The first table below looks at the demand for Office 365 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Office 365 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 Somerset 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 365
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Office 365 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 1.070% - -
As % of the Applications category 7.143% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £399 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £350 £413
% change year-on-year
-15.71% -15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
-50.00% -
All Applications
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
28 31 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 14.97% 18.67% 13.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 4
Average daily rate £313 £333 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.01% -3.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £240 £312
10% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £355 £382
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 11
Average hourly rate £10.00 £11.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
Office 365
South West

Office 365
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Office 365 across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Somerset Office 365 Jobs Demand Trend

Office 365
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Office 365 across the Somerset region.

Somerset Office 365 Daily Rate Trend

Office 365
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Office 365 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 Office 365.

1 4 (100.00%) SAP
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Intranet
1 4 (100.00%) SAP R/3
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint 2013

Office 365
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Office 365 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 Office 365. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint 2013
Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Intranet
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Delivery Project Manager
2 3 (75.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Implementation Manager
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft