The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MS Office 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 Yorkshire 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
Rank 32 31 30
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Contract jobs citing MS Office 64 74 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 5.043% 4.574% 4.550%
As % of the Applications category 38.32% 37.76% 35.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 29 16
Average daily rate £320 £275 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -13.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £131 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £376 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £268 £275
% change year-on-year
+2.61% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 22 17
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £10.37 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.70 £16.40 £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £13.88 £14.04
% change year-on-year
+0.90% -1.14%
All Applications
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
167 196 142
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 13.16% 12.11% 12.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 91 47
Average daily rate £310 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.82% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £232 £160 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £420 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 30 22
Average hourly rate £13.50 £12.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.86 £11.00 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £30.75 £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
MS Office
Yorkshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leeds -22 25 £325 +20.93%
Halifax +16 11 £320 -12.32%
Bradford -3 5 £245 +53.12%
Pontefract - 5 - -
Wakefield - 5 - -
Huddersfield -5 1 - -
Castleford - 1 - -
Dewsbury - 1 - -
MS Office
Yorkshire

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 74 (45.96%) Microsoft
2 66 (40.99%) Windows
3 54 (33.54%) MS Excel
4 37 (22.98%) Finance
5 35 (21.74%) Windows XP
6 33 (20.50%) SQL
7 29 (18.01%) Windows 7
8 28 (17.39%) Active Directory
9 20 (12.42%) ITIL
10 19 (11.80%) Oracle
10 19 (11.80%) MS Project
10 19 (11.80%) MS Visio
11 18 (11.18%) MS PowerPoint
12 17 (10.56%) Retail
12 17 (10.56%) Change Management
12 17 (10.56%) Windows Server 2008
13 16 (9.938%) Windows Server 2003
14 15 (9.317%) Project Management
15 14 (8.696%) Microsoft Certification
15 14 (8.696%) Windows Vista
16 13 (8.075%) Degree
16 13 (8.075%) Banking
16 13 (8.075%) PRINCE2
17 12 (7.453%) UNIX
17 12 (7.453%) Windows 2000
17 12 (7.453%) MS Exchange
17 12 (7.453%) SQL Server
17 12 (7.453%) MCP
17 12 (7.453%) .NET
17 12 (7.453%) Service Management

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 (7.453%) .NET
2 7 (4.348%) Middleware
2 7 (4.348%) HTML
3 5 (3.106%) WebSphere
3 5 (3.106%) JDBC
3 5 (3.106%) J2EE
4 4 (2.484%) Web Services
4 4 (2.484%) XML
5 3 (1.863%) ASP
5 3 (1.863%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.621%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.621%) Application Packaging
6 1 (0.621%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.621%) COM
6 1 (0.621%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 12 (7.453%) MS Exchange
2 9 (5.590%) Exchange Server 2003
3 8 (4.969%) SharePoint
4 7 (4.348%) StreamWeaver
4 7 (4.348%) Lotus Notes
5 5 (3.106%) Tomcat
5 5 (3.106%) MQSeries
5 5 (3.106%) WebSphere Application Server
5 5 (3.106%) IIS
5 5 (3.106%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (3.106%) IBM HTTP Server
6 3 (1.863%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (1.242%) WorkSite
7 2 (1.242%) SAS
8 1 (0.621%) CICS
8 1 (0.621%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.621%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.621%) Lync
8 1 (0.621%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 54 (33.54%) MS Excel
2 19 (11.80%) MS Visio
2 19 (11.80%) MS Project
3 18 (11.18%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (2.484%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.242%) SPSS
6 1 (0.621%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (1.863%) Line 500
2 1 (0.621%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.621%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.590%) Internet
2 6 (3.727%) LAN
2 6 (3.727%) WAN
3 5 (3.106%) FTP
3 5 (3.106%) HTTP
4 3 (1.863%) VPN
4 3 (1.863%) SAN
5 2 (1.242%) DNS
5 2 (1.242%) SSL
5 2 (1.242%) 3G
5 2 (1.242%) UMTS
5 2 (1.242%) GSM
5 2 (1.242%) 2G
6 1 (0.621%) Broadband
6 1 (0.621%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.621%) DHCP
6 1 (0.621%) DVB
6 1 (0.621%) Wireless
6 1 (0.621%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.453%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.727%) DB2
3 5 (3.106%) Crystal Reports
3 5 (3.106%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (2.484%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (2.484%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.863%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.242%) MS Access
6 2 (1.242%) GIS
6 2 (1.242%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.621%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.621%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.621%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.621%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 5 (3.106%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.484%) Selenium
3 3 (1.863%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.863%) WebDriver
3 3 (1.863%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.863%) SpecFlow
3 3 (1.863%) MSI
3 3 (1.863%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (1.242%) Subversion
4 2 (1.242%) JIRA
4 2 (1.242%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (1.242%) ERwin
General
1 37 (22.98%) Finance
2 17 (10.56%) Retail
3 13 (8.075%) Banking
4 11 (6.832%) Games
5 8 (4.969%) Legal
6 7 (4.348%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.106%) Law
8 4 (2.484%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.863%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.242%) Local Government
10 2 (1.242%) Marketing
11 1 (0.621%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.621%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.621%) Publishing
11 1 (0.621%) Automotive
11 1 (0.621%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.621%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 74 (45.96%) Analyst
2 21 (13.04%) Support Analyst
3 20 (12.42%) Support Engineer
4 14 (8.696%) 2nd Line Support
5 13 (8.075%) Desktop Support
6 11 (6.832%) Service Analyst
6 11 (6.832%) Service Desk Analyst
7 10 (6.211%) Technical Analyst
7 10 (6.211%) 1st Line Support
8 9 (5.590%) PMO Analyst
9 8 (4.969%) Technical Support
9 8 (4.969%) Project Manager
9 8 (4.969%) Desktop Engineer
9 8 (4.969%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 7 (4.348%) Business Analyst
10 7 (4.348%) Release Analyst
11 5 (3.106%) Operations Analyst
11 5 (3.106%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 5 (3.106%) IT Support
11 5 (3.106%) Operations Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.590%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.727%) NHS
3 4 (2.484%) Reference Data
4 3 (1.863%) IPTV
4 3 (1.863%) Computer Science
4 3 (1.863%) MPEG
4 3 (1.863%) Blackberry
4 3 (1.863%) STB
5 2 (1.242%) AS400
5 2 (1.242%) Thin Client
5 2 (1.242%) Data Conversion
5 2 (1.242%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.621%) Data Extraction
6 1 (0.621%) iPhone
6 1 (0.621%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.621%) iPad
6 1 (0.621%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.621%) Statistics
6 1 (0.621%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.621%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 66 (40.99%) Windows
2 35 (21.74%) Windows XP
3 29 (18.01%) Windows 7
4 17 (10.56%) Windows Server 2008
5 16 (9.938%) Windows Server 2003
6 14 (8.696%) Windows Vista
7 12 (7.453%) UNIX
7 12 (7.453%) Windows 2000
8 6 (3.727%) Solaris
8 6 (3.727%) Linux
9 5 (3.106%) AIX
10 2 (1.242%) Windows CE
10 2 (1.242%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.621%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.621%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.621%) Windows NT
11 1 (0.621%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (12.42%) ITIL
2 17 (10.56%) Change Management
3 15 (9.317%) Project Management
4 13 (8.075%) PRINCE2
5 12 (7.453%) Service Management
6 10 (6.211%) PRINCE
7 9 (5.590%) Data Management
8 8 (4.969%) Migration
9 7 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (4.348%) Workflow
9 7 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (3.727%) Time Management
11 5 (3.106%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (3.106%) Data Modelling
11 5 (3.106%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (3.106%) Document Management
12 4 (2.484%) Critical Path Analysis
12 4 (2.484%) Service Delivery
12 4 (2.484%) Use Case
12 4 (2.484%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 33 (20.50%) SQL
2 11 (6.832%) Java
3 7 (4.348%) VBA
4 6 (3.727%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.727%) Bash shell
5 5 (3.106%) Perl
6 4 (2.484%) VB
7 3 (1.863%) C#
8 2 (1.242%) C
8 2 (1.242%) COBOL
8 2 (1.242%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.242%) Tcl
9 1 (0.621%) JCL
9 1 (0.621%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.621%) Python
9 1 (0.621%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.621%) VBScript
9 1 (0.621%) C++
Qualifications
1 14 (8.696%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (8.075%) Degree
3 12 (7.453%) MCP
4 5 (3.106%) MCSE
5 4 (2.484%) MCSA
5 4 (2.484%) HNC
6 3 (1.863%) HND
7 2 (1.242%) ISEB
7 2 (1.242%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (1.242%) MOS
7 2 (1.242%) MCDST
7 2 (1.242%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.242%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.621%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.621%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.621%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.621%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.621%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.621%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.106%) SLA
2 4 (2.484%) QA
2 4 (2.484%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.242%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.242%) Basel II
System Software
1 28 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.969%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.242%) vSphere
4 1 (0.621%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.621%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.621%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (2.484%) Opalis
2 2 (1.242%) SCCM
3 1 (0.621%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 74 (45.96%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.80%) Oracle
3 8 (4.969%) Citrix
3 8 (4.969%) VMware
4 7 (4.348%) Lotus
5 6 (3.727%) Business Objects
5 6 (3.727%) HP
6 5 (3.106%) IBM
7 3 (1.863%) Sage
8 2 (1.242%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.242%) Apple
8 2 (1.242%) Informatica
8 2 (1.242%) NetApp
8 2 (1.242%) Siebel
8 2 (1.242%) Cisco
8 2 (1.242%) DataFlux
9 1 (0.621%) Amdocs
9 1 (0.621%) Dell
9 1 (0.621%) Adobe
9 1 (0.621%) Sun
Halifax, West Yorkshire
There is some telephone and remote support to our overseas branches and general support on Windows 7, Office and Lotus Notes... Windows 7, Windows XP, Microsoft Office and...
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Posted: 14 May 2013
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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Rate: £80 - £120 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
West Yorkshire
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Connectus
Rate: £9 - £13.7 per hour
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West Yorkshire
PMO Officer - Prince2, Finance, Banking. Contract, PMO Assistant, PMO Support, PMO Analyst, Project Engineer, Project Support Engineer, Project Administrator, Project Support, Project Analyst, Project Asssistant, Visio, Change, PSO,...
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Sanderson
Rate: £250 - £290 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Rate: £13.71 per hour
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