The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS PowerPoint over the 3 months to 23 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 Oxfordshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint
Rank 42 50 43
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -7
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 6 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.330% 1.125% 1.078%
As % of the Applications category 10.17% 10.45% 4.950%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £140 £135 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £316 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.36% +5.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £16.25 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £17.50 £21.70
% change year-on-year
-25.71% -19.35%
All Applications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
59 67 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 13.08% 10.77% 21.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 23 37
Average daily rate £205 £253 £183
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.81% +38.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £135 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £350 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 23 18
Average hourly rate £13.90 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.57% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.80 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.40 £30.00 £26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS PowerPoint
South East

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Abingdon +3 4 £140 +3.70%
Oxford +2 1 - -
Banbury - 1 - -
MS PowerPoint
South East

MS PowerPoint
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 7 (77.78%) MS Excel
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) HTML
3 4 (44.44%) MS Office
3 4 (44.44%) Project Management
4 3 (33.33%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
5 2 (22.22%) Publishing
5 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (22.22%) Content Management
5 2 (22.22%) XML
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 2 (22.22%) Java
5 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 2 (22.22%) Photoshop
5 2 (22.22%) Service Management
5 2 (22.22%) ITSM
5 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
5 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
5 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
6 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
6 1 (11.11%) Internet
6 1 (11.11%) Wireless
6 1 (11.11%) Marketing

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 4 (44.44%) HTML
2 2 (22.22%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (77.78%) MS Excel
2 4 (44.44%) MS Office
3 2 (22.22%) Photoshop
3 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 2 (22.22%) Publishing
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Trainer
2 2 (22.22%) IT Trainer
2 2 (22.22%) Project Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Trainer
2 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Process Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (22.22%) Content Management
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) Service Management
2 2 (22.22%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Java
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
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