The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reigate region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Reigate 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 3 11 13
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +2
Contract jobs citing MS Office 5 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reigate 25.00% 4.444% 8.163%
As % of the Applications category 100.00% 40.00% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £258 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £275 £280
% change year-on-year
+8.18% -1.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £13.50 - £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.30 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Applications
Reigate
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
5 5 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reigate 25.00% 11.11% 24.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £258 £325 £309
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.76% +5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £325 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £325 £318
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £304 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.88% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £13.50 - £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Office
Surrey

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reigate 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 Reigate region.

Reigate MS Office Daily Rate Trend

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 Reigate region.

Reigate MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reigate 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 12 (75.00%) SQL
2 11 (68.75%) VB.NET
2 11 (68.75%) .NET
2 11 (68.75%) Visual Studio
2 11 (68.75%) ASP.NET
2 11 (68.75%) XML
2 11 (68.75%) XSLT
2 11 (68.75%) CRM
2 11 (68.75%) SharePoint
2 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (68.75%) MVC
2 11 (68.75%) Workflow
2 11 (68.75%) Scrum
2 11 (68.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (68.75%) WCF
2 11 (68.75%) WF
3 6 (37.50%) Finance
4 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
5 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
5 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
5 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (18.75%) Release Management
6 2 (12.50%) Degree
7 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
7 1 (6.250%) Data Cleansing
7 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (6.250%) Project Management
7 1 (6.250%) MS Access
7 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reigate 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 11 (68.75%) .NET
1 11 (68.75%) ASP.NET
1 11 (68.75%) XML
1 11 (68.75%) XSLT
1 11 (68.75%) WCF
1 11 (68.75%) WF
Application Platforms
1 11 (68.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.250%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (68.75%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.250%) MS Access
1 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 11 (68.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.250%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Developer
2 5 (31.25%) .NET Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Systems Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Development Project Manager
4 3 (18.75%) VB.NET Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Development Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Process Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Graduate
5 1 (6.250%) Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) MI Analyst
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) MVC
1 11 (68.75%) Workflow
1 11 (68.75%) Scrum
1 11 (68.75%) CRM
2 3 (18.75%) Release Management
2 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
3 1 (6.250%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (6.250%) Project Management
3 1 (6.250%) Data Management
3 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) SQL
2 11 (68.75%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft