The first table below looks at the demand for Office 365 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Office 365 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 Northern Ireland 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 365
Rank 32 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Contract jobs citing Office 365 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 0.429% 0.508% -
As % of the Applications category 14.29% 3.846% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £350 £413
% change year-on-year
-15.71% -15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
-50.00% -
All Applications
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
7 26 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 3.004% 13.20% 7.967%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 18
Average daily rate £338 £400 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.62% +90.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £239 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £400 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
Office 365
UK

Office 365
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Office 365 across the Northern Ireland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Northern Ireland Office 365 Jobs Demand Trend

Office 365
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Office 365 within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 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
County Antrim -4 1 - -
Office 365
UK

Office 365
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing Office 365 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 Office 365.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) XenServer
1 1 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 1 (100.00%) 3PAR
1 1 (100.00%) Lync
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012

Office 365
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing Office 365 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 Office 365. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Design Authority
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Design Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) XenServer
1 1 (100.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) 3PAR