The first table below looks at the demand for Office 365 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Office 365 over the 3 months to 17 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 Sussex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office 365
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Office 365 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex - - -
As % of the Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £293 £350 £413
% change year-on-year
-16.42% -15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
-50.00% -
All Applications
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
76 116 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 19.69% 18.33% 17.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 55 28
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £200 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 16
Average hourly rate £18.13 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.55% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.86 £16.64 £11.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.00 £41.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
Office 365
South East

Office 365
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Office 365 across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

West Sussex Office 365 Jobs Demand Trend

Office 365
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Office 365 across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Office 365 Hourly Rate Trend

Office 365
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Office 365 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 Office 365.

1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
2 1 (33.33%) Lync
2 1 (33.33%) VCP5
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) 3Com
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Dell
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) ERP

Office 365
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Office 365 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 Office 365. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) Lync
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (33.33%) VCP5
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Dell
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) 3Com
2 1 (33.33%) VMware