The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS PowerPoint over the 3 months to 24 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 Warwickshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint
Rank 28 22 23
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +1
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 3 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 1.449% 2.049% 2.326%
As % of the Applications category 8.108% 12.50% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £275 £285 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.50% +26.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £314 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.94% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £26.50 £17.18 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.29% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £17.25 £21.70
% change year-on-year
-24.63% -20.50%
All Applications
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
37 40 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 17.87% 16.39% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 3
Average daily rate £275 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.50% -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £93 £213 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £320 £369
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 7
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £12.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.20 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £17.50 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS PowerPoint
West Midlands

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Trend

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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 5 (55.56%) MS Visio
2 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
4 2 (22.22%) Lotus
4 2 (22.22%) Six Sigma
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) MS Project
4 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 2 (22.22%) Lotus Notes
4 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Statistical Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Change Control
5 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
5 1 (11.11%) Statistics
5 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (11.11%) Android
5 1 (11.11%) HTML5
5 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Ruby
5 1 (11.11%) Google
5 1 (11.11%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (11.11%) Minitab
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Economics

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 Development
1 1 (11.11%) HTML5
1 1 (11.11%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Visio
2 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 2 (22.22%) MS Project
4 1 (11.11%) MS Office
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Process Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Project Support Officer
2 2 (22.22%) Project Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Web Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Excel Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Excel VBA Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) VBA Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
1 1 (11.11%) Statistics
1 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
1 1 (11.11%) Economics
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Six Sigma
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Change Control
3 1 (11.11%) Use Case
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Ruby
1 1 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Lotus
3 1 (11.11%) Google
3 1 (11.11%) Minitab