South East MS PowerPoint Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft PowerPoint skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS PowerPoint over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Banbury Barking Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bordon Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chatham Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Dartford Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dover East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Havant Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Sherborne Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	87	122
Rank change on same period last year	+35
Matching contract IT job ads	208	213
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.281 %	0.210 %
As % of the category below	11.82 %	9.884 %
Daily rates quoted	35	58
Average minimum daily rate	£297	£255
Average daily rate	£309	£262
% change on same period last year	+17.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£320	£270
UK excluding London average daily rate	£307	£258
% change on same period last year	+19.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	29	27
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.03	£17.66
Average hourly rate	£20.36	£18.79
% change on same period last year	+8.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.69	£19.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.16	£23.99
% change on same period last year	-20.12 %
Applications South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1760	2155
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.379 %	2.125 %
Daily rates quoted	352	451
Average minimum daily rate	£276	£278
Average daily rate	£293	£291
% change on same period last year	+0.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£309	£305
UK excluding London average daily rate	£293	£291
% change on same period last year	+0.81 %
Hourly rates quoted	362	474
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.64	£18.13
Average hourly rate	£18.79	£19.48
% change on same period last year	-3.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.94	£20.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.59	£19.58
% change on same period last year	-5.05 %
MS PowerPoint England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MS PowerPoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend

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

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Histogram

The 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 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

MS PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

The 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 5 September 2008.

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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 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+13	51	£259	-1.00 %
Surrey	+19	39	£263	-47.50 %
Middlesex	+8	30	£305	+11.58 %
Hampshire	+24	25	£263	+4.27 %
Buckinghamshire	0	23	£331	+32.50 %
West Sussex	+18	14	£449	-
Kent	+17	13	£125	-50.00 %
Oxfordshire	+4	3	-	-
Home Counties	-	2	£400	-
Thames Valley	+16	2	-	-
East Sussex	+12	1	-	-
Sussex	-	1	£388	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

1 250 (52.41 %) MS Excel 2 143 (29.98 %) MS Office 3 128 (26.83 %) Microsoft 4 94 (19.71 %) Finance 5 92 (19.29 %) MS Project 6 80 (16.77 %) MS Visio 7 69 (14.47 %) Project Management 8 60 (12.58 %) PRINCE2 9 58 (12.16 %) SAP 10 49 (10.27 %) Telecoms 11 43 (9.015 %) Windows 12 33 (6.918 %) Degree 13 30 (6.289 %) Marketing 14 28 (5.870 %) Health 15 25 (5.241 %) E-Procurement

15 25 (5.241 %) ITIL 15 25 (5.241 %) Oracle 16 23 (4.822 %) Security Cleared 17 22 (4.612 %) Spreadsheet 17 22 (4.612 %) Business Objects 17 22 (4.612 %) UNIX 17 22 (4.612 %) Six Sigma 17 22 (4.612 %) BusinessObjects 17 22 (4.612 %) Change Management 18 21 (4.403 %) MS Access 18 21 (4.403 %) Banking 19 20 (4.193 %) Internet 20 19 (3.983 %) PMP 20 19 (3.983 %) PMI Certification 20 19 (3.983 %) Business Analysis

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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 16 (3.354 %) XML 2 11 (2.306 %) HTML 3 8 (1.677 %) .NET 3 8 (1.677 %) ASP 4 7 (1.468 %) AJAX 4 7 (1.468 %) WebSphere 4 7 (1.468 %) ArcObjects 5 6 (1.258 %) WebServices 5 6 (1.258 %) J2EE 6 5 (1.048 %) Windows SharePoint Services 7 4 (0.839 %) CSS 8 3 (0.629 %) JSP 9 1 (0.210 %) XSLT 9 1 (0.210 %) EDI 9 1 (0.210 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 10 (2.096 %) SharePoint 2 6 (1.258 %) ArcIMS 3 4 (0.839 %) LiveLink 3 4 (0.839 %) GroupWise 4 3 (0.629 %) Lotus Notes 5 2 (0.419 %) MS Exchange 5 2 (0.419 %) SAS 5 2 (0.419 %) ArcSDE 5 2 (0.419 %) ArcGIS 5 2 (0.419 %) Office Project Server 6 1 (0.210 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 1 (0.210 %) Exstream Dialogue 6 1 (0.210 %) IIS
Applications 1 250 (52.41 %) MS Excel 2 143 (29.98 %) MS Office 3 92 (19.29 %) MS Project 4 80 (16.77 %) MS Visio 5 22 (4.612 %) Spreadsheet 6 9 (1.887 %) CA Clarity 7 7 (1.468 %) Open Workbench 8 6 (1.258 %) Photoshop 9 3 (0.629 %) Adobe Illustrator 10 2 (0.419 %) FreeHand 10 2 (0.419 %) Fireworks 11 1 (0.210 %) AutoCAD 11 1 (0.210 %) FrameMaker 11 1 (0.210 %) CorelDRAW 11 1 (0.210 %) ImageReady 11 1 (0.210 %) InDesign	Business Applications 1 5 (1.048 %) GoldMine 2 4 (0.839 %) Remedy ITSM 2 4 (0.839 %) VisionPLUS 3 3 (0.629 %) Oracle EBS 3 3 (0.629 %) Summit 4 1 (0.210 %) assyst 4 1 (0.210 %) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking 1 20 (4.193 %) Internet 2 10 (2.096 %) Intranet 3 8 (1.677 %) TCP/IP 4 6 (1.258 %) 3G 4 6 (1.258 %) SGSN 5 5 (1.048 %) GGSN 5 5 (1.048 %) GPRS 5 5 (1.048 %) 3GPP 6 2 (0.419 %) WAN 6 2 (0.419 %) ATM 6 2 (0.419 %) Broadband 6 2 (0.419 %) DNS 6 2 (0.419 %) LAN 6 2 (0.419 %) HTTP 6 2 (0.419 %) RNC 6 2 (0.419 %) 2G 6 2 (0.419 %) 2.5G 7 1 (0.210 %) TETRA 7 1 (0.210 %) SAN 7 1 (0.210 %) SS7	Database & Business Intelligence 1 22 (4.612 %) BusinessObjects 2 21 (4.403 %) MS Access 3 11 (2.306 %) SQL Server 4 10 (2.096 %) GIS 5 6 (1.258 %) SQL Server 2005 6 4 (0.839 %) Datawarehouse 7 3 (0.629 %) Crystal Reports 7 3 (0.629 %) Oracle 9i 7 3 (0.629 %) Oracle 10g 8 2 (0.419 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 2 (0.419 %) Data Mining 8 2 (0.419 %) SAP BW 9 1 (0.210 %) SQL Server 2000 9 1 (0.210 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 5 (1.048 %) Flash 2 1 (0.210 %) Dreamweaver 2 1 (0.210 %) ProC 2 1 (0.210 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (0.210 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 94 (19.71 %) Finance 2 49 (10.27 %) Telecoms 3 30 (6.289 %) Marketing 4 28 (5.870 %) Health 5 21 (4.403 %) Banking 6 17 (3.564 %) Government 7 15 (3.145 %) Insurance 8 13 (2.725 %) Legal 8 13 (2.725 %) Pharmaceutical 9 8 (1.677 %) Publishing 10 7 (1.468 %) Billing 10 7 (1.468 %) Education 11 5 (1.048 %) Retail 12 4 (0.839 %) Advertising 12 4 (0.839 %) Military 12 4 (0.839 %) Pensions 13 3 (0.629 %) Financial Institution 14 2 (0.419 %) Electronics 14 2 (0.419 %) Electric 14 2 (0.419 %) 3D Graphics
Job Titles 1 124 (26.00 %) Analyst 2 87 (18.24 %) Administrator 3 41 (8.595 %) Coordinator 4 34 (7.128 %) Project Manager 5 26 (5.451 %) Business Analyst 6 21 (4.403 %) Consultant 7 19 (3.983 %) Support Analyst 8 18 (3.774 %) Project Administrator 9 16 (3.354 %) Project Coordinator 9 16 (3.354 %) Project Analyst 10 14 (2.935 %) Report Analyst 10 14 (2.935 %) Developer 11 12 (2.516 %) Deployment Manager 11 12 (2.516 %) Deployment Project Manager 12 10 (2.096 %) Trainer 13 9 (1.887 %) Data Analyst 13 9 (1.887 %) Project Support Analyst 13 9 (1.887 %) Programme Office Analyst 14 8 (1.677 %) Programme Manager 14 8 (1.677 %) Helpdesk Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 12 (2.516 %) Data Extraction 2 9 (1.887 %) Management Information System 3 8 (1.677 %) Statistics 3 8 (1.677 %) French Language 4 7 (1.468 %) German Language 4 7 (1.468 %) Dutch Language 4 7 (1.468 %) Spanish Language 5 6 (1.258 %) E-Learning 6 4 (0.839 %) Replication 7 3 (0.629 %) Mainframe 7 3 (0.629 %) NHS 8 2 (0.419 %) PMI 8 2 (0.419 %) Handset 8 2 (0.419 %) CMDB 8 2 (0.419 %) Remote Sensing 8 2 (0.419 %) Data Conversion 9 1 (0.210 %) EPoS 9 1 (0.210 %) Blackberry 9 1 (0.210 %) SCORM 9 1 (0.210 %) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems 1 43 (9.015 %) Windows 2 22 (4.612 %) UNIX 3 13 (2.725 %) Windows XP 4 12 (2.516 %) Windows 2000 5 4 (0.839 %) Windows Vista 5 4 (0.839 %) Linux 6 2 (0.419 %) Windows Server 2003 7 1 (0.210 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 69 (14.47 %) Project Management 2 60 (12.58 %) PRINCE2 3 25 (5.241 %) ITIL 3 25 (5.241 %) E-Procurement 4 23 (4.822 %) Security Cleared 5 22 (4.612 %) Six Sigma 5 22 (4.612 %) Change Management 6 19 (3.983 %) Business Analysis 6 19 (3.983 %) Project Planning 7 18 (3.774 %) SC Cleared 8 17 (3.564 %) Time Management 9 15 (3.145 %) Service Management 10 12 (2.516 %) ERP 10 12 (2.516 %) Stakeholder Management 11 11 (2.306 %) Risk Assessment 11 11 (2.306 %) Performance Management 11 11 (2.306 %) Statistical Analysis 12 10 (2.096 %) Service Delivery 13 9 (1.887 %) Business Intelligence 14 8 (1.677 %) Data Analysis
Programming Languages 1 17 (3.564 %) SQL 2 11 (2.306 %) VB 3 7 (1.468 %) Java 4 4 (0.839 %) C# 5 3 (0.629 %) C++ 5 3 (0.629 %) PHP 5 3 (0.629 %) PL/SQL 6 2 (0.419 %) C 6 2 (0.419 %) Perl 6 2 (0.419 %) AWK 7 1 (0.210 %) ActionScript 7 1 (0.210 %) Transact-SQL 7 1 (0.210 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 33 (6.918 %) Degree 2 19 (3.983 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 19 (3.983 %) PMP 2 19 (3.983 %) PMI Certification 3 11 (2.306 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 10 (2.096 %) ITIL Certification 5 6 (1.258 %) ISEB 6 2 (0.419 %) HNC 6 2 (0.419 %) HND 6 2 (0.419 %) ISEB Practitioner 7 1 (0.210 %) CIMA 7 1 (0.210 %) MBA 7 1 (0.210 %) MCSE 7 1 (0.210 %) MCSA 7 1 (0.210 %) CCNA 7 1 (0.210 %) Cisco Certification 7 1 (0.210 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (1.468 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 4 (0.839 %) ISO27001 3 3 (0.629 %) QA 4 2 (0.419 %) SLA 5 1 (0.210 %) COBIT 5 1 (0.210 %) BS15000	System Software 1 3 (0.629 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.419 %) Terminal Server 3 1 (0.210 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 1 (0.210 %) OpenView 1 1 (0.210 %) BMC Performance Manager	Vendors 1 128 (26.83 %) Microsoft 2 58 (12.16 %) SAP 3 25 (5.241 %) Oracle 4 22 (4.612 %) Business Objects 5 11 (2.306 %) Remedy 6 8 (1.677 %) Adobe 7 7 (1.468 %) ESRI 8 6 (1.258 %) BMC 8 6 (1.258 %) Hyperion 9 5 (1.048 %) Novell 9 5 (1.048 %) JD Edwards 9 5 (1.048 %) HP 9 5 (1.048 %) PeopleSoft 9 5 (1.048 %) Niku 9 5 (1.048 %) Frango 9 5 (1.048 %) Cisco 10 3 (0.629 %) FatWire 10 3 (0.629 %) Brio 10 3 (0.629 %) SIMUL8 10 3 (0.629 %) Lotus