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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Peterborough region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1313
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads89
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.011 %
As % of the category below42.11 %36.00 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£160£250
Average daily rate£170£300
% change on same period last year-43.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£180£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£262£262
% change on same period last year-0.02 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£14.67£19.33
Average hourly rate£15.50£19.67
% change on same period last year-21.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.33£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.61£16.15
% change on same period last year-3.30 %
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Peterborough
Matching contract IT job ads1925
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.038 %0.031 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£280£250
Average daily rate£298£297
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£285
% change on same period last year+10.27 %
Hourly rates quoted86
Average minimum hourly rate£21.31£17.35
Average hourly rate£22.73£17.90
% change on same period last year+26.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.15£18.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.64£18.42
% change on same period last year+6.63 %
MS Office CambridgeshireMS Office
Cambridgeshire

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 Office
Demand Trend

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

Peterborough MS Office Demand Trend

MS Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

Peterborough MS Office Daily Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Peterborough MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Peterborough region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009.

Peterborough MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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.

119 (82.61 %)Windows
216 (69.57 %)Windows 2000
311 (47.83 %)Microsoft
410 (43.48 %)Windows XP
59 (39.13 %)MS Excel
68 (34.78 %)Windows NT
76 (26.09 %)Novell
85 (21.74 %)NetWare
85 (21.74 %)MS PowerPoint
94 (17.39 %)SLA
94 (17.39 %)Internet
103 (13.04 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
103 (13.04 %)Active Directory
103 (13.04 %)DHCP
103 (13.04 %)DNS
112 (8.696 %)Finance
112 (8.696 %)Fat Client
112 (8.696 %)Data Analysis
112 (8.696 %)Data Mining
112 (8.696 %)Crystal Reports
112 (8.696 %)Citrix
112 (8.696 %)Thin Client
121 (4.348 %)Terminal Services
121 (4.348 %)MOM
121 (4.348 %)ZENworks
121 (4.348 %)GroupWise
121 (4.348 %)MSI
121 (4.348 %)Project Management
121 (4.348 %)Cisco Certification
121 (4.348 %)Microsoft Certification

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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.

Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.348 %)SharePoint
11 (4.348 %)MS Exchange
11 (4.348 %)GroupWise
11 (4.348 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (39.13 %)MS Excel
25 (21.74 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (4.348 %)MS Project
31 (4.348 %)MS Visio
31 (4.348 %)Acrobat
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (4.348 %)Oracle ERP
11 (4.348 %)assyst
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (17.39 %)Internet
23 (13.04 %)DNS
23 (13.04 %)DHCP
31 (4.348 %)VPN
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.696 %)Crystal Reports
12 (8.696 %)Data Mining
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.348 %)MSI
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (8.696 %)Finance
21 (4.348 %)Telecoms
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (34.78 %)Desktop Support
27 (30.43 %)Support Engineer
36 (26.09 %)Desktop Support Engineer
36 (26.09 %)Desktop Engineer
43 (13.04 %)1st Line Support
43 (13.04 %)Analyst
52 (8.696 %)Data Analyst
61 (4.348 %)Systems Engineer
61 (4.348 %)Helpdesk Analyst
61 (4.348 %)Project Manager
61 (4.348 %)Report Analyst
61 (4.348 %)PC Support
61 (4.348 %)PC Support Engineer
61 (4.348 %)Deskside Support
61 (4.348 %)Oracle Project Manager
61 (4.348 %)ERP Project Manager
61 (4.348 %)PC Engineer
61 (4.348 %)1st Line Support Engineer
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.696 %)Thin Client
12 (8.696 %)Fat Client
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (82.61 %)Windows
216 (69.57 %)Windows 2000
310 (43.48 %)Windows XP
48 (34.78 %)Windows NT
55 (21.74 %)NetWare
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (8.696 %)Data Analysis
21 (4.348 %)Operations Management
21 (4.348 %)ERP
21 (4.348 %)Project Management
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.348 %)MCP
11 (4.348 %)CCNA
11 (4.348 %)Cisco Certification
11 (4.348 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (4.348 %)Novell Certification
11 (4.348 %)SC Cleared
11 (4.348 %)Security Cleared
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (17.39 %)SLA
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (13.04 %)Active Directory
21 (4.348 %)Terminal Services
21 (4.348 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (4.348 %)NDS
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (13.04 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (4.348 %)ZENworks
21 (4.348 %)SCCM
21 (4.348 %)MOM
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (47.83 %)Microsoft
26 (26.09 %)Novell
32 (8.696 %)Citrix
41 (4.348 %)Oracle
41 (4.348 %)VMware
41 (4.348 %)Kaspersky
41 (4.348 %)Adobe
41 (4.348 %)HP
41 (4.348 %)Dell