The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 19 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 Norfolk 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 13 27 22
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -5
Contract jobs citing MS Office 18 8 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 9.000% 3.019% 5.072%
As % of the Applications category 47.37% 40.00% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 0 1
Average daily rate £150 - £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £275 £280
% change year-on-year
+5.45% -1.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 12
Average hourly rate £25.50 £14.00 £14.64
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+82.14% -4.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.21 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+5.98% -5.64%
All Applications
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
38 20 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 19.00% 7.547% 7.609%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 3 5
Average daily rate £150 £263 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% +23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £200 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £343 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £306 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 12
Average hourly rate £37.50 £16.25 £14.64
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+130.76% +10.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.25 £9.63 £9.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £18.50 £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Office
East of England

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

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 Norfolk region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Norwich +15 17 £125 - 2
Great Yarmouth - - - -
MS Office
East of England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 13 (46.43%) MS Excel
2 10 (35.71%) Project Management
3 9 (32.14%) Windows
3 9 (32.14%) Active Directory
3 9 (32.14%) Windows 7
4 8 (28.57%) Degree
4 8 (28.57%) Windows XP
4 8 (28.57%) ITIL
5 6 (21.43%) Finance
5 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
6 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
6 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (14.29%) Local Government
7 4 (14.29%) MS Visio
7 4 (14.29%) Migration
8 3 (10.71%) MS Project
8 3 (10.71%) COM
8 3 (10.71%) Data Mapping
8 3 (10.71%) Guidewire
9 2 (7.143%) Matrix Management
9 2 (7.143%) Resource Management
9 2 (7.143%) C
9 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
10 1 (3.571%) Backup Exec
10 1 (3.571%) Programme Management
10 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
10 1 (3.571%) HP
10 1 (3.571%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (3.571%) MSI

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 3 (10.71%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.571%) MS Exchange
1 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 13 (46.43%) MS Excel
2 4 (14.29%) MS Visio
3 3 (10.71%) MS Project
4 1 (3.571%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) LAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MSI
General
1 6 (21.43%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Local Government
3 1 (3.571%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 7 (25.00%) Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) Help Desk Support
4 4 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Service Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Business Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Support Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Help Desk Support Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Change Manager
7 1 (3.571%) Business Change Manager
7 1 (3.571%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (3.571%) Consultant
7 1 (3.571%) Administrator
7 1 (3.571%) PMO Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Windows
1 9 (32.14%) Windows 7
2 8 (28.57%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Project Management
2 8 (28.57%) ITIL
3 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
4 4 (14.29%) Migration
5 3 (10.71%) Data Mapping
6 2 (7.143%) Matrix Management
6 2 (7.143%) Resource Management
6 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.571%) Programme Management
7 1 (3.571%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.571%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.143%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) Degree
2 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (3.571%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (32.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Guidewire
3 1 (3.571%) HP