The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 23 27 32
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +5
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 3 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.744% 0.376% 1.166%
As % of the Applications category 23.08% 3.226% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £388 - £295
90% offered a daily rate of more than £378 - £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 - £327
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £314 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.94% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £17.25 £21.70
% change year-on-year
-24.63% -20.50%
All Applications
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
13 31 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 7.558% 11.65% 9.621%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 6
Average daily rate £375 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £250 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £900 £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 15
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -8.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS PowerPoint
England

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 (66.67%) MS Office
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (33.33%) Smart Meter
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) TickIT
4 1 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) .NET
4 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) UML
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
1 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Development Manager
4 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Development Project Manager
4 1 (16.67%) IT Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) TickIT
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft