The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint
Rank 72 62 59
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -3
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 3 21 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.322% 1.625% 1.248%
As % of the Applications category 2.113% 14.89% 11.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 6
Average daily rate - £138 £118
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +17.02%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £314 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.94% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £13.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £17.25 £21.70
% change year-on-year
-24.63% -20.50%
All Applications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
142 141 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 15.22% 10.91% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 49 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 £368 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 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 £11.98 £9.59
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £22.05 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS PowerPoint
North West

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Trend

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 Manchester region.

Manchester MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 4 (33.33%) Photoshop
1 4 (33.33%) MS Office
1 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 4 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
2 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (25.00%) Windows
3 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 2 (16.67%) DHCP
3 2 (16.67%) FTP
3 2 (16.67%) DNS
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco
3 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (8.333%) Digital Media
4 1 (8.333%) Degree
4 1 (8.333%) Graphic Design
4 1 (8.333%) Czech Language
4 1 (8.333%) Polish Language
4 1 (8.333%) QA
4 1 (8.333%) Time Management
4 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
4 1 (8.333%) Finance
4 1 (8.333%) CMS
4 1 (8.333%) Project Management
4 1 (8.333%) Retail
4 1 (8.333%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (8.333%) Adobe

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 (8.333%) HTML
1 1 (8.333%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) CMS
1 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Photoshop
1 4 (33.33%) MS Office
1 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 4 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) DHCP
1 2 (16.67%) FTP
1 2 (16.67%) DNS
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (8.333%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (8.333%) Czech Language
2 1 (8.333%) Polish Language
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Author
1 2 (16.67%) Technical Author
1 2 (16.67%) Designer
1 2 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (8.333%) Trainer
2 1 (8.333%) Junior Designer
2 1 (8.333%) ICT Trainer
2 1 (8.333%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) Junior Graphic Designer
2 1 (8.333%) Junior
2 1 (8.333%) Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) Project Officer
2 1 (8.333%) MI Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) Data Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (8.333%) Graphic Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 1 (8.333%) Digital Media
2 1 (8.333%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
3 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (8.333%) Time Management
2 1 (8.333%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
1 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (8.333%) Adobe