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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Home Counties 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 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1323
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.009 %
As % of the category below12.50 %57.14 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£220
Average daily rate-£220
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£246
% change on same period last year+1.59 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£10.00
Average hourly rate-£12.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.68£16.32
% change on same period last year-3.91 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.015 %
Daily rates quoted34
Average minimum daily rate£250£220
Average daily rate£292£220
% change on same period last year+32.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£302£278
% change on same period last year+8.41 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.00
Average hourly rate-£13.25
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£14.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.11£19.53
% change on same period last year-2.11 %
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 Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties MS Office Daily Rate Trend

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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)AIX
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
11 (50.00 %)Linux
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)MS Visio
11 (50.00 %)ISDN
11 (50.00 %)LAN
11 (50.00 %)WAN
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)DSL
11 (50.00 %)Firewall
11 (50.00 %)Validation
11 (50.00 %)Military
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Visio
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)ISDN
11 (50.00 %)LAN
11 (50.00 %)WAN
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)DSL
11 (50.00 %)Firewall
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Military
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Systems Administrator
11 (50.00 %)Systems Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Senior Systems Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Administrator
11 (50.00 %)IT Administrator
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)AIX
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
11 (50.00 %)Linux
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Validation
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft