MS Office Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 17 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 West 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 27 41 34
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -7
Contract jobs citing MS Office 122 118 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 5.311% 3.726% 4.255%
As % of the Applications category 38.49% 36.53% 38.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 38 46
Average daily rate £243 £200 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.25% -31.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £125 £95
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £388 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.61% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 18 26
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.38 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.03% +42.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £11.93 £9.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £20.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.88 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+0.90% -1.14%
All Applications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 317 323 339
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 13.80% 10.20% 11.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 135 164
Average daily rate £295 £308 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.06% -0.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £138 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £430 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 45 39
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% +44.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.05 £12.01 £8.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £101.40 £25.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
England

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Manchester -2 41 £295 +47.50%
Merseyside +13 24 £243 -21.89%
Cheshire -3 20 £350 +75.00%
Lancashire +18 15 - -
MS Office
England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 133 (56.84%) Microsoft
2 123 (52.56%) Windows
3 79 (33.76%) MS Excel
4 54 (23.08%) Windows XP
5 50 (21.37%) Active Directory
6 48 (20.51%) ITIL
7 47 (20.09%) Windows 7
8 42 (17.95%) MS Project
9 40 (17.09%) MS Visio
9 40 (17.09%) Project Management
10 36 (15.38%) Security Cleared
11 31 (13.25%) Finance
12 28 (11.97%) SC Cleared
13 27 (11.54%) SharePoint
14 26 (11.11%) PRINCE2
15 25 (10.68%) Citrix
16 24 (10.26%) Blackberry
17 23 (9.829%) QA
18 21 (8.974%) UNIX
18 21 (8.974%) Change Management
18 21 (8.974%) Service Management
19 20 (8.547%) Migration
19 20 (8.547%) Microsoft Certification
20 18 (7.692%) SAP
21 17 (7.265%) MS Exchange
21 17 (7.265%) HP
21 17 (7.265%) Software Testing
21 17 (7.265%) MS PowerPoint
21 17 (7.265%) Project Planning
22 16 (6.838%) AIX

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 11 (4.701%) HTML
2 7 (2.991%) CSS
3 6 (2.564%) .NET
4 5 (2.137%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.709%) COM
5 4 (1.709%) XML
6 3 (1.282%) ODBC
7 2 (0.855%) XBRL
7 2 (0.855%) jQuery
7 2 (0.855%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.427%) Application Packaging
8 1 (0.427%) WCF
8 1 (0.427%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.427%) HTML5
8 1 (0.427%) CSS3
8 1 (0.427%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (0.427%) OLE
8 1 (0.427%) Windows SharePoint Services
8 1 (0.427%) Web Services
8 1 (0.427%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 27 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 17 (7.265%) MS Exchange
3 14 (5.983%) Lotus Notes
4 7 (2.991%) SAS
5 6 (2.564%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 6 (2.564%) CMS
6 5 (2.137%) LiveLink
6 5 (2.137%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (2.137%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (1.709%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (1.282%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (0.855%) Lync
9 2 (0.855%) WorkSite
10 1 (0.427%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.427%) eRoom
10 1 (0.427%) CICS
10 1 (0.427%) Documentum
Applications
1 79 (33.76%) MS Excel
2 42 (17.95%) MS Project
3 40 (17.09%) MS Visio
4 17 (7.265%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (1.282%) Photoshop
5 3 (1.282%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.855%) InDesign
6 2 (0.855%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.855%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.855%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.427%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.427%) Mingle
7 1 (0.427%) Fireworks
7 1 (0.427%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.709%) SAP R/3
2 2 (0.855%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.855%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.427%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.427%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.427%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.983%) VPN
2 9 (3.846%) TCP/IP
2 9 (3.846%) LAN
2 9 (3.846%) WAN
3 7 (2.991%) DNS
4 6 (2.564%) Intranet
4 6 (2.564%) Wireless
5 5 (2.137%) Internet
5 5 (2.137%) SAN
6 4 (1.709%) 3G
6 4 (1.709%) Ethernet
7 3 (1.282%) DHCP
7 3 (1.282%) ADSL
7 3 (1.282%) Firewall
8 2 (0.855%) Broadband
8 2 (0.855%) FTP
8 2 (0.855%) Cisco IPT
9 1 (0.427%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.427%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.427%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.838%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.564%) OLAP
2 6 (2.564%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (2.137%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.709%) Base SAS
5 3 (1.282%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (1.282%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (0.855%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.855%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.855%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 2 (0.855%) MS Access
7 1 (0.427%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.427%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.427%) EDMS
7 1 (0.427%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.427%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.855%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.427%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.427%) Rational Functional Tester
2 1 (0.427%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.427%) Axure RP
General
1 31 (13.25%) Finance
2 13 (5.556%) Banking
3 7 (2.991%) Marketing
3 7 (2.991%) Telecoms
4 4 (1.709%) Local Government
4 4 (1.709%) Retail
4 4 (1.709%) Investment Banking
4 4 (1.709%) Law
4 4 (1.709%) Legal
4 4 (1.709%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.855%) Automotive
5 2 (0.855%) Electronics
5 2 (0.855%) Avionics
5 2 (0.855%) Military
6 1 (0.427%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.427%) Publishing
6 1 (0.427%) Games
6 1 (0.427%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.427%) Czech Language
6 1 (0.427%) French Language
Job Titles
1 54 (23.08%) Analyst
2 31 (13.25%) 2nd Line Support
3 19 (8.120%) Administrator
3 19 (8.120%) Support Analyst
4 17 (7.265%) Support Engineer
5 13 (5.556%) Developer
5 13 (5.556%) Service Analyst
5 13 (5.556%) IT Administrator
5 13 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 10 (4.274%) Service Desk Analyst
6 10 (4.274%) Desktop Support
7 8 (3.419%) Coordinator
7 8 (3.419%) IT Support
8 7 (2.991%) PMO Manager
8 7 (2.991%) Project Manager
9 6 (2.564%) Architect
9 6 (2.564%) Business Analyst
9 6 (2.564%) Data Architect
9 6 (2.564%) Desktop Engineer
9 6 (2.564%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.26%) Blackberry
2 14 (5.983%) NHS
3 9 (3.846%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.419%) iPad
5 6 (2.564%) Data Integration
5 6 (2.564%) Grid Computing
6 5 (2.137%) Clustering
6 5 (2.137%) Fat Client
6 5 (2.137%) Thin Client
6 5 (2.137%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.709%) Statistics
8 3 (1.282%) Handset
9 2 (0.855%) Photography
9 2 (0.855%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.855%) iPhone
10 1 (0.427%) Visualisation
10 1 (0.427%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.427%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.427%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.427%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 123 (52.56%) Windows
2 54 (23.08%) Windows XP
3 47 (20.09%) Windows 7
4 21 (8.974%) UNIX
5 16 (6.838%) AIX
6 13 (5.556%) Windows Vista
7 9 (3.846%) Tru64
8 8 (3.419%) Linux
9 7 (2.991%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (2.564%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (1.709%) Windows 2000
11 4 (1.709%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.855%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (0.427%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.427%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (20.51%) ITIL
2 40 (17.09%) Project Management
3 26 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 21 (8.974%) Service Management
4 21 (8.974%) Change Management
5 20 (8.547%) Migration
6 17 (7.265%) Software Testing
6 17 (7.265%) Project Planning
7 13 (5.556%) Data Migration
8 12 (5.128%) Incident Management
9 11 (4.701%) Supplier Management
10 10 (4.274%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (4.274%) Configuration Management
11 8 (3.419%) Service Delivery
12 7 (2.991%) Data Modelling
13 6 (2.564%) ERP
13 6 (2.564%) Business Analysis
13 6 (2.564%) Change Control
13 6 (2.564%) Software Deployment
14 5 (2.137%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.410%) SQL
2 8 (3.419%) Shell Script
3 6 (2.564%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.709%) VB
5 3 (1.282%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.282%) C
5 3 (1.282%) C#
6 2 (0.855%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.855%) VBA
7 1 (0.427%) FoxPro (VFP)
7 1 (0.427%) VBScript
7 1 (0.427%) Java
Qualifications
1 36 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 28 (11.97%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.547%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (5.128%) MCP
5 10 (4.274%) MCSE
5 10 (4.274%) MCDST
5 10 (4.274%) Degree
6 7 (2.991%) MCITP
7 5 (2.137%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (1.709%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (1.282%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.282%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.282%) ISEB
9 3 (1.282%) HND
10 2 (0.855%) HNC
11 1 (0.427%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.427%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.427%) CCNA
11 1 (0.427%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.427%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.829%) QA
2 13 (5.556%) SLA
3 7 (2.991%) BS25999
3 7 (2.991%) ISO 9000
3 7 (2.991%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.855%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.855%) Basel II
4 2 (0.855%) GAAP
5 1 (0.427%) Data Quality
System Software
1 50 (21.37%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.564%) Microsoft App-V
2 6 (2.564%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.564%) XenApp
3 4 (1.709%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.709%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 3 (1.282%) VMware ESX
4 3 (1.282%) Terminal Services
4 3 (1.282%) XenDesktop
4 3 (1.282%) PowerHA
5 1 (0.427%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 11 (4.701%) SCCM
2 10 (4.274%) OpenView
3 9 (3.846%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 7 (2.991%) ServiceCenter
5 5 (2.137%) Tivoli
6 3 (1.282%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.427%) AppDNA
7 1 (0.427%) SCOM
7 1 (0.427%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.427%) DameWare
Vendors
1 133 (56.84%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.68%) Citrix
3 18 (7.692%) SAP
4 17 (7.265%) HP
5 14 (5.983%) Lotus
6 10 (4.274%) Oracle
7 9 (3.846%) Cisco
8 7 (2.991%) VMware
9 6 (2.564%) Dell
9 6 (2.564%) CA
9 6 (2.564%) AppSense
10 5 (2.137%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.137%) Lumension
11 4 (1.709%) Remedy
11 4 (1.709%) Adobe
12 3 (1.282%) NetApp
12 3 (1.282%) IBM
12 3 (1.282%) Sage
12 3 (1.282%) Brocade
12 3 (1.282%) Planview
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