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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Newport region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2721
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads62
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.002 %
As % of the category below12.00 %22.22 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£288-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£242£236
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.58£15.93
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Newport IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Newport
Matching contract IT job ads509
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.070 %0.009 %
Daily rates quoted110
Average minimum daily rate£329-
Average daily rate£347-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£364-
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£280
% change on same period last year+4.53 %
Hourly rates quoted185
Average minimum hourly rate£37.06£20.60
Average hourly rate£37.89£21.80
% change on same period last year+73.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.72£23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.53£19.52
% change on same period last year-5.07 %
MS Office South WalesMS Office
South Wales

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

Newport MS Office Demand Trend

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 Newport region.

Newport MS Office Daily Rate Trend

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 Newport region.

Newport MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newport 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.

19 (81.82 %)Microsoft
27 (63.64 %)MS Excel
36 (54.55 %)Finance
45 (45.45 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (36.36 %)User Acceptance Testing
54 (36.36 %)Test Scripting
54 (36.36 %)Government
54 (36.36 %)Oracle EBS
54 (36.36 %)Oracle
63 (27.27 %)Windows
63 (27.27 %)Security Cleared
72 (18.18 %)CTC Cleared
72 (18.18 %)MCSE
72 (18.18 %)Microsoft Certification
81 (9.091 %)Banking
81 (9.091 %)Retail
81 (9.091 %)Programme Management
81 (9.091 %)SQL
81 (9.091 %)Risk Management
81 (9.091 %)Telecoms
81 (9.091 %)Lotus
81 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (9.091 %)ECDL
81 (9.091 %)Project Management
81 (9.091 %)Windows XP
81 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
81 (9.091 %)Active Directory
81 (9.091 %)ISEB
81 (9.091 %)MCSA
81 (9.091 %)Windows 2000

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newport 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.

Newport IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (9.091 %)Lotus Notes
11 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
11 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2003
Newport IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (63.64 %)MS Excel
25 (45.45 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (9.091 %)Spreadsheet
31 (9.091 %)MS Project
Newport IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (36.36 %)Oracle EBS
Newport IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (54.55 %)Finance
24 (36.36 %)Government
31 (9.091 %)Banking
31 (9.091 %)Retail
31 (9.091 %)Retail Banking
31 (9.091 %)Telecoms
Newport IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (36.36 %)Tester
14 (36.36 %)UAT Tester
22 (18.18 %)Project Support Officer
22 (18.18 %)Project Officer
22 (18.18 %)Administrator
22 (18.18 %)Project Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Desktop Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Desktop Support Engineer
31 (9.091 %)IT Trainer
31 (9.091 %)Desktop Support
31 (9.091 %)Support Engineer
31 (9.091 %)2nd Line Support
31 (9.091 %)Trainer
31 (9.091 %)Server Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Windows Server Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Programme Office Support
Newport IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (27.27 %)Windows
21 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
21 (9.091 %)Windows XP
21 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (9.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
Newport IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (36.36 %)User Acceptance Testing
14 (36.36 %)Test Scripting
23 (27.27 %)Security Cleared
32 (18.18 %)CTC Cleared
41 (9.091 %)SC Cleared
41 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
41 (9.091 %)Project Management
41 (9.091 %)Risk Management
41 (9.091 %)Programme Management
Newport IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (9.091 %)SQL
Newport IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (18.18 %)MCSE
12 (18.18 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (9.091 %)ECDL
21 (9.091 %)MCDST
21 (9.091 %)MCSA
21 (9.091 %)ISEB
21 (9.091 %)MCP
Newport IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (9.091 %)Active Directory
Newport IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (81.82 %)Microsoft
24 (36.36 %)Oracle
31 (9.091 %)Lotus