The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Renfrewshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 21 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 Renfrewshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 15 12 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Contract jobs citing MS Office 7 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 11.48% 6.250% -
As % of the Applications category 63.64% 66.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £355 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £273 £275
% change year-on-year
+0.91% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.61 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+2.84% -3.01%
All Applications
Renfrewshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
11 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 18.03% 9.375% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
Average daily rate £355 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Office
Scotland

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Office within the Renfrewshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Erskine - 7 £355 -
MS Office
Scotland

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 15 (93.75%) MS Excel
1 15 (93.75%) SC Cleared
1 15 (93.75%) Security Cleared
2 8 (50.00%) QMS
2 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (31.25%) VBScript
3 5 (31.25%) .NET
3 5 (31.25%) XML
3 5 (31.25%) MCP
3 5 (31.25%) Windows
3 5 (31.25%) Windows XP
3 5 (31.25%) XML Schema
3 5 (31.25%) Security Architecture
3 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
3 5 (31.25%) Windows 7
3 5 (31.25%) .NET Framework
3 5 (31.25%) Cryptography
4 4 (25.00%) Document Management
4 4 (25.00%) Migration
4 4 (25.00%) Taxonomies
4 4 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (25.00%) C
4 4 (25.00%) Service Management
4 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 3 (18.75%) Finance
6 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
6 2 (12.50%) CIMA
6 2 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (12.50%) Business Objects

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 5 (31.25%) .NET
1 5 (31.25%) XML
1 5 (31.25%) XML Schema
1 5 (31.25%) .NET Framework
2 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
1 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (93.75%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.250%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (6.250%) QlikView
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Author
1 8 (50.00%) Technical Author
2 5 (31.25%) Build Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Desktop Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Build Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Software Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Developer
5 1 (6.250%) CRM Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) CRM Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Cryptography
2 4 (25.00%) Taxonomies
3 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.250%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
1 5 (31.25%) Windows XP
1 5 (31.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) QMS
2 5 (31.25%) Security Architecture
3 4 (25.00%) Document Management
3 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 4 (25.00%) Service Management
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.250%) CRM
5 1 (6.250%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) VBScript
1 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
2 4 (25.00%) C
3 1 (6.250%) C#
3 1 (6.250%) T-SQL
3 1 (6.250%) VB
3 1 (6.250%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) SC Cleared
1 15 (93.75%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (31.25%) MCP
3 2 (12.50%) CIMA
4 1 (6.250%) MCSE
4 1 (6.250%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Business Objects
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (6.250%) Sage