The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Slough 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 Slough 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 29 29 26
Rank change year-on-year
0 -3
Contract jobs citing MS Office 9 3 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 3.782% 1.531% 3.871%
As % of the Applications category 15.79% 6.383% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
Average daily rate £338 £190 £188
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+77.63% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £118 £141
10% offered a daily rate of more than £361 £262 £526
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £275 £280
% change year-on-year
+8.18% -1.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 £9.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+242.10% -32.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.30 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Applications
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
57 47 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 23.95% 23.98% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 34 30
Average daily rate £365 £450 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.88% +29.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £249 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £304 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.88% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 7
Average hourly rate £35.00 £9.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+268.42% -29.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Office
Berkshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough MS Office Daily Rate Trend

MS Office
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Slough region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Slough MS Office Daily Rate Histogram

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 Slough region.

Slough 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 Slough 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 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) Windows
3 5 (31.25%) Retail
3 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
4 4 (25.00%) Project Management
4 4 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (25.00%) Windows 7
5 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
5 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Marketing
5 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
5 3 (18.75%) MS Project
5 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
5 3 (18.75%) HTML
5 3 (18.75%) XML
6 2 (12.50%) ActionScript
6 2 (12.50%) Photoshop
6 2 (12.50%) Flash
6 2 (12.50%) Adobe
6 2 (12.50%) WAN
6 2 (12.50%) FTP
6 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (12.50%) Finance
6 2 (12.50%) Automotive
6 2 (12.50%) Change Management
6 2 (12.50%) VMware
6 2 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (12.50%) InDesign

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 3 (18.75%) HTML
1 3 (18.75%) XML
2 2 (12.50%) Flash
2 2 (12.50%) Apache Flex
3 1 (6.250%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Project
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
1 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
2 2 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (12.50%) InDesign
2 2 (12.50%) Photoshop
3 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) HFM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) WAN
1 2 (12.50%) FTP
1 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 5 (31.25%) Retail
2 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (18.75%) Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) Automotive
5 1 (6.250%) Banking
5 1 (6.250%) French Language
5 1 (6.250%) Italian Language
5 1 (6.250%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Coordinator
3 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (12.50%) Web Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Web Business Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Management Accountant
4 1 (6.250%) IT Support
4 1 (6.250%) Systems Tester
4 1 (6.250%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Flash Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Data Administrator
4 1 (6.250%) Financial Business Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Tester
4 1 (6.250%) Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) PMI
1 1 (6.250%) NHS
1 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows XP
2 4 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (6.250%) AIX
4 1 (6.250%) Linux
4 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Project Management
2 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
2 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
3 2 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (6.250%) Regression Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Risk Management
4 1 (6.250%) Data Management
4 1 (6.250%) Supplier Management
4 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Integration Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
4 1 (6.250%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (6.250%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
4 1 (6.250%) ERP
4 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) ActionScript
1 2 (12.50%) ActionScript 2.0
2 1 (6.250%) SQL
2 1 (6.250%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) ISEB
1 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (6.250%) PMI Certification
1 1 (6.250%) ACCA
1 1 (6.250%) CIMA
1 1 (6.250%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Server
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.250%) vSphere
Vendors
1 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Adobe
2 2 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (6.250%) JD Edwards
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle
3 1 (6.250%) SAP
3 1 (6.250%) Cognos
Slough, Berkshire
Educated to degree level or demonstrate experience to such... System test scripting and execution... Good MS office skills including Visio macro writing in excel, SQL... Presentation skills using...
TD Group
Rate: Excellent Rate
Posted: 17 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
JUNIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST ICT/non-ICT projects/Requirements Definition/Functional Specification/process models/entity relationship/diagrams/Visio/SQL... System test scripting and execution... Good MS office skills including...
TD Group
Rate: Excellent rates will be paid to the right candidate.
Posted: 14 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Due to the nature of this role previous NHS experience is highly desirable , applicants with this background will be in an advantageous postion to secure this assignment... Skills/...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Posted: 12 June 2013