MS Office Contracts in the East Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 19 26 22
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -4
Contract jobs citing MS Office 92 78 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 7.296% 5.714% 5.409%
As % of the Applications category 49.73% 41.27% 44.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 32 30
Average daily rate £308 £270 £163
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.88% +66.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £126 £87 £88
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.61% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 25 16
Average hourly rate £12.75 £12.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £8.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £55.00 £20.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.88 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+0.90% -1.14%
All Applications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 185 189 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 14.67% 13.85% 12.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 85 75
Average daily rate £310 £250 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £110 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 35 28
Average hourly rate £12.25 £17.75 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.98% +10.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £9.40 £9.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.80 £190.00 £20.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
England

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

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 East Midlands 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
Leicestershire +5 20 £130 -
Northamptonshire +16 19 £425 +39.34%
Nottinghamshire +3 17 £308 +11.81%
Derbyshire -5 7 £115 -44.57%
Lincolnshire -3 1 - -
MS Office
England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 110 (61.80%) Microsoft
2 86 (48.31%) MS Excel
3 80 (44.94%) Windows
4 58 (32.58%) Active Directory
5 42 (23.60%) Windows 7
6 36 (20.22%) MS PowerPoint
7 34 (19.10%) Windows XP
8 31 (17.42%) Migration
9 30 (16.85%) MS Exchange
9 30 (16.85%) SQL
10 25 (14.04%) Windows Server 2008
11 22 (12.36%) Exchange Server 2010
12 21 (11.80%) MS Visio
13 20 (11.24%) ISO 9001
13 20 (11.24%) TickIT
13 20 (11.24%) Finance
14 16 (8.989%) MS Project
15 13 (7.303%) SharePoint
15 13 (7.303%) Degree
16 12 (6.742%) TCP/IP
17 11 (6.180%) Oracle
17 11 (6.180%) Change Management
18 10 (5.618%) Exchange Server 2003
18 10 (5.618%) Visual Studio
18 10 (5.618%) .NET
18 10 (5.618%) C#
18 10 (5.618%) ASP.NET
18 10 (5.618%) Web Services
18 10 (5.618%) UML
18 10 (5.618%) Windows Server 2003

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 10 (5.618%) .NET
1 10 (5.618%) ASP.NET
1 10 (5.618%) Web Services
2 5 (2.809%) XML
2 5 (2.809%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.685%) COM
4 2 (1.124%) Struts
4 2 (1.124%) HTML
5 1 (0.562%) X-Windows
5 1 (0.562%) JSF
5 1 (0.562%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 30 (16.85%) MS Exchange
2 22 (12.36%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (7.303%) SharePoint
4 10 (5.618%) Exchange Server 2003
5 8 (4.494%) Lync
6 6 (3.371%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (2.809%) Lotus Notes
8 2 (1.124%) Tomcat
8 2 (1.124%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (1.124%) Papyrus
8 2 (1.124%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.562%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 86 (48.31%) MS Excel
2 36 (20.22%) MS PowerPoint
3 21 (11.80%) MS Visio
4 16 (8.989%) MS Project
5 2 (1.124%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.562%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.562%) Office 365
6 1 (0.562%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.562%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.742%) TCP/IP
2 9 (5.056%) Internet
3 6 (3.371%) LAN
4 5 (2.809%) DNS
4 5 (2.809%) Wireless
5 4 (2.247%) Firewall
5 4 (2.247%) DHCP
5 4 (2.247%) HTTP
6 3 (1.685%) IP Telephony
7 2 (1.124%) VLAN
7 2 (1.124%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (1.124%) Network Security
7 2 (1.124%) OSPF
7 2 (1.124%) BGP
7 2 (1.124%) GSM
7 2 (1.124%) Unified Communications
7 2 (1.124%) SNMP
7 2 (1.124%) UMTS
7 2 (1.124%) VoIP
7 2 (1.124%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.809%) OLAP
1 5 (2.809%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (2.809%) Star Schema
1 5 (2.809%) Oracle OLAP
1 5 (2.809%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (1.124%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.562%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (5.618%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.247%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 20 (11.24%) Finance
2 7 (3.933%) Local Government
3 6 (3.371%) Legal
4 5 (2.809%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.247%) Marketing
6 3 (1.685%) Banking
7 2 (1.124%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.124%) Back Office
7 2 (1.124%) German Language
8 1 (0.562%) Automotive
8 1 (0.562%) Law
8 1 (0.562%) Retail
8 1 (0.562%) Billing
Job Titles
1 38 (21.35%) Analyst
2 25 (14.04%) 2nd Line Support
3 17 (9.551%) Support Engineer
4 16 (8.989%) Project Manager
5 13 (7.303%) Trainer
6 10 (5.618%) Desktop Support
6 10 (5.618%) Developer
6 10 (5.618%) Support Analyst
6 10 (5.618%) 1st Line Support
7 9 (5.056%) IT Trainer
7 9 (5.056%) Business Analyst
7 9 (5.056%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 8 (4.494%) IT Support
8 8 (4.494%) Data Analyst
9 6 (3.371%) Development Project Manager
9 6 (3.371%) Development Manager
9 6 (3.371%) Administrator
9 6 (3.371%) 1st Line Support Analyst
10 5 (2.809%) Desktop Engineer
10 5 (2.809%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.494%) Computer Science
2 5 (2.809%) Data Integration
3 4 (2.247%) NHS
3 4 (2.247%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.124%) Blackberry
4 2 (1.124%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.124%) PMI
4 2 (1.124%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.124%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.562%) iPhone
5 1 (0.562%) Clustering
5 1 (0.562%) IVR
5 1 (0.562%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.562%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 80 (44.94%) Windows
2 42 (23.60%) Windows 7
3 34 (19.10%) Windows XP
4 25 (14.04%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (5.618%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (5.056%) Linux
7 8 (4.494%) UNIX
8 7 (3.933%) Windows Vista
8 7 (3.933%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.562%) Solaris
9 1 (0.562%) SUSE
9 1 (0.562%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.562%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (17.42%) Migration
2 11 (6.180%) Change Management
3 10 (5.618%) Project Management
3 10 (5.618%) UML
4 9 (5.056%) PRINCE2
4 9 (5.056%) Change Control
5 8 (4.494%) Data Migration
6 7 (3.933%) Data Protection
6 7 (3.933%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (3.933%) ITIL
6 7 (3.933%) ERP
6 7 (3.933%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (3.933%) Business Analysis
7 6 (3.371%) Data Analysis
8 5 (2.809%) Configuration Management
8 5 (2.809%) Workflow
8 5 (2.809%) Data Modelling
9 3 (1.685%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (1.685%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (1.124%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.85%) SQL
2 10 (5.618%) C#
3 3 (1.685%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.124%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.124%) C++
4 2 (1.124%) Java
4 2 (1.124%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.562%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (7.303%) Degree
2 9 (5.056%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.494%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (3.933%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.809%) MCP
6 2 (1.124%) ISEB
6 2 (1.124%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.124%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.562%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.562%) MCDST
7 1 (0.562%) MCITP
7 1 (0.562%) MCSE
7 1 (0.562%) MCSA
7 1 (0.562%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.24%) ISO 9001
1 20 (11.24%) TickIT
2 4 (2.247%) SLA
3 1 (0.562%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.562%) QA
System Software
1 58 (32.58%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.685%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (1.124%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.562%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.562%) vSphere
4 1 (0.562%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.562%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 7 (3.933%) SCCM
2 5 (2.809%) SCOM
3 3 (1.685%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.562%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.562%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.562%) ZENworks
4 1 (0.562%) DameWare
4 1 (0.562%) WSUS
Vendors
1 110 (61.80%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.180%) Oracle
3 8 (4.494%) VMware
4 7 (3.933%) Cisco
5 6 (3.371%) Business Objects
5 6 (3.371%) Baan
6 5 (2.809%) Lotus
7 3 (1.685%) Citrix
8 2 (1.124%) SAP
8 2 (1.124%) Nortel
8 2 (1.124%) Twitter
8 2 (1.124%) IT2
9 1 (0.562%) Veeam
9 1 (0.562%) Adobe
9 1 (0.562%) Sun
9 1 (0.562%) HP
9 1 (0.562%) Dell
9 1 (0.562%) Avaya
9 1 (0.562%) Hitachi
9 1 (0.562%) Novell
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