The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 24 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 Northampton 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 11 20 13
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -7
Contract jobs citing MS Office 12 11 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 8.571% 4.453% 6.180%
As % of the Applications category 34.29% 36.67% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 6
Average daily rate £425 £305 £194
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.34% +57.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £263 £275
% change year-on-year
+4.76% -4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £12.75 £18.00 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.16% +89.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
All Applications
Northampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
35 30 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 25.00% 12.15% 19.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 20
Average daily rate £425 £355 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.71% +77.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £175 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £437 £450 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
Average hourly rate £12.00 £15.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS Office
Northamptonshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton 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 Northampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Project Management
2 8 (26.67%) Finance
2 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 8 (26.67%) MS Project
3 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
3 7 (23.33%) MS Visio
3 7 (23.33%) Change Management
4 6 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 6 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 5 (16.67%) Degree
6 4 (13.33%) Windows
6 4 (13.33%) Change Control
7 3 (10.00%) Business Analysis
7 3 (10.00%) ITIL
7 3 (10.00%) SQL
8 2 (6.667%) Business Objects
8 2 (6.667%) Struts
8 2 (6.667%) C++
8 2 (6.667%) Java
8 2 (6.667%) JavaScript
8 2 (6.667%) PL/SQL
8 2 (6.667%) Tomcat
8 2 (6.667%) UNIX
8 2 (6.667%) Linux
8 2 (6.667%) OO
8 2 (6.667%) GSM
8 2 (6.667%) UMTS
8 2 (6.667%) SLA

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 2 (6.667%) Struts
2 1 (3.333%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.333%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.667%) Tomcat
2 2 (6.667%) Papyrus
3 1 (3.333%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 8 (26.67%) MS Project
2 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
2 7 (23.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (3.333%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) GSM
1 2 (6.667%) UMTS
2 1 (3.333%) 2G
2 1 (3.333%) 3G
2 1 (3.333%) HTTP
General
1 8 (26.67%) Finance
2 2 (6.667%) Back Office
2 2 (6.667%) Legal
2 2 (6.667%) Banking
2 2 (6.667%) Local Government
2 2 (6.667%) Marketing
3 1 (3.333%) Retail
3 1 (3.333%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.333%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Project Office Support
4 2 (6.667%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.667%) Developer
4 2 (6.667%) Support Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (6.667%) Change Manager
4 2 (6.667%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (6.667%) Project Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Change Project Manager
5 1 (3.333%) Trainee Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Trainee Business Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) Trainee
5 1 (3.333%) Buyer
5 1 (3.333%) Senior Buyer
5 1 (3.333%) Business Manager
5 1 (3.333%) Desktop Support Specialist
5 1 (3.333%) Business Change Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.667%) Client/Server
1 2 (6.667%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (3.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Windows
2 2 (6.667%) UNIX
2 2 (6.667%) Linux
2 2 (6.667%) Windows XP
3 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Project Management
2 7 (23.33%) Change Management
3 6 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (13.33%) Change Control
5 3 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (10.00%) ITIL
6 2 (6.667%) OO
6 2 (6.667%) BPR
6 2 (6.667%) Migration
6 2 (6.667%) Web Development
7 1 (3.333%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.333%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (3.333%) ISMS
7 1 (3.333%) Data Migration
7 1 (3.333%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (3.333%) Data Analysis
7 1 (3.333%) Programme Management
7 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.333%) Workflow
7 1 (3.333%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (6.667%) C++
2 2 (6.667%) Java
2 2 (6.667%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.667%) PL/SQL
2 2 (6.667%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (3.333%) PMP
3 1 (3.333%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) SLA
2 1 (3.333%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (6.667%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.667%) Business Objects
2 2 (6.667%) IT2
3 1 (3.333%) Capita
3 1 (3.333%) VMware
3 1 (3.333%) Lotus
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