South West MS PowerPoint Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft PowerPoint skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited MS PowerPoint over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft PowerPoint
Location Abingdon Alderley Edge Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Channel Islands Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Corsham Coventry Crawley Croydon Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Farnborough Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hackney Hampshire Harrogate Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Liverpool London Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Redditch Reigate Rickmansworth Sandwich Scotland Sherborne Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Woking Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	69	120
Rank change on same period last year	+51
Matching contract IT job ads	68	38
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.090 %	0.040 %
As % of the category below	12.19 %	5.775 %
Daily rates quoted	21	13
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£253
Average daily rate	£354	£263
% change on same period last year	+34.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£368	£274
UK excluding London average daily rate	£310	£247
% change on same period last year	+25.37 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.15	£10.67
Average hourly rate	£23.54	£11.67
% change on same period last year	+101.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.92	£12.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.48	£18.08
% change on same period last year	-3.28 %
Applications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	558	658
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.736 %	0.698 %
Daily rates quoted	181	118
Average minimum daily rate	£313	£299
Average daily rate	£336	£317
% change on same period last year	+5.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£358	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£281
% change on same period last year	+6.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	101	166
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.92	£17.88
Average hourly rate	£20.61	£19.18
% change on same period last year	+7.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.29	£20.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.92	£19.17
% change on same period last year	-6.53 %
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 West 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 West 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 West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 West 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 West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing MS PowerPoint within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
Bristol	+15	15	-	-
Wiltshire	+15	14	£383	+81.23 %
Dorset	+18	12	£391	+11.78 %
Gloucestershire	+6	10	£293	-22.08 %
Devon	+3	3	£425	-
Somerset	-1	2	-	-

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MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 81 (62.79 %) MS Excel 2 57 (44.19 %) Microsoft 3 47 (36.43 %) MS Project 4 44 (34.11 %) MS Office 5 26 (20.16 %) Finance 6 24 (18.60 %) MS Visio 6 24 (18.60 %) Project Planning 7 16 (12.40 %) Security Cleared 8 15 (11.63 %) Degree 9 14 (10.85 %) PRINCE2 10 12 (9.302 %) Aerospace 10 12 (9.302 %) Telecoms 11 10 (7.752 %) Adobe 11 10 (7.752 %) Chartered Engineer 12 9 (6.977 %) Project Management

12 9 (6.977 %) ITIL 13 8 (6.202 %) Time Management 14 7 (5.426 %) DV Cleared 14 7 (5.426 %) QA 14 7 (5.426 %) FrontPage 14 7 (5.426 %) GoLive 14 7 (5.426 %) Service Management 14 7 (5.426 %) HTML 14 7 (5.426 %) Dreamweaver 14 7 (5.426 %) SAP 14 7 (5.426 %) RoboHelp 15 6 (4.651 %) FrameMaker 15 6 (4.651 %) Electric 15 6 (4.651 %) Migration 15 6 (4.651 %) Military

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 7 (5.426 %) HTML 2 1 (0.775 %) ADSI 2 1 (0.775 %) Windows SharePoint Services	Application Platforms 1 4 (3.101 %) SharePoint 2 2 (1.550 %) Documentum 2 2 (1.550 %) CMS 3 1 (0.775 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (0.775 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 81 (62.79 %) MS Excel 2 47 (36.43 %) MS Project 3 44 (34.11 %) MS Office 4 24 (18.60 %) MS Visio 5 7 (5.426 %) RoboHelp 6 6 (4.651 %) FrameMaker 6 6 (4.651 %) CATIA 6 6 (4.651 %) Open Workbench 7 3 (2.326 %) Acrobat 8 2 (1.550 %) CA Clarity 9 1 (0.775 %) NASTRAN	Business Applications 1 2 (1.550 %) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking 1 3 (2.326 %) UMTS 1 3 (2.326 %) Intranet 2 2 (1.550 %) Internet 2 2 (1.550 %) DSL 2 2 (1.550 %) LLU 2 2 (1.550 %) ADSL 2 2 (1.550 %) Broadband 3 1 (0.775 %) LAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (0.775 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 7 (5.426 %) Dreamweaver 1 7 (5.426 %) GoLive 1 7 (5.426 %) FrontPage 2 2 (1.550 %) PVCS	General 1 26 (20.16 %) Finance 2 12 (9.302 %) Aerospace 2 12 (9.302 %) Telecoms 3 6 (4.651 %) Electric 3 6 (4.651 %) Military 3 6 (4.651 %) Pensions 3 6 (4.651 %) Marketing 4 5 (3.876 %) Banking 4 5 (3.876 %) Government 4 5 (3.876 %) Health 4 5 (3.876 %) Education 5 4 (3.101 %) Retail 6 2 (1.550 %) Retail Banking 6 2 (1.550 %) Manufacturing 7 1 (0.775 %) Criminal Justice 7 1 (0.775 %) Back Office
Job Titles 1 21 (16.28 %) Analyst 2 12 (9.302 %) Administrator 3 10 (7.752 %) Project Manager 3 10 (7.752 %) Software Engineer 4 9 (6.977 %) Technical Author 4 9 (6.977 %) Author 5 8 (6.202 %) Project Coordinator 5 8 (6.202 %) Coordinator 6 7 (5.426 %) Project Administrator 7 6 (4.651 %) Technical Writer 7 6 (4.651 %) Communications Manager 8 5 (3.876 %) Programme Planner 8 5 (3.876 %) Project Analyst 8 5 (3.876 %) Process Analyst 8 5 (3.876 %) Support Analyst 9 4 (3.101 %) Business Analyst 9 4 (3.101 %) Project Planner 9 4 (3.101 %) Services Delivery Manager 9 4 (3.101 %) Service Manager 9 4 (3.101 %) Delivery Manager	Miscellaneous 1 6 (4.651 %) French Language 1 6 (4.651 %) German Language 1 6 (4.651 %) Spanish Language 2 3 (2.326 %) Statistics 2 3 (2.326 %) Mathematics 3 1 (0.775 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 4 (3.101 %) Windows 2 2 (1.550 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (0.775 %) Windows XP 3 1 (0.775 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 24 (18.60 %) Project Planning 2 16 (12.40 %) Security Cleared 3 14 (10.85 %) PRINCE2 4 9 (6.977 %) Project Management 4 9 (6.977 %) ITIL 5 8 (6.202 %) Time Management 6 7 (5.426 %) DV Cleared 6 7 (5.426 %) Service Management 7 6 (4.651 %) Migration 8 5 (3.876 %) Risk Management 9 4 (3.101 %) ITSM 9 4 (3.101 %) Service Delivery 9 4 (3.101 %) SC Cleared 9 4 (3.101 %) Programme Management 10 3 (2.326 %) Enterprise Architecture 10 3 (2.326 %) Data Analysis 10 3 (2.326 %) Change Management 10 3 (2.326 %) Stakeholder Management 11 2 (1.550 %) Workflow 11 2 (1.550 %) Process Management
Programming Languages 1 3 (2.326 %) SQL 2 2 (1.550 %) C	Qualifications 1 15 (11.63 %) Degree 2 10 (7.752 %) Chartered Engineer 3 3 (2.326 %) Microsoft Certification 3 3 (2.326 %) A+ Certification 4 2 (1.550 %) HND 5 1 (0.775 %) PMP 5 1 (0.775 %) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (5.426 %) QA 2 2 (1.550 %) GCP 2 2 (1.550 %) GMP 2 2 (1.550 %) GLP 2 2 (1.550 %) SLA 2 2 (1.550 %) BS7799 2 2 (1.550 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 2 (1.550 %) NDS 2 1 (0.775 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 4 (3.101 %) OVSD 2 1 (0.775 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 57 (44.19 %) Microsoft 2 10 (7.752 %) Adobe 3 7 (5.426 %) SAP 4 5 (3.876 %) Oracle 5 3 (2.326 %) ANSYS 6 2 (1.550 %) BT 6 2 (1.550 %) Cisco 6 2 (1.550 %) Remedy 6 2 (1.550 %) Novell 7 1 (0.775 %) VERITAS 7 1 (0.775 %) Primavera