The first table below looks at the demand for Office 365 skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Office 365 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 England 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 365
Rank 432 501 566
Rank change year-on-year
+69 +65
Contract jobs citing Office 365 78 57 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.188% 0.107% 0.011%
As % of the Applications category 1.407% 0.852% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 24 3
Average daily rate £290 £350 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -15.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate £293 £350 £413
% change year-on-year
-16.42% -15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 0
Average hourly rate £13.71 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.16% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
-50.00% -
All Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
5543 6687 6834
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 13.33% 12.53% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2844 3454 3407
Average daily rate £340 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 655 702 841
Average hourly rate £16.50 £16.00 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -1.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
Office 365
UK

Office 365
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Office 365 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

England Office 365 Jobs Demand Trend

Office 365
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Office 365 across the England region.

England Office 365 Daily Rate Trend

Office 365
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Office 365 across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Office 365 Daily Rate Histogram

Office 365
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Office 365 across the England region.

England Office 365 Hourly Rate Trend

Office 365
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Office 365 across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Office 365 Hourly Rate Histogram

Office 365
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Office 365 within the England 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
London +35 38 £325 -9.09%
South East +33 15 £210 -45.45%
South West +30 11 £260 -25.97%
East of England - 5 £190 -
West Midlands +6 4 - -
North East +15 2 £450 +28.57%
East Midlands +3 2 £293 -16.42%
Yorkshire -4 1 - -
Office 365
UK

Office 365
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Office 365 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 Office 365.

1 64 (45.07%) MS Exchange
2 62 (43.66%) Windows
3 58 (40.85%) Microsoft
4 51 (35.92%) Active Directory
4 51 (35.92%) Migration
5 48 (33.80%) Exchange Server 2010
6 46 (32.39%) SharePoint
7 30 (21.13%) PRINCE2
8 24 (16.90%) Windows 7
9 21 (14.79%) PowerShell
9 21 (14.79%) Exchange Server 2003
10 20 (14.08%) Lync
10 20 (14.08%) MS Office
10 20 (14.08%) MS Excel
10 20 (14.08%) Intranet
11 18 (12.68%) VMware
12 17 (11.97%) Finance
13 16 (11.27%) Cisco
13 16 (11.27%) Windows Server 2008
14 14 (9.859%) DNS
14 14 (9.859%) ITIL
14 14 (9.859%) Internet
14 14 (9.859%) Project Management
15 13 (9.155%) IBM
15 13 (9.155%) PMI Certification
15 13 (9.155%) Google
16 12 (8.451%) SharePoint 2010
16 12 (8.451%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (8.451%) PMP
16 12 (8.451%) PRINCE

Office 365
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Office 365 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 Office 365. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (2.113%) HTML
1 3 (2.113%) .NET
1 3 (2.113%) ASP.NET
1 3 (2.113%) jQuery
2 1 (0.704%) Ext JS
2 1 (0.704%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (0.704%) REST
2 1 (0.704%) CSS
2 1 (0.704%) Ajax
2 1 (0.704%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 64 (45.07%) MS Exchange
2 48 (33.80%) Exchange Server 2010
3 46 (32.39%) SharePoint
4 21 (14.79%) Exchange Server 2003
5 20 (14.08%) Lync
6 12 (8.451%) SharePoint 2010
7 11 (7.746%) SharePoint 2013
7 11 (7.746%) Lotus Notes
8 10 (7.042%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (1.408%) IIS
9 2 (1.408%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.704%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.704%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (0.704%) Windows Azure
10 1 (0.704%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 20 (14.08%) MS Office
1 20 (14.08%) MS Excel
2 8 (5.634%) MS Project
3 3 (2.113%) InfoPath
4 2 (1.408%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (4.930%) SAP R/3
2 1 (0.704%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 20 (14.08%) Intranet
2 14 (9.859%) Internet
2 14 (9.859%) DNS
3 11 (7.746%) TCP/IP
4 10 (7.042%) DHCP
5 8 (5.634%) ADSL
6 7 (4.930%) LAN
6 7 (4.930%) VoIP
6 7 (4.930%) WAN
7 6 (4.225%) SAN
8 4 (2.817%) VPN
8 4 (2.817%) Firewall
9 3 (2.113%) Wireless
9 3 (2.113%) IMAP
9 3 (2.113%) SMTP
10 2 (1.408%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.408%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.704%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.704%) Asterisk PBX
11 1 (0.704%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.817%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (11.97%) Finance
2 4 (2.817%) Telecoms
2 4 (2.817%) Advertising
2 4 (2.817%) Marketing
3 2 (1.408%) Retail
4 1 (0.704%) Czech Language
4 1 (0.704%) Electronics
4 1 (0.704%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (28.17%) Project Manager
2 33 (23.24%) Analyst
3 14 (9.859%) Support Engineer
4 13 (9.155%) Support Analyst
4 13 (9.155%) Consultant
5 11 (7.746%) Server Engineer
6 10 (7.042%) IT Support Analyst
6 10 (7.042%) 2nd Line Support
6 10 (7.042%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 10 (7.042%) IT Support
7 9 (6.338%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.930%) Business Analyst
9 6 (4.225%) Migration Engineer
9 6 (4.225%) Migration Consultant
9 6 (4.225%) Server Analyst
10 5 (3.521%) Exchange Engineer
10 5 (3.521%) IT Project Manager
10 5 (3.521%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (3.521%) Technical Consultant
11 4 (2.817%) Delivery Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.746%) Blackberry
2 10 (7.042%) Social Network
3 5 (3.521%) Social Media
4 4 (2.817%) Clustering
4 4 (2.817%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.113%) iPhone
5 3 (2.113%) iPad
6 2 (1.408%) IaaS
6 2 (1.408%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.704%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.704%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.704%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.704%) PDA
7 1 (0.704%) Statistics
7 1 (0.704%) Replication
7 1 (0.704%) DTV
7 1 (0.704%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.704%) PMI
7 1 (0.704%) NHS
7 1 (0.704%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 62 (43.66%) Windows
2 24 (16.90%) Windows 7
3 16 (11.27%) Windows Server 2008
4 12 (8.451%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (7.042%) Windows XP
6 8 (5.634%) Android
6 8 (5.634%) Apple iOS
6 8 (5.634%) Windows Phone
7 3 (2.113%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.408%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (35.92%) Migration
2 30 (21.13%) PRINCE2
3 14 (9.859%) Project Management
3 14 (9.859%) ITIL
4 12 (8.451%) PRINCE
5 11 (7.746%) Change Management
6 10 (7.042%) Document Management
7 8 (5.634%) Mobile Device Management
8 7 (4.930%) Scrum
8 7 (4.930%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (4.225%) Waterfall
10 5 (3.521%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (2.817%) Service Management
12 3 (2.113%) Mobile Commerce
12 3 (2.113%) Service Delivery
12 3 (2.113%) Disaster Recovery
12 3 (2.113%) Use Case
12 3 (2.113%) Risk Assessment
12 3 (2.113%) Root Cause Analysis
12 3 (2.113%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 21 (14.79%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.930%) SQL
3 4 (2.817%) C
4 3 (2.113%) C#
5 1 (0.704%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.704%) VBScript
5 1 (0.704%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (9.155%) PMI Certification
2 12 (8.451%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (8.451%) PMP
3 6 (4.225%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (2.817%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 4 (2.817%) MCITP
4 4 (2.817%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (2.113%) MCDST
5 3 (2.113%) MCSE
5 3 (2.113%) MCT
6 2 (1.408%) CCNA
6 2 (1.408%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.408%) Degree
7 1 (0.704%) VCP5
7 1 (0.704%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.930%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (35.92%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.634%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.930%) UAG
4 5 (3.521%) ISA Server
5 4 (2.817%) vSphere
6 2 (1.408%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.704%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.704%) Novell eDirectory
7 1 (0.704%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 10 (7.042%) SCCM
2 5 (3.521%) Backup Exec
3 3 (2.113%) WSUS
4 2 (1.408%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.704%) SCOM
Vendors
1 58 (40.85%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.68%) VMware
3 16 (11.27%) Cisco
4 13 (9.155%) IBM
4 13 (9.155%) Google
5 12 (8.451%) HP
6 11 (7.746%) Lotus
7 9 (6.338%) SAP
8 8 (5.634%) MobileIron
9 5 (3.521%) NetApp
9 5 (3.521%) Citrix
9 5 (3.521%) Symantec
10 4 (2.817%) Panasonic
10 4 (2.817%) EMC
11 3 (2.113%) Dell
11 3 (2.113%) Remedy
12 2 (1.408%) Veeam
12 2 (1.408%) FalconStor
12 2 (1.408%) Juniper
13 1 (0.704%) Hitachi
Reading, Thames Valley
Support Engineer-Exchange Engineer-Technical Support-Exchange 2010-Exchange 2007-Server-Office365My client, A globally known company is seeking a Technical Support Engineer who has strong background using...
Rate: £375 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Plymouth, South West
Our client has an immediate and critical contract requirement for an experienced server engineer to join an ongoing programme of work... Applicants should also be able to advise...
Posted: 30 April 2013
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
For this role you will need previous experience within a Rollout/2nd Line support position with technical skills of MS Office, Dell, Office 2010/2013 and Office 365.
Connectus
Rate: £13.71 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013