Wiltshire MS Office Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Wiltshire region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Audenshaw Aylesbury Ayr Ayrshire Bacup Banbury Barking Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Dagenham Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Douglas Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenford Grimsby Guildford Gwent Hackney Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Immingham Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Kendal Kent Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Sherborne Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Torfaen Torpoint Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallington Walsall Walton-on-Thames Ware Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing Wymondham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	20	26
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	60	54
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.080 %	0.055 %
As % of the category below	36.36 %	30.17 %
Daily rates quoted	18	15
Average minimum daily rate	£281	£254
Average daily rate	£312	£263
% change on same period last year	+18.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£344	£273
UK excluding London average daily rate	£246	£252
% change on same period last year	-2.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	15
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.40	£14.08
Average hourly rate	£21.20	£15.68
% change on same period last year	+35.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.00	£17.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.43	£15.00
% change on same period last year	+2.91 %
Applications Wiltshire
Matching contract IT job ads	165	179
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.220 %	0.181 %
Daily rates quoted	78	49
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£312
Average daily rate	£377	£339
% change on same period last year	+11.39 %
Average maximum daily rate	£407	£366
UK excluding London average daily rate	£299	£285
% change on same period last year	+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	27
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.40	£18.68
Average hourly rate	£29.89	£20.00
% change on same period last year	+49.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.38	£21.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.01	£18.99
% change on same period last year	-5.13 %
MS Office South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MS Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS Office across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

MS Office
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MS Office across the Wiltshire region.

MS Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

MS Office
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MS Office across the Wiltshire region.

MS Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Office across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

MS Office
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Office within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Swindon	-2	23	£368	+41.80 %
Salisbury	+3	9	£325	-
Trowbridge	-1	5	-	-
Chippenham	+2	2	£200	-
Corsham	-1	1	£240	-
Warminster	-	1	-	-

MS Office South West

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 50 (34.01 %) Microsoft 2 49 (33.33 %) Windows 3 41 (27.89 %) Finance 4 34 (23.13 %) Lotus 4 34 (23.13 %) Lotus Notes 5 32 (21.77 %) Project Management 6 29 (19.73 %) Oracle 7 26 (17.69 %) MS Excel 8 24 (16.33 %) PRINCE2 8 24 (16.33 %) TCP/IP 9 23 (15.65 %) Security Cleared 10 22 (14.97 %) MS Project 11 20 (13.61 %) Windows XP 11 20 (13.61 %) Citrix 12 19 (12.93 %) LAN

12 19 (12.93 %) WAN 12 19 (12.93 %) SC Cleared 13 18 (12.24 %) Cognos Impromptu 13 18 (12.24 %) InterBase 14 17 (11.56 %) SharePoint 15 16 (10.88 %) MS Visio 16 13 (8.844 %) SharePoint Server 2007 16 13 (8.844 %) Active Directory 17 12 (8.163 %) MS PowerPoint 18 11 (7.483 %) Government 19 10 (6.803 %) MS Exchange 20 9 (6.122 %) Insurance 20 9 (6.122 %) SQL 21 8 (5.442 %) Pensions 22 7 (4.762 %) SAN

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 5 (3.401 %) .NET 2 4 (2.721 %) XSLT 3 3 (2.041 %) WebServices 3 3 (2.041 %) XML 3 3 (2.041 %) Windows SharePoint Services 4 2 (1.361 %) ADO.NET 4 2 (1.361 %) ASP.NET 5 1 (0.680 %) JSP 5 1 (0.680 %) WSDL 5 1 (0.680 %) WCF 5 1 (0.680 %) WF	Application Platforms 1 34 (23.13 %) Lotus Notes 2 17 (11.56 %) SharePoint 3 13 (8.844 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 10 (6.803 %) MS Exchange 5 4 (2.721 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 2 (1.361 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 2 (1.361 %) Office Communications Server 7 1 (0.680 %) IIS 7 1 (0.680 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 1 (0.680 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 26 (17.69 %) MS Excel 2 22 (14.97 %) MS Project 3 16 (10.88 %) MS Visio 4 12 (8.163 %) MS PowerPoint 5 5 (3.401 %) CA Clarity 6 3 (2.041 %) Acrobat 6 3 (2.041 %) MATLAB 7 2 (1.361 %) Open Workbench 8 1 (0.680 %) NASTRAN 8 1 (0.680 %) InDesign 8 1 (0.680 %) Spreadsheet	Communications & Networking 1 24 (16.33 %) TCP/IP 2 19 (12.93 %) LAN 2 19 (12.93 %) WAN 3 7 (4.762 %) SAN 4 4 (2.721 %) VPN 4 4 (2.721 %) Firewall 5 3 (2.041 %) VLAN 5 3 (2.041 %) DHCP 5 3 (2.041 %) DNS 6 2 (1.361 %) Intranet 6 2 (1.361 %) Internet 6 2 (1.361 %) SMTP 6 2 (1.361 %) UMTS 6 2 (1.361 %) ISDN 7 1 (0.680 %) GSM 7 1 (0.680 %) PBX 7 1 (0.680 %) VoIP 7 1 (0.680 %) 3G 7 1 (0.680 %) SSL 7 1 (0.680 %) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (12.24 %) Cognos Impromptu 1 18 (12.24 %) InterBase 2 6 (4.082 %) SQL Server 3 2 (1.361 %) Oracle Discoverer 3 2 (1.361 %) Oracle 10g 3 2 (1.361 %) SQL Server 7 3 2 (1.361 %) SQL Server 2000 3 2 (1.361 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (1.361 %) GIS 4 1 (0.680 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 1 (0.680 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 1 (0.680 %) EDRMS 4 1 (0.680 %) Star Schema 4 1 (0.680 %) Oracle Reports	Development Applications 1 1 (0.680 %) Oracle APEX
General 1 41 (27.89 %) Finance 2 11 (7.483 %) Government 3 9 (6.122 %) Insurance 4 8 (5.442 %) Pensions 5 6 (4.082 %) Telecoms 6 5 (3.401 %) Health 7 3 (2.041 %) Military 8 2 (1.361 %) Education 9 1 (0.680 %) Financial Institution 9 1 (0.680 %) Legal 9 1 (0.680 %) Manufacturing 9 1 (0.680 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 36 (24.49 %) Analyst 2 24 (16.33 %) Consultant 3 23 (15.65 %) Project Manager 4 16 (10.88 %) PMO Consultant 5 10 (6.803 %) Business Analyst 5 10 (6.803 %) Business Project Manager 5 10 (6.803 %) Business Manager 6 9 (6.122 %) Desktop Engineer 7 8 (5.442 %) Helpdesk Analyst 7 8 (5.442 %) Support Engineer 8 7 (4.762 %) Desktop Support 9 6 (4.082 %) Developer 9 6 (4.082 %) Support Analyst 9 6 (4.082 %) Service Analyst 9 6 (4.082 %) Desktop Support Engineer 9 6 (4.082 %) Service Desk Analyst 9 6 (4.082 %) Product Consultant 10 5 (3.401 %) 1st Line Support 10 5 (3.401 %) 2nd Line Support 11 4 (2.721 %) Administrator
Miscellaneous 1 2 (1.361 %) Statistics 1 2 (1.361 %) Mathematics	Operating Systems 1 49 (33.33 %) Windows 2 20 (13.61 %) Windows XP 3 7 (4.762 %) Windows 2000 4 6 (4.082 %) Windows NT 5 3 (2.041 %) UNIX 6 2 (1.361 %) Windows Server 2003 7 1 (0.680 %) Windows Vista 7 1 (0.680 %) Mac OS X 7 1 (0.680 %) Solaris 7 1 (0.680 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 32 (21.77 %) Project Management 2 24 (16.33 %) PRINCE2 3 23 (15.65 %) Security Cleared 4 19 (12.93 %) SC Cleared 5 6 (4.082 %) Technical Architecture 5 6 (4.082 %) Business Analysis 6 5 (3.401 %) Systems Analysis 6 5 (3.401 %) ITIL 6 5 (3.401 %) Migration 7 4 (2.721 %) Benchmarking 7 4 (2.721 %) RAD 8 3 (2.041 %) Programme Management 8 3 (2.041 %) IC Design 8 3 (2.041 %) PRINCE 8 3 (2.041 %) Change Management 8 3 (2.041 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 3 (2.041 %) Enterprise Architecture 9 2 (1.361 %) Requirements Management 9 2 (1.361 %) Time Management 9 2 (1.361 %) Data Analysis	Programming Languages 1 9 (6.122 %) SQL 2 4 (2.721 %) C 3 2 (1.361 %) VB.NET 3 2 (1.361 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (0.680 %) C#
Qualifications 1 3 (2.041 %) MCSE 1 3 (2.041 %) Microsoft Certification 1 3 (2.041 %) PRINCE2 Certification 1 3 (2.041 %) Degree 1 3 (2.041 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 2 (1.361 %) Cisco Certification 2 2 (1.361 %) CCNA 3 1 (0.680 %) ISEB 3 1 (0.680 %) MCSA 3 1 (0.680 %) CCNP 3 1 (0.680 %) HNC 3 1 (0.680 %) ECDL	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.361 %) SLA 1 2 (1.361 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 (0.680 %) QA
System Software 1 13 (8.844 %) Active Directory 2 2 (1.361 %) Backup Exec 3 1 (0.680 %) VMware Infrastructure	Systems Management 1 3 (2.041 %) MOM 1 3 (2.041 %) SCCM 1 3 (2.041 %) SCOM
Vendors 1 50 (34.01 %) Microsoft 2 34 (23.13 %) Lotus 3 29 (19.73 %) Oracle 4 20 (13.61 %) Citrix 5 5 (3.401 %) PeopleSoft 6 4 (2.721 %) Adobe 7 3 (2.041 %) Sun 7 3 (2.041 %) Juniper 7 3 (2.041 %) Cadence 7 3 (2.041 %) Cisco 8 2 (1.361 %) ESRI 8 2 (1.361 %) HP 8 2 (1.361 %) SAP 8 2 (1.361 %) Avaya 9 1 (0.680 %) Dell 9 1 (0.680 %) Intel 9 1 (0.680 %) VMware 9 1 (0.680 %) ANSYS 9 1 (0.680 %) CA 9 1 (0.680 %) Nokia