North West MS PowerPoint Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft PowerPoint skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited MS PowerPoint over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft PowerPoint
Location Abingdon Alderley Edge Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Channel Islands Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Corsham Coventry Crawley Croydon Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Farnborough Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hackney Hampshire Harrogate Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Liverpool London Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Redditch Reigate Rickmansworth Sandwich Scotland Sherborne Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Woking Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	104	77
Rank change on same period last year	-27
Matching contract IT job ads	40	56
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.053 %	0.059 %
As % of the category below	8.511 %	11.48 %
Daily rates quoted	6	21
Average minimum daily rate	£238	£228
Average daily rate	£242	£245
% change on same period last year	-1.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£247	£263
UK excluding London average daily rate	£310	£247
% change on same period last year	+25.37 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£11.44	£12.00
Average hourly rate	£12.94	£12.50
% change on same period last year	+3.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.44	£13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.48	£18.08
% change on same period last year	-3.28 %
Applications North West
Matching contract IT job ads	470	488
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.620 %	0.518 %
Daily rates quoted	61	111
Average minimum daily rate	£274	£221
Average daily rate	£290	£230
% change on same period last year	+25.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£306	£240
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£281
% change on same period last year	+6.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	118	89
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.81	£15.09
Average hourly rate	£15.38	£16.15
% change on same period last year	-4.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.95	£17.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.92	£19.17
% change on same period last year	-6.53 %
MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the North West region.

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

MS PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the North West region.

MS PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

MS PowerPoint
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing MS PowerPoint within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cheshire	-20	20	£256	+7.41 %
Manchester	-26	14	-	-
Merseyside	-8	3	-	-

MS PowerPoint England

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint.

1 32 (47.76 %) MS Excel 2 28 (41.79 %) Microsoft 3 20 (29.85 %) MS Project 3 20 (29.85 %) Project Management 4 17 (25.37 %) MS Office 5 16 (23.88 %) SAP 6 15 (22.39 %) ITIL 7 13 (19.40 %) Banking 8 12 (17.91 %) Finance 9 11 (16.42 %) Health 10 10 (14.93 %) Service Management 11 9 (13.43 %) Configuration Management 11 9 (13.43 %) MS Visio 11 9 (13.43 %) MS Access 11 9 (13.43 %) Incident Management

12 8 (11.94 %) ClearQuest 13 6 (8.955 %) Service Delivery 13 6 (8.955 %) Change Management 13 6 (8.955 %) PRINCE2 13 6 (8.955 %) Government 13 6 (8.955 %) Project Planning 14 5 (7.463 %) XHTML 14 5 (7.463 %) SLA 14 5 (7.463 %) PMI 15 4 (5.970 %) ActionScript 15 4 (5.970 %) Photoshop 15 4 (5.970 %) Flash 15 4 (5.970 %) CSS 15 4 (5.970 %) Java 15 4 (5.970 %) Stakeholder Management

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 5 (7.463 %) XHTML 2 4 (5.970 %) CSS 3 1 (1.493 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 3 (4.478 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (1.493 %) SAS 2 1 (1.493 %) CMS
Applications 1 32 (47.76 %) MS Excel 2 20 (29.85 %) MS Project 3 17 (25.37 %) MS Office 4 9 (13.43 %) MS Visio 5 4 (5.970 %) Photoshop 5 4 (5.970 %) Adobe Illustrator 6 1 (1.493 %) QuarkXPress 6 1 (1.493 %) PageMaker 6 1 (1.493 %) CorelDRAW	Business Applications 1 2 (2.985 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 2 (2.985 %) Internet 2 1 (1.493 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (13.43 %) MS Access 2 2 (2.985 %) Datawarehouse 2 2 (2.985 %) Oracle Discoverer 2 2 (2.985 %) Oracle Reports 2 2 (2.985 %) Oracle 9i
Development Applications 1 8 (11.94 %) ClearQuest 2 4 (5.970 %) Flash 3 2 (2.985 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 13 (19.40 %) Banking 2 12 (17.91 %) Finance 3 11 (16.42 %) Health 4 6 (8.955 %) Government 5 4 (5.970 %) Graphic Design 5 4 (5.970 %) Animation 6 3 (4.478 %) Education 7 2 (2.985 %) Telecoms 7 2 (2.985 %) Advertising 7 2 (2.985 %) Insurance 8 1 (1.493 %) Auditing 8 1 (1.493 %) Publishing 8 1 (1.493 %) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles 1 16 (23.88 %) Analyst 2 15 (22.39 %) Administrator 3 11 (16.42 %) Report Analyst 4 8 (11.94 %) Service Analyst 5 7 (10.45 %) Developer 6 5 (7.463 %) Programme Manager 6 5 (7.463 %) Programme Office Manager 7 4 (5.970 %) Project Coordinator 7 4 (5.970 %) Coordinator 7 4 (5.970 %) Project Manager 7 4 (5.970 %) E-Learning Developer 7 4 (5.970 %) PMO Administrator 7 4 (5.970 %) PMO Assistant 8 3 (4.478 %) Infrastructure Manager 9 2 (2.985 %) Delivery Manager 9 2 (2.985 %) Service Desk Manager 9 2 (2.985 %) Build Manager 9 2 (2.985 %) Senior Project Coordinator 9 2 (2.985 %) Project Administrator 9 2 (2.985 %) Project Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 5 (7.463 %) PMI 2 4 (5.970 %) E-Learning 2 4 (5.970 %) SCORM 3 3 (4.478 %) NHS 4 2 (2.985 %) Client/Server 5 1 (1.493 %) Data Extraction 5 1 (1.493 %) Smartcard 5 1 (1.493 %) Mainframe 5 1 (1.493 %) AS400
Operating Systems 1 2 (2.985 %) Unix 1 2 (2.985 %) Windows 1 2 (2.985 %) Windows 2000 2 1 (1.493 %) MVS	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (29.85 %) Project Management 2 15 (22.39 %) ITIL 3 10 (14.93 %) Service Management 4 9 (13.43 %) Incident Management 4 9 (13.43 %) Configuration Management 5 6 (8.955 %) Project Planning 5 6 (8.955 %) Service Delivery 5 6 (8.955 %) Change Management 5 6 (8.955 %) PRINCE2 6 4 (5.970 %) Stakeholder Management 6 4 (5.970 %) Time Management 7 3 (4.478 %) E-Commerce 8 2 (2.985 %) PRINCE 8 2 (2.985 %) Risk Management 8 2 (2.985 %) E-Procurement 8 2 (2.985 %) Programme Management 8 2 (2.985 %) Matrix Management 8 2 (2.985 %) DV Cleared 8 2 (2.985 %) Security Cleared 8 2 (2.985 %) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages 1 4 (5.970 %) Java 1 4 (5.970 %) ActionScript 2 2 (2.985 %) SQL 2 2 (2.985 %) PL/SQL 3 1 (1.493 %) RPG	Qualifications 1 3 (4.478 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 1 (1.493 %) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (7.463 %) SLA	System Software 1 2 (2.985 %) NDS
Systems Management 1 1 (1.493 %) Unicenter 1 1 (1.493 %) OMEGAMON	Vendors 1 28 (41.79 %) Microsoft 2 16 (23.88 %) SAP 3 3 (4.478 %) Lotus 4 2 (2.985 %) Novell 4 2 (2.985 %) Oracle 4 2 (2.985 %) Adobe 5 1 (1.493 %) Geac 5 1 (1.493 %) CheckPoint