The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 22 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 Glasgow 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 43 28 33
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +5
Contract jobs citing MS Office 34 33 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 3.545% 4.204% 3.785%
As % of the Applications category 25.37% 42.86% 38.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 12
Average daily rate £275 £188 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.66% -37.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £152 £98 £96
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £350 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £269 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.23% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £14.50 £12.70 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.21% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.73 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -1.96%
All Applications
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
134 77 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 13.97% 9.809% 9.898%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 33 44
Average daily rate £310 £200 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+55.00% -42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £125 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £366 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 1
Average hourly rate £11.63 £17.85 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.86% +78.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
MS Office
Scotland

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 36 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 30 (44.12%) Windows
3 29 (42.65%) MS Excel
4 21 (30.88%) Finance
5 19 (27.94%) Windows XP
6 14 (20.59%) MS Project
7 13 (19.12%) MS Visio
7 13 (19.12%) Active Directory
8 12 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (16.18%) Project Management
10 10 (14.71%) .NET
11 9 (13.24%) XML
11 9 (13.24%) MCP
11 9 (13.24%) PRINCE2
11 9 (13.24%) Migration
11 9 (13.24%) MS PowerPoint
11 9 (13.24%) Windows 7
12 8 (11.76%) ITIL
12 8 (11.76%) ASP.NET
13 6 (8.824%) Blackberry
13 6 (8.824%) Lotus
13 6 (8.824%) JavaScript
13 6 (8.824%) Lotus Notes
13 6 (8.824%) SharePoint
13 6 (8.824%) Service Management
13 6 (8.824%) SC Cleared
13 6 (8.824%) Security Cleared
14 5 (7.353%) Information Security
14 5 (7.353%) MCSE
14 5 (7.353%) C#

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 (14.71%) .NET
2 9 (13.24%) XML
3 8 (11.76%) ASP.NET
4 4 (5.882%) .NET Framework
5 3 (4.412%) WCF
5 3 (4.412%) jQuery
5 3 (4.412%) Ajax
5 3 (4.412%) HTML
5 3 (4.412%) CSS
5 3 (4.412%) XSLT
5 3 (4.412%) XML Schema
6 1 (1.471%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 6 (8.824%) Lotus Notes
1 6 (8.824%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.412%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (4.412%) SharePoint 2013
2 3 (4.412%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 29 (42.65%) MS Excel
2 14 (20.59%) MS Project
3 13 (19.12%) MS Visio
4 9 (13.24%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (4.412%) Photoshop
6 2 (2.941%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.471%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.353%) VPN
2 3 (4.412%) LAN
2 3 (4.412%) Intranet
3 2 (2.941%) Internet
3 2 (2.941%) 3G
3 2 (2.941%) Broadband
4 1 (1.471%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.412%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.471%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.471%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (4.412%) JIRA
1 3 (4.412%) Dreamweaver
General
1 21 (30.88%) Finance
2 3 (4.412%) Billing
2 3 (4.412%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.941%) Banking
3 2 (2.941%) Retail
3 2 (2.941%) German Language
4 1 (1.471%) Dutch Language
4 1 (1.471%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 23 (33.82%) Analyst
2 8 (11.76%) Support Analyst
2 8 (11.76%) Project Manager
3 6 (8.824%) Desktop Support
3 6 (8.824%) Developer
3 6 (8.824%) Service Analyst
3 6 (8.824%) Service Desk Analyst
4 5 (7.353%) PMO Analyst
4 5 (7.353%) Desktop Engineer
5 4 (5.882%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 4 (5.882%) Desktop Analyst
6 3 (4.412%) Senior SharePoint Developer
6 3 (4.412%) Deployment Engineer
6 3 (4.412%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (4.412%) SharePoint Developer
6 3 (4.412%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (4.412%) Senior Developer
6 3 (4.412%) Migration Engineer
6 3 (4.412%) Business Analyst
7 2 (2.941%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.824%) Blackberry
2 3 (4.412%) Cryptography
2 3 (4.412%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.412%) W3C
3 2 (2.941%) Fixed Income
3 2 (2.941%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.941%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.471%) CMDB
4 1 (1.471%) PDA
4 1 (1.471%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 30 (44.12%) Windows
2 19 (27.94%) Windows XP
3 9 (13.24%) Windows 7
4 2 (2.941%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (16.18%) Project Management
2 9 (13.24%) PRINCE2
2 9 (13.24%) Migration
3 8 (11.76%) ITIL
4 6 (8.824%) Service Management
5 5 (7.353%) Information Security
6 4 (5.882%) UML
6 4 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (5.882%) Change Management
6 4 (5.882%) Security Architecture
7 3 (4.412%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (4.412%) User Experience Design
7 3 (4.412%) Time Management
7 3 (4.412%) Resource Management
7 3 (4.412%) Analytics
7 3 (4.412%) Document Management
7 3 (4.412%) Web Analytics
7 3 (4.412%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (2.941%) Workflow
8 2 (2.941%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.824%) JavaScript
2 5 (7.353%) C#
3 3 (4.412%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.412%) SQL
3 3 (4.412%) VBScript
3 3 (4.412%) VB
4 2 (2.941%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.471%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (13.24%) MCP
3 6 (8.824%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.824%) Security Cleared
4 5 (7.353%) MCSE
5 3 (4.412%) MCDST
5 3 (4.412%) PMP
5 3 (4.412%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.941%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (2.941%) CISSP
6 2 (2.941%) MCSA
7 1 (1.471%) CRISC
7 1 (1.471%) CGEIT
7 1 (1.471%) Degree
7 1 (1.471%) CISA
7 1 (1.471%) CIMA
7 1 (1.471%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.471%) QA
1 1 (1.471%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (19.12%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.941%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (5.882%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.824%) Lotus
3 3 (4.412%) Business Objects
3 3 (4.412%) Adobe
3 3 (4.412%) Remedy
4 2 (2.941%) Citrix
4 2 (2.941%) Intel
4 2 (2.941%) SAP
4 2 (2.941%) Oracle
5 1 (1.471%) McAfee
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