The first table below looks at the demand for MS PowerPoint 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint
Rank 62 64 51
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -13
Contract jobs citing MS PowerPoint 26 27 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.072% 1.725% 2.489%
As % of the Applications category 16.15% 13.99% 20.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 16
Average daily rate £316 £378 £386
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.33% -2.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £280 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £441 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £314 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.94% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £9.53 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £17.25 £21.70
% change year-on-year
-24.63% -20.50%
All Applications
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
161 193 139
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 12.83% 12.33% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 88 50
Average daily rate £318 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.30% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £160 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £420 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 28 19
Average hourly rate £13.23 £11.50 £11.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.04% +2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.11 £11.00 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £31.50 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS PowerPoint
Yorkshire

MS PowerPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire MS PowerPoint Hourly Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +6 16 £309 -11.78%
Halifax +4 5 £320 -15.56%
Bradford +1 5 £245 -42.35%
Huddersfield - 1 - -
MS PowerPoint
Yorkshire

MS PowerPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 30 (65.22%) MS Excel
2 20 (43.48%) MS Office
3 16 (34.78%) Microsoft
4 14 (30.43%) MS Project
5 12 (26.09%) Finance
6 11 (23.91%) Retail
7 10 (21.74%) SharePoint
8 8 (17.39%) MS Visio
8 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (15.22%) Management Information System
9 7 (15.22%) Banking
10 6 (13.04%) Data Management
10 6 (13.04%) Data Modelling
11 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
11 5 (10.87%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (10.87%) Oracle
11 5 (10.87%) Change Management
11 5 (10.87%) Retail Banking
11 5 (10.87%) Data Quality
12 4 (8.696%) Resource Management
12 4 (8.696%) Migration
12 4 (8.696%) Project Management
12 4 (8.696%) Business Objects
12 4 (8.696%) SQL
12 4 (8.696%) VBA
12 4 (8.696%) PRINCE2
13 3 (6.522%) UNIX
13 3 (6.522%) Windows
13 3 (6.522%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (6.522%) ERwin

MS PowerPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 10 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.522%) SAS
3 2 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (4.348%) MS Exchange
3 2 (4.348%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (2.174%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 30 (65.22%) MS Excel
2 20 (43.48%) MS Office
3 14 (30.43%) MS Project
4 8 (17.39%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.174%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.174%) SAN
1 1 (2.174%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (6.522%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (6.522%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (4.348%) GIS
3 2 (4.348%) MS Access
4 1 (2.174%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (6.522%) ERwin
General
1 12 (26.09%) Finance
2 11 (23.91%) Retail
3 7 (15.22%) Banking
4 5 (10.87%) Retail Banking
5 3 (6.522%) Marketing
6 1 (2.174%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.174%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (45.65%) Analyst
2 7 (15.22%) PMO Analyst
3 5 (10.87%) Data Analyst
4 3 (6.522%) Project Planner
4 3 (6.522%) Project Support Officer
4 3 (6.522%) Programme Planner
4 3 (6.522%) Project Officer
5 2 (4.348%) Quality Analyst
5 2 (4.348%) Data Quality Analyst
5 2 (4.348%) Senior Data Analyst
5 2 (4.348%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (4.348%) Test Analyst
5 2 (4.348%) Consultant
5 2 (4.348%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.348%) Coordinator
5 2 (4.348%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.174%) Trainer
6 1 (2.174%) Programme Manager
6 1 (2.174%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.348%) Data Conversion
3 1 (2.174%) Grid Computing
3 1 (2.174%) Beowulf
3 1 (2.174%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.174%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.174%) Data Extraction
3 1 (2.174%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.174%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.522%) UNIX
1 3 (6.522%) Windows
2 2 (4.348%) Windows 7
2 2 (4.348%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.174%) Solaris
3 1 (2.174%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (13.04%) Data Management
2 6 (13.04%) Data Modelling
3 5 (10.87%) Change Management
4 4 (8.696%) Resource Management
4 4 (8.696%) Migration
4 4 (8.696%) Project Management
4 4 (8.696%) PRINCE2
5 3 (6.522%) Quality Management
5 3 (6.522%) Critical Path Analysis
5 3 (6.522%) Project Planning
5 3 (6.522%) Master Data Management
5 3 (6.522%) Data Governance
5 3 (6.522%) Metadata Management
5 3 (6.522%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (4.348%) Time Management
6 2 (4.348%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (4.348%) Change Control
6 2 (4.348%) Software Testing
6 2 (4.348%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.696%) SQL
1 4 (8.696%) VBA
2 2 (4.348%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.348%) Degree
1 2 (4.348%) ISEB
2 1 (2.174%) ACCA
2 1 (2.174%) CIMA
2 1 (2.174%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.174%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.348%) Basel II
3 1 (2.174%) QA
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.174%) VMware ESX
2 1 (2.174%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.348%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (4.348%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 16 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) Oracle
3 4 (8.696%) Business Objects
4 3 (6.522%) Informatica
4 3 (6.522%) Remedy
4 3 (6.522%) DataFlux
5 2 (4.348%) Teradata
5 2 (4.348%) Lotus
5 2 (4.348%) Siebel
6 1 (2.174%) Apple
6 1 (2.174%) Sun
6 1 (2.174%) VMware
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