The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wakefield 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 Wakefield 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 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MS Office 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 21.74% - -
As % of the Applications category 55.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.61% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.88 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+0.90% -1.14%
All Applications
Wakefield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
9 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 39.13% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £281 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
West Yorkshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield MS Office Daily Rate Trend

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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield 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 9 (90.00%) Windows
1 9 (90.00%) Windows XP
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (60.00%) Windows 2000
3 6 (60.00%) Windows Vista
4 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (50.00%) LAN
4 5 (50.00%) WAN
4 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (40.00%) Performance Management
6 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
6 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (30.00%) Internet
6 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
6 3 (30.00%) MCP
6 3 (30.00%) HNC
6 3 (30.00%) UNIX
6 3 (30.00%) MCSE
6 3 (30.00%) MCSA
7 2 (20.00%) Citrix
7 2 (20.00%) AS400
7 2 (20.00%) Windows CE
7 2 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (10.00%) SCCM
8 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (10.00%) Information Management

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield 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 (30.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) LAN
1 5 (50.00%) WAN
2 3 (30.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Support
2 3 (30.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Service Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Support Officer
3 2 (20.00%) IT Support
3 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Information Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (10.00%) MI Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) AS400
2 1 (10.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
1 9 (90.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (60.00%) Windows 2000
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Vista
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
4 3 (30.00%) UNIX
5 2 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (20.00%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
1 1 (10.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) MCP
1 3 (30.00%) HNC
1 3 (30.00%) MCSE
1 3 (30.00%) MCSA
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) Business Objects