The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 19 32 34
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +2
Contract jobs citing MS Office 12 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 7.453% 2.000% 0.562%
As % of the Applications category 80.00% 27.78% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
Average daily rate £365 £155 £110
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+135.48% +40.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.61% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 0
Average hourly rate £12.00 £13.02 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.83% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.88 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+0.90% -1.14%
All Applications
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
15 18 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 9.317% 7.200% 1.685%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 3
Average daily rate £365 £388 £135
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.80% +187.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £206 £110
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £450 £206
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
Average hourly rate £11.50 £16.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.30% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
East of England

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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
Ipswich +7 5 £388 +150.00%
Bury St Edmunds - 4 - -
MS Office
East of England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 17 (60.71%) Microsoft
2 15 (53.57%) MS Visio
3 9 (32.14%) Windows
3 9 (32.14%) Windows XP
4 8 (28.57%) Migration
5 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
6 4 (14.29%) MS Exchange
6 4 (14.29%) Test Scripting
6 4 (14.29%) System Testing
7 3 (10.71%) Windows 7
7 3 (10.71%) DHCP
7 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
7 3 (10.71%) DNS
7 3 (10.71%) Windows 2000
8 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (7.143%) Finance
8 2 (7.143%) Business Analysis
9 1 (3.571%) Ajax
9 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (3.571%) Requirements Analysis
9 1 (3.571%) Degree
9 1 (3.571%) Windows Vista
9 1 (3.571%) QA
9 1 (3.571%) WCF
9 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (3.571%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 1 (3.571%) .NET
1 1 (3.571%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.571%) Ajax
1 1 (3.571%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.29%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 15 (53.57%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) DHCP
1 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
1 3 (10.71%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 2 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Analyst
2 15 (53.57%) Business Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) 1st Line Support
3 6 (21.43%) IT Support
4 5 (17.86%) Support Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Help Desk Support
5 3 (10.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (7.143%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (3.571%) Microsoft Developer
7 1 (3.571%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.571%) NHS
1 1 (3.571%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Windows XP
1 9 (32.14%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Windows 2000
2 3 (10.71%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.571%) Windows 8
3 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.571%) Windows Vista
3 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Migration
2 4 (14.29%) Test Scripting
2 4 (14.29%) System Testing
3 2 (7.143%) Business Analysis
3 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (3.571%) DMAIC
4 1 (3.571%) Project Management
4 1 (3.571%) MVC
4 1 (3.571%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.571%) C
1 1 (3.571%) C#
1 1 (3.571%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.571%) SQL
1 1 (3.571%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (3.571%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) QA
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.571%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (60.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.571%) VMware
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