The first table below looks at the demand for Office 365 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 Office 365 over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office 365
Rank 213 240 237
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -3
Contract jobs citing Office 365 16 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.202% 0.058% 0.049%
As % of the Applications category 1.345% 0.442% 0.340%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 3
Average daily rate £233 £385 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.61% -6.66%
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
1190 1357 1469
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 15.02% 13.12% 14.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 586 547
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £160 £160
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 203 187 236
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £10.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.00 £35.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
Office 365
England

Office 365
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Office 365 Daily Rate Trend

Office 365
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Office 365 across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East Office 365 Daily Rate Histogram

Office 365
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Office 365 across the South East region.

South East Office 365 Hourly Rate Trend

Office 365
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Office 365 within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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 +17 7 £425 -
East Sussex - 4 £210 -
Buckinghamshire - 3 - -
Surrey +18 1 £190 -
Middlesex - 1 - -
Office 365
England

Office 365
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 14 (53.85%) Windows
3 12 (46.15%) MS Exchange
4 9 (34.62%) MS Office
4 9 (34.62%) Migration
5 8 (30.77%) SharePoint
6 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
7 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
7 6 (23.08%) Internet
7 6 (23.08%) Windows 7
7 6 (23.08%) Lync
7 6 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
8 5 (19.23%) Finance
8 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (19.23%) TCP/IP
9 4 (15.38%) Lotus
9 4 (15.38%) ADSL
9 4 (15.38%) Lotus Notes
10 2 (7.692%) Remedy
10 2 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (7.692%) IIS
10 2 (7.692%) DHCP
10 2 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (7.692%) Information Architecture
11 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (3.846%) iPad
11 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (3.846%) Root Cause Analysis

Office 365
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 12 (46.15%) MS Exchange
2 8 (30.77%) SharePoint
3 6 (23.08%) Lync
3 6 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (15.38%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (7.692%) IIS
5 2 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 9 (34.62%) MS Office
2 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
3 1 (3.846%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (23.08%) Internet
2 5 (19.23%) TCP/IP
3 4 (15.38%) ADSL
4 2 (7.692%) DHCP
5 1 (3.846%) Firewall
5 1 (3.846%) LAN
5 1 (3.846%) WAN
5 1 (3.846%) VPN
5 1 (3.846%) DNS
General
1 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Retail
2 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.846%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Support Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) IT Support
3 4 (15.38%) IT Support Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Messaging Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Messaging Support Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Support Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.692%) Senior Support Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Developer Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (3.846%) SharePoint Consultant
6 1 (3.846%) SharePoint Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Process Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.846%) Rollout Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) iPad
1 1 (3.846%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 14 (53.85%) Windows
2 6 (23.08%) Windows 7
3 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (3.846%) Windows Vista
4 1 (3.846%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Migration
2 2 (7.692%) Information Architecture
3 1 (3.846%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (3.846%) Business Analysis
3 1 (3.846%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (3.846%) ERP
3 1 (3.846%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.846%) VBScript
2 1 (3.846%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.846%) VCP5
2 1 (3.846%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.846%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) Lotus
3 2 (7.692%) Remedy
4 1 (3.846%) 3Com
4 1 (3.846%) VMware
4 1 (3.846%) Juniper
4 1 (3.846%) HP
4 1 (3.846%) Dell
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