The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint
Rank 75 71 66
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -5
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 20 32 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.203% 1.422% 1.394%
As % of the Applications category 7.605% 10.06% 9.253%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 15 11
Average daily rate £278 £365 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.97% +62.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £252 £76
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £314 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.94% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
Average hourly rate £19.13 £17.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.30% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.23 £14.93 £17.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.03 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -
All Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
263 318 281
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.82% 14.13% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 117 104
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 53
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.25 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +9.61%
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 £23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS PowerPoint
England

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands MS PowerPoint Daily Rate Histogram

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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

MS PowerPoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Histogram

MS PowerPoint
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS PowerPoint within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Birmingham +1 6 £208 -43.91%
Coventry +4 4 £550 -
Warwickshire -5 4 £275 -3.50%
Solihull +3 3 £350 +55.55%
MS PowerPoint
England

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 21 (51.22%) MS Excel
2 14 (34.15%) MS Visio
2 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
3 11 (26.83%) MS Office
3 11 (26.83%) Project Management
4 9 (21.95%) PRINCE2
5 8 (19.51%) MS Project
5 8 (19.51%) Finance
6 7 (17.07%) Data Analysis
6 7 (17.07%) SAP
7 5 (12.20%) Remedy
7 5 (12.20%) Management Information System
7 5 (12.20%) Unit Testing
8 4 (9.756%) Integration Testing
8 4 (9.756%) Change Control
8 4 (9.756%) SAP Implementation
8 4 (9.756%) Incident Management
8 4 (9.756%) Degree
8 4 (9.756%) Automotive
8 4 (9.756%) Logistics
8 4 (9.756%) SAP CO
8 4 (9.756%) Change Management
8 4 (9.756%) MBA
8 4 (9.756%) Migration
8 4 (9.756%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (9.756%) Lotus
8 4 (9.756%) ITIL
8 4 (9.756%) SAP FI
8 4 (9.756%) SAP MM
8 4 (9.756%) SQL

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (4.878%) COM
1 2 (4.878%) .NET
2 1 (2.439%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.439%) Web Services
2 1 (2.439%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (2.439%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.756%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (7.317%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.439%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (2.439%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (51.22%) MS Excel
2 14 (34.15%) MS Visio
3 11 (26.83%) MS Office
4 8 (19.51%) MS Project
5 3 (7.317%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (2.439%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (9.756%) SAP FI
1 4 (9.756%) SAP MM
1 4 (9.756%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (9.756%) SAP CO
2 3 (7.317%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.439%) Broadband
1 1 (2.439%) VPN
1 1 (2.439%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.878%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.439%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (19.51%) Finance
2 4 (9.756%) Automotive
3 3 (7.317%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.439%) Electronics
4 1 (2.439%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Analyst
2 5 (12.20%) Consultant
2 5 (12.20%) Project Support Officer
2 5 (12.20%) Project Officer
3 4 (9.756%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (7.317%) Project Manager
4 3 (7.317%) Incident Manager
5 2 (4.878%) Developer
5 2 (4.878%) Data Analyst
5 2 (4.878%) Administrator
5 2 (4.878%) Process Analyst
6 1 (2.439%) Release Manager
6 1 (2.439%) Network Technician
6 1 (2.439%) Development Manager
6 1 (2.439%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.439%) Applications Support
6 1 (2.439%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (2.439%) Applications Support Analyst
6 1 (2.439%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.439%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.317%) NHS
2 3 (7.317%) Statistics
2 3 (7.317%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.439%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.439%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.439%) Copywriting
3 1 (2.439%) Smart Meter
3 1 (2.439%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.439%) E-Learning
3 1 (2.439%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.317%) Windows
2 1 (2.439%) Windows XP
2 1 (2.439%) Windows Vista
2 1 (2.439%) Android
2 1 (2.439%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.439%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Project Management
2 9 (21.95%) PRINCE2
3 7 (17.07%) Data Analysis
4 5 (12.20%) Unit Testing
5 4 (9.756%) Integration Testing
5 4 (9.756%) Change Control
5 4 (9.756%) Incident Management
5 4 (9.756%) ITIL
5 4 (9.756%) SAP Implementation
5 4 (9.756%) Logistics
5 4 (9.756%) Change Management
5 4 (9.756%) Migration
5 4 (9.756%) ERP
5 4 (9.756%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (7.317%) Data Protection
6 3 (7.317%) Time Management
6 3 (7.317%) Information Governance
7 2 (4.878%) Data Migration
7 2 (4.878%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.878%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.756%) SQL
2 2 (4.878%) C#
3 1 (2.439%) Java
3 1 (2.439%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.439%) VB
3 1 (2.439%) VBA
3 1 (2.439%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (9.756%) MBA
1 4 (9.756%) Degree
2 2 (4.878%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.439%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.439%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.317%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (7.317%) QA
1 3 (7.317%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (7.317%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.07%) SAP
3 5 (12.20%) Remedy
4 4 (9.756%) Lotus
5 3 (7.317%) Oracle
5 3 (7.317%) BMC
6 1 (2.439%) VMware
6 1 (2.439%) Minitab
6 1 (2.439%) Google
6 1 (2.439%) Cisco
6 1 (2.439%) Adobe
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