MS Office Contracts in South Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 18 22 26
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +4
Contract jobs citing MS Office 24 18 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 7.843% 4.651% 4.963%
As % of the Applications category 45.28% 38.30% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 11
Average daily rate £363 £243 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+49.48% +21.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £128 £150 £88
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.61% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
Average hourly rate £11.35 £10.75 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.58% +7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £9.35 £9.49
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.15 £11.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.88 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+0.90% -1.14%
All Applications
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 53 47 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 17.32% 12.14% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 23 28
Average daily rate £325 £285 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.03% +14.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £169 £140 £153
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 5
Average hourly rate £11.93 £12.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.60% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £9.70 £9.62
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £12.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
Wales

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales MS Office Jobs Demand Trend

MS Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales MS Office Daily Rate Trend

MS Office
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Wales MS Office Daily Rate Histogram

MS Office
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Office within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cardiff +10 18 £375 +44.23%
Bridgend 0 1 - -
Newport -3 1 £110 -
Vale of Glamorgan - 1 - -
MS Office
Wales

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing MS Office 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 Office.

1 43 (75.44%) Microsoft
2 23 (40.35%) Project Management
3 22 (38.60%) Windows
3 22 (38.60%) Finance
4 19 (33.33%) MS Project
5 12 (21.05%) AS400
6 11 (19.30%) Active Directory
7 10 (17.54%) IIS
7 10 (17.54%) COBOL
7 10 (17.54%) SQL Server
7 10 (17.54%) MS Excel
7 10 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (17.54%) Banking
8 9 (15.79%) UML
8 9 (15.79%) UNIX
8 9 (15.79%) Shell Script
8 9 (15.79%) WebSphere
8 9 (15.79%) Degree
9 8 (14.04%) iSeries
9 8 (14.04%) Windows 7
9 8 (14.04%) IBM
9 8 (14.04%) TestDirector
9 8 (14.04%) OO
10 7 (12.28%) SLA
11 6 (10.53%) OS/400
11 6 (10.53%) AIX
11 6 (10.53%) DB2
11 6 (10.53%) RPG
11 6 (10.53%) Business Analysis
12 5 (8.772%) Migration

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing MS Office 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 Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (15.79%) WebSphere
2 3 (5.263%) .NET
2 3 (5.263%) J2EE
3 2 (3.509%) HTML
4 1 (1.754%) COM
4 1 (1.754%) Application Packaging
4 1 (1.754%) DWR
Application Platforms
1 10 (17.54%) IIS
2 4 (7.018%) MS Exchange
3 3 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (3.509%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.754%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (1.754%) GroupWise
5 1 (1.754%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 19 (33.33%) MS Project
2 10 (17.54%) MS Excel
3 3 (5.263%) MS Visio
3 3 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.754%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.509%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.754%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.263%) Internet
2 2 (3.509%) LAN
3 1 (1.754%) VoIP
3 1 (1.754%) WAN
3 1 (1.754%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.754%) SAN
3 1 (1.754%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.53%) DB2
3 2 (3.509%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (3.509%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.509%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.754%) InterBase
4 1 (1.754%) Firebird
4 1 (1.754%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.754%) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1 8 (14.04%) TestDirector
General
1 22 (38.60%) Finance
2 10 (17.54%) Banking
3 3 (5.263%) Retail
4 2 (3.509%) Billing
5 1 (1.754%) Welsh Language
5 1 (1.754%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (45.61%) Analyst
2 9 (15.79%) Support Analyst
3 8 (14.04%) Applications Support
4 7 (12.28%) Applications Support Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) Project Manager
5 6 (10.53%) Business Analyst
6 5 (8.772%) IT Support
7 4 (7.018%) Support Engineer
7 4 (7.018%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (7.018%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (5.263%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (5.263%) Author
8 3 (5.263%) Technical Author
8 3 (5.263%) Service Analyst
9 2 (3.509%) Developer
9 2 (3.509%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (3.509%) Senior Technical Analyst
9 2 (3.509%) Project Support Officer
9 2 (3.509%) Business Project Manager
9 2 (3.509%) Help Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.05%) AS400
2 8 (14.04%) iSeries
3 2 (3.509%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.754%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.754%) NHS
4 1 (1.754%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.754%) Handset
4 1 (1.754%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.754%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 22 (38.60%) Windows
2 9 (15.79%) UNIX
3 8 (14.04%) Windows 7
4 6 (10.53%) AIX
4 6 (10.53%) OS/400
5 4 (7.018%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (7.018%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (7.018%) Windows XP
6 2 (3.509%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (40.35%) Project Management
2 10 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (15.79%) UML
4 8 (14.04%) OO
5 6 (10.53%) Business Analysis
6 5 (8.772%) Migration
7 4 (7.018%) Risk Analysis
8 3 (5.263%) Network Architecture
8 3 (5.263%) ERP
8 3 (5.263%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (5.263%) Content Management
9 2 (3.509%) Programme Management
9 2 (3.509%) Business Continuity
9 2 (3.509%) Service Delivery
9 2 (3.509%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (3.509%) ITIL
9 2 (3.509%) Change Control
9 2 (3.509%) Incident Management
9 2 (3.509%) Data Cleansing
10 1 (1.754%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.54%) COBOL
2 9 (15.79%) Shell Script
3 6 (10.53%) RPG
4 3 (5.263%) SQL
5 1 (1.754%) LINC
Qualifications
1 9 (15.79%) Degree
2 4 (7.018%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (7.018%) MCP
3 3 (5.263%) MCSE
4 2 (3.509%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.754%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.754%) MCSA
5 1 (1.754%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.28%) SLA
2 1 (1.754%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (19.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.754%) XenApp
3 1 (1.754%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (1.754%) ARCserve
1 1 (1.754%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 43 (75.44%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.04%) IBM
3 5 (8.772%) VMware
4 4 (7.018%) HP
5 3 (5.263%) Cisco
5 3 (5.263%) Citrix
6 2 (3.509%) Business Objects
6 2 (3.509%) SAP
6 2 (3.509%) Rackspace
7 1 (1.754%) Intel
7 1 (1.754%) Cognos
7 1 (1.754%) Novell
7 1 (1.754%) Lotus
7 1 (1.754%) Sophos
1st Line Service Desk
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
1st Line Service Desk Analyst is needed by a Information Technology Managed Service Provider in the Cardiff Area of South Wales. 1st Line Service Desk Analyst will be...
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