The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint
Rank 29 32 35
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +3
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 9 9 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 3.273% 2.486% 0.633%
As % of the Applications category 16.07% 15.79% 4.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 2
Average daily rate £409 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.25% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £370 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £444 £665 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.97% +4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £15.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -
All Applications
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
56 57 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 20.36% 15.75% 15.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 42 31
Average daily rate £350 £355 £337
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.40% +5.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £205 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £665 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 6
Average hourly rate £17.00 £15.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.90 £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 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS PowerPoint
Wiltshire

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon MS PowerPoint Jobs Demand Trend

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the Swindon region.

Swindon MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Swindon MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Histogram

MS PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the Swindon region.

Swindon MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 10 (62.50%) MS Excel
2 8 (50.00%) Finance
3 7 (43.75%) MS Office
4 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 4 (25.00%) Project Management
5 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
5 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
6 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
6 2 (12.50%) Dell
6 2 (12.50%) PRINCE
6 2 (12.50%) Cisco
6 2 (12.50%) Oracle
6 2 (12.50%) MS Project
6 2 (12.50%) Firewall
6 2 (12.50%) VLAN
6 2 (12.50%) Degree
6 2 (12.50%) eRoom
6 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (12.50%) Business Transformation
7 1 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (6.250%) Project Governance
7 1 (6.250%) Banking
7 1 (6.250%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (6.250%) Casewise
7 1 (6.250%) Incident Management
7 1 (6.250%) QA
7 1 (6.250%) Electronic Design Automation
7 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
7 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
7 1 (6.250%) Spreadsheet

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) eRoom
Applications
1 10 (62.50%) MS Excel
2 7 (43.75%) MS Office
3 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
4 2 (12.50%) MS Project
5 1 (6.250%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) VLAN
2 1 (6.250%) Intranet
2 1 (6.250%) Internet
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Author
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Author
4 1 (6.250%) Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Designer
4 1 (6.250%) Portfolio Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Applications Support
4 1 (6.250%) Applications Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Support Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (6.250%) Project Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.250%) SAP Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Project Management
2 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
3 2 (12.50%) PRINCE
3 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (12.50%) Business Transformation
4 1 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.250%) Project Governance
4 1 (6.250%) ITIL
4 1 (6.250%) BPR
4 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.250%) Risk Management
4 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.250%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (6.250%) Incident Management
4 1 (6.250%) Electronic Design Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco
1 2 (12.50%) Dell
2 1 (6.250%) Remedy
2 1 (6.250%) Casewise
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) SAP