The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 21 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 Southampton 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 13 18 16
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -2
Contract jobs citing MS Office 23 14 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 7.692% 6.034% 6.077%
As % of the Applications category 54.76% 36.84% 40.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 2
Average daily rate £160 - £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £117 - £355
10% offered a daily rate of more than £254 - £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £273 £275
% change year-on-year
+0.91% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 2
Average hourly rate £16.62 £12.48 £12.05
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.18% +3.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.61 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+2.84% -3.01%
All Applications
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
42 38 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 14.05% 16.38% 14.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 8
Average daily rate £325 £263 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.80% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £250 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £373 £501
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 9
Average hourly rate £15.75 £14.00 £12.05
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +16.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.97 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.90 £18.40 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Office
Hampshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Southampton MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 13 (38.24%) Windows
2 9 (26.47%) MS Excel
3 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
4 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
5 5 (14.71%) Windows 7
6 4 (11.76%) Retail
6 4 (11.76%) Configuration Management
6 4 (11.76%) Project Management
6 4 (11.76%) SLA
6 4 (11.76%) Citrix
6 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (11.76%) Windows XP
6 4 (11.76%) MCP
6 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
7 3 (8.824%) SQL
7 3 (8.824%) MS Project
7 3 (8.824%) MS Visio
7 3 (8.824%) MS Exchange
7 3 (8.824%) HP
7 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (5.882%) Waterfall
8 2 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (5.882%) Digital Media
8 2 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (5.882%) Mathematics
8 2 (5.882%) Fat Client
8 2 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (5.882%) Service Delivery
8 2 (5.882%) Telecoms

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 Platforms
1 3 (8.824%) MS Exchange
2 2 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (2.941%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 9 (26.47%) MS Excel
2 3 (8.824%) MS Project
2 3 (8.824%) MS Visio
3 2 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.941%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.882%) SAN
1 2 (5.882%) LAN
1 2 (5.882%) WAN
2 1 (2.941%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.941%) VPN
2 1 (2.941%) ADSL
2 1 (2.941%) Internet
2 1 (2.941%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (11.76%) Retail
2 2 (5.882%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (14.71%) Analyst
1 5 (14.71%) Administrator
2 4 (11.76%) Project Coordinator
2 4 (11.76%) PC Support
2 4 (11.76%) Support Analyst
2 4 (11.76%) Support Engineer
2 4 (11.76%) Coordinator
2 4 (11.76%) Desktop Support
3 3 (8.824%) Field Engineer
3 3 (8.824%) Support Technician
4 2 (5.882%) Desktop Technician
4 2 (5.882%) Service Desk Engineer
4 2 (5.882%) Helpdesk Technician
4 2 (5.882%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (5.882%) Project Administrator
4 2 (5.882%) Desktop Support Technician
4 2 (5.882%) Programme Planner
4 2 (5.882%) Field Support Engineer
4 2 (5.882%) Technical Support
4 2 (5.882%) Field Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.882%) Digital Media
1 2 (5.882%) Mathematics
1 2 (5.882%) Fat Client
1 2 (5.882%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.941%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (38.24%) Windows
2 5 (14.71%) Windows 7
3 4 (11.76%) Windows XP
4 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (5.882%) Linux
6 1 (2.941%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.76%) Configuration Management
1 4 (11.76%) Project Management
2 2 (5.882%) Waterfall
2 2 (5.882%) Service Delivery
2 2 (5.882%) ERP
2 2 (5.882%) ITIL
2 2 (5.882%) PRINCE2
3 1 (2.941%) Migration
3 1 (2.941%) Incident Management
3 1 (2.941%) Time Management
3 1 (2.941%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.824%) SQL
2 1 (2.941%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (11.76%) MCP
2 1 (2.941%) MCSE
2 1 (2.941%) MCSA
2 1 (2.941%) A+ Certification
2 1 (2.941%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.941%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) SLA
2 2 (5.882%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.882%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (5.882%) Backup Exec
1 2 (5.882%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Citrix
3 3 (8.824%) HP
4 2 (5.882%) VMware
4 2 (5.882%) Oracle
5 1 (2.941%) Cognos
5 1 (2.941%) Business Objects
5 1 (2.941%) SAP
5 1 (2.941%) Intel
5 1 (2.941%) Avaya
5 1 (2.941%) Cisco
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