Hertfordshire MS Office Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Hertfordshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Audenshaw Aylesbury Ayr Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barking Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Dagenham Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Douglas Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenford Grimsby Guildford Gwent Hackney Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Immingham Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Kendal Kent Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Sherborne Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Torfaen Torpoint Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallington Walsall Walton-on-Thames Ware Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing Wymondham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	33	32
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	65	75
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.087 %	0.076 %
As % of the category below	29.28 %	25.86 %
Daily rates quoted	15	24
Average minimum daily rate	£243	£266
Average daily rate	£252	£274
% change on same period last year	-8.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£261	£283
UK excluding London average daily rate	£246	£252
% change on same period last year	-2.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	21
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.22	£12.63
Average hourly rate	£17.54	£13.21
% change on same period last year	+32.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.87	£13.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.43	£15.00
% change on same period last year	+2.91 %
Applications Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	222	290
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.296 %	0.293 %
Daily rates quoted	72	131
Average minimum daily rate	£268	£260
Average daily rate	£287	£267
% change on same period last year	+7.20 %
Average maximum daily rate	£305	£274
UK excluding London average daily rate	£299	£285
% change on same period last year	+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	60	42
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.78	£16.62
Average hourly rate	£21.51	£17.65
% change on same period last year	+21.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.25	£18.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.01	£18.99
% change on same period last year	-5.13 %
MS Office East of England

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

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 Hertfordshire region.

MS Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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 Hertfordshire region.

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Office within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Watford	-1	11	£317	+17.34 %
Welwyn Garden City	+4	8	£145	-
Rickmansworth	-15	6	-	-
Hitchin	-	2	-	-
St Albans	-	2	-	-
Letchworth	-	2	-	-
Ware	-	1	-	-
Stevenage	-6	1	-	-
Bishop's Stortford	-	1	-	-

MS Office East of England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 48 (36.36 %) Microsoft 2 47 (35.61 %) MS Excel 3 37 (28.03 %) Windows 4 24 (18.18 %) MS Project 5 19 (14.39 %) Finance 5 19 (14.39 %) Project Management 6 18 (13.64 %) MS PowerPoint 7 17 (12.88 %) Windows XP 8 16 (12.12 %) Telecoms 8 16 (12.12 %) Project Planning 9 15 (11.36 %) PRINCE2 10 13 (9.848 %) ITIL 10 13 (9.848 %) Active Directory 11 12 (9.091 %) Windows 2000 12 11 (8.333 %) MS Exchange

12 11 (8.333 %) Pharmaceutical 13 10 (7.576 %) ClearCase 13 10 (7.576 %) ClearQuest 13 10 (7.576 %) Automotive 13 10 (7.576 %) SAP 13 10 (7.576 %) Retail 13 10 (7.576 %) QA 14 9 (6.818 %) Office Project Server 14 9 (6.818 %) Windows NT 14 9 (6.818 %) SQL 14 9 (6.818 %) Adobe 14 9 (6.818 %) Change Management 14 9 (6.818 %) Acrobat 15 8 (6.061 %) Remedy 15 8 (6.061 %) TCP/IP

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 4 (3.030 %) HTML 2 1 (0.758 %) .NET 2 1 (0.758 %) ASP.NET 2 1 (0.758 %) COM 2 1 (0.758 %) ISPF	Application Platforms 1 11 (8.333 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (6.818 %) Office Project Server 3 6 (4.545 %) Lotus Notes 4 4 (3.030 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 1 (0.758 %) CICS
Applications 1 47 (35.61 %) MS Excel 2 24 (18.18 %) MS Project 3 18 (13.64 %) MS PowerPoint 4 9 (6.818 %) Acrobat 5 5 (3.788 %) MS Visio 6 4 (3.030 %) Photoshop 6 4 (3.030 %) RoboHelp 6 4 (3.030 %) Fireworks 6 4 (3.030 %) RoboDemo 6 4 (3.030 %) Adobe Captivate 6 4 (3.030 %) Spreadsheet	Communications & Networking 1 8 (6.061 %) TCP/IP 2 5 (3.788 %) VPN 2 5 (3.788 %) Internet 3 3 (2.273 %) SAN 3 3 (2.273 %) iSCSI 4 1 (0.758 %) Broadband 4 1 (0.758 %) LAN 4 1 (0.758 %) WAN 4 1 (0.758 %) Firewall 4 1 (0.758 %) Cisco PIX 4 1 (0.758 %) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (3.788 %) MySQL 2 2 (1.515 %) SQL Server 2 2 (1.515 %) SQL Server 2000 2 2 (1.515 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (0.758 %) STATISTICA 3 1 (0.758 %) DB2 3 1 (0.758 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 1 (0.758 %) Oracle 9i 3 1 (0.758 %) Oracle 10g	Development Applications 1 10 (7.576 %) ClearCase 1 10 (7.576 %) ClearQuest 2 4 (3.030 %) Dreamweaver 2 4 (3.030 %) Flash 3 2 (1.515 %) PVCS 3 2 (1.515 %) TestDirector
General 1 19 (14.39 %) Finance 2 16 (12.12 %) Telecoms 3 11 (8.333 %) Pharmaceutical 4 10 (7.576 %) Automotive 4 10 (7.576 %) Retail 5 7 (5.303 %) Games 6 3 (2.273 %) Education 6 3 (2.273 %) Law 6 3 (2.273 %) Legal 6 3 (2.273 %) Front Office 7 2 (1.515 %) Aerospace 7 2 (1.515 %) Manufacturing 7 2 (1.515 %) Online Games 8 1 (0.758 %) Military 8 1 (0.758 %) Banking 8 1 (0.758 %) Government	Job Titles 1 68 (51.52 %) Analyst 2 35 (26.52 %) Support Analyst 3 25 (18.94 %) Service Analyst 4 17 (12.88 %) Service Desk Analyst 5 13 (9.848 %) Project Analyst 5 13 (9.848 %) Project Support Analyst 6 10 (7.576 %) Helpdesk Analyst 7 9 (6.818 %) Desktop Support 7 9 (6.818 %) Developer 8 7 (5.303 %) Project Coordinator 8 7 (5.303 %) Coordinator 8 7 (5.303 %) Project Manager 8 7 (5.303 %) Helpdesk Support 8 7 (5.303 %) Desktop Engineer 8 7 (5.303 %) Quality Analyst 9 5 (3.788 %) PHP Developer 9 5 (3.788 %) Desktop Analyst 9 5 (3.788 %) QA Analyst 9 5 (3.788 %) 1st Line Support 9 5 (3.788 %) Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 3 (2.273 %) CMDB 2 2 (1.515 %) German Language 2 2 (1.515 %) Blackberry 2 2 (1.515 %) Mainframe 2 2 (1.515 %) AS400 2 2 (1.515 %) PDA 3 1 (0.758 %) Statistics 3 1 (0.758 %) Informatics 3 1 (0.758 %) Mathematics 3 1 (0.758 %) French Language 3 1 (0.758 %) Replication 3 1 (0.758 %) EPoS 3 1 (0.758 %) IBM Mainframe	Operating Systems 1 37 (28.03 %) Windows 2 17 (12.88 %) Windows XP 3 12 (9.091 %) Windows 2000 4 9 (6.818 %) Windows NT 5 6 (4.545 %) UNIX 6 4 (3.030 %) Windows Server 2003 7 3 (2.273 %) NetWare 7 3 (2.273 %) Solaris 7 3 (2.273 %) Linux 8 1 (0.758 %) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies 1 19 (14.39 %) Project Management 2 16 (12.12 %) Project Planning 3 15 (11.36 %) PRINCE2 4 13 (9.848 %) ITIL 5 9 (6.818 %) Change Management 6 7 (5.303 %) Business Development 6 7 (5.303 %) Configuration Management 7 6 (4.545 %) Service Delivery 8 4 (3.030 %) Quality Management 8 4 (3.030 %) Risk Analysis 8 4 (3.030 %) Security Cleared 9 2 (1.515 %) Time Management 9 2 (1.515 %) CMMI 9 2 (1.515 %) CRM 9 2 (1.515 %) Incident Management 9 2 (1.515 %) Migration 10 1 (0.758 %) DMAIC 10 1 (0.758 %) Risk Management 10 1 (0.758 %) Validation 10 1 (0.758 %) Problem Management	Programming Languages 1 9 (6.818 %) SQL 2 5 (3.788 %) Perl 2 5 (3.788 %) PHP 3 3 (2.273 %) C 4 2 (1.515 %) PL/SQL 5 1 (0.758 %) COBOL 5 1 (0.758 %) VB 5 1 (0.758 %) VB.NET
Qualifications 1 5 (3.788 %) Microsoft Certification 1 5 (3.788 %) Degree 2 4 (3.030 %) MCP 3 3 (2.273 %) MOS 4 2 (1.515 %) MCSE 5 1 (0.758 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 1 (0.758 %) MCITP 5 1 (0.758 %) HNC 5 1 (0.758 %) OCP 5 1 (0.758 %) Oracle Certification 5 1 (0.758 %) CNE 5 1 (0.758 %) Novell Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (7.576 %) QA 2 7 (5.303 %) SLA 3 3 (2.273 %) ISO9001 4 1 (0.758 %) GMP
System Software 1 13 (9.848 %) Active Directory 2 3 (2.273 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.758 %) NDS 3 1 (0.758 %) Oracle RMAN	Systems Management 1 2 (1.515 %) OpenView 1 2 (1.515 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 2 (1.515 %) OVSD 2 1 (0.758 %) SCOM 2 1 (0.758 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 2 1 (0.758 %) ARCserve 2 1 (0.758 %) ZENworks
Vendors 1 48 (36.36 %) Microsoft 2 10 (7.576 %) SAP 3 9 (6.818 %) Adobe 4 8 (6.061 %) Remedy 5 6 (4.545 %) Lotus 6 4 (3.030 %) Novell 6 4 (3.030 %) Macromedia 6 4 (3.030 %) HP 7 3 (2.273 %) NetApp 7 3 (2.273 %) VMware 8 2 (1.515 %) Oracle 8 2 (1.515 %) Cisco 8 2 (1.515 %) Alcatel 8 2 (1.515 %) Compaq 8 2 (1.515 %) Dell 8 2 (1.515 %) Intel 9 1 (0.758 %) Citrix 9 1 (0.758 %) Epicor 9 1 (0.758 %) IBM 9 1 (0.758 %) LANDesk