The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon 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 Swindon 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 26 21 23
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +2
Contract jobs citing MS Office 16 19 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 5.594% 5.263% 4.140%
As % of the Applications category 25.81% 33.93% 26.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 5
Average daily rate £358 £250 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+43.00% -28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £200 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £665 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £273 £275
% change year-on-year
+0.91% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
Average hourly rate £15.75 £11.00 £12.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.18% -10.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £11.00 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £11.00 £12.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.61 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+2.84% -3.01%
All Applications
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
62 56 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 21.68% 15.51% 15.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 42 31
Average daily rate £350 £355 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.40% +3.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £211 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £665 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 6
Average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £18.10 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Office
Wiltshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 21 (63.64%) MS Excel
2 15 (45.45%) Finance
3 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 9 (27.27%) Project Management
5 8 (24.24%) Windows
6 7 (21.21%) MS PowerPoint
7 5 (15.15%) PRINCE2
7 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
8 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (12.12%) MS Project
8 4 (12.12%) ITIL
8 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (9.091%) Windows 7
9 3 (9.091%) SharePoint
9 3 (9.091%) Windows XP
9 3 (9.091%) MS Visio
9 3 (9.091%) Configuration Management
10 2 (6.061%) Cisco
10 2 (6.061%) Change Management
10 2 (6.061%) Firewall
10 2 (6.061%) Management Information System
10 2 (6.061%) eRoom
10 2 (6.061%) Asset Management
10 2 (6.061%) Dell
10 2 (6.061%) PRINCE
10 2 (6.061%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (6.061%) Intranet
10 2 (6.061%) SQL
10 2 (6.061%) Oracle
10 2 (6.061%) Change Control

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 (3.030%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.091%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.061%) eRoom
3 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.030%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 21 (63.64%) MS Excel
2 7 (21.21%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (12.12%) MS Project
4 3 (9.091%) MS Visio
5 2 (6.061%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.061%) Firewall
1 2 (6.061%) Intranet
1 2 (6.061%) VLAN
2 1 (3.030%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.030%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (45.45%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (36.36%) Analyst
2 8 (24.24%) PMO Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Administrator
4 3 (9.091%) Project Planner
5 2 (6.061%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Service Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Project Administrator
5 2 (6.061%) Project Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Author
5 2 (6.061%) Technical Author
6 1 (3.030%) PMO Manager
6 1 (3.030%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Portfolio Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) Training Project Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Desktop Support
6 1 (3.030%) Developer
6 1 (3.030%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Deskside Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.061%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.030%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) Windows
2 3 (9.091%) Windows 7
2 3 (9.091%) Windows XP
3 2 (6.061%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (6.061%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (3.030%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Project Management
2 5 (15.15%) PRINCE2
3 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (12.12%) ITIL
3 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (9.091%) Configuration Management
5 2 (6.061%) Change Management
5 2 (6.061%) Asset Management
5 2 (6.061%) PRINCE
5 2 (6.061%) Change Control
5 2 (6.061%) Business Transformation
5 2 (6.061%) Project Planning
6 1 (3.030%) Wealth Management
6 1 (3.030%) Resource Management
6 1 (3.030%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (3.030%) Earned Value Management
6 1 (3.030%) ITIL V3
6 1 (3.030%) ITIL V2
6 1 (3.030%) Project Governance
6 1 (3.030%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.061%) SQL
2 1 (3.030%) C
2 1 (3.030%) C#
2 1 (3.030%) VB
2 1 (3.030%) VB.NET
2 1 (3.030%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (6.061%) Degree
1 2 (6.061%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.030%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.030%) MCP
2 1 (3.030%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.030%) MOS
2 1 (3.030%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) QA
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.030%) vSphere
2 1 (3.030%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.061%) Cisco
2 2 (6.061%) Dell
2 2 (6.061%) Oracle
3 1 (3.030%) HP
3 1 (3.030%) Compaq
3 1 (3.030%) Primavera
3 1 (3.030%) ION Trading
3 1 (3.030%) VMware
Swindon, Wiltshire
Helpdesk, Microsoft, MS-Office... Technical skills Required:- - Good knowledge of Microsoft Office suite - Microsoft Operating system supplied via the Global Desktop agreement - ITIL knowledge desirable Non-Technical skills:- -...
Sanderson
Rate: £12 - £14 per hour
Posted: 20 May 2013