MS Office Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 21 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 West Midlands 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 28 23 21
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -2
Contract jobs citing MS Office 88 111 103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 5.235% 4.940% 5.535%
As % of the Applications category 33.21% 35.35% 36.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 35 19
Average daily rate £215 £300 £233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.33% +29.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £93 £150 £106
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £392 £426
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £273 £275
% change year-on-year
+0.91% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 33 32
Average hourly rate £11.75 £13.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.96% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.73 £10.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.30 £17.50 £17.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.61 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+2.84% -3.01%
All Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 265 314 279
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.76% 13.97% 14.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 115 104
Average daily rate £275 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £121 £150 £123
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £440 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 61 50
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.25 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +3.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.89 £10.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £32.15 £24.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Office
England

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Warwickshire -3 21 £250 -12.28%
Birmingham -10 18 £215 -40.27%
Coventry +4 14 £100 -66.66%
Solihull +5 7 £375 +42.85%
Worcestershire -13 6 £256 -1.44%
Staffordshire +14 5 £125 -
Shropshire +8 5 - -
Wolverhampton - 4 - -
Herefordshire - 1 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £310 -
MS Office
England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 137 (61.71%) Microsoft
2 97 (43.69%) Windows
3 87 (39.19%) MS Excel
4 68 (30.63%) Windows XP
5 58 (26.13%) Active Directory
6 49 (22.07%) Windows 7
7 45 (20.27%) Project Management
8 35 (15.77%) MS Project
9 31 (13.96%) MS Visio
9 31 (13.96%) Finance
10 30 (13.51%) ITIL
11 27 (12.16%) MS Exchange
12 26 (11.71%) Degree
13 25 (11.26%) PRINCE2
14 22 (9.910%) Migration
15 21 (9.459%) Windows Vista
16 20 (9.009%) LAN
17 19 (8.559%) SLA
17 19 (8.559%) Cisco
18 18 (8.108%) Management Information System
18 18 (8.108%) SharePoint
19 17 (7.658%) WAN
19 17 (7.658%) Windows 2000
19 17 (7.658%) Oracle
19 17 (7.658%) Microsoft Certification
19 17 (7.658%) Telecoms
19 17 (7.658%) Computer Science
19 17 (7.658%) User Acceptance Testing
20 16 (7.207%) Windows Server 2008
20 16 (7.207%) Cisco Certification

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 12 (5.405%) .NET
2 10 (4.505%) J2EE
3 9 (4.054%) .NET Framework
4 7 (3.153%) ASP.NET
5 6 (2.703%) HTML
6 5 (2.252%) Web Services
7 3 (1.351%) DHTML
7 3 (1.351%) ADO.NET
7 3 (1.351%) CSS
7 3 (1.351%) WCF
8 2 (0.901%) WPF
8 2 (0.901%) Silverlight
8 2 (0.901%) Windows SharePoint Services
8 2 (0.901%) Ajax
8 2 (0.901%) Flash
8 2 (0.901%) XML
8 2 (0.901%) ASP
8 2 (0.901%) COM
9 1 (0.450%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.450%) WF
Application Platforms
1 27 (12.16%) MS Exchange
2 18 (8.108%) SharePoint
3 14 (6.306%) IIS
4 11 (4.955%) WebLogic
4 11 (4.955%) Exchange Server 2003
5 10 (4.505%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (2.703%) SharePoint 2010
6 6 (2.703%) Lotus Notes
7 5 (2.252%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (1.351%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.901%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.450%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.450%) Lotus Domino
10 1 (0.450%) CMS
10 1 (0.450%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.450%) ESB
10 1 (0.450%) WebSphere Message Broker
10 1 (0.450%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.450%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 87 (39.19%) MS Excel
2 35 (15.77%) MS Project
3 31 (13.96%) MS Visio
4 11 (4.955%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (1.802%) InfoPath
6 3 (1.351%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.505%) Hyperion Planning
2 1 (0.450%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.450%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.450%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.450%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.450%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.009%) LAN
2 17 (7.658%) WAN
3 16 (7.207%) TCP/IP
4 10 (4.505%) MPLS
5 8 (3.604%) Internet
6 6 (2.703%) Firewall
6 6 (2.703%) DNS
7 5 (2.252%) DHCP
7 5 (2.252%) SNMP
8 4 (1.802%) Intranet
9 3 (1.351%) TACACS
9 3 (1.351%) SAN
9 3 (1.351%) Broadband
9 3 (1.351%) VPN
9 3 (1.351%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.450%) 3G
10 1 (0.450%) HTTP
10 1 (0.450%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.757%) RDBMS
2 12 (5.405%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.505%) Essbase
4 7 (3.153%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (3.153%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.703%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (2.703%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.252%) MS Access
7 4 (1.802%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.901%) Oracle BI EE
8 2 (0.901%) DTS
9 1 (0.450%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.450%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.450%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.802%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.450%) ERwin
2 1 (0.450%) NUnit
2 1 (0.450%) CruiseControl
2 1 (0.450%) MSBuild
2 1 (0.450%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.450%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 31 (13.96%) Finance
2 17 (7.658%) Telecoms
3 11 (4.955%) German Language
4 8 (3.604%) Italian Language
4 8 (3.604%) French Language
5 7 (3.153%) Retail
6 5 (2.252%) Automotive
7 3 (1.351%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.901%) Banking
8 2 (0.901%) Legal
8 2 (0.901%) Back Office
9 1 (0.450%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.450%) Front Office
9 1 (0.450%) Law
9 1 (0.450%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.450%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.450%) Marketing
9 1 (0.450%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 45 (20.27%) Analyst
2 28 (12.61%) 2nd Line Support
3 26 (11.71%) 1st Line Support
4 23 (10.36%) Support Engineer
5 20 (9.009%) Developer
6 19 (8.559%) Support Analyst
7 18 (8.108%) Project Manager
8 17 (7.658%) Desktop Support
9 13 (5.856%) Service Analyst
10 11 (4.955%) DBA
10 11 (4.955%) Service Desk Analyst
11 10 (4.505%) Coordinator
12 9 (4.054%) Project Support Officer
12 9 (4.054%) Project Officer
13 8 (3.604%) Network Engineer
14 7 (3.153%) Desktop Support Analyst
14 7 (3.153%) Desktop Analyst
14 7 (3.153%) 1st Line Support Analyst
14 7 (3.153%) 1st Line Support Engineer
15 6 (2.703%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.108%) Management Information System
2 17 (7.658%) Computer Science
3 12 (5.405%) Blackberry
4 11 (4.955%) NHS
5 5 (2.252%) PDA
5 5 (2.252%) iPad
6 4 (1.802%) Fat Client
6 4 (1.802%) Thin Client
7 3 (1.351%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.351%) Mathematics
7 3 (1.351%) IBM Mainframe
8 2 (0.901%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.901%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.901%) iSeries
8 2 (0.901%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.901%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.901%) SCORM
8 2 (0.901%) E-Learning
8 2 (0.901%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.450%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 97 (43.69%) Windows
2 68 (30.63%) Windows XP
3 49 (22.07%) Windows 7
4 21 (9.459%) Windows Vista
5 17 (7.658%) Windows 2000
6 16 (7.207%) Windows Server 2008
7 11 (4.955%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (2.703%) UNIX
8 6 (2.703%) Linux
9 5 (2.252%) VMS
10 1 (0.450%) Windows CE
10 1 (0.450%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (20.27%) Project Management
2 30 (13.51%) ITIL
3 25 (11.26%) PRINCE2
4 22 (9.910%) Migration
5 17 (7.658%) User Acceptance Testing
6 14 (6.306%) Six Sigma
7 11 (4.955%) Programme Management
8 8 (3.604%) Incident Management
9 7 (3.153%) Time Management
10 6 (2.703%) Project Planning
10 6 (2.703%) Change Management
11 5 (2.252%) OO
11 5 (2.252%) Data Analysis
12 4 (1.802%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (1.802%) Change Control
12 4 (1.802%) Network Management
12 4 (1.802%) Data Management
12 4 (1.802%) Validation
12 4 (1.802%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (1.802%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.856%) SQL
2 10 (4.505%) T-SQL
3 9 (4.054%) C#
4 6 (2.703%) VBA
5 5 (2.252%) C
6 4 (1.802%) C++
6 4 (1.802%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.802%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.351%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.901%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.901%) VB
9 1 (0.450%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (11.71%) Degree
2 17 (7.658%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (7.207%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (6.757%) CCNA
5 8 (3.604%) MCSE
6 7 (3.153%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.153%) Security Cleared
7 6 (2.703%) MCITP
8 5 (2.252%) PMP
8 5 (2.252%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.802%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.802%) GCSC
10 3 (1.351%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.351%) HND
11 1 (0.450%) ACCA
11 1 (0.450%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.450%) CCNP
11 1 (0.450%) MCP
11 1 (0.450%) HNC
11 1 (0.450%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.559%) SLA
2 5 (2.252%) QA
3 3 (1.351%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.351%) TickIT
3 3 (1.351%) Data Quality
System Software
1 58 (26.13%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.153%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.703%) XenApp
4 3 (1.351%) VMware ESX
4 3 (1.351%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.901%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (0.450%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.450%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (2.252%) Backup Exec
1 5 (2.252%) DameWare
2 3 (1.351%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (0.450%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.450%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.450%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 137 (61.71%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.559%) Cisco
3 17 (7.658%) Oracle
4 14 (6.306%) Citrix
5 12 (5.405%) VMware
6 10 (4.505%) Hyperion
7 7 (3.153%) SAP
8 6 (2.703%) Symantec
8 6 (2.703%) Lotus
8 6 (2.703%) IBM
9 5 (2.252%) HP
9 5 (2.252%) Juniper
9 5 (2.252%) CheckPoint
9 5 (2.252%) F5
10 3 (1.351%) Remedy
11 2 (0.901%) Google
11 2 (0.901%) Business Objects
11 2 (0.901%) Adobe
11 2 (0.901%) Avaya
12 1 (0.450%) Sophos
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