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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Farnborough 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1415
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads67
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.007 %
As % of the category below66.67 %58.33 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£267£400
Average daily rate£267£400
% change on same period last year-33.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£267£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£240£255
% change on same period last year-5.90 %
Hourly rates quoted25
Average minimum hourly rate£17.50£11.00
Average hourly rate£20.50£12.00
% change on same period last year+70.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.50£13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.72£15.74
% change on same period last year-0.13 %
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Farnborough
Matching contract IT job ads912
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£269£319
Average daily rate£269£328
% change on same period last year-18.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£269£338
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£289
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted36
Average minimum hourly rate£19.25£10.43
Average hourly rate£21.63£11.50
% change on same period last year+88.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.00£12.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.61£19.51
% change on same period last year-4.60 %
MS Office HampshireMS Office
Hampshire

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

Farnborough 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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough MS Office Daily Rate Trend

MS Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Farnborough region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Farnborough MS Office Daily Rate Histogram

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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Farnborough 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.

18 (61.54 %)Microsoft
25 (38.46 %)Windows
25 (38.46 %)MS Excel
25 (38.46 %)MS PowerPoint
34 (30.77 %)Windows XP
43 (23.08 %)Windows 2000
43 (23.08 %)Military
43 (23.08 %)SIMUL8
52 (15.38 %)Insurance
52 (15.38 %)QA
52 (15.38 %)Change Management
52 (15.38 %)Telecoms
52 (15.38 %)Lotus Notes
52 (15.38 %)VB
52 (15.38 %)VBA
52 (15.38 %)Active Directory
52 (15.38 %)Lotus
52 (15.38 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (15.38 %)Security Cleared
61 (7.692 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (7.692 %)MS Exchange
61 (7.692 %)Remedy
61 (7.692 %)McAfee Security
61 (7.692 %)SAP
61 (7.692 %)Finance
61 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (7.692 %)SC Cleared

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Farnborough 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.

Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (15.38 %)Lotus Notes
21 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (7.692 %)MS Exchange
21 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2007
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (38.46 %)MS Excel
15 (38.46 %)MS PowerPoint
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (23.08 %)Military
22 (15.38 %)Insurance
22 (15.38 %)Telecoms
31 (7.692 %)Finance
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (23.08 %)2nd Line Support
13 (23.08 %)Developer
22 (15.38 %)Desktop Engineer
22 (15.38 %)VBA Developer
22 (15.38 %)Desktop Support Engineer
22 (15.38 %)Desktop Support
22 (15.38 %)Software Engineer
22 (15.38 %)Senior Consultant
22 (15.38 %)Consultant
22 (15.38 %)Support Engineer
22 (15.38 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
31 (7.692 %)Programmer
31 (7.692 %)Technical Support
31 (7.692 %)Helpdesk Analyst
31 (7.692 %)1st Line Support
31 (7.692 %)Software Developer
31 (7.692 %)Helpdesk Support
31 (7.692 %)Technical Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Software Programmer
31 (7.692 %)Analyst
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (38.46 %)Windows
24 (30.77 %)Windows XP
33 (23.08 %)Windows 2000
42 (15.38 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (7.692 %)Windows 2000 Server
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (15.38 %)Change Management
12 (15.38 %)Security Cleared
21 (7.692 %)SC Cleared
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (15.38 %)VB
12 (15.38 %)VBA
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (15.38 %)QA
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (15.38 %)Active Directory
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (61.54 %)Microsoft
23 (23.08 %)SIMUL8
32 (15.38 %)Lotus
41 (7.692 %)Remedy
41 (7.692 %)McAfee Security
41 (7.692 %)SAP