The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint
Rank 52 46 50
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +4
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 11 24 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.727% 2.456% 1.598%
As % of the Applications category 10.58% 18.18% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 4
Average daily rate £225 £160 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.62% -20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £314 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.94% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
Average hourly rate £21.50 £11.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+95.45% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £17.25 £21.70
% change year-on-year
-24.63% -20.50%
All Applications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
104 132 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 16.33% 13.51% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 41 38
Average daily rate £311 £338 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.77% +35.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £150 £167
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 29 39
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.83% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.07 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £31.80 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS PowerPoint
East of England

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire MS PowerPoint Jobs Demand Trend

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Histogram

MS PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 - 4 £225 -
Watford - 1 - -
MS PowerPoint
East of England

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint.

1 12 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 11 (73.33%) MS Office
3 10 (66.67%) Project Management
3 10 (66.67%) Finance
4 9 (60.00%) MS Project
5 4 (26.67%) MS Visio
6 3 (20.00%) Quality Management
6 3 (20.00%) PMI
6 3 (20.00%) PMI Certification
6 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
6 3 (20.00%) Change Control
7 2 (13.33%) Spanish Language
7 2 (13.33%) ITIL
7 2 (13.33%) SAP
7 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
7 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
7 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
7 2 (13.33%) French Language
7 2 (13.33%) RIA
7 2 (13.33%) Change Management
7 2 (13.33%) Service Management
7 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
7 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (13.33%) Retail
7 2 (13.33%) Billing
8 1 (6.667%) Document Management
8 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) ASP
1 1 (6.667%) XML
1 1 (6.667%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) CMS
1 1 (6.667%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 11 (73.33%) MS Office
3 9 (60.00%) MS Project
4 4 (26.67%) MS Visio
5 1 (6.667%) PowerPivot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (6.667%) PerformancePoint
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (6.667%) Data Mining
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (6.667%) MS Access
1 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) FrontPage
General
1 10 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Spanish Language
2 2 (13.33%) French Language
2 2 (13.33%) Retail
2 2 (13.33%) Billing
3 1 (6.667%) Portuguese Language
3 1 (6.667%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Support Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Project Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Project Support Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Project Officer
4 2 (13.33%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Research Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Designer
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Project Support Officer
5 1 (6.667%) Solutions Designer
5 1 (6.667%) Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.667%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) PMI
2 2 (13.33%) RIA
3 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.667%) Digital Media
3 1 (6.667%) Mobile Payment
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (20.00%) Change Control
3 2 (13.33%) ITIL
3 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
3 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
3 2 (13.33%) Change Management
3 2 (13.33%) Service Management
3 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.667%) Document Management
4 1 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) Validation
4 1 (6.667%) Data Mapping
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (6.667%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) C
1 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
1 1 (6.667%) VB
1 1 (6.667%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) SAP
3 1 (6.667%) Planview
3 1 (6.667%) HP
3 1 (6.667%) CheckPoint