South West MS Office Contracts

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

Microsoft Office
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Aylesbury Banbury Barking Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Cirencester City of London Cleethorpes Colchester Conwy Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Dagenham Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorking Dorset Douglas Dover Dudley Dunbar Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Grantham Grays Great Yarmouth Greenford Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Immingham Ipswich Isle of Man Isleworth Kegworth Kendal Kent King's Lynn Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Lowestoft Luton Lutterworth M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Sherborne Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thatcham Torfaen Torpoint Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Weymouth Wiltshire Winchester Windlesham Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wymondham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	27	27
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	199	290
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.269 %	0.286 %
As % of the category below	35.04 %	37.08 %
Daily rates quoted	33	40
Average minimum daily rate	£278	£233
Average daily rate	£298	£249
% change on same period last year	+19.32 %
Average maximum daily rate	£317	£266
UK excluding London average daily rate	£240	£255
% change on same period last year	-5.97 %
Hourly rates quoted	71	89
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.03	£17.56
Average hourly rate	£16.31	£18.81
% change on same period last year	-13.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.59	£20.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.68	£15.70
% change on same period last year	-0.12 %
Applications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	568	782
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.768 %	0.771 %
Daily rates quoted	168	156
Average minimum daily rate	£321	£281
Average daily rate	£342	£297
% change on same period last year	+15.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£363	£313
UK excluding London average daily rate	£293	£291
% change on same period last year	+0.81 %
Hourly rates quoted	114	162
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.08	£20.18
Average hourly rate	£20.40	£21.76
% change on same period last year	-6.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.71	£23.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.59	£19.58
% change on same period last year	-5.05 %
MS Office 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 Office
Demand Trend

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

MS Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

MS Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

MS Office
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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 West 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
Wiltshire	-4	55	£337	+8.99 %
Bristol	-2	48	£224	+10.64 %
Somerset	+5	25	-	-
Gloucestershire	-14	23	£425	+206.30 %
Dorset	-1	21	£243	+0.56 %
Devon	-1	21	£313	+32.97 %
Cornwall	-	2	-	-

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MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 167 (41.44 %) Windows 2 155 (38.46 %) Microsoft 3 141 (34.99 %) MS Excel 4 87 (21.59 %) Windows XP 5 80 (19.85 %) Finance 6 57 (14.14 %) Lotus Notes 6 57 (14.14 %) Lotus 7 54 (13.40 %) Oracle 7 54 (13.40 %) Project Management 8 53 (13.15 %) Windows Server 2003 9 50 (12.41 %) Active Directory 10 47 (11.66 %) MS Project 11 42 (10.42 %) Windows 2000 11 42 (10.42 %) Security Cleared 12 41 (10.17 %) TCP/IP

13 39 (9.677 %) MS PowerPoint 14 37 (9.181 %) PRINCE2 15 36 (8.933 %) Citrix 16 32 (7.940 %) LAN 16 32 (7.940 %) WAN 16 32 (7.940 %) SQL 17 31 (7.692 %) SC Cleared 18 26 (6.452 %) InterBase 18 26 (6.452 %) Government 18 26 (6.452 %) Cognos Impromptu 19 23 (5.707 %) SharePoint 20 22 (5.459 %) UNIX 21 21 (5.211 %) MS Visio 22 19 (4.715 %) Pensions 23 18 (4.467 %) ITIL

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 10 (2.481 %) .NET 2 7 (1.737 %) ASP.NET 3 4 (0.993 %) ASP 3 4 (0.993 %) WinForms 4 3 (0.744 %) Windows SharePoint Services 4 3 (0.744 %) Middleware 4 3 (0.744 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 2 (0.496 %) Jini 6 1 (0.248 %) WebSphere 6 1 (0.248 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (0.248 %) HTML 6 1 (0.248 %) ADO.NET 6 1 (0.248 %) COM 6 1 (0.248 %) JSP 6 1 (0.248 %) WebServices 6 1 (0.248 %) XML 6 1 (0.248 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 57 (14.14 %) Lotus Notes 2 23 (5.707 %) SharePoint 3 14 (3.474 %) MS Exchange 3 14 (3.474 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 7 (1.737 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 5 (1.241 %) GroupWise 6 2 (0.496 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 6 2 (0.496 %) ArcGIS 6 2 (0.496 %) CMS 6 2 (0.496 %) WebLogic 6 2 (0.496 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 2 (0.496 %) Documentum 6 2 (0.496 %) Lotus Domino 6 2 (0.496 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 2 (0.496 %) Office Communications Server 7 1 (0.248 %) Apache 7 1 (0.248 %) Tomcat 7 1 (0.248 %) WebSphere MQ 7 1 (0.248 %) WebSphere Application Server 7 1 (0.248 %) IIS
Applications 1 141 (34.99 %) MS Excel 2 47 (11.66 %) MS Project 3 39 (9.677 %) MS PowerPoint 4 21 (5.211 %) MS Visio 5 6 (1.489 %) CA Clarity 5 6 (1.489 %) Spreadsheet 6 3 (0.744 %) Acrobat 7 2 (0.496 %) ArcView 7 2 (0.496 %) Open Workbench 8 1 (0.248 %) NASTRAN 8 1 (0.248 %) RoboHelp 8 1 (0.248 %) AutoCAD 8 1 (0.248 %) MATLAB 8 1 (0.248 %) DeltaView	Business Applications 1 11 (2.730 %) Summit 2 10 (2.481 %) assyst 3 2 (0.496 %) Oracle HRMS 4 1 (0.248 %) Oracle Applications 4 1 (0.248 %) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking 1 41 (10.17 %) TCP/IP 2 32 (7.940 %) LAN 2 32 (7.940 %) WAN 3 7 (1.737 %) SAN 3 7 (1.737 %) Intranet 3 7 (1.737 %) Firewall 4 6 (1.489 %) DNS 5 5 (1.241 %) VPN 5 5 (1.241 %) DHCP 6 3 (0.744 %) VLAN 7 2 (0.496 %) VoIP 7 2 (0.496 %) GPRS 7 2 (0.496 %) GSM 7 2 (0.496 %) FTP 7 2 (0.496 %) Internet 8 1 (0.248 %) DSL 8 1 (0.248 %) ISDN 8 1 (0.248 %) PBX 8 1 (0.248 %) ADSL 8 1 (0.248 %) Ethernet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 26 (6.452 %) Cognos Impromptu 1 26 (6.452 %) InterBase 2 11 (2.730 %) SQL Server 3 6 (1.489 %) MS Access 3 6 (1.489 %) GIS 4 3 (0.744 %) ETL 4 3 (0.744 %) Crystal Reports 4 3 (0.744 %) Datawarehouse 4 3 (0.744 %) SQL Server 2005 5 2 (0.496 %) Oracle Discoverer 5 2 (0.496 %) Oracle 10g 5 2 (0.496 %) BusinessObjects 5 2 (0.496 %) DataStage 5 2 (0.496 %) SQL Server 2000 6 1 (0.248 %) EDRMS 6 1 (0.248 %) Star Schema 6 1 (0.248 %) DTS 6 1 (0.248 %) Data Mining 6 1 (0.248 %) Informix 6 1 (0.248 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 1 (0.248 %) Dreamweaver 1 1 (0.248 %) TestDirector 1 1 (0.248 %) GoLive 1 1 (0.248 %) FrontPage 1 1 (0.248 %) Oracle APEX	General 1 80 (19.85 %) Finance 2 26 (6.452 %) Government 3 19 (4.715 %) Pensions 4 17 (4.218 %) Insurance 5 11 (2.730 %) Banking 5 11 (2.730 %) Telecoms 6 9 (2.233 %) Health 7 6 (1.489 %) Military 7 6 (1.489 %) Avionics 8 5 (1.241 %) Aerospace 9 4 (0.993 %) Education 9 4 (0.993 %) Law 9 4 (0.993 %) Multimedia 10 3 (0.744 %) Investment Banking 10 3 (0.744 %) Marketing 10 3 (0.744 %) Auditing 11 2 (0.496 %) Retail 11 2 (0.496 %) Legal 11 2 (0.496 %) Manufacturing 11 2 (0.496 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 126 (31.27 %) Analyst 2 36 (8.933 %) 1st Line Support 3 32 (7.940 %) Project Manager 4 31 (7.692 %) Consultant 4 31 (7.692 %) Support Analyst 5 27 (6.700 %) 2nd Line Support 6 25 (6.203 %) Support Engineer 7 24 (5.955 %) Helpdesk Analyst 8 23 (5.707 %) Administrator 9 22 (5.459 %) Business Analyst 10 18 (4.467 %) Desktop Support 10 18 (4.467 %) PMO Consultant 11 16 (3.970 %) Developer 12 15 (3.722 %) Desktop Engineer 13 11 (2.730 %) Service Analyst 13 11 (2.730 %) Desktop Support Engineer 13 11 (2.730 %) Helpdesk Support 14 10 (2.481 %) Service Desk Analyst 14 10 (2.481 %) Support Technician 15 9 (2.233 %) Technical Support	Miscellaneous 1 7 (1.737 %) Blackberry 2 5 (1.241 %) NHS 3 4 (0.993 %) Mathematics 4 3 (0.744 %) E-Learning 5 2 (0.496 %) Mainframe 6 1 (0.248 %) NPfIT 6 1 (0.248 %) W3C 6 1 (0.248 %) SecurID 6 1 (0.248 %) Data Protection Act 6 1 (0.248 %) Italian Language 6 1 (0.248 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 167 (41.44 %) Windows 2 87 (21.59 %) Windows XP 3 53 (13.15 %) Windows Server 2003 4 42 (10.42 %) Windows 2000 5 22 (5.459 %) UNIX 6 15 (3.722 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 3 (0.744 %) Windows Vista 7 3 (0.744 %) Windows NT 7 3 (0.744 %) VMS 8 2 (0.496 %) NetWare 8 2 (0.496 %) Linux 9 1 (0.248 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 54 (13.40 %) Project Management 2 42 (10.42 %) Security Cleared 3 37 (9.181 %) PRINCE2 4 31 (7.692 %) SC Cleared 5 18 (4.467 %) ITIL 6 16 (3.970 %) Migration 7 11 (2.730 %) Change Management 8 10 (2.481 %) Business Analysis 8 10 (2.481 %) Project Planning 9 8 (1.985 %) Data Analysis 9 8 (1.985 %) Benchmarking 10 7 (1.737 %) ERP 11 6 (1.489 %) Service Management 11 6 (1.489 %) Programme Management 11 6 (1.489 %) Technical Architecture 11 6 (1.489 %) User Acceptance Testing 11 6 (1.489 %) Data Migration 12 5 (1.241 %) PRINCE 12 5 (1.241 %) Asset Management 12 5 (1.241 %) Data Management
Programming Languages 1 32 (7.940 %) SQL 2 10 (2.481 %) VB 3 9 (2.233 %) VBA 4 8 (1.985 %) C 5 5 (1.241 %) VB.NET 5 5 (1.241 %) PL/SQL 6 4 (0.993 %) Fortran 6 4 (0.993 %) VB6 6 4 (0.993 %) C++ 7 2 (0.496 %) Perl 8 1 (0.248 %) C# 8 1 (0.248 %) ABAP	Qualifications 1 16 (3.970 %) Microsoft Certification 2 14 (3.474 %) MCSE 3 8 (1.985 %) MCP 4 6 (1.489 %) MCSA 4 6 (1.489 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 6 (1.489 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 4 (0.993 %) MCDST 5 4 (0.993 %) Degree 6 2 (0.496 %) Cisco Certification 6 2 (0.496 %) CCNA 6 2 (0.496 %) ECDL 6 2 (0.496 %) ITIL Certification 7 1 (0.248 %) PMP 7 1 (0.248 %) PMI Certification 7 1 (0.248 %) CCNP 7 1 (0.248 %) Postgraduate 7 1 (0.248 %) ACCA 7 1 (0.248 %) CIMA 7 1 (0.248 %) ISEB 7 1 (0.248 %) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (2.481 %) SLA 2 3 (0.744 %) QA 3 1 (0.248 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 50 (12.41 %) Active Directory 2 6 (1.489 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (0.496 %) NDS 4 1 (0.248 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 3 (0.744 %) MOM 1 3 (0.744 %) SCCM 1 3 (0.744 %) SCOM 2 2 (0.496 %) BMC PATROL 3 1 (0.248 %) DameWare 3 1 (0.248 %) OVSD 3 1 (0.248 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 155 (38.46 %) Microsoft 2 57 (14.14 %) Lotus 3 54 (13.40 %) Oracle 4 36 (8.933 %) Citrix 5 11 (2.730 %) HP 5 11 (2.730 %) SAP 6 10 (2.481 %) Remedy 7 8 (1.985 %) Novell 8 7 (1.737 %) PeopleSoft 9 6 (1.489 %) Dell 10 4 (0.993 %) Adobe 10 4 (0.993 %) VERITAS 10 4 (0.993 %) Cisco 11 3 (0.744 %) ANSYS 11 3 (0.744 %) ESRI 11 3 (0.744 %) Sun 11 3 (0.744 %) Avaya 11 3 (0.744 %) Juniper 12 2 (0.496 %) BMC 12 2 (0.496 %) Intel