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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Hampshire 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1532
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads147134
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.199 %0.132 %
As % of the category below44.68 %35.54 %
Daily rates quoted1425
Average minimum daily rate£251£253
Average daily rate£271£263
% change on same period last year+2.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£291£274
UK excluding London average daily rate£240£255
% change on same period last year-5.97 %
Hourly rates quoted7349
Average minimum hourly rate£13.99£12.20
Average hourly rate£14.95£13.28
% change on same period last year+12.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.91£14.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.68£15.70
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads329377
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.445 %0.372 %
Daily rates quoted7183
Average minimum daily rate£279£266
Average daily rate£294£280
% change on same period last year+4.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£309£295
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£291
% change on same period last year+0.81 %
Hourly rates quoted105137
Average minimum hourly rate£17.58£19.29
Average hourly rate£18.77£20.79
% change on same period last year-9.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.95£22.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.59£19.58
% change on same period last year-5.05 %
MS Office South EastMS Office
South East

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BasingstokeUp+1343£369-
PortsmouthUp+626£500-
SouthamptonUp+1117£250-
FarehamUp+56£128-
EastleighNew entry-6--
FarnboroughUp+56£267-33.33 %
GosportNew entry-4--
WinchesterNew entry-3--
HavantDown-11--
MS Office South EastMS Office
South East

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

1152 (52.41 %)Windows
2134 (46.21 %)Microsoft
392 (31.72 %)MS Excel
486 (29.66 %)Windows XP
570 (24.14 %)Active Directory
650 (17.24 %)Windows 2000
729 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
822 (7.586 %)ITIL
921 (7.241 %)MS PowerPoint
921 (7.241 %)SC Cleared
1019 (6.552 %)Windows Server 2003
1118 (6.207 %)MS Project
1216 (5.517 %)SAP
1216 (5.517 %)MS Exchange
1315 (5.172 %)Windows NT
1315 (5.172 %)Finance
1413 (4.483 %)WAN
1413 (4.483 %)NHS
1413 (4.483 %)VPN
1413 (4.483 %)Degree
1512 (4.138 %)MS Visio
1512 (4.138 %)TCP/IP
1512 (4.138 %)HP
1512 (4.138 %)Microsoft Certification
1512 (4.138 %).NET
1611 (3.793 %)LAN
1710 (3.448 %)SharePoint
1710 (3.448 %)SQL
1710 (3.448 %)MCP
1710 (3.448 %)Project Management

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (4.138 %).NET
25 (1.724 %)XML
33 (1.034 %)ASP.NET
33 (1.034 %)Windows SharePoint Services
41 (0.345 %).NET Remoting
41 (0.345 %).NET Framework
41 (0.345 %)HTML
41 (0.345 %)COM+
41 (0.345 %)DCOM
41 (0.345 %)WebServices
41 (0.345 %)WSDL
41 (0.345 %)WinForms
41 (0.345 %)ASP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (5.517 %)MS Exchange
210 (3.448 %)SharePoint
39 (3.103 %)Lotus Notes
45 (1.724 %)BizTalk Server
54 (1.379 %)GroupWise
54 (1.379 %)SharePoint Server 2007
63 (1.034 %)SharePoint Portal Server
63 (1.034 %)Rendezvous
63 (1.034 %)IIS
63 (1.034 %)SAS
72 (0.690 %)Exchange Server 5.5
72 (0.690 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (0.345 %)Exchange Server 2000
81 (0.345 %)Office Project Server
81 (0.345 %)Exchange Server 2007
81 (0.345 %)Apache
81 (0.345 %)MTS
81 (0.345 %)Tomcat
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
192 (31.72 %)MS Excel
221 (7.241 %)MS PowerPoint
318 (6.207 %)MS Project
412 (4.138 %)MS Visio
55 (1.724 %)Spreadsheet
63 (1.034 %)QuarkXPress
72 (0.690 %)Acrobat
81 (0.345 %)Photoshop
81 (0.345 %)3ds Max
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.690 %)SAP R/3
21 (0.345 %)SAP ERP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (4.483 %)WAN
113 (4.483 %)VPN
212 (4.138 %)TCP/IP
311 (3.793 %)LAN
49 (3.103 %)Intranet
58 (2.759 %)Internet
63 (1.034 %)Firewall
63 (1.034 %)Wireless
63 (1.034 %)SSL
63 (1.034 %)HTTP
63 (1.034 %)SSH
72 (0.690 %)Cisco PIX
72 (0.690 %)VoIP
72 (0.690 %)ATM
72 (0.690 %)SAN
72 (0.690 %)Frame Relay
81 (0.345 %)BGP
81 (0.345 %)DNS
81 (0.345 %)GPRS
81 (0.345 %)LDAP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (2.069 %)RDBMS
25 (1.724 %)SQL Server
33 (1.034 %)Crystal Reports
33 (1.034 %)MS Access
33 (1.034 %)GIS
42 (0.690 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (0.690 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.345 %)EDRMS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.345 %)Visual Studio
11 (0.345 %)Flash
11 (0.345 %)ARTiSAN
11 (0.345 %)FrontPage
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (5.172 %)Finance
210 (3.448 %)Government
210 (3.448 %)Telecoms
210 (3.448 %)Insurance
39 (3.103 %)Health
47 (2.414 %)Military
56 (2.069 %)Auditing
65 (1.724 %)Marketing
73 (1.034 %)Publishing
73 (1.034 %)Local Government
73 (1.034 %)Pensions
82 (0.690 %)Multimedia
82 (0.690 %)Police
82 (0.690 %)Aerospace
82 (0.690 %)Electric
82 (0.690 %)Electronics
91 (0.345 %)Pharmaceutical
91 (0.345 %)Legal
91 (0.345 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.345 %)Retail
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
166 (22.76 %)Analyst
234 (11.72 %)2nd Line Support
234 (11.72 %)Administrator
328 (9.655 %)1st Line Support
423 (7.931 %)Support Analyst
522 (7.586 %)Support Engineer
618 (6.207 %)Helpdesk Analyst
715 (5.172 %)Helpdesk Support
813 (4.483 %)Support Technician
813 (4.483 %)Desktop Support
912 (4.138 %)Developer
1011 (3.793 %)Project Administrator
1110 (3.448 %)Consultant
1110 (3.448 %)2nd Line Support Technician
129 (3.103 %)Service Analyst
129 (3.103 %)Service Desk Analyst
129 (3.103 %)Desktop Engineer
138 (2.759 %)Data Analyst
138 (2.759 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
147 (2.414 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (4.483 %)NHS
27 (2.414 %)AS400
27 (2.414 %)Mathematics
36 (2.069 %)Physics
44 (1.379 %)Data Extraction
44 (1.379 %)Client/Server
53 (1.034 %)PDA
62 (0.690 %)Clustering
71 (0.345 %)E-Learning
71 (0.345 %)SCORM
71 (0.345 %)Replication
71 (0.345 %)N-Tier
71 (0.345 %)Blackberry
71 (0.345 %)NPfIT
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1152 (52.41 %)Windows
286 (29.66 %)Windows XP
350 (17.24 %)Windows 2000
419 (6.552 %)Windows Server 2003
515 (5.172 %)Windows NT
68 (2.759 %)Windows Vista
77 (2.414 %)UNIX
86 (2.069 %)Solaris
86 (2.069 %)Linux
95 (1.724 %)Windows 2000 Server
102 (0.690 %)Windows Mobile
102 (0.690 %)NetWare
111 (0.345 %)Red Hat Linux
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
129 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
222 (7.586 %)ITIL
321 (7.241 %)SC Cleared
410 (3.448 %)Project Management
58 (2.759 %)PRINCE2
67 (2.414 %)Configuration Management
76 (2.069 %)Business Analysis
76 (2.069 %)Quality Management
76 (2.069 %)QMS
85 (1.724 %)UML
85 (1.724 %)Change Management
85 (1.724 %)Workflow
94 (1.379 %)Project Planning
103 (1.034 %)Requirements Management
103 (1.034 %)Workflow Management
103 (1.034 %)Logistics
103 (1.034 %)MODAF
103 (1.034 %)Programme Management
103 (1.034 %)Data Management
103 (1.034 %)Document Management
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (3.448 %)SQL
28 (2.759 %)VB
37 (2.414 %)C
46 (2.069 %)C#
46 (2.069 %)Java
55 (1.724 %)VB.NET
55 (1.724 %)VBA
64 (1.379 %)VB6
73 (1.034 %)PL/SQL
73 (1.034 %)Python
73 (1.034 %)Shell Script
81 (0.345 %)JavaScript
81 (0.345 %)Perl
81 (0.345 %)PHP
81 (0.345 %)C++
81 (0.345 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.345 %)VBScript
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (4.483 %)Degree
212 (4.138 %)Microsoft Certification
310 (3.448 %)MCP
49 (3.103 %)MCSE
56 (2.069 %)CCNA
56 (2.069 %)Cisco Certification
64 (1.379 %)ITIL Certification
64 (1.379 %)ISEB
64 (1.379 %)HNC
72 (0.690 %)MCSA
72 (0.690 %)CCNP
72 (0.690 %)CCA
72 (0.690 %)Citrix Certification
81 (0.345 %)HND
81 (0.345 %)MBA
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (2.069 %)SLA
25 (1.724 %)QA
32 (0.690 %)ISO27001
32 (0.690 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.690 %)ISO9000
32 (0.690 %)ISO9001
41 (0.345 %)TickIT
41 (0.345 %)GLP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
170 (24.14 %)Active Directory
26 (2.069 %)Backup Exec
33 (1.034 %)NFS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (2.759 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (1.034 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.345 %)SCCM
31 (0.345 %)SCOM
31 (0.345 %)Netcool
31 (0.345 %)MOM
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1134 (46.21 %)Microsoft
216 (5.517 %)SAP
312 (4.138 %)HP
49 (3.103 %)Cisco
49 (3.103 %)Lotus
57 (2.414 %)Dell
66 (2.069 %)Novell
66 (2.069 %)Sun
66 (2.069 %)VERITAS
75 (1.724 %)Citrix
75 (1.724 %)Oracle
75 (1.724 %)Symantec
75 (1.724 %)Remedy
75 (1.724 %)McAfee Security
84 (1.379 %)Hummingbird
84 (1.379 %)SIMUL8
84 (1.379 %)Adobe
93 (1.034 %)IBM
93 (1.034 %)TIBCO
93 (1.034 %)Quark