MS Office Contracts in Halifax
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 21 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 Halifax 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 10 23 16
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -7
Contract jobs citing MS Office 11 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 9.402% 3.057% 4.348%
As % of the Applications category 57.89% 25.00% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 4
Average daily rate £320 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.32% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £315 £316
10% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £391 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £273 £275
% change year-on-year
+0.91% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.61 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+2.84% -3.01%
All Applications
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 19 28 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 16.24% 12.23% 15.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 26 13
Average daily rate £320 £380 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.78% -3.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £291 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £331 £426 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Office
West Yorkshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax MS Office Daily Rate Trend

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 Halifax region.

Halifax MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 11 (47.83%) Finance
2 9 (39.13%) MS Excel
3 8 (34.78%) Windows
3 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
4 6 (26.09%) MS Project
5 5 (21.74%) Workflow
5 5 (21.74%) SQL
5 5 (21.74%) .NET
5 5 (21.74%) StreamWeaver
5 5 (21.74%) Banking
5 5 (21.74%) Retail
5 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (17.39%) Document Management
6 4 (17.39%) Use Case
7 3 (13.04%) MS PowerPoint
7 3 (13.04%) HTML
7 3 (13.04%) Java
7 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
7 3 (13.04%) Project Management
8 2 (8.696%) Change Management
8 2 (8.696%) Migration
8 2 (8.696%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (8.696%) Lotus
8 2 (8.696%) Windows XP
8 2 (8.696%) MS Visio
8 2 (8.696%) Lotus Notes
8 2 (8.696%) Retail Banking
8 2 (8.696%) Opalis
8 2 (8.696%) Data Migration
8 2 (8.696%) Windows 7

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 5 (21.74%) .NET
2 3 (13.04%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (21.74%) StreamWeaver
2 2 (8.696%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (39.13%) MS Excel
2 6 (26.09%) MS Project
3 3 (13.04%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (8.696%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) Intranet
General
1 11 (47.83%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Banking
2 5 (21.74%) Retail
3 2 (8.696%) Retail Banking
4 1 (4.348%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 16 (69.57%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Junior Project Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Support Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Junior
5 2 (8.696%) Test Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Service Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Solutions Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Documentation Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Web Tester
6 1 (4.348%) Project Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Tester
6 1 (4.348%) Coordinator
6 1 (4.348%) Help Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (34.78%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) Windows XP
2 2 (8.696%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Workflow
1 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (17.39%) Document Management
2 4 (17.39%) Use Case
3 3 (13.04%) Project Management
4 2 (8.696%) Change Management
4 2 (8.696%) Migration
4 2 (8.696%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.696%) Data Migration
5 1 (4.348%) Resource Management
5 1 (4.348%) Project Governance
5 1 (4.348%) Change Control
5 1 (4.348%) Business Transformation
5 1 (4.348%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.348%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) Java
2 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) Opalis
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) Lotus
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