The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint
Rank 31 13 -
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 10 16 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 4.016% 7.882% -
As % of the Applications category 15.63% 42.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 0
Average daily rate £450 £450 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £314 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.94% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £9.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -
All Applications
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
64 38 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 25.70% 18.72% 15.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 25 25
Average daily rate £319 £450 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.16% +38.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £318 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 7
Average hourly rate £35.00 £14.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+141.37% +16.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS PowerPoint
Berkshire

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough MS PowerPoint Jobs Demand Trend

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the Slough region.

Slough MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the Slough region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Slough MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Histogram

MS PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the Slough region.

Slough MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint.

1 29 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 29 (100.00%) Finance
2 27 (93.10%) Microsoft
3 25 (86.21%) MS Project
4 24 (82.76%) Project Management
4 24 (82.76%) PRINCE2
4 24 (82.76%) Risk Analysis
4 24 (82.76%) Matrix Management
4 24 (82.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 9 (31.03%) Oracle
6 8 (27.59%) Siebel
7 7 (24.14%) Banking
8 5 (17.24%) Java
9 4 (13.79%) CRM
9 4 (13.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (13.79%) ITIL
9 4 (13.79%) Retail
9 4 (13.79%) PCI DSS
10 3 (10.34%) iSeries
10 3 (10.34%) AS400
10 3 (10.34%) Lotus
10 3 (10.34%) Lotus Notes
10 3 (10.34%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (10.34%) RPG
10 3 (10.34%) .NET
11 2 (6.897%) SAP
11 2 (6.897%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (3.448%) HFM
12 1 (3.448%) Financial Analysis
12 1 (3.448%) CIMA

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (10.34%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 25 (86.21%) MS Project
3 1 (3.448%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) HFM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 29 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (24.14%) Banking
3 4 (13.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (86.21%) Project Manager
2 4 (13.79%) Analyst
2 4 (13.79%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Test Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) SAP Test Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Applications Manager
5 1 (3.448%) SAP Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Online Project Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) SAP Test Manager
5 1 (3.448%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Senior SAP Test Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Website Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Management Accountant
5 1 (3.448%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) iSeries
1 3 (10.34%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.448%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (82.76%) Project Management
1 24 (82.76%) PRINCE2
1 24 (82.76%) Risk Analysis
1 24 (82.76%) Matrix Management
2 4 (13.79%) CRM
2 4 (13.79%) ITIL
3 1 (3.448%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (3.448%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) Java
2 3 (10.34%) RPG
Qualifications
1 24 (82.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (3.448%) CIMA
2 1 (3.448%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 4 (13.79%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (6.897%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 27 (93.10%) Microsoft
2 9 (31.03%) Oracle
3 8 (27.59%) Siebel
4 3 (10.34%) Lotus
5 2 (6.897%) SAP
6 1 (3.448%) Cisco
6 1 (3.448%) Empirix