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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.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3332
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads6575
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.087 %0.076 %
As % of the category below29.28 %25.86 %
Daily rates quoted1524
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 quoted2321
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 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads222290
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.296 %0.293 %
Daily rates quoted72131
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 quoted6042
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 EnglandMS 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.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hertfordshire MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Office
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.

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
WatfordDown-111£317+17.34 %
Welwyn Garden CityUp+48£145-
RickmansworthDown-156--
HitchinNew entry-2--
St AlbansNew entry-2--
LetchworthNew entry-2--
WareNew entry-1--
StevenageDown-61--
Bishop's StortfordNew entry-1--
MS Office East of EnglandMS 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.

148 (36.36 %)Microsoft
247 (35.61 %)MS Excel
337 (28.03 %)Windows
424 (18.18 %)MS Project
519 (14.39 %)Finance
519 (14.39 %)Project Management
618 (13.64 %)MS PowerPoint
717 (12.88 %)Windows XP
816 (12.12 %)Telecoms
816 (12.12 %)Project Planning
915 (11.36 %)PRINCE2
1013 (9.848 %)ITIL
1013 (9.848 %)Active Directory
1112 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
1211 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
1211 (8.333 %)Pharmaceutical
1310 (7.576 %)ClearCase
1310 (7.576 %)ClearQuest
1310 (7.576 %)Automotive
1310 (7.576 %)SAP
1310 (7.576 %)Retail
1310 (7.576 %)QA
149 (6.818 %)Office Project Server
149 (6.818 %)Windows NT
149 (6.818 %)SQL
149 (6.818 %)Adobe
149 (6.818 %)Change Management
149 (6.818 %)Acrobat
158 (6.061 %)Remedy
158 (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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (3.030 %)HTML
21 (0.758 %).NET
21 (0.758 %)ASP.NET
21 (0.758 %)COM
21 (0.758 %)ISPF
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
29 (6.818 %)Office Project Server
36 (4.545 %)Lotus Notes
44 (3.030 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (0.758 %)CICS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
147 (35.61 %)MS Excel
224 (18.18 %)MS Project
318 (13.64 %)MS PowerPoint
49 (6.818 %)Acrobat
55 (3.788 %)MS Visio
64 (3.030 %)Photoshop
64 (3.030 %)RoboHelp
64 (3.030 %)Fireworks
64 (3.030 %)RoboDemo
64 (3.030 %)Adobe Captivate
64 (3.030 %)Spreadsheet
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (6.061 %)TCP/IP
25 (3.788 %)VPN
25 (3.788 %)Internet
33 (2.273 %)SAN
33 (2.273 %)iSCSI
41 (0.758 %)Broadband
41 (0.758 %)LAN
41 (0.758 %)WAN
41 (0.758 %)Firewall
41 (0.758 %)Cisco PIX
41 (0.758 %)Network Security
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (3.788 %)MySQL
22 (1.515 %)SQL Server
22 (1.515 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (1.515 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.758 %)STATISTICA
31 (0.758 %)DB2
31 (0.758 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (0.758 %)Oracle 9i
31 (0.758 %)Oracle 10g
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (7.576 %)ClearCase
110 (7.576 %)ClearQuest
24 (3.030 %)Dreamweaver
24 (3.030 %)Flash
32 (1.515 %)PVCS
32 (1.515 %)TestDirector
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
119 (14.39 %)Finance
216 (12.12 %)Telecoms
311 (8.333 %)Pharmaceutical
410 (7.576 %)Automotive
410 (7.576 %)Retail
57 (5.303 %)Games
63 (2.273 %)Education
63 (2.273 %)Law
63 (2.273 %)Legal
63 (2.273 %)Front Office
72 (1.515 %)Aerospace
72 (1.515 %)Manufacturing
72 (1.515 %)Online Games
81 (0.758 %)Military
81 (0.758 %)Banking
81 (0.758 %)Government
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
168 (51.52 %)Analyst
235 (26.52 %)Support Analyst
325 (18.94 %)Service Analyst
417 (12.88 %)Service Desk Analyst
513 (9.848 %)Project Analyst
513 (9.848 %)Project Support Analyst
610 (7.576 %)Helpdesk Analyst
79 (6.818 %)Desktop Support
79 (6.818 %)Developer
87 (5.303 %)Project Coordinator
87 (5.303 %)Coordinator
87 (5.303 %)Project Manager
87 (5.303 %)Helpdesk Support
87 (5.303 %)Desktop Engineer
87 (5.303 %)Quality Analyst
95 (3.788 %)PHP Developer
95 (3.788 %)Desktop Analyst
95 (3.788 %)QA Analyst
95 (3.788 %)1st Line Support
95 (3.788 %)Desktop Support Analyst
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (2.273 %)CMDB
22 (1.515 %)German Language
22 (1.515 %)Blackberry
22 (1.515 %)Mainframe
22 (1.515 %)AS400
22 (1.515 %)PDA
31 (0.758 %)Statistics
31 (0.758 %)Informatics
31 (0.758 %)Mathematics
31 (0.758 %)French Language
31 (0.758 %)Replication
31 (0.758 %)EPoS
31 (0.758 %)IBM Mainframe
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
137 (28.03 %)Windows
217 (12.88 %)Windows XP
312 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
49 (6.818 %)Windows NT
56 (4.545 %)UNIX
64 (3.030 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (2.273 %)NetWare
73 (2.273 %)Solaris
73 (2.273 %)Linux
81 (0.758 %)Mac OS X
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (14.39 %)Project Management
216 (12.12 %)Project Planning
315 (11.36 %)PRINCE2
413 (9.848 %)ITIL
59 (6.818 %)Change Management
67 (5.303 %)Business Development
67 (5.303 %)Configuration Management
76 (4.545 %)Service Delivery
84 (3.030 %)Quality Management
84 (3.030 %)Risk Analysis
84 (3.030 %)Security Cleared
92 (1.515 %)Time Management
92 (1.515 %)CMMI
92 (1.515 %)CRM
92 (1.515 %)Incident Management
92 (1.515 %)Migration
101 (0.758 %)DMAIC
101 (0.758 %)Risk Management
101 (0.758 %)Validation
101 (0.758 %)Problem Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (6.818 %)SQL
25 (3.788 %)Perl
25 (3.788 %)PHP
33 (2.273 %)C
42 (1.515 %)PL/SQL
51 (0.758 %)COBOL
51 (0.758 %)VB
51 (0.758 %)VB.NET
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (3.788 %)Microsoft Certification
15 (3.788 %)Degree
24 (3.030 %)MCP
33 (2.273 %)MOS
42 (1.515 %)MCSE
51 (0.758 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
51 (0.758 %)MCITP
51 (0.758 %)HNC
51 (0.758 %)OCP
51 (0.758 %)Oracle Certification
51 (0.758 %)CNE
51 (0.758 %)Novell Certification
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (7.576 %)QA
27 (5.303 %)SLA
33 (2.273 %)ISO9001
41 (0.758 %)GMP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (9.848 %)Active Directory
23 (2.273 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.758 %)NDS
31 (0.758 %)Oracle RMAN
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.515 %)OpenView
12 (1.515 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 (1.515 %)OVSD
21 (0.758 %)SCOM
21 (0.758 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
21 (0.758 %)ARCserve
21 (0.758 %)ZENworks
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
148 (36.36 %)Microsoft
210 (7.576 %)SAP
39 (6.818 %)Adobe
48 (6.061 %)Remedy
56 (4.545 %)Lotus
64 (3.030 %)Novell
64 (3.030 %)Macromedia
64 (3.030 %)HP
73 (2.273 %)NetApp
73 (2.273 %)VMware
82 (1.515 %)Oracle
82 (1.515 %)Cisco
82 (1.515 %)Alcatel
82 (1.515 %)Compaq
82 (1.515 %)Dell
82 (1.515 %)Intel
91 (0.758 %)Citrix
91 (0.758 %)Epicor
91 (0.758 %)IBM
91 (0.758 %)LANDesk
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