Manchester MS Office Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Ashton-under-Lyne Audenshaw Ayr Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barking Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Chalfont St Giles Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Coalville Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Dagenham Darlington Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenford Grimsby Guildford Gwent Hackney Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hastings Havant Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Immingham Inverness Ipswich Kegworth Kendal Kent Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sheffield Sherborne Shrewsbury Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Slough Snodland Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Tonbridge Torpoint Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallington Walsall Ware Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Wymondham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	24	17
Rank change on same period last year	-7
Matching contract IT job ads	82	68
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.108 %	0.071 %
As % of the category below	42.93 %	47.55 %
Daily rates quoted	4	8
Average minimum daily rate	£223	£144
Average daily rate	£239	£151
% change on same period last year	+58.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£255	£158
UK excluding London average daily rate	£254	£255
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	42	33
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.21	£11.84
Average hourly rate	£14.10	£12.93
% change on same period last year	+9.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.00	£14.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.20	£14.86
% change on same period last year	+2.28 %
Applications Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads	191	143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.252 %	0.150 %
Daily rates quoted	17	24
Average minimum daily rate	£308	£192
Average daily rate	£331	£212
% change on same period last year	+55.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£354	£232
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£283
% change on same period last year	+5.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	60	44
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.16	£14.19
Average hourly rate	£14.90	£15.09
% change on same period last year	-1.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.63	£15.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.91	£19.06
% change on same period last year	-6.04 %
MS Office North West

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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

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 Manchester region.

MS Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

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 Manchester region.

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

MS Office
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing MS Office within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 8 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.

Location	Rank 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
Salford	0	4	-	-
Oldham	+1	4	-	-
Stockport	-	2	-	-
Bolton	-4	1	-	-
Audenshaw	0	1	-	-
Ashton-under-Lyne	-	1	-	-

MS Office North West

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 67 (49.26 %) Microsoft 2 64 (47.06 %) Windows 3 63 (46.32 %) MS Excel 4 27 (19.85 %) Windows 2000 5 26 (19.12 %) MS Exchange 6 20 (14.71 %) Finance 6 20 (14.71 %) Windows XP 7 18 (13.24 %) Windows NT 8 17 (12.50 %) MS Project 9 16 (11.76 %) Dutch Language 9 16 (11.76 %) German Language 10 15 (11.03 %) French Language 11 14 (10.29 %) Banking 12 13 (9.559 %) MS PowerPoint 12 13 (9.559 %) Spanish Language

12 13 (9.559 %) Project Management 13 10 (7.353 %) NHS 13 10 (7.353 %) SAP 13 10 (7.353 %) Italian Language 13 10 (7.353 %) Danish Language 14 9 (6.618 %) Finnish Language 14 9 (6.618 %) Swedish Language 14 9 (6.618 %) SQL 14 9 (6.618 %) LAN 15 8 (5.882 %) TCP/IP 15 8 (5.882 %) Active Directory 15 8 (5.882 %) Citrix 15 8 (5.882 %) Microsoft Certification 15 8 (5.882 %) ClearQuest 15 8 (5.882 %) Legal

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (2.206 %) WebServices 1 3 (2.206 %) XML 2 2 (1.471 %) ASP.NET 2 2 (1.471 %) Servlets 2 2 (1.471 %) .NET 2 2 (1.471 %) J2EE 2 2 (1.471 %) HTML 3 1 (0.735 %) XHTML 3 1 (0.735 %) XSLT 3 1 (0.735 %) .NET Framework 3 1 (0.735 %) ASP.NET 2.0 3 1 (0.735 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 26 (19.12 %) MS Exchange 2 7 (5.147 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 5 (3.676 %) Lotus Notes 4 3 (2.206 %) GroupWise 5 2 (1.471 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 2 (1.471 %) SharePoint 6 1 (0.735 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 1 (0.735 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 63 (46.32 %) MS Excel 2 17 (12.50 %) MS Project 3 13 (9.559 %) MS PowerPoint 4 4 (2.941 %) MS Visio 5 1 (0.735 %) InDesign	Business Applications 1 2 (1.471 %) SAP SD 1 2 (1.471 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 9 (6.618 %) LAN 2 8 (5.882 %) TCP/IP 3 4 (2.941 %) WAN 4 3 (2.206 %) Ethernet 5 2 (1.471 %) DNS 6 1 (0.735 %) Firewall 6 1 (0.735 %) VPN 6 1 (0.735 %) WINS 6 1 (0.735 %) DHCP 6 1 (0.735 %) LDAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (3.676 %) SQL Server 2 4 (2.941 %) BusinessObjects 3 3 (2.206 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 3 3 (2.206 %) SQL Server 2005 4 2 (1.471 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 2 (1.471 %) DTS 4 2 (1.471 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (0.735 %) SQL Server 7 5 1 (0.735 %) MS Access 5 1 (0.735 %) Crystal Reports
Development Applications 1 8 (5.882 %) ClearQuest 2 2 (1.471 %) Oracle Forms 3 1 (0.735 %) Oracle APEX	General 1 20 (14.71 %) Finance 2 14 (10.29 %) Banking 3 8 (5.882 %) Legal 4 5 (3.676 %) Billing 5 4 (2.941 %) Insurance 5 4 (2.941 %) Construction 6 3 (2.206 %) Law 6 3 (2.206 %) Retail 7 2 (1.471 %) Health 7 2 (1.471 %) Education 8 1 (0.735 %) Government 8 1 (0.735 %) Graphic Design 8 1 (0.735 %) Retail Banking 8 1 (0.735 %) Marketing 8 1 (0.735 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 55 (40.44 %) Analyst 2 24 (17.65 %) Helpdesk Analyst 3 16 (11.76 %) Helpdesk Support 4 15 (11.03 %) Support Analyst 5 14 (10.29 %) 1st Line Support 6 11 (8.088 %) Administrator 7 8 (5.882 %) Business Analyst 8 6 (4.412 %) Support Engineer 9 5 (3.676 %) 2nd Line Support 9 5 (3.676 %) Desktop Support 9 5 (3.676 %) Junior 10 4 (2.941 %) Helpdesk Technician 10 4 (2.941 %) IT Administrator 10 4 (2.941 %) PMO Administrator 10 4 (2.941 %) PMO Assistant 10 4 (2.941 %) Project Manager 10 4 (2.941 %) Developer 10 4 (2.941 %) Applications Support 10 4 (2.941 %) Senior Analyst 11 3 (2.206 %) Service Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 16 (11.76 %) Dutch Language 1 16 (11.76 %) German Language 2 15 (11.03 %) French Language 3 13 (9.559 %) Spanish Language 4 10 (7.353 %) NHS 4 10 (7.353 %) Italian Language 4 10 (7.353 %) Danish Language 5 9 (6.618 %) Finnish Language 5 9 (6.618 %) Swedish Language 6 8 (5.882 %) Norwegian Language 7 7 (5.147 %) Portuguese Language 8 3 (2.206 %) Blackberry 8 3 (2.206 %) Credit Risk 8 3 (2.206 %) PDA 9 2 (1.471 %) Statistics 9 2 (1.471 %) RIA 9 2 (1.471 %) Computer Science 9 2 (1.471 %) Client/Server 9 2 (1.471 %) EPoS 9 2 (1.471 %) Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 64 (47.06 %) Windows 2 27 (19.85 %) Windows 2000 3 20 (14.71 %) Windows XP 4 18 (13.24 %) Windows NT 5 7 (5.147 %) Windows Server 2003 6 3 (2.206 %) Windows Vista 7 2 (1.471 %) Windows Mobile 7 2 (1.471 %) VME 8 1 (0.735 %) Linux 8 1 (0.735 %) Unix	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (9.559 %) Project Management 2 6 (4.412 %) PRINCE2 3 5 (3.676 %) ITIL 4 4 (2.941 %) Project Planning 4 4 (2.941 %) Change Management 5 3 (2.206 %) E-Commerce 5 3 (2.206 %) Time Management 6 2 (1.471 %) Information Management 6 2 (1.471 %) Document Management 6 2 (1.471 %) Programme Management 6 2 (1.471 %) Incident Management 6 2 (1.471 %) Problem Management 6 2 (1.471 %) OO 6 2 (1.471 %) OOD 6 2 (1.471 %) SOA 6 2 (1.471 %) Regression Testing 6 2 (1.471 %) Service Management 7 1 (0.735 %) Workflow 7 1 (0.735 %) Validation 7 1 (0.735 %) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages 1 9 (6.618 %) SQL 2 2 (1.471 %) Java 3 1 (0.735 %) JavaScript 3 1 (0.735 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (0.735 %) C# 3 1 (0.735 %) XPath	Qualifications 1 8 (5.882 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (2.941 %) MCSE 2 4 (2.941 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 3 (2.206 %) ECDL 3 3 (2.206 %) Novell Certification 3 3 (2.206 %) MCSA 3 3 (2.206 %) MOS 4 2 (1.471 %) MCDBA 4 2 (1.471 %) CNE 5 1 (0.735 %) CNA 5 1 (0.735 %) MCP 5 1 (0.735 %) Degree 5 1 (0.735 %) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.206 %) SLA	System Software 1 8 (5.882 %) Active Directory 2 2 (1.471 %) Backup Exec 2 2 (1.471 %) Terminal Services 3 1 (0.735 %) Terminal Server
Systems Management 1 5 (3.676 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (2.206 %) ZENworks 3 1 (0.735 %) DameWare 3 1 (0.735 %) ServiceCenter	Vendors 1 67 (49.26 %) Microsoft 2 10 (7.353 %) SAP 3 8 (5.882 %) Citrix 4 7 (5.147 %) Novell 5 5 (3.676 %) Lotus 6 4 (2.941 %) Oracle 6 4 (2.941 %) Business Objects 7 3 (2.206 %) Adobe 8 2 (1.471 %) Avaya 8 2 (1.471 %) VERITAS 8 2 (1.471 %) Dell 8 2 (1.471 %) Intel 8 2 (1.471 %) Cisco 8 2 (1.471 %) Remedy 9 1 (0.735 %) CheckPoint 9 1 (0.735 %) Apple 9 1 (0.735 %) HP 9 1 (0.735 %) Wonderware