The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Wales 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 16 25 38
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +13
Contract jobs citing MS Office 36 32 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 7.692% 5.281% 3.357%
As % of the Applications category 48.00% 42.67% 33.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 13 13
Average daily rate £225 £260 £258
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.46% +0.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £118 £192 £93
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £275 £280
% change year-on-year
+8.18% -1.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 2
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.50 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +8.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.10 £9.80 £11.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.15 £15.08 £11.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.30 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Applications
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
75 75 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 16.03% 12.38% 9.930%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 32 34
Average daily rate £275 £273 £276
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.91% -1.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £165 £101
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £304 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.88% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 7
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.18 £10.80 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.60 £25.10 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
MS Office
UK

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Wales MS Office Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Office
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Office within the Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
South Wales +3 28 £375 +37.61% 1
West Wales - 4 £223 - 2
North Wales 0 1 - -
MS Office
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MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 57 (79.17%) Microsoft
2 26 (36.11%) Project Management
3 25 (34.72%) Finance
4 23 (31.94%) Windows
5 22 (30.56%) MS Project
6 18 (25.00%) MS Excel
7 15 (20.83%) UML
7 15 (20.83%) Degree
8 12 (16.67%) AS400
8 12 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (15.28%) Banking
10 10 (13.89%) Windows 7
10 10 (13.89%) IIS
11 9 (12.50%) SQL Server
11 9 (12.50%) COBOL
11 9 (12.50%) Active Directory
11 9 (12.50%) Shell Script
11 9 (12.50%) UNIX
11 9 (12.50%) WebSphere
12 8 (11.11%) iSeries
12 8 (11.11%) IBM
13 7 (9.722%) TestDirector
13 7 (9.722%) HP
13 7 (9.722%) OO
13 7 (9.722%) Security Cleared
14 6 (8.333%) Risk Analysis
14 6 (8.333%) AIX
14 6 (8.333%) RPG
14 6 (8.333%) DB2
14 6 (8.333%) .NET

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 9 (12.50%) WebSphere
2 6 (8.333%) .NET
3 5 (6.944%) HTML
4 3 (4.167%) CSS
4 3 (4.167%) XML
4 3 (4.167%) XSLT
5 2 (2.778%) J2EE
6 1 (1.389%) ASP
6 1 (1.389%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.389%) COM
6 1 (1.389%) Middleware
6 1 (1.389%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 10 (13.89%) IIS
2 6 (8.333%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.167%) MS Exchange
4 2 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.389%) GroupWise
5 1 (1.389%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 22 (30.56%) MS Project
2 18 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 6 (8.333%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.778%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.389%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.389%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.389%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.556%) Internet
2 2 (2.778%) LAN
3 1 (1.389%) WAN
3 1 (1.389%) FTP
3 1 (1.389%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.389%) SAN
3 1 (1.389%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.333%) DB2
3 5 (6.944%) InterBase
3 5 (6.944%) Firebird
4 1 (1.389%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.389%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.389%) Cognos Impromptu
4 1 (1.389%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (9.722%) TestDirector
2 3 (4.167%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.389%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 25 (34.72%) Finance
2 11 (15.28%) Banking
3 4 (5.556%) Retail
4 1 (1.389%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.389%) Legal
4 1 (1.389%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.389%) Electronics
4 1 (1.389%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (33.33%) Analyst
2 13 (18.06%) Support Analyst
3 11 (15.28%) Project Manager
4 8 (11.11%) Applications Support
5 7 (9.722%) Applications Support Analyst
6 6 (8.333%) Author
6 6 (8.333%) Technical Author
6 6 (8.333%) IT Support
7 5 (6.944%) Developer
8 4 (5.556%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (5.556%) Support Engineer
9 3 (4.167%) Desktop Support
9 3 (4.167%) Business Analyst
9 3 (4.167%) Software Developer
9 3 (4.167%) Technical Analyst
10 2 (2.778%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (2.778%) IT Support Analyst
10 2 (2.778%) Project Support Officer
10 2 (2.778%) Project Analyst
10 2 (2.778%) Senior Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.67%) AS400
2 8 (11.11%) iSeries
3 5 (6.944%) NHS
4 4 (5.556%) Blackberry
5 3 (4.167%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.389%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.389%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.389%) Handset
6 1 (1.389%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.389%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 23 (31.94%) Windows
2 10 (13.89%) Windows 7
3 9 (12.50%) UNIX
4 6 (8.333%) AIX
4 6 (8.333%) Windows XP
4 6 (8.333%) OS/400
5 3 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.389%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (36.11%) Project Management
2 15 (20.83%) UML
3 12 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (9.722%) OO
5 6 (8.333%) Risk Analysis
6 5 (6.944%) TDD
7 4 (5.556%) Service Delivery
7 4 (5.556%) CAD
7 4 (5.556%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (5.556%) Network Architecture
8 3 (4.167%) Requirements Analysis
8 3 (4.167%) Migration
8 3 (4.167%) PRINCE2
8 3 (4.167%) Data Modelling
8 3 (4.167%) PLM
8 3 (4.167%) PDM
8 3 (4.167%) Data Management
8 3 (4.167%) Business Analysis
8 3 (4.167%) SysML
9 2 (2.778%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.50%) COBOL
1 9 (12.50%) Shell Script
2 6 (8.333%) RPG
3 5 (6.944%) SQL
4 3 (4.167%) Java
4 3 (4.167%) C#
5 1 (1.389%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.389%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.389%) Delphi
5 1 (1.389%) VBA
5 1 (1.389%) LINC
Qualifications
1 15 (20.83%) Degree
2 7 (9.722%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (5.556%) MCP
4 3 (4.167%) HND
4 3 (4.167%) MCSE
4 3 (4.167%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.389%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.389%) MCSA
5 1 (1.389%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.944%) SLA
2 1 (1.389%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.167%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.389%) XenApp
3 1 (1.389%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (1.389%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (1.389%) ARCserve
1 1 (1.389%) SCCM
1 1 (1.389%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (1.389%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 57 (79.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.11%) IBM
3 7 (9.722%) HP
4 4 (5.556%) VMware
5 3 (4.167%) Citrix
6 2 (2.778%) Novell
6 2 (2.778%) Cisco
6 2 (2.778%) Rackspace
7 1 (1.389%) Oracle
7 1 (1.389%) Cognos
7 1 (1.389%) Dell
7 1 (1.389%) EMC
7 1 (1.389%) Intel
7 1 (1.389%) JD Edwards
7 1 (1.389%) webMethods
7 1 (1.389%) Sophos
7 1 (1.389%) Informatica
7 1 (1.389%) Mentor Graphics
7 1 (1.389%) SolarWinds
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