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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Epsom 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank63
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads56
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.006 %
As % of the category below71.43 %75.00 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£160
Average daily rate-£160
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£160
UK excluding London average daily rate£240£255
% change on same period last year-5.97 %
Hourly rates quoted32
Average minimum hourly rate£16.31£21.00
Average hourly rate£19.24£22.25
% change on same period last year-13.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.18£23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.68£15.70
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
Epsom IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Epsom
Matching contract IT job ads78
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.008 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£350£160
Average daily rate£400£160
% change on same period last year+150.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£160
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£291
% change on same period last year+0.81 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£15.73£25.67
Average hourly rate£18.43£26.50
% change on same period last year-30.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.14£27.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.59£19.58
% change on same period last year-5.05 %
MS Office SurreyMS Office
Surrey

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

Epsom 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 Epsom region.

Epsom 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 Epsom region.

Epsom MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Epsom region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Epsom MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Office
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Epsom 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.

17 (87.50 %)Microsoft
26 (75.00 %)Windows
33 (37.50 %)MS Excel
42 (25.00 %)MS Visio
42 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
42 (25.00 %)Active Directory
42 (25.00 %)Citrix
42 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (25.00 %)Blackberry
42 (25.00 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (12.50 %)Degree
51 (12.50 %)Mathematics
51 (12.50 %)Physics
51 (12.50 %)Computer Science
51 (12.50 %)Financial Institution
51 (12.50 %)Finance
51 (12.50 %)Windows XP

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Epsom 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.

Epsom IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (37.50 %)MS Excel
22 (25.00 %)MS Visio
22 (25.00 %)MS PowerPoint
Epsom IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
Epsom IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Financial Institution
11 (12.50 %)Finance
Epsom IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
12 (25.00 %)Administrator
12 (25.00 %)IT Support Engineer
12 (25.00 %)IT Administrator
21 (12.50 %)Desktop Support
21 (12.50 %)Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Support Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Helpdesk Support
21 (12.50 %)IT Support Analyst
Epsom IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (25.00 %)Blackberry
21 (12.50 %)Mathematics
21 (12.50 %)Physics
21 (12.50 %)Computer Science
Epsom IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (75.00 %)Windows
22 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (12.50 %)Windows XP
Epsom IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Degree
Epsom IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Epsom IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (87.50 %)Microsoft
22 (25.00 %)Citrix