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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the North West 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
Rank2619
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads170217
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.239 %0.219 %
As % of the category below38.46 %42.80 %
Daily rates quoted2336
Average minimum daily rate£194£221
Average daily rate£203£233
% change on same period last year-12.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£212£245
UK excluding London average daily rate£242£236
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Hourly rates quoted3080
Average minimum hourly rate£12.44£13.25
Average hourly rate£13.61£14.17
% change on same period last year-3.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.79£15.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.58£15.93
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
North West
Matching contract IT job ads442507
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.622 %0.512 %
Daily rates quoted8898
Average minimum daily rate£256£252
Average daily rate£271£262
% change on same period last year+3.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£287£272
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£280
% change on same period last year+4.53 %
Hourly rates quoted72128
Average minimum hourly rate£17.58£15.56
Average hourly rate£18.82£17.03
% change on same period last year+10.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.05£18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.53£19.52
% change on same period last year-5.07 %
MS Office EnglandMS Office
England

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West MS Office Daily Rate Trend

MS Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The 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 10 October 2008.

North West MS Office Daily Rate Histogram

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 North West region.

North West MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

The 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 10 October 2008.

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 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterDown-363£174-33.81 %
CheshireDown-439£146-22.72 %
MerseysideDown-1132£298+70.77 %
LancashireDown-410£200-14.32 %
MS Office EnglandMS Office
England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

1180 (48.00 %)Microsoft
2162 (43.20 %)Windows
3140 (37.33 %)MS Excel
497 (25.87 %)Windows XP
562 (16.53 %)Windows 2000
640 (10.67 %)Active Directory
737 (9.867 %)Windows Server 2003
737 (9.867 %)Finance
836 (9.600 %)Project Management
836 (9.600 %)MS Exchange
925 (6.667 %)ITIL
1024 (6.400 %)Citrix
1123 (6.133 %)NHS
1123 (6.133 %)SQL
1123 (6.133 %)MS Project
1123 (6.133 %)MS PowerPoint
1222 (5.867 %)Lotus Notes
1222 (5.867 %)SharePoint
1222 (5.867 %)Lotus
1320 (5.333 %)SAP
1320 (5.333 %)French Language
1320 (5.333 %)Spanish Language
1419 (5.067 %)XML
1419 (5.067 %)JavaScript
1518 (4.800 %)SQL Server
1518 (4.800 %)PRINCE2
1518 (4.800 %)Windows Vista
1617 (4.533 %)Italian Language
1617 (4.533 %)TCP/IP
1716 (4.267 %)Novell

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (5.067 %)XML
216 (4.267 %)HTML
313 (3.467 %)WebServices
410 (2.667 %)CSS
59 (2.400 %).NET
59 (2.400 %)J2EE
68 (2.133 %)XHTML
75 (1.333 %)AJAX
75 (1.333 %)ASP
75 (1.333 %)ASP.NET
84 (1.067 %)Servlets
92 (0.533 %)Windows SharePoint Services
92 (0.533 %)SVG
101 (0.267 %)Spring
101 (0.267 %)XSLT
101 (0.267 %)ActiveX
101 (0.267 %).NET Framework
101 (0.267 %)ASP.NET 2.0
101 (0.267 %)SOAP
101 (0.267 %)ADO
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
136 (9.600 %)MS Exchange
222 (5.867 %)Lotus Notes
222 (5.867 %)SharePoint
310 (2.667 %)Exchange Server 2003
48 (2.133 %)SharePoint Server 2007
56 (1.600 %)IIS
64 (1.067 %)Documentum
64 (1.067 %)GroupWise
72 (0.533 %)CMS
72 (0.533 %)Exchange Server 2000
72 (0.533 %)SharePoint Portal Server
72 (0.533 %)Joomla!
81 (0.267 %)Office Project Server
81 (0.267 %)LiveLink
81 (0.267 %)eRoom
81 (0.267 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
81 (0.267 %)Content Management Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1140 (37.33 %)MS Excel
223 (6.133 %)MS Project
223 (6.133 %)MS PowerPoint
313 (3.467 %)MS Visio
48 (2.133 %)Photoshop
54 (1.067 %)Fireworks
54 (1.067 %)Adobe Captivate
63 (0.800 %)3ds Max
63 (0.800 %)Adobe Illustrator
63 (0.800 %)InDesign
63 (0.800 %)AutoCAD
63 (0.800 %)Acrobat
72 (0.533 %)QuarkXPress
72 (0.533 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.267 %)Spreadsheet
81 (0.267 %)InfoPath
81 (0.267 %)DeltaView
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.533 %)SAP SD
21 (0.267 %)SAP APO
21 (0.267 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.267 %)Line 50
21 (0.267 %)SAP HR
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (4.533 %)TCP/IP
215 (4.000 %)LAN
39 (2.400 %)Intranet
47 (1.867 %)Internet
47 (1.867 %)WAN
56 (1.600 %)VPN
64 (1.067 %)Ethernet
73 (0.800 %)TELNET
73 (0.800 %)DNS
73 (0.800 %)LDAP
82 (0.533 %)DHCP
91 (0.267 %)Broadband
91 (0.267 %)PBX
91 (0.267 %)Firewall
91 (0.267 %)Extranet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (4.800 %)SQL Server
210 (2.667 %)BusinessObjects
38 (2.133 %)SQL Server 2000
38 (2.133 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (1.867 %)Hyperion Essbase
54 (1.067 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
54 (1.067 %)Datawarehouse
54 (1.067 %)DTS
63 (0.800 %)OLAP
63 (0.800 %)MS Access
63 (0.800 %)RDBMS
63 (0.800 %)SQL Server Integration Services
72 (0.533 %)Oracle OWB
72 (0.533 %)MySQL
72 (0.533 %)Adabas
72 (0.533 %)ETL
72 (0.533 %)BusinessObjects XI
81 (0.267 %)Reference Data
81 (0.267 %)SAP BW
81 (0.267 %)QlikView
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (2.400 %)Dreamweaver
27 (1.867 %)ClearQuest
36 (1.600 %)Flash
44 (1.067 %)FrontPage
53 (0.800 %)Subversion
53 (0.800 %)Oracle Forms
62 (0.533 %)LoadRunner
62 (0.533 %)VSS/SourceSafe
62 (0.533 %)Oracle APEX
71 (0.267 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.267 %)ClearCase
71 (0.267 %)TestDirector
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
137 (9.867 %)Finance
213 (3.467 %)Health
312 (3.200 %)Law
410 (2.667 %)Banking
58 (2.133 %)Education
58 (2.133 %)Government
67 (1.867 %)Legal
76 (1.600 %)Pharmaceutical
85 (1.333 %)Publishing
94 (1.067 %)Manufacturing
94 (1.067 %)Construction
103 (0.800 %)Telecoms
103 (0.800 %)Retail
103 (0.800 %)Billing
103 (0.800 %)Marketing
103 (0.800 %)Graphic Design
112 (0.533 %)Local Government
121 (0.267 %)Pensions
121 (0.267 %)Retail Banking
121 (0.267 %)Insurance
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1123 (32.80 %)Analyst
246 (12.27 %)Helpdesk Analyst
335 (9.333 %)1st Line Support
432 (8.533 %)Helpdesk Support
528 (7.467 %)Support Analyst
627 (7.200 %)Administrator
723 (6.133 %)Desktop Support
821 (5.600 %)Developer
920 (5.333 %)Business Analyst
1019 (5.067 %)Support Engineer
1117 (4.533 %)2nd Line Support
1212 (3.200 %)Consultant
1311 (2.933 %)Coordinator
1311 (2.933 %)Service Analyst
1311 (2.933 %)Desktop Analyst
1410 (2.667 %)Desktop Support Analyst
159 (2.400 %)Service Desk Analyst
159 (2.400 %)Project Manager
168 (2.133 %)SharePoint Consultant
177 (1.867 %)Desktop Engineer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (6.133 %)NHS
220 (5.333 %)French Language
220 (5.333 %)Spanish Language
317 (4.533 %)Italian Language
413 (3.467 %)Swedish Language
413 (3.467 %)Danish Language
413 (3.467 %)Dutch Language
413 (3.467 %)Statistics
512 (3.200 %)German Language
512 (3.200 %)Norwegian Language
611 (2.933 %)Blackberry
78 (2.133 %)Portuguese Language
78 (2.133 %)Finnish Language
86 (1.600 %)PDA
86 (1.600 %)Management Information System
95 (1.333 %)Mainframe
104 (1.067 %)Client/Server
104 (1.067 %)Clustering
113 (0.800 %)Replication
113 (0.800 %)Computer Science
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1162 (43.20 %)Windows
297 (25.87 %)Windows XP
362 (16.53 %)Windows 2000
437 (9.867 %)Windows Server 2003
518 (4.800 %)Windows Vista
616 (4.267 %)Windows 2000 Server
715 (4.000 %)Windows NT
811 (2.933 %)UNIX
94 (1.067 %)NetWare
103 (0.800 %)VMS
112 (0.533 %)Linux
112 (0.533 %)VME
112 (0.533 %)Windows Mobile
121 (0.267 %)Red Hat Linux
121 (0.267 %)Solaris
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (9.600 %)Project Management
225 (6.667 %)ITIL
318 (4.800 %)PRINCE2
413 (3.467 %)Business Intelligence
511 (2.933 %)Document Management
610 (2.667 %)OO
79 (2.400 %)OOD
79 (2.400 %)SOA
79 (2.400 %)Information Management
88 (2.133 %)Content Management
88 (2.133 %)Migration
97 (1.867 %)Validation
97 (1.867 %)Project Planning
97 (1.867 %)Web Development
97 (1.867 %)Security Cleared
106 (1.600 %)Asset Management
115 (1.333 %)Incident Management
115 (1.333 %)Time Management
115 (1.333 %)Change Management
115 (1.333 %)Configuration Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (6.133 %)SQL
219 (5.067 %)JavaScript
310 (2.667 %)VB
49 (2.400 %)VBA
49 (2.400 %)Java
55 (1.333 %)FoxPro (VFP)
55 (1.333 %)PL/SQL
63 (0.800 %)C#
72 (0.533 %)PHP
72 (0.533 %)NATURAL
81 (0.267 %)VB6
81 (0.267 %)XPath
81 (0.267 %)DHTML
81 (0.267 %)RPG
81 (0.267 %)VBScript
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (3.200 %)Microsoft Certification
211 (2.933 %)ISEB
37 (1.867 %)MCSE
44 (1.067 %)MCSA
44 (1.067 %)MCP
53 (0.800 %)MCDBA
53 (0.800 %)Novell Certification
53 (0.800 %)PRINCE2 Certification
53 (0.800 %)Degree
62 (0.533 %)CNE
62 (0.533 %)ECDL
62 (0.533 %)ACCA
62 (0.533 %)CIMA
71 (0.267 %)MOS
71 (0.267 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.267 %)Dell Certification
71 (0.267 %)HND
71 (0.267 %)Citrix Certification
71 (0.267 %)CNA
71 (0.267 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (3.733 %)SLA
25 (1.333 %)QA
34 (1.067 %)WAI
43 (0.800 %)WCAG
52 (0.533 %)ISO9001
61 (0.267 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
140 (10.67 %)Active Directory
25 (1.333 %)Backup Exec
33 (0.800 %)Novell eDirectory
33 (0.800 %)NDS
42 (0.533 %)MetaFrame
42 (0.533 %)Terminal Services
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (1.600 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (0.800 %)ZENworks
32 (0.533 %)DameWare
41 (0.267 %)ServiceCenter
41 (0.267 %)OpenView
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1180 (48.00 %)Microsoft
224 (6.400 %)Citrix
322 (5.867 %)Lotus
420 (5.333 %)SAP
516 (4.267 %)Novell
615 (4.000 %)Oracle
710 (2.667 %)Business Objects
710 (2.667 %)HP
710 (2.667 %)Remedy
89 (2.400 %)Adobe
97 (1.867 %)Cisco
97 (1.867 %)Hyperion
106 (1.600 %)Dell
114 (1.067 %)VERITAS
123 (0.800 %)Macromedia
132 (0.533 %)Vignette
132 (0.533 %)Intel
132 (0.533 %)Avaya
132 (0.533 %)Genesys
132 (0.533 %)Agresso