The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS PowerPoint over the 3 months to 22 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 Leeds 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint
Rank 52 67 47
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -20
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 16 4 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 2.128% 0.448% 1.127%
As % of the Applications category 15.84% 3.774% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 5
Average daily rate £285 £338 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.55% -11.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £308 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £442 £420 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £313 £308
% change year-on-year
-1.01% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £17.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year
-22.85% -4.10%
All Applications
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
101 106 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 13.43% 11.87% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 46 21
Average daily rate £310 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £90 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £383 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 22 12
Average hourly rate £15.00 £12.00 £12.16
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -1.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.62 £11.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.10 £34.00 £20.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
MS PowerPoint
West Yorkshire

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 14 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 10 (47.62%) MS Project
3 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 7 (33.33%) MS Office
4 5 (23.81%) MS Visio
4 5 (23.81%) Retail
5 4 (19.05%) Resource Management
5 4 (19.05%) PRINCE2
5 4 (19.05%) Finance
5 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (14.29%) UNIX
6 3 (14.29%) Windows
6 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
6 3 (14.29%) Project Planning
6 3 (14.29%) Banking
6 3 (14.29%) Critical Path Analysis
7 2 (9.524%) Programme Office Management
7 2 (9.524%) Teradata
7 2 (9.524%) Programme Management
7 2 (9.524%) Software Testing
7 2 (9.524%) Data Management
7 2 (9.524%) Marketing
7 2 (9.524%) Retail Banking
7 2 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (9.524%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (9.524%) Windows 7
7 2 (9.524%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (9.524%) Windows XP

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (9.524%) MS Exchange
2 2 (9.524%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 10 (47.62%) MS Project
3 7 (33.33%) MS Office
4 5 (23.81%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (23.81%) Retail
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (9.524%) Marketing
4 2 (9.524%) Retail Banking
5 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.762%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) PMO Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Project Planner
3 3 (14.29%) Programme Planner
4 2 (9.524%) Senior Data Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Data Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Test Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.762%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Trainer
5 1 (4.762%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Programme Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Programme Support Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Business Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Linux Support
5 1 (4.762%) Programme Office Manager
5 1 (4.762%) PMO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (4.762%) Smart Meter
1 1 (4.762%) Mathematics
1 1 (4.762%) Beowulf
1 1 (4.762%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) UNIX
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (9.524%) Windows 7
2 2 (9.524%) Windows XP
3 1 (4.762%) Solaris
3 1 (4.762%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) Resource Management
1 4 (19.05%) PRINCE2
1 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (14.29%) Project Planning
2 3 (14.29%) Critical Path Analysis
3 2 (9.524%) Programme Office Management
3 2 (9.524%) Programme Management
3 2 (9.524%) Software Testing
3 2 (9.524%) Data Management
3 2 (9.524%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (9.524%) Data Modelling
4 1 (4.762%) Change Management
4 1 (4.762%) Project Management
4 1 (4.762%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) ISEB
2 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (4.762%) Degree
2 1 (4.762%) ISTQB
System Software
1 2 (9.524%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.762%) VMware ESX
2 1 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (9.524%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.524%) Teradata
3 1 (4.762%) VMware
3 1 (4.762%) Sun
3 1 (4.762%) Apple
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