MS Office Contracts in Hertfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 17 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 Hertfordshire 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 27 29 24
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -5
Contract jobs citing MS Office 39 46 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 6.065% 4.752% 5.530%
As % of the Applications category 36.11% 35.38% 40.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 7
Average daily rate £225 £375 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +76.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £209 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £400 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.61% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 35
Average hourly rate £11.50 £11.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -28.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.21 £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £17.05 £33.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.88 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+0.90% -1.14%
All Applications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 108 130 119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 16.80% 13.43% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 38 40
Average daily rate £325 £350 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +32.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £160 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 32 41
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.02 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.65% -24.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.09 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £36.80 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
East of England

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Rickmansworth 0 5 £225 -
Watford +8 4 - -
Hemel Hempstead +3 3 - -
Welwyn Garden City -1 3 £150 -61.29%
Stevenage - 2 £180 -
Hoddesdon - 1 - -
MS Office
East of England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 59 (64.84%) Microsoft
2 47 (51.65%) Windows
3 25 (27.47%) MS Excel
4 23 (25.27%) SQL
5 22 (24.18%) Active Directory
6 20 (21.98%) .NET
7 19 (20.88%) SQL Server
8 18 (19.78%) Windows Server 2003
9 17 (18.68%) .NET Framework
10 16 (17.58%) T-SQL
11 15 (16.48%) SharePoint
11 15 (16.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (15.38%) Ajax
12 14 (15.38%) jQuery
12 14 (15.38%) VBScript
12 14 (15.38%) DHTML
12 14 (15.38%) HTML
12 14 (15.38%) JavaScript
12 14 (15.38%) ASP.NET
12 14 (15.38%) Web Services
12 14 (15.38%) Telecoms
13 13 (14.29%) Project Management
13 13 (14.29%) ADO.NET
13 13 (14.29%) VB.NET
14 12 (13.19%) DTS
14 12 (13.19%) Windows XP
14 12 (13.19%) FTP
14 12 (13.19%) Finance
14 12 (13.19%) Windows 7
14 12 (13.19%) WinForms

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 20 (21.98%) .NET
2 17 (18.68%) .NET Framework
3 14 (15.38%) jQuery
3 14 (15.38%) Ajax
3 14 (15.38%) DHTML
3 14 (15.38%) HTML
3 14 (15.38%) ASP.NET
3 14 (15.38%) Web Services
4 13 (14.29%) ADO.NET
5 12 (13.19%) WinForms
6 3 (3.297%) XML
7 2 (2.198%) ASP
8 1 (1.099%) SAP PI
8 1 (1.099%) Silverlight
8 1 (1.099%) XSLT
8 1 (1.099%) EDI
8 1 (1.099%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 15 (16.48%) SharePoint
2 8 (8.791%) MS Exchange
3 5 (5.495%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (4.396%) Lotus Notes
4 4 (4.396%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (2.198%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.099%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (1.099%) Lync
6 1 (1.099%) IIS
6 1 (1.099%) SAS
6 1 (1.099%) Gentran
Applications
1 25 (27.47%) MS Excel
2 10 (10.99%) MS PowerPoint
3 7 (7.692%) MS Project
3 7 (7.692%) MS Visio
4 4 (4.396%) QuarkXPress
4 4 (4.396%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (4.396%) InDesign
4 4 (4.396%) Photoshop
5 2 (2.198%) Office 365
6 1 (1.099%) PowerPivot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.19%) FTP
2 9 (9.890%) VPN
3 6 (6.593%) Ethernet
3 6 (6.593%) Firewall
4 5 (5.495%) SAN
4 5 (5.495%) VoIP
5 4 (4.396%) LAN
6 3 (3.297%) Internet
7 2 (2.198%) 3G
7 2 (2.198%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (2.198%) WAN
7 2 (2.198%) DHCP
7 2 (2.198%) DNS
8 1 (1.099%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.099%) Wireless
8 1 (1.099%) 2G
8 1 (1.099%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (20.88%) SQL Server
2 15 (16.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (13.19%) DTS
4 8 (8.791%) MS Access
5 2 (2.198%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (2.198%) GIS
5 2 (2.198%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.198%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.099%) PerformancePoint
6 1 (1.099%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.099%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.099%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.099%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (1.099%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (1.099%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.099%) LabVIEW
1 1 (1.099%) FrontPage
General
1 14 (15.38%) Telecoms
2 12 (13.19%) Finance
3 4 (4.396%) Publishing
3 4 (4.396%) Retail
3 4 (4.396%) Welsh Language
4 3 (3.297%) French Language
5 2 (2.198%) Billing
5 2 (2.198%) Marketing
6 1 (1.099%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.099%) German Language
6 1 (1.099%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.099%) Swedish Language
6 1 (1.099%) Games
6 1 (1.099%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.099%) Electronics
6 1 (1.099%) Legal
6 1 (1.099%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (23.08%) Analyst
2 20 (21.98%) Developer
3 13 (14.29%) Web Developer
4 11 (12.09%) Support Engineer
5 8 (8.791%) Support Analyst
6 6 (6.593%) Business Analyst
6 6 (6.593%) Service Analyst
6 6 (6.593%) Help Desk Support
7 5 (5.495%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (5.495%) Java Developer
7 5 (5.495%) Head of IT
8 4 (4.396%) Project Analyst
8 4 (4.396%) Project Support Analyst
8 4 (4.396%) 1st Line Support
8 4 (4.396%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (4.396%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.297%) Consultant
9 3 (3.297%) Help Desk Analyst
9 3 (3.297%) IT Manager
9 3 (3.297%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.495%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (2.198%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.099%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.099%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.099%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.099%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.099%) FMCG
3 1 (1.099%) iPad
3 1 (1.099%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (1.099%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 47 (51.65%) Windows
2 18 (19.78%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (13.19%) Windows XP
3 12 (13.19%) Windows 7
4 8 (8.791%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (2.198%) Windows Vista
5 2 (2.198%) UNIX
5 2 (2.198%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.099%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.099%) Linux
6 1 (1.099%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (14.29%) Project Management
2 9 (9.890%) ITIL
3 8 (8.791%) Migration
3 8 (8.791%) Workflow
4 7 (7.692%) Service Management
4 7 (7.692%) PRINCE2
5 6 (6.593%) Enterprise Modelling
5 6 (6.593%) Enterprise Architecture
5 6 (6.593%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (5.495%) ITIL V3
6 5 (5.495%) Business Analysis
7 4 (4.396%) Waterfall
7 4 (4.396%) CRM
7 4 (4.396%) Change Management
7 4 (4.396%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (3.297%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (3.297%) Quality Management
8 3 (3.297%) Six Sigma
8 3 (3.297%) Data Analysis
8 3 (3.297%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 23 (25.27%) SQL
2 16 (17.58%) T-SQL
3 14 (15.38%) VBScript
3 14 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 13 (14.29%) VB.NET
5 9 (9.890%) C#
6 5 (5.495%) Java
7 4 (4.396%) VB
7 4 (4.396%) VBA
8 1 (1.099%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (12.09%) Degree
2 7 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.396%) MCSE
3 4 (4.396%) MCSA
4 2 (2.198%) ISEB
4 2 (2.198%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (2.198%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.198%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.099%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.099%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.198%) SLA
2 1 (1.099%) QA
System Software
1 22 (24.18%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.297%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.198%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.198%) vSphere
3 2 (2.198%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.099%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.297%) OpenView
1 3 (3.297%) OVSD
2 2 (2.198%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.099%) SCCM
3 1 (1.099%) Tivoli
3 1 (1.099%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 59 (64.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.495%) Adobe
2 5 (5.495%) HP
2 5 (5.495%) VMware
3 4 (4.396%) Citrix
3 4 (4.396%) Lotus
3 4 (4.396%) Quark
4 3 (3.297%) SAP
5 2 (2.198%) Apple
5 2 (2.198%) Veeam
5 2 (2.198%) Symantec
5 2 (2.198%) Remedy
5 2 (2.198%) McAfee
5 2 (2.198%) Sophos
6 1 (1.099%) Planview
6 1 (1.099%) IBM
6 1 (1.099%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.099%) Red Hat
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