The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS PowerPoint 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 Oxford 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 PowerPoint
Rank 33 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 0.427% 0.602% -
As % of the Applications category 4.348% 8.333% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £314 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.94% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £17.25 £21.70
% change year-on-year
-24.63% -20.50%
All Applications
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
23 24 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 9.829% 7.229% 21.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 14
Average daily rate £175 £330 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-46.96% +83.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 8
Average hourly rate £14.81 £11.00 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.65% -16.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.33 £9.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.63 £18.75 £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS PowerPoint
Oxfordshire

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford MS PowerPoint Jobs Demand Trend

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) Photoshop
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Publishing
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Internet

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 2 (66.67%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Photoshop
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) Content Management
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft