services 3 1 (0.521 %) ISPF 3 1 (0.521 %) ASP.NET 2.0 3 1 (0.521 %) ASP 3 1 (0.521 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 27 (14.06 %) MS Exchange 2 11 (5.729 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 8 (4.167 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 4 (2.083 %) Lotus Notes 4 4 (2.083 %) SharePoint 5 2 (1.042 %) IIS 5 2 (1.042 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 2 (1.042 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 1 (0.521 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications 1 52 (27.08 %) MS Excel 2 14 (7.292 %) MS PowerPoint 3 7 (3.646 %) MS Project 3 7 (3.646 %) Acrobat 4 3 (1.563 %) MS Visio 5 2 (1.042 %) Open Workbench 5 2 (1.042 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 10 (5.208 %) Retail-J 2 4 (2.083 %) Summit 3 3 (1.563 %) SAP R/3 4 2 (1.042 %) BPCS 5 1 (0.521 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 13 (6.771 %) TCP/IP 2 11 (5.729 %) Internet 3 6 (3.125 %) LAN 4 5 (2.604 %) WAN 4 5 (2.604 %) DHCP 4 5 (2.604 %) VPN 4 5 (2.604 %) WINS 4 5 (2.604 %) DNS 5 4 (2.083 %) Firewall 6 2 (1.042 %) Wireless 6 2 (1.042 %) VLAN 6 2 (1.042 %) SAN 7 1 (0.521 %) 3G 7 1 (0.521 %) GSM 7 1 (0.521 %) IP Telephony	Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (5.208 %) SQL Server 2 4 (2.083 %) MS Access 2 4 (2.083 %) SQL Server 2000 3 3 (1.563 %) SQL Server 7 4 2 (1.042 %) Crystal Reports 4 2 (1.042 %) Datawarehouse 4 2 (1.042 %) SQL Server 2005 5 1 (0.521 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 1 (0.521 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 5 1 (0.521 %) GIS 5 1 (0.521 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 5 1 (0.521 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 1 (0.521 %) ETL 5 1 (0.521 %) BusinessObjects 5 1 (0.521 %) DB2 5 1 (0.521 %) OLAP
Development Applications 1 1 (0.521 %) Visual Studio	General 1 25 (13.02 %) Finance 2 15 (7.813 %) Retail 3 11 (5.729 %) Government 4 9 (4.688 %) Local Government 5 5 (2.604 %) Banking 6 4 (2.083 %) Military 7 3 (1.563 %) Health 7 3 (1.563 %) Law 7 3 (1.563 %) Automotive 8 2 (1.042 %) Back Office 8 2 (1.042 %) Telecoms 8 2 (1.042 %) Legal 8 2 (1.042 %) Retail Banking 9 1 (0.521 %) Marketing 9 1 (0.521 %) Financial Institution 9 1 (0.521 %) Insurance 9 1 (0.521 %) Construction
Job Titles 1 73 (38.02 %) Analyst 2 31 (16.15 %) Support Analyst 3 19 (9.896 %) 1st Line Support 3 19 (9.896 %) Service Analyst 4 18 (9.375 %) Helpdesk Analyst 4 18 (9.375 %) Service Desk Analyst 5 16 (8.333 %) Helpdesk Support 6 15 (7.813 %) Support Engineer 7 12 (6.250 %) Desktop Engineer 8 11 (5.729 %) Desktop Support 9 9 (4.688 %) Technical Support 9 9 (4.688 %) Administrator 10 8 (4.167 %) 2nd Line Support 10 8 (4.167 %) Project Manager 10 8 (4.167 %) Desktop Support Engineer 11 7 (3.646 %) Software Engineer 12 6 (3.125 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 13 5 (2.604 %) Technical Analyst 13 5 (2.604 %) IT Support Analyst 13 5 (2.604 %) Helpdesk Technician	Miscellaneous 1 9 (4.688 %) NHS 2 8 (4.167 %) Management Information System 3 3 (1.563 %) EPoS 3 3 (1.563 %) Blackberry 3 3 (1.563 %) NPfIT 4 2 (1.042 %) Thin Client 4 2 (1.042 %) Mainframe 4 2 (1.042 %) Client/Server 4 2 (1.042 %) AS400 4 2 (1.042 %) Fat Client 5 1 (0.521 %) Clustering 5 1 (0.521 %) Informatics 5 1 (0.521 %) Firmware
Operating Systems 1 91 (47.40 %) Windows 2 32 (16.67 %) Windows 2000 3 30 (15.63 %) Windows XP 4 20 (10.42 %) Windows NT 5 4 (2.083 %) Unix 6 3 (1.563 %) Windows Server 2003 7 2 (1.042 %) OS/400	Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (7.292 %) Project Management 2 13 (6.771 %) ITIL 3 11 (5.729 %) Stakeholder Management 4 10 (5.208 %) SC Cleared 4 10 (5.208 %) Security Cleared 5 8 (4.167 %) PRINCE2 6 7 (3.646 %) BPR 6 7 (3.646 %) OO 7 6 (3.125 %) Project Planning 7 6 (3.125 %) Data Analysis 8 5 (2.604 %) Information Management 8 5 (2.604 %) Migration 9 4 (2.083 %) System Testing 9 4 (2.083 %) Data Management 10 3 (1.563 %) Data Migration 10 3 (1.563 %) Software Engineering 10 3 (1.563 %) Business Analysis 10 3 (1.563 %) Incident Management 10 3 (1.563 %) OOP 11 2 (1.042 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 13 (6.771 %) SQL 2 11 (5.729 %) Java 3 8 (4.167 %) C++ 3 8 (4.167 %) VBA 4 7 (3.646 %) VC++ 4 7 (3.646 %) VB 5 5 (2.604 %) VB.NET 6 3 (1.563 %) C 7 1 (0.521 %) C# 7 1 (0.521 %) Transact-SQL 7 1 (0.521 %) PL/1 7 1 (0.521 %) JCL 7 1 (0.521 %) VB6	Qualifications 1 10 (5.208 %) Microsoft Certification 2 9 (4.688 %) MCSE 3 7 (3.646 %) MCP 4 4 (2.083 %) MCSA 5 3 (1.563 %) CCNA 5 3 (1.563 %) Degree 5 3 (1.563 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (0.521 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 6 1 (0.521 %) HNC 6 1 (0.521 %) Citrix Certification 6 1 (0.521 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 1 (0.521 %) ITIL Certification 6 1 (0.521 %) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (3.646 %) SLA 2 1 (0.521 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 61 (31.77 %) Active Directory 2 2 (1.042 %) ISA Server 2 2 (1.042 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.521 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 4 (2.083 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 2 (1.042 %) OpenView Configuration Management 3 1 (0.521 %) ZENworks 3 1 (0.521 %) BMC Marimba 3 1 (0.521 %) ServiceCenter 3 1 (0.521 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 1 (0.521 %) MOM	Vendors 1 88 (45.83 %) Microsoft 2 17 (8.854 %) Novell 3 11 (5.729 %) Citrix 4 7 (3.646 %) Adobe 4 7 (3.646 %) Cisco 5 6 (3.125 %) SAP 6 5 (2.604 %) HP 7 4 (2.083 %) Lotus 8 3 (1.563 %) CheckPoint 8 3 (1.563 %) IBM 8 3 (1.563 %) VMware 9 2 (1.042 %) Oracle 9 2 (1.042 %) Dell 9 2 (1.042 %) Symantec 9 2 (1.042 %) CA 10 1 (0.521 %) Peregrine 10 1 (0.521 %) VERITAS 10 1 (0.521 %) Remedy 10 1 (0.521 %) McAfee Security 10 1 (0.521 %) Open Text