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

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 23 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 Manchester 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 35 30 34
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +4
Contract jobs citing MS Office 40 62 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 4.278% 4.791% 3.491%
As % of the Applications category 27.78% 43.97% 32.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 19 10
Average daily rate £273 £200 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.25% -33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £138 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £350 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £273 £275
% change year-on-year
+0.91% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 13
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +34.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £12.40 £10.13
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £20.50 £25.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
All Applications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 144 141 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 15.40% 10.90% 10.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 48 39
Average daily rate £306 £248 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.73% -17.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £135 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £374 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 27 17
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +20.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £12.01 £9.59
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £22.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Office
North West

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Manchester MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 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
Altrincham 0 2 - -
Salford -5 1 £400 +100.00%
MS Office
North West

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 52 (73.24%) Microsoft
2 32 (45.07%) Windows
3 27 (38.03%) MS Excel
4 20 (28.17%) Windows XP
5 18 (25.35%) Active Directory
6 15 (21.13%) Project Management
7 14 (19.72%) ITIL
8 13 (18.31%) Windows 7
9 12 (16.90%) PRINCE2
9 12 (16.90%) MS Exchange
9 12 (16.90%) Finance
10 11 (15.49%) Project Planning
11 10 (14.08%) MS Project
12 9 (12.68%) Blackberry
13 8 (11.27%) MS Visio
14 7 (9.859%) VPN
15 6 (8.451%) Banking
15 6 (8.451%) Degree
15 6 (8.451%) Stakeholder Management
15 6 (8.451%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 6 (8.451%) Citrix
15 6 (8.451%) SharePoint
16 5 (7.042%) SAS
16 5 (7.042%) WAN
16 5 (7.042%) AIX
16 5 (7.042%) UNIX
16 5 (7.042%) OLAP
16 5 (7.042%) Cisco
16 5 (7.042%) Grid Computing
16 5 (7.042%) Change Control

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 2 (2.817%) jQuery
1 2 (2.817%) .NET
1 2 (2.817%) ASP.NET
1 2 (2.817%) COM
1 2 (2.817%) CSS
2 1 (1.408%) XBRL
2 1 (1.408%) HTML
2 1 (1.408%) Web Services
2 1 (1.408%) Flash
2 1 (1.408%) XHTML
2 1 (1.408%) OLE
2 1 (1.408%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.408%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.408%) CSS3
2 1 (1.408%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 1 (1.408%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (1.408%) HTML5
2 1 (1.408%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 12 (16.90%) MS Exchange
2 6 (8.451%) SharePoint
3 5 (7.042%) SAS
3 5 (7.042%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (5.634%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (4.225%) Lotus Notes
5 3 (4.225%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (2.817%) WorkSite
6 2 (2.817%) Lync
7 1 (1.408%) CICS
7 1 (1.408%) CMS
7 1 (1.408%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 27 (38.03%) MS Excel
2 10 (14.08%) MS Project
3 8 (11.27%) MS Visio
4 4 (5.634%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.408%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.408%) Fireworks
5 1 (1.408%) Acrobat
5 1 (1.408%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.408%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (1.408%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 1 (1.408%) Maximo
1 1 (1.408%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.859%) VPN
2 5 (7.042%) WAN
3 4 (5.634%) Ethernet
3 4 (5.634%) LAN
3 4 (5.634%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.225%) DNS
4 3 (4.225%) DHCP
5 2 (2.817%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (2.817%) Wireless
5 2 (2.817%) Internet
5 2 (2.817%) FTP
5 2 (2.817%) ADSL
6 1 (1.408%) GSM
6 1 (1.408%) UMTS
6 1 (1.408%) VoIP
6 1 (1.408%) SAN
6 1 (1.408%) Intranet
6 1 (1.408%) 3G
6 1 (1.408%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.042%) OLAP
2 3 (4.225%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.225%) Base SAS
3 1 (1.408%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.408%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.408%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (1.408%) TestDirector
1 1 (1.408%) Axure RP
1 1 (1.408%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (16.90%) Finance
2 6 (8.451%) Banking
3 4 (5.634%) Investment Banking
4 3 (4.225%) Law
4 3 (4.225%) Retail
5 2 (2.817%) Marketing
5 2 (2.817%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.817%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.408%) Publishing
6 1 (1.408%) Legal
6 1 (1.408%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.408%) Czech Language
6 1 (1.408%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 17 (23.94%) Analyst
2 8 (11.27%) Developer
2 8 (11.27%) Service Analyst
3 7 (9.859%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (9.859%) Service Desk Analyst
4 5 (7.042%) Support Analyst
5 4 (5.634%) PMO Manager
5 4 (5.634%) IT Support
5 4 (5.634%) SAS Developer
5 4 (5.634%) Support Engineer
6 3 (4.225%) Business Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) 2nd Line Support Technician
7 2 (2.817%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (2.817%) Helpdesk Technician
7 2 (2.817%) Project Engineer
7 2 (2.817%) Project Administrator
7 2 (2.817%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) Web Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Blackberry
2 5 (7.042%) Grid Computing
2 5 (7.042%) iPad
2 5 (7.042%) Data Integration
3 4 (5.634%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.634%) NHS
4 3 (4.225%) Statistics
5 2 (2.817%) iPhone
5 2 (2.817%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.817%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.817%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.408%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.408%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 32 (45.07%) Windows
2 20 (28.17%) Windows XP
3 13 (18.31%) Windows 7
4 5 (7.042%) AIX
4 5 (7.042%) UNIX
5 4 (5.634%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (5.634%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (5.634%) Windows 2000
6 3 (4.225%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.408%) Windows NT
7 1 (1.408%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.408%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.13%) Project Management
2 14 (19.72%) ITIL
3 12 (16.90%) PRINCE2
4 11 (15.49%) Project Planning
5 6 (8.451%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (7.042%) Change Control
7 4 (5.634%) Incident Management
8 3 (4.225%) ERP
8 3 (4.225%) Service Management
8 3 (4.225%) Service Delivery
8 3 (4.225%) Change Management
8 3 (4.225%) Critical Path Analysis
9 2 (2.817%) Data Protection
9 2 (2.817%) Computer Security
9 2 (2.817%) Time Management
9 2 (2.817%) Asset Management
9 2 (2.817%) Information Security
9 2 (2.817%) Programme Management
9 2 (2.817%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (2.817%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.817%) C
1 2 (2.817%) C#
2 1 (1.408%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.408%) SQL
2 1 (1.408%) VBScript
2 1 (1.408%) VB
2 1 (1.408%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (8.451%) Degree
2 3 (4.225%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (4.225%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (2.817%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.817%) HNC
3 2 (2.817%) HND
4 1 (1.408%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.408%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.408%) ISEB
4 1 (1.408%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.408%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.408%) APMP
4 1 (1.408%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.634%) SLA
2 2 (2.817%) QA
3 1 (1.408%) Basel II
3 1 (1.408%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (25.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.817%) XenDesktop
2 2 (2.817%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.408%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (8.451%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.408%) DameWare
2 1 (1.408%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 52 (73.24%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.451%) Citrix
3 5 (7.042%) Cisco
4 3 (4.225%) Lotus
4 3 (4.225%) Planview
5 1 (1.408%) Avaya
5 1 (1.408%) Adobe
5 1 (1.408%) Dell
5 1 (1.408%) EMC
5 1 (1.408%) Intel
5 1 (1.408%) Oracle
5 1 (1.408%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (1.408%) SAP
5 1 (1.408%) Websense
5 1 (1.408%) SurfControl
5 1 (1.408%) BT
5 1 (1.408%) NEC
5 1 (1.408%) Google
5 1 (1.408%) Huawei
5 1 (1.408%) Amdocs
1st / 2nd Line Support - Windows XP / 7, MS Office, Citrix
Manchester, Lancashire
My client has an urgent requirement for 1st / 2nd Line Support professional to support a Microsoft / Citrix environment. The right candidate will be required to have strong commercial...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £10 - £15 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
2nd Line Service Desk Analyst (FTC)
Manchester, North West
The objective of the position is to provide a user support function or 'Service Desk' facility to all members of the company and undertake technical projects when required...
Hudson
Rate: £22000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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