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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Wakefield 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank21
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.005 %
As % of the category below66.67 %100.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£242£236
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Hourly rates quoted24
Average minimum hourly rate£7.64£9.29
Average hourly rate£8.57£9.91
% change on same period last year-13.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£9.50£10.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.58£15.93
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Wakefield
Matching contract IT job ads65
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.005 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£280-
Average daily rate£303-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£280
% change on same period last year+4.53 %
Hourly rates quoted24
Average minimum hourly rate£7.64£9.22
Average hourly rate£8.57£9.80
% change on same period last year-12.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£9.50£10.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.53£19.52
% change on same period last year-5.07 %
MS Office West YorkshireMS Office
West Yorkshire

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 Wakefield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Wakefield MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Office
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

14 (36.36 %)Active Directory
23 (27.27 %)Windows
32 (18.18 %)Windows XP
41 (9.091 %)MCP
41 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
41 (9.091 %)MS Excel
41 (9.091 %)HP
41 (9.091 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (9.091 %)MS Excel
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (27.27 %)Support Engineer
13 (27.27 %)Junior
22 (18.18 %)Rollout Engineer
31 (9.091 %)PC Engineer
31 (9.091 %)1st Line Support Engineer
31 (9.091 %)2nd Line Support Technician
31 (9.091 %)Analyst
31 (9.091 %)Support Technician
31 (9.091 %)Helpdesk Analyst
31 (9.091 %)1st Line Support
31 (9.091 %)2nd Line Support
31 (9.091 %)Field Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Desktop Support Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Helpdesk Support
31 (9.091 %)Desktop Engineer
31 (9.091 %)IT Support Technician
31 (9.091 %)IT Support Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Installations Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Field Support Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Desktop Support
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (27.27 %)Windows
22 (18.18 %)Windows XP
31 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (9.091 %)MCP
11 (9.091 %)Microsoft Certification
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (36.36 %)Active Directory
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (9.091 %)HP