The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the North Wales 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 North Wales 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 4 4 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs citing MS Office 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Wales 6.250% 16.67% -
As % of the Applications category 33.33% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £275 £280
% change year-on-year
+8.18% -1.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £13.57 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.30 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Applications
North Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
3 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Wales 18.75% 16.67% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £304 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.88% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £13.57 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -50.65%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Office
Wales

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Wales 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 North Wales region.

North Wales MS Office Daily Rate Trend

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 North Wales region.

North Wales 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 North Wales region over the 3 months to 18 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
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Job
Vacancies
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MS Office
Wales

MS Office
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) CAD
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) PLM
3 1 (33.33%) PDM
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) SysML
3 1 (33.33%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) XSLT
3 1 (33.33%) HND
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) EMC

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) CAD Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) PDM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) SysML
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) HND
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) EMC
2 1 (33.33%) Mentor Graphics