The first table below looks at the demand for Office 365 skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Office 365 over the 3 months to 21 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 North East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office 365
Rank 35 46 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing Office 365 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.738% 0.205% -
As % of the Applications category 6.250% 1.852% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £450 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £350 £413
% change year-on-year
-15.71% -15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
-50.00% -
All Applications
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
32 54 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 11.81% 11.07% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 12
Average daily rate £350 £350 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £376
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 12
Average hourly rate £10.50 £12.66 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.06% -25.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £10.00 £8.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.46 £23.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
Office 365
England

Office 365
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Office 365 across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

North East Office 365 Jobs Demand Trend

Office 365
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Office 365 across the North East region.

North East Office 365 Daily Rate Trend

Office 365
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Office 365 within the North East region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Tyne and Wear +13 2 £450 +28.57%
Office 365
England

Office 365
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Office 365 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 Office 365.

1 6 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
1 6 (100.00%) PMP
1 6 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 6 (100.00%) Intranet
1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
1 6 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (100.00%) Document Management
1 6 (100.00%) Google
1 6 (100.00%) Social Network
2 5 (83.33%) MS Project
2 5 (83.33%) Waterfall
2 5 (83.33%) Change Management
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
2 5 (83.33%) PRINCE
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Social Media

Office 365
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Office 365 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 Office 365. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 5 (83.33%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Intranet
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Agile Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Social Network
2 1 (16.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
1 6 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (100.00%) Document Management
2 5 (83.33%) Waterfall
2 5 (83.33%) Change Management
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
2 5 (83.33%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) PMP
1 6 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
1 6 (100.00%) Google
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft