The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Milton Keynes 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 12 18 6
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -12
Contract jobs citing MS Office 58 47 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 9.667% 6.932% 13.61%
As % of the Applications category 44.27% 50.54% 62.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 26
Average daily rate £200 £160 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -53.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £126 £116 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £356 £403 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £275 £280
% change year-on-year
+8.18% -1.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 20 36
Average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.14 £12.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.85 £17.00 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.30 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Applications
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
131 93 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 21.83% 13.72% 21.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 22 41
Average daily rate £255 £250 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.10% -26.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £130 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £400 £391
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £304 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.88% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 23 49
Average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.04 £11.02 £11.07
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £17.00 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Office
Buckinghamshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 44 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 39 (46.43%) MS Excel
3 33 (39.29%) Windows
4 26 (30.95%) Security Cleared
5 25 (29.76%) Active Directory
6 24 (28.57%) SC Cleared
7 23 (27.38%) Finance
8 20 (23.81%) Citrix
8 20 (23.81%) Windows XP
8 20 (23.81%) Windows 7
9 19 (22.62%) ITIL
10 16 (19.05%) SharePoint
11 15 (17.86%) MS PowerPoint
12 14 (16.67%) MS Visio
12 14 (16.67%) DV Cleared
13 12 (14.29%) PRINCE2
14 10 (11.90%) SQL
14 10 (11.90%) Service Delivery
14 10 (11.90%) Mathematics
15 9 (10.71%) IBM Notes
15 9 (10.71%) Lotus
16 8 (9.524%) Remedy
16 8 (9.524%) Project Management
16 8 (9.524%) TCP/IP
16 8 (9.524%) MS Project
16 8 (9.524%) Windows Vista
17 7 (8.333%) SQL Server
17 7 (8.333%) CRM
17 7 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
18 6 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 6 (7.143%) CSS
1 6 (7.143%) Web Services
1 6 (7.143%) XML
1 6 (7.143%) XSL
1 6 (7.143%) .NET Framework
1 6 (7.143%) LINQ
1 6 (7.143%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 6 (7.143%) HTML
1 6 (7.143%) .NET
2 2 (2.381%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 16 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 9 (10.71%) IBM Notes
3 4 (4.762%) MS Exchange
3 4 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.190%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.190%) Lync
Applications
1 39 (46.43%) MS Excel
2 15 (17.86%) MS PowerPoint
3 14 (16.67%) MS Visio
4 8 (9.524%) MS Project
5 5 (5.952%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (2.381%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 6 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.524%) TCP/IP
2 6 (7.143%) VPN
3 4 (4.762%) Broadband
3 4 (4.762%) 3G
3 4 (4.762%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.381%) DHCP
4 2 (2.381%) Firewall
4 2 (2.381%) DNS
4 2 (2.381%) Internet
5 1 (1.190%) LAN
5 1 (1.190%) WAN
5 1 (1.190%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.333%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.190%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 6 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (2.381%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.381%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 23 (27.38%) Finance
2 3 (3.571%) Automotive
3 1 (1.190%) Banking
3 1 (1.190%) Spanish Language
3 1 (1.190%) Financial Institution
3 1 (1.190%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (47.62%) Analyst
2 26 (30.95%) Service Analyst
2 26 (30.95%) Service Desk Analyst
3 14 (16.67%) Support Analyst
4 9 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (9.524%) Help Desk Analyst
5 8 (9.524%) Support Assistant
6 6 (7.143%) Developer
6 6 (7.143%) Administrator
6 6 (7.143%) .NET Developer
6 6 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 6 (7.143%) Project Support Assistant
7 5 (5.952%) Architect
8 4 (4.762%) Support Engineer
9 3 (3.571%) Applications Support
9 3 (3.571%) 1st Line Support
9 3 (3.571%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.571%) Project Officer
9 3 (3.571%) Help Desk Support Analyst
9 3 (3.571%) Project Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.90%) Mathematics
2 5 (5.952%) CESG
3 4 (4.762%) PDA
3 4 (4.762%) EPoS
4 2 (2.381%) Blackberry
4 2 (2.381%) iPhone
5 1 (1.190%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.190%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 33 (39.29%) Windows
2 20 (23.81%) Windows XP
2 20 (23.81%) Windows 7
3 8 (9.524%) Windows Vista
4 7 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (2.381%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (22.62%) ITIL
2 12 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 10 (11.90%) Service Delivery
4 8 (9.524%) Project Management
5 7 (8.333%) CRM
6 6 (7.143%) Scrum
6 6 (7.143%) MVC
6 6 (7.143%) Web Development
7 5 (5.952%) Migration
7 5 (5.952%) Data Migration
7 5 (5.952%) MVVM
7 5 (5.952%) ITSM
7 5 (5.952%) Service Management
8 3 (3.571%) BPR
8 3 (3.571%) Change Management
8 3 (3.571%) Business Analysis
9 2 (2.381%) Business Development
9 2 (2.381%) Product Management
9 2 (2.381%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (1.190%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.90%) SQL
2 6 (7.143%) T-SQL
2 6 (7.143%) C#
2 6 (7.143%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 26 (30.95%) Security Cleared
2 24 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 14 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 6 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (5.952%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (3.571%) MCITP
8 2 (2.381%) MCPD
8 2 (2.381%) MCP
8 2 (2.381%) MCAD
9 1 (1.190%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.381%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (29.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.571%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.381%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.381%) XenApp
3 2 (2.381%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (5.952%) OpenView
1 5 (5.952%) OVSD
2 2 (2.381%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.190%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 20 (23.81%) Citrix
3 9 (10.71%) Lotus
4 8 (9.524%) Remedy
5 5 (5.952%) HP
6 4 (4.762%) SAP
7 3 (3.571%) VMware
8 2 (2.381%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.381%) Sophos
8 2 (2.381%) Symantec
9 1 (1.190%) Cisco
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