The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 101 105 106
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +1
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 125 156 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.578% 1.536% 1.598%
As % of the Applications category 10.52% 11.76% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 86 70
Average daily rate £293 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.59% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £145 £150 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £314 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.94% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 17
Average hourly rate £15.50 £23.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.60% +48.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.04 £12.20 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £31.50 £21.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -
All Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
1188 1327 1445
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 15.00% 13.06% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 567 539
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £160 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 186 231
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -10.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £10.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS PowerPoint
England

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

South East MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Histogram

MS PowerPoint
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint within the South East 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
Berkshire -25 30 £370 -7.50%
Buckinghamshire +15 25 £160 -20.98%
Hampshire -4 25 £290 +7.40%
Surrey +23 24 £300 +33.33%
East Sussex +12 5 £253 -35.66%
Kent - 5 £285 -
Oxfordshire -2 4 £140 +3.70%
Middlesex +1 2 £200 +8.10%
MS PowerPoint
England

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 189 (67.26%) MS Excel
2 155 (55.16%) Microsoft
3 103 (36.65%) MS Office
4 86 (30.60%) Finance
5 78 (27.76%) Project Management
6 63 (22.42%) MS Project
6 63 (22.42%) MS Visio
7 62 (22.06%) SharePoint
8 50 (17.79%) PRINCE2
9 34 (12.10%) Oracle
10 27 (9.609%) Degree
11 25 (8.897%) Matrix Management
12 24 (8.541%) Risk Analysis
12 24 (8.541%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 24 (8.541%) SQL Server
13 22 (7.829%) ITIL
13 22 (7.829%) Remedy
13 22 (7.829%) Active Directory
13 22 (7.829%) Management Information System
13 22 (7.829%) Telecoms
14 20 (7.117%) .NET
14 20 (7.117%) HTML
15 19 (6.762%) Security Cleared
15 19 (6.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 16 (5.694%) Marketing
16 16 (5.694%) SC Cleared
16 16 (5.694%) SQL
17 15 (5.338%) Windows
17 15 (5.338%) Banking
17 15 (5.338%) Information Management

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 20 (7.117%) .NET
1 20 (7.117%) HTML
2 11 (3.915%) CSS
3 5 (1.779%) MDX
3 5 (1.779%) Java EE
4 4 (1.423%) jQuery
4 4 (1.423%) Spring
4 4 (1.423%) Web Services
4 4 (1.423%) COM
5 2 (0.712%) Middleware
5 2 (0.712%) Flash
5 2 (0.712%) J2EE
5 2 (0.712%) XML
6 1 (0.356%) WCF
6 1 (0.356%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 62 (22.06%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.915%) IIS
3 7 (2.491%) CMS
4 6 (2.135%) Lotus Notes
5 5 (1.779%) MS Project Server
6 4 (1.423%) SAS
7 3 (1.068%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (1.068%) Oracle UPK
8 1 (0.356%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.356%) Documentum
8 1 (0.356%) Confluence
8 1 (0.356%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 189 (67.26%) MS Excel
2 103 (36.65%) MS Office
3 63 (22.42%) MS Project
3 63 (22.42%) MS Visio
4 14 (4.982%) Photoshop
5 12 (4.270%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (2.491%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (1.779%) SPSS
8 2 (0.712%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.356%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.356%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.356%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 3 (1.068%) Google Analytics
1 3 (1.068%) SAP GRC
1 3 (1.068%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (0.712%) Prophet
2 2 (0.712%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.356%) HFM
3 1 (0.356%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.356%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.356%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.982%) Internet
2 11 (3.915%) Intranet
3 7 (2.491%) GPRS
3 7 (2.491%) VoIP
4 6 (2.135%) SAN
4 6 (2.135%) Extranet
4 6 (2.135%) Wireless
5 5 (1.779%) WAN
5 5 (1.779%) LAN
5 5 (1.779%) PSTN
5 5 (1.779%) 3G
6 3 (1.068%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.068%) VPN
7 2 (0.712%) DNS
7 2 (0.712%) CDMA
7 2 (0.712%) HTTP
7 2 (0.712%) UMTS
7 2 (0.712%) GSM
7 2 (0.712%) Firewall
7 2 (0.712%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.541%) SQL Server
2 19 (6.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (4.270%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (1.779%) OLAP
4 5 (1.779%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.779%) MS Access
5 4 (1.423%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (1.068%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.068%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (1.068%) QlikView
7 2 (0.712%) Xcelsius
7 2 (0.712%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.712%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.356%) TOAD
8 1 (0.356%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (0.356%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.356%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (2.491%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (0.356%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 86 (30.60%) Finance
2 22 (7.829%) Telecoms
3 16 (5.694%) Marketing
4 15 (5.338%) Banking
5 9 (3.203%) Publishing
6 7 (2.491%) Law
6 7 (2.491%) Games
7 5 (1.779%) Retail
7 5 (1.779%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.423%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.068%) Military
10 2 (0.712%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.712%) Advertising
10 2 (0.712%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.356%) Billing
11 1 (0.356%) Automotive
11 1 (0.356%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 88 (31.32%) Analyst
2 56 (19.93%) Project Manager
3 30 (10.68%) Administrator
4 26 (9.253%) Business Analyst
5 22 (7.829%) Coordinator
6 12 (4.270%) Project Coordinator
7 11 (3.915%) SharePoint Administrator
7 11 (3.915%) Data Analyst
8 9 (3.203%) Support Analyst
9 8 (2.847%) Designer
9 8 (2.847%) Web Designer
9 8 (2.847%) Project Administrator
10 7 (2.491%) Architect
10 7 (2.491%) Desktop Support
10 7 (2.491%) PMO Analyst
11 6 (2.135%) MI Analyst
11 6 (2.135%) Author
11 6 (2.135%) Report Analyst
11 6 (2.135%) Support Assistant
11 6 (2.135%) Technical Author
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.829%) Management Information System
2 8 (2.847%) Smart Meter
2 8 (2.847%) Mathematics
2 8 (2.847%) Mobile App
3 7 (2.491%) PMI
4 5 (1.779%) Wiki
5 4 (1.423%) Learning Management System
5 4 (1.423%) AS400
6 3 (1.068%) iSeries
7 2 (0.712%) Statistics
7 2 (0.712%) Economics
7 2 (0.712%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.712%) DTV
7 2 (0.712%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.712%) E-Learning
7 2 (0.712%) STB
8 1 (0.356%) IVR
8 1 (0.356%) Replication
8 1 (0.356%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.356%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.338%) Windows
2 10 (3.559%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (1.779%) Linux
3 5 (1.779%) Oracle Linux
4 4 (1.423%) Windows 7
4 4 (1.423%) Windows XP
5 2 (0.712%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.712%) Windows Vista
5 2 (0.712%) UNIX
6 1 (0.356%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.356%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (27.76%) Project Management
2 50 (17.79%) PRINCE2
3 25 (8.897%) Matrix Management
4 24 (8.541%) Risk Analysis
5 22 (7.829%) ITIL
6 15 (5.338%) Information Management
7 14 (4.982%) Content Management
8 13 (4.626%) Document Management
9 12 (4.270%) Load Balancing
9 12 (4.270%) Business Analysis
9 12 (4.270%) Data Analysis
9 12 (4.270%) Analytics
10 10 (3.559%) Risk Management
11 9 (3.203%) Service Delivery
11 9 (3.203%) Information Security
11 9 (3.203%) ERP
11 9 (3.203%) UML
11 9 (3.203%) Project Planning
11 9 (3.203%) Release Management
12 8 (2.847%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.694%) SQL
2 11 (3.915%) VB
3 9 (3.203%) Java
4 6 (2.135%) C#
4 6 (2.135%) VBA
5 5 (1.779%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.423%) C
7 3 (1.068%) RPG
8 1 (0.356%) VBScript
8 1 (0.356%) C++
8 1 (0.356%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.356%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (9.609%) Degree
2 24 (8.541%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 19 (6.762%) Security Cleared
4 16 (5.694%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.203%) PMI Certification
6 8 (2.847%) PMP
7 7 (2.491%) ISEB
8 5 (1.779%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (1.423%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.068%) CIMA
10 3 (1.068%) CISSP
11 2 (0.712%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.712%) MCP
11 2 (0.712%) CISA
11 2 (0.712%) MBA
12 1 (0.356%) CEH
12 1 (0.356%) MOS
12 1 (0.356%) HNC
12 1 (0.356%) HND
12 1 (0.356%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.423%) PCI DSS
1 4 (1.423%) QA
1 4 (1.423%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (1.068%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.712%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.356%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (7.829%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.068%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.712%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.712%) vSphere
3 2 (0.712%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.356%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.356%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.356%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.356%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.712%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (0.712%) SCCM
2 1 (0.356%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 155 (55.16%) Microsoft
2 34 (12.10%) Oracle
3 22 (7.829%) Remedy
4 13 (4.626%) SAP
5 10 (3.559%) Business Objects
6 8 (2.847%) Siebel
7 6 (2.135%) Lotus
8 5 (1.779%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.423%) Omniture
9 4 (1.423%) Cognos
10 3 (1.068%) VMware
10 3 (1.068%) Adobe
10 3 (1.068%) Cisco
10 3 (1.068%) Citrix
10 3 (1.068%) HP
10 3 (1.068%) Google
11 2 (0.712%) Planview
11 2 (0.712%) Dell
11 2 (0.712%) IBM
11 2 (0.712%) Salesforce.com
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