The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 24 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 Guildford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 18 14 13
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -1
Contract jobs citing MS Office 14 8 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 6.422% 6.612% 6.015%
As % of the Applications category 31.11% 80.00% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 0
Average daily rate £130 £338 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-61.48% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £263 £275
% change year-on-year
+4.76% -4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £25.13 £18.00 £11.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.58% +53.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.43 £18.00 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.83 £18.00 £13.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
All Applications
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
45 10 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 20.64% 8.264% 19.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 10
Average daily rate £175 £309 £166
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.31% +85.99%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £99 £117 £126
10% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £368 £249
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
Average hourly rate £34.88 £18.00 £11.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+93.75% +53.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.28 £18.00 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.00 £13.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS Office
Surrey

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford 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 Guildford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford 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 Guildford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Guildford MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 12 (38.71%) MS Excel
3 10 (32.26%) Windows
4 9 (29.03%) SharePoint
4 9 (29.03%) Finance
5 6 (19.35%) Telecoms
5 6 (19.35%) Degree
6 5 (16.13%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (16.13%) MS PowerPoint
6 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
6 5 (16.13%) Intranet
7 4 (12.90%) Primavera
7 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2
7 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
7 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (9.677%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (9.677%) Windows 2000 Server
8 3 (9.677%) Statistics
8 3 (9.677%) Document Management
8 3 (9.677%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (9.677%) Data Modelling
8 3 (9.677%) MS Visio
8 3 (9.677%) SQL
8 3 (9.677%) ITIL
8 3 (9.677%) PMI
8 3 (9.677%) PMI Certification
8 3 (9.677%) VMware
9 2 (6.452%) Change Management
9 2 (6.452%) Security Management
9 2 (6.452%) SAN

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 1 (3.226%) ASP
1 1 (3.226%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (29.03%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.452%) MS Exchange
3 1 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.226%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 12 (38.71%) MS Excel
2 5 (16.13%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (16.13%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (9.677%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.226%) Photoshop
4 1 (3.226%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.452%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.13%) Intranet
2 2 (6.452%) SAN
2 2 (6.452%) LAN
2 2 (6.452%) WAN
2 2 (6.452%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (3.226%) IP Telephony
3 1 (3.226%) DHCP
3 1 (3.226%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.226%) DNS
3 1 (3.226%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.452%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.452%) TOAD
2 1 (3.226%) IBM InfoSphere
General
1 9 (29.03%) Finance
2 6 (19.35%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.226%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Support Engineer
1 7 (22.58%) Analyst
2 4 (12.90%) Business Analyst
2 4 (12.90%) Desktop Support
3 3 (9.677%) IT Support
3 3 (9.677%) Auditor
3 3 (9.677%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (6.452%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (6.452%) Coordinator
4 2 (6.452%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (6.452%) Programmer
4 2 (6.452%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (6.452%) Project Support Officer
4 2 (6.452%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (6.452%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (6.452%) MI Analyst
4 2 (6.452%) Project Officer
4 2 (6.452%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (3.226%) Designer
5 1 (3.226%) Project Support Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.677%) Statistics
1 3 (9.677%) PMI
2 2 (6.452%) Mathematics
2 2 (6.452%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.226%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.226%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (32.26%) Windows
2 3 (9.677%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (9.677%) Windows 2000 Server
3 2 (6.452%) Windows XP
3 2 (6.452%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.226%) Windows Vista
4 1 (3.226%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
2 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2
3 3 (9.677%) Document Management
3 3 (9.677%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (9.677%) Data Modelling
3 3 (9.677%) ITIL
4 2 (6.452%) Change Management
4 2 (6.452%) Security Management
4 2 (6.452%) Project Management
4 2 (6.452%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (6.452%) Business Analytics
4 2 (6.452%) Analytics
4 2 (6.452%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.226%) Project Planning
5 1 (3.226%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (3.226%) Requirements Engineering
5 1 (3.226%) Use Case
5 1 (3.226%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (3.226%) System Testing
5 1 (3.226%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.677%) SQL
2 2 (6.452%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) Degree
2 3 (9.677%) PMI Certification
3 2 (6.452%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.226%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.226%) MCSE
4 1 (3.226%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.452%) QA
3 1 (3.226%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.452%) ISA Server
2 2 (6.452%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.452%) Forefront TMG
2 2 (6.452%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.226%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (3.226%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Primavera
3 3 (9.677%) VMware
4 2 (6.452%) CommVault
4 2 (6.452%) Symantec
4 2 (6.452%) Oracle
4 2 (6.452%) Cognos
5 1 (3.226%) Altiris
5 1 (3.226%) IBM
5 1 (3.226%) Dell
5 1 (3.226%) Citrix
5 1 (3.226%) McAfee
5 1 (3.226%) Ericsson