MS Office Contracts in Essex
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 23 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 Essex 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 24 6 20
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +14
Contract jobs citing MS Office 22 67 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 5.542% 16.42% 8.189%
As % of the Applications category 30.99% 64.42% 46.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 23 13
Average daily rate £248 £145 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+70.68% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £101 £80
10% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £374 £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £273 £275
% change year-on-year
+0.91% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 13
Average hourly rate £19.25 £17.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.23% -34.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.75 £12.25 £10.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.00 £20.50 £80.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
All Applications
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 71 104 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 17.88% 25.49% 17.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 37 27
Average daily rate £250 £170 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+47.05% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £105 £111
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £365 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 22 21
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.00 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+64.70% -37.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.05 £13.76 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.45 £27.63 £80.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Office
East of England

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Essex region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Essex MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Essex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Brentwood -5 6 £398 +22.30%
Basildon +2 4 £325 -
Colchester -9 4 £190 +11.76%
MS Office
East of England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 30 (54.55%) MS Excel
2 25 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 24 (43.64%) Active Directory
4 23 (41.82%) Windows
5 18 (32.73%) Finance
6 17 (30.91%) Windows XP
7 12 (21.82%) ITIL
7 12 (21.82%) Windows 7
8 8 (14.55%) MS Project
8 8 (14.55%) HP
9 7 (12.73%) Project Management
9 7 (12.73%) MS PowerPoint
10 6 (10.91%) Blackberry
11 5 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (9.091%) NHS
11 5 (9.091%) PRINCE2
11 5 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 5 (9.091%) Business Objects
11 5 (9.091%) SQL
11 5 (9.091%) Service Delivery
11 5 (9.091%) Degree
12 4 (7.273%) Exchange Server 2003
12 4 (7.273%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (7.273%) Change Management
12 4 (7.273%) Business Analysis
12 4 (7.273%) Legal
12 4 (7.273%) VB
12 4 (7.273%) SQL Server
12 4 (7.273%) MS Visio
12 4 (7.273%) MS Exchange

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 2 (3.636%) .NET
2 1 (1.818%) ASP
2 1 (1.818%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.818%) XML
2 1 (1.818%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.818%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.273%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (7.273%) MS Exchange
2 3 (5.455%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.636%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (1.818%) Content Management Server
4 1 (1.818%) CMS
4 1 (1.818%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.818%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 30 (54.55%) MS Excel
2 8 (14.55%) MS Project
3 7 (12.73%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (7.273%) MS Visio
5 2 (3.636%) Office 365
6 1 (1.818%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.273%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.455%) DHCP
2 3 (5.455%) DNS
3 2 (3.636%) LAN
3 2 (3.636%) WAN
3 2 (3.636%) SAN
3 2 (3.636%) CTI
3 2 (3.636%) Internet
4 1 (1.818%) Intranet
4 1 (1.818%) VPN
4 1 (1.818%) Firewall
4 1 (1.818%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.273%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.455%) MS Access
3 2 (3.636%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.818%) DB2
4 1 (1.818%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.818%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.818%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (32.73%) Finance
2 4 (7.273%) Legal
3 2 (3.636%) Financial Institution
3 2 (3.636%) Billing
3 2 (3.636%) Banking
3 2 (3.636%) Law
4 1 (1.818%) Retail
4 1 (1.818%) Automotive
4 1 (1.818%) Back Office
4 1 (1.818%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.818%) German Language
Job Titles
1 24 (43.64%) Analyst
2 7 (12.73%) Service Analyst
2 7 (12.73%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (10.91%) Project Manager
3 6 (10.91%) Support Analyst
3 6 (10.91%) Help Desk Analyst
3 6 (10.91%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (9.091%) Trainer
5 4 (7.273%) Desktop Support
5 4 (7.273%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (5.455%) Desktop Analyst
6 3 (5.455%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.636%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (3.636%) Business Process Analyst
7 2 (3.636%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (3.636%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.636%) Administrator
7 2 (3.636%) Process Analyst
7 2 (3.636%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 2 (3.636%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Blackberry
2 5 (9.091%) NHS
3 3 (5.455%) iPhone
4 2 (3.636%) Smartphone
4 2 (3.636%) iPad
4 2 (3.636%) Mainframe
4 2 (3.636%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.818%) E-Learning
5 1 (1.818%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.818%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.818%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 23 (41.82%) Windows
2 17 (30.91%) Windows XP
3 12 (21.82%) Windows 7
4 5 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (5.455%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (3.636%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.818%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.818%) Linux
7 1 (1.818%) Windows 2000
7 1 (1.818%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.818%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.82%) ITIL
2 7 (12.73%) Project Management
3 5 (9.091%) PRINCE2
3 5 (9.091%) Service Delivery
4 4 (7.273%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (7.273%) Change Management
4 4 (7.273%) Business Analysis
5 3 (5.455%) CRM
5 3 (5.455%) Workflow
5 3 (5.455%) Data Analysis
5 3 (5.455%) Asset Management
5 3 (5.455%) Document Management
5 3 (5.455%) Change Control
5 3 (5.455%) Incident Management
5 3 (5.455%) Time Management
6 2 (3.636%) Performance Management
6 2 (3.636%) Data Protection
6 2 (3.636%) Release Management
6 2 (3.636%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (3.636%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.091%) SQL
2 4 (7.273%) VB
3 2 (3.636%) T-SQL
3 2 (3.636%) C#
4 1 (1.818%) PL/1
4 1 (1.818%) Java
4 1 (1.818%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.818%) VBA
4 1 (1.818%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 5 (9.091%) Degree
2 3 (5.455%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.636%) HP APS
3 2 (3.636%) MCP
3 2 (3.636%) MCSE
4 1 (1.818%) MCSA
4 1 (1.818%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.273%) SLA
2 1 (1.818%) Data Quality
System Software
1 24 (43.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.818%) VMware Workstation
2 1 (1.818%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.636%) WSUS
2 1 (1.818%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (1.818%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 25 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.55%) HP
3 5 (9.091%) Business Objects
4 4 (7.273%) Cisco
5 3 (5.455%) Citrix
5 3 (5.455%) Apple
5 3 (5.455%) Juniper
6 2 (3.636%) Genesys
6 2 (3.636%) Hyperion
6 2 (3.636%) Siemens
7 1 (1.818%) McAfee
7 1 (1.818%) CODA
7 1 (1.818%) Dell
7 1 (1.818%) Oracle
7 1 (1.818%) VMware
7 1 (1.818%) LANDesk
Service Desk Analyst
Colchester, South East
To be successful in this role you will need to be familiar with Active Directory, Windows XP - 7, Microsoft office 2003 - 2010, Windows Server 2008 and recent experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £8.00 - £10 per hour
Posted: 9 May 2013
Technical Support
Harlow, South East
The client is looking for someone with a mixture of 1st/2nd line experience: Essential Skills: 3+ years experience of providing IT/desktop support (ideally related to product...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Information Officer (Interim)
Chelmsford, South East
The role will involve various aspects of information management including leading on the transition of our reporting to the new structure. The ideal candidate must have previous experience...
Working for Essex
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Trainer NHS - ePCR
Essex, South East
Technical Trainers - ePCR - NHS*Must have extensive training experience, preferably within an NHS environment.*Experience of developing lesson plans and reference manuals in a clear concise manner.*Experience...
Hudson
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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