The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Hampshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 27 24 28
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +4
Contract jobs citing MS Office 97 95 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 6.055% 6.109% 5.260%
As % of the Applications category 41.28% 48.22% 39.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 34 24
Average daily rate £320 £275 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -9.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £131 £113
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £346 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £275 £280
% change year-on-year
+5.45% -1.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 23 33
Average hourly rate £15.50 £13.38 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.88% +0.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.25 £11.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £16.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.21 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+5.98% -5.64%
All Applications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
235 197 249
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 14.67% 12.67% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 77 84
Average daily rate £325 £281 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.55% -13.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £200 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £438 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £306 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 42 51
Average hourly rate £15.50 £13.50 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -16.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £10.28 £11.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £31.50 £35.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Office
South East

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Southampton 0 19 £208 - 13
Portsmouth -3 8 £370 +54.16% 2
Basingstoke -23 5 - - 2
Eastleigh -3 3 £223 -
Aldershot -5 3 - -
Havant - 3 £250 - 1
Fareham - 2 - -
Winchester - 2 £175 - 2
Farnborough - 2 £473 - 4
Southsea - - - -
MS Office
South East

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 88 (50.87%) Microsoft
2 80 (46.24%) Windows
3 71 (41.04%) MS Excel
4 38 (21.97%) Security Cleared
5 35 (20.23%) Active Directory
6 32 (18.50%) SC Cleared
7 27 (15.61%) Project Management
7 27 (15.61%) Windows XP
7 27 (15.61%) SQL
7 27 (15.61%) MS PowerPoint
8 25 (14.45%) ITIL
8 25 (14.45%) SharePoint
9 24 (13.87%) Windows 7
10 23 (13.29%) Oracle
11 20 (11.56%) MS Project
12 18 (10.40%) MS Visio
12 18 (10.40%) Windows Server 2003
13 17 (9.827%) Citrix
14 16 (9.249%) Linux
14 16 (9.249%) SQL Server
14 16 (9.249%) C#
14 16 (9.249%) Degree
15 15 (8.671%) VoIP
16 14 (8.092%) Management Information System
17 13 (7.514%) Wireless
17 13 (7.514%) HP
17 13 (7.514%) SLA
17 13 (7.514%) WAN
17 13 (7.514%) LAN
17 13 (7.514%) Incident Management

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 12 (6.936%) .NET
2 7 (4.046%) HTML
3 6 (3.468%) CSS
4 4 (2.312%) WCF
5 3 (1.734%) Ajax
5 3 (1.734%) Web Services
5 3 (1.734%) XML
5 3 (1.734%) Flash
5 3 (1.734%) WF
5 3 (1.734%) Django
5 3 (1.734%) jQuery
5 3 (1.734%) AppFabric
6 2 (1.156%) Application Packaging
6 2 (1.156%) XHTML
6 2 (1.156%) JSP
6 2 (1.156%) Middleware
7 1 (0.578%) ASP
7 1 (0.578%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.578%) COM
7 1 (0.578%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 25 (14.45%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.468%) MS Exchange
3 4 (2.312%) Oracle UPK
3 4 (2.312%) SharePoint Server
3 4 (2.312%) IBM Notes
3 4 (2.312%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (1.734%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.734%) Windows Azure
5 2 (1.156%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (1.156%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.578%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.578%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.578%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.578%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.578%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.578%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 71 (41.04%) MS Excel
2 27 (15.61%) MS PowerPoint
3 20 (11.56%) MS Project
4 18 (10.40%) MS Visio
5 8 (4.624%) InfoPath
6 2 (1.156%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.578%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.312%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.156%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.671%) VoIP
2 13 (7.514%) Wireless
2 13 (7.514%) WAN
2 13 (7.514%) LAN
3 11 (6.358%) 3G
3 11 (6.358%) SAN
4 10 (5.780%) PSTN
4 10 (5.780%) GPRS
5 7 (4.046%) TCP/IP
6 6 (3.468%) ATM
7 4 (2.312%) Internet
7 4 (2.312%) Firewall
8 2 (1.156%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.578%) ADSL
9 1 (0.578%) VPN
9 1 (0.578%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.249%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.046%) MS Access
3 5 (2.890%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.312%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (2.312%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (1.734%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.734%) SQLPlus
5 3 (1.734%) TOAD
6 2 (1.156%) MySQL
6 2 (1.156%) Oracle OWB
7 1 (0.578%) UniData
7 1 (0.578%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.578%) PowerCenter
7 1 (0.578%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.578%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.578%) Cognos Impromptu
7 1 (0.578%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 3 (1.734%) Subversion
1 3 (1.734%) Visual Studio
1 3 (1.734%) Oracle APEX
1 3 (1.734%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.578%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.578%) Hudson
2 1 (0.578%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (6.936%) Military
2 7 (4.046%) Retail
2 7 (4.046%) Finance
3 5 (2.890%) Electronics
4 4 (2.312%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.156%) Marketing
5 2 (1.156%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.578%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.578%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.578%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.578%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 36 (20.81%) Analyst
2 25 (14.45%) Support Engineer
3 18 (10.40%) Desktop Support
4 15 (8.671%) Developer
5 13 (7.514%) Project Manager
6 10 (5.780%) Desktop Engineer
7 9 (5.202%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 9 (5.202%) Administrator
8 8 (4.624%) Business Analyst
8 8 (4.624%) Support Analyst
8 8 (4.624%) PC Support
9 7 (4.046%) Technical Writer
9 7 (4.046%) IT Support
10 6 (3.468%) Architect
10 6 (3.468%) 1st Line Support
10 6 (3.468%) Service Analyst
10 6 (3.468%) Service Desk Analyst
11 5 (2.890%) PC Support Engineer
11 5 (2.890%) Desktop Analyst
11 5 (2.890%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.092%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.890%) Blackberry
2 5 (2.890%) iSeries
3 3 (1.734%) Smartphone
4 2 (1.156%) Digital Media
4 2 (1.156%) Fat Client
4 2 (1.156%) Mathematics
4 2 (1.156%) EPoS
4 2 (1.156%) Thin Client
4 2 (1.156%) DTV
4 2 (1.156%) E-Learning
4 2 (1.156%) STB
5 1 (0.578%) CESG
5 1 (0.578%) PKI
5 1 (0.578%) SecurID
5 1 (0.578%) Clustering
5 1 (0.578%) PMI
5 1 (0.578%) Wiki
5 1 (0.578%) Blog
5 1 (0.578%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 80 (46.24%) Windows
2 27 (15.61%) Windows XP
3 24 (13.87%) Windows 7
4 18 (10.40%) Windows Server 2003
5 16 (9.249%) Linux
6 11 (6.358%) Oracle Linux
7 6 (3.468%) Windows Vista
7 6 (3.468%) UNIX
8 5 (2.890%) Windows Mobile
8 5 (2.890%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (1.734%) Windows 2000
9 3 (1.734%) Windows NT
9 3 (1.734%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.578%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.578%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (15.61%) Project Management
2 25 (14.45%) ITIL
3 13 (7.514%) Incident Management
4 12 (6.936%) Configuration Management
5 11 (6.358%) Migration
5 11 (6.358%) OO
6 10 (5.780%) System Testing
7 9 (5.202%) PRINCE2
8 7 (4.046%) Business Analysis
8 7 (4.046%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (4.046%) Release Management
9 6 (3.468%) Unit Testing
9 6 (3.468%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (3.468%) Information Security
9 6 (3.468%) Regression Testing
9 6 (3.468%) Risk Management
9 6 (3.468%) Asset Management
10 5 (2.890%) Workflow
10 5 (2.890%) Service Delivery
10 5 (2.890%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 27 (15.61%) SQL
2 16 (9.249%) C#
3 11 (6.358%) C++
4 9 (5.202%) C
4 9 (5.202%) VB
5 7 (4.046%) PL/SQL
6 5 (2.890%) Java
6 5 (2.890%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.312%) VB.NET
7 4 (2.312%) VBA
8 3 (1.734%) VC++
8 3 (1.734%) Python
9 1 (0.578%) VB6
9 1 (0.578%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.578%) Perl
9 1 (0.578%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.578%) VBScript
9 1 (0.578%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (21.97%) Security Cleared
2 32 (18.50%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.249%) Degree
4 6 (3.468%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.890%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (2.890%) HNC
5 5 (2.890%) HND
5 5 (2.890%) MCP
5 5 (2.890%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.312%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.156%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.156%) ISEB
7 2 (1.156%) OCP
7 2 (1.156%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.156%) CIMA
8 1 (0.578%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.578%) MCAD
8 1 (0.578%) MCSE
8 1 (0.578%) MCSA
8 1 (0.578%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.514%) SLA
2 5 (2.890%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.734%) TickIT
3 3 (1.734%) QA
4 1 (0.578%) DO-178B
System Software
1 35 (20.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.156%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.156%) VMware ESX
3 1 (0.578%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.578%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.578%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (4.624%) Backup Exec
2 3 (1.734%) SCCM
3 1 (0.578%) Nessus
3 1 (0.578%) ARCserve
3 1 (0.578%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (0.578%) WSUS
Vendors
1 88 (50.87%) Microsoft
2 23 (13.29%) Oracle
3 17 (9.827%) Citrix
4 13 (7.514%) HP
5 11 (6.358%) Red Hat
6 6 (3.468%) Remedy
6 6 (3.468%) VMware
7 5 (2.890%) Cisco
8 4 (2.312%) SAP
8 4 (2.312%) Lotus
9 3 (1.734%) Cognos
10 2 (1.156%) McAfee
10 2 (1.156%) Dell
10 2 (1.156%) Adobe
10 2 (1.156%) CA
11 1 (0.578%) Minitab
11 1 (0.578%) Serena
11 1 (0.578%) Informatica
11 1 (0.578%) Avaya
11 1 (0.578%) Apple
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