The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 17 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 Shropshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 17 26 17
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -9
Contract jobs citing MS Office 5 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 4.425% 2.400% 4.630%
As % of the Applications category 45.45% 33.33% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £280 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.61% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £11.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.88 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+0.90% -1.14%
All Applications
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
11 9 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 9.735% 7.200% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 11
Average daily rate £330 £280 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.85% -13.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £11.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
West Midlands

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Telford +11 5 - -
MS Office
West Midlands

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
3 5 (71.43%) Windows XP
4 4 (57.14%) Windows 7
5 3 (42.86%) Windows Vista
6 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
6 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (28.57%) LAN
6 2 (28.57%) Web Services
6 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
7 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
7 1 (14.29%) MCP
7 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 1 (14.29%) WAN
7 1 (14.29%) DHCP
7 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
7 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000
7 1 (14.29%) MCSE
7 1 (14.29%) MQSeries
7 1 (14.29%) SQL
7 1 (14.29%) .NET
7 1 (14.29%) MS Project
7 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
7 1 (14.29%) DNS
7 1 (14.29%) Cisco
7 1 (14.29%) HP
7 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (14.29%) Migration

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 2 (28.57%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
2 1 (14.29%) WCF
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) MQSeries
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) VLAN
2 1 (14.29%) WAN
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
General
1 1 (14.29%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (42.86%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (14.29%) Administrator
4 1 (14.29%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (14.29%) BizTalk Developer
4 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) BizTalk Administrator
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows XP
3 4 (57.14%) Windows 7
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Vista
5 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
1 1 (14.29%) Migration
1 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
1 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (14.29%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) MCP
1 1 (14.29%) MCSE
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) HP
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco