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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Uxbridge region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1912
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads1311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.011 %
As % of the category below48.15 %47.83 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£275£115
Average daily rate£338£118
% change on same period last year+185.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£121
UK excluding London average daily rate£240£255
% change on same period last year-5.97 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£17.50-
Average hourly rate£18.13-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£18.75-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.68£15.70
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Uxbridge
Matching contract IT job ads2723
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.023 %
Daily rates quoted105
Average minimum daily rate£314£132
Average daily rate£344£141
% change on same period last year+144.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£149
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£291
% change on same period last year+0.81 %
Hourly rates quoted53
Average minimum hourly rate£14.20£25.00
Average hourly rate£14.75£25.00
% change on same period last year-41.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.30£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.59£19.58
% change on same period last year-5.05 %
MS Office LondonMS Office
London

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 Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS Office across the Uxbridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Uxbridge MS Office Demand Trend

MS Office
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Office across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge MS Office Daily Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Office across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Uxbridge region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Uxbridge MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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.

111 (61.11 %)Security Cleared
29 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
29 (50.00 %)Government
36 (33.33 %)SAP
36 (33.33 %)Windows
45 (27.78 %)Project Management
54 (22.22 %)Microsoft
63 (16.67 %)PRINCE2
63 (16.67 %)MS Excel
63 (16.67 %)Windows XP
63 (16.67 %)MS PowerPoint
72 (11.11 %)Project Planning
72 (11.11 %)QA
72 (11.11 %)Configuration Management
72 (11.11 %)Document Management
72 (11.11 %)SQL
72 (11.11 %)C
72 (11.11 %)BMC
81 (5.556 %)Novell
81 (5.556 %)Lotus
81 (5.556 %)NHS
81 (5.556 %)Terminal Services
81 (5.556 %)ARCserve
81 (5.556 %)Remedy
81 (5.556 %)Blackberry
81 (5.556 %)VxWorks
81 (5.556 %)Adobe
81 (5.556 %)Active Directory
81 (5.556 %)OpenView
81 (5.556 %)HP

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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.

Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.556 %)HTML
11 (5.556 %)ASP
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.556 %)Lotus Notes
11 (5.556 %)MS Exchange
11 (5.556 %)CMS
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (16.67 %)MS Excel
13 (16.67 %)MS PowerPoint
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.556 %)POP3
11 (5.556 %)SMTP
11 (5.556 %)TCP/IP
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.556 %)Data Mining
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (50.00 %)Government
21 (5.556 %)Military
21 (5.556 %)Insurance
21 (5.556 %)Local Government
21 (5.556 %)Aerospace
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (38.89 %)Administrator
17 (38.89 %)PMO Administrator
23 (16.67 %)2nd Line Support
32 (11.11 %)Service Analyst
32 (11.11 %)Analyst
41 (5.556 %)Test Manager
41 (5.556 %)Support Analyst
41 (5.556 %)1st Line Support
41 (5.556 %)Author
41 (5.556 %)Technical Author
41 (5.556 %)Software Engineer
41 (5.556 %)Test Engineer
41 (5.556 %)Helpdesk Support
41 (5.556 %)Service Desk Analyst
41 (5.556 %)C++ Software Engineer
41 (5.556 %)Project Support Officer
41 (5.556 %)Project Officer
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.556 %)NHS
11 (5.556 %)Blackberry
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (33.33 %)Windows
23 (16.67 %)Windows XP
31 (5.556 %)VxWorks
31 (5.556 %)Linux
31 (5.556 %)Windows 2000
31 (5.556 %)Windows NT
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (61.11 %)Security Cleared
29 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
35 (27.78 %)Project Management
43 (16.67 %)PRINCE2
52 (11.11 %)Configuration Management
52 (11.11 %)Document Management
52 (11.11 %)Project Planning
61 (5.556 %)Integration Testing
61 (5.556 %)Service Management
61 (5.556 %)CMMI
61 (5.556 %)ITSM
61 (5.556 %)ITIL
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (11.11 %)C
12 (11.11 %)SQL
21 (5.556 %)C++
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (11.11 %)QA
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.556 %)Active Directory
11 (5.556 %)Terminal Services
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (5.556 %)OpenView
11 (5.556 %)ARCserve
11 (5.556 %)DameWare
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (33.33 %)SAP
24 (22.22 %)Microsoft
32 (11.11 %)BMC
41 (5.556 %)Novell
41 (5.556 %)Lotus
41 (5.556 %)Remedy
41 (5.556 %)Altiris
41 (5.556 %)Adobe
41 (5.556 %)HP
41 (5.556 %)Citrix