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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the York 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 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank924
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads811
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.012 %
As % of the category below66.67 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£251£242
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.15
Average hourly rate-£12.58
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.69£16.35
% change on same period last year-4.01 %
York IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
York
Matching contract IT job ads1233
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.036 %
Daily rates quoted28
Average minimum daily rate£292£331
Average daily rate£312£349
% change on same period last year-10.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£274
% change on same period last year+11.57 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£13.77
Average hourly rate-£14.05
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£14.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.16£19.16
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
MS Office North YorkshireMS Office
North Yorkshire

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 York region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

York MS Office Demand Trend

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 York region.

York MS Office Daily Rate Trend

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 York region.

York MS Office Hourly Rate Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York 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.

120 (66.67 %)Windows
218 (60.00 %)Active Directory
316 (53.33 %)Windows XP
412 (40.00 %)MS Excel
59 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
59 (30.00 %)Microsoft
59 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
67 (23.33 %)Windows Vista
75 (16.67 %)ITIL
75 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
75 (16.67 %)WAN
83 (10.00 %)Insurance
83 (10.00 %)Pensions
83 (10.00 %)Finance
83 (10.00 %)MCP
83 (10.00 %)MS Project
83 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
83 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
83 (10.00 %)Project Management
92 (6.667 %)Smartcard
92 (6.667 %)SharePoint
92 (6.667 %)MS Visio
92 (6.667 %)Degree
92 (6.667 %)Document Management
101 (3.333 %)SharePoint Server 2007
101 (3.333 %)Data Protection
101 (3.333 %)Publishing
101 (3.333 %)ASP.NET
101 (3.333 %)XML
101 (3.333 %)C#

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York 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.

York IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (3.333 %).NET
11 (3.333 %)ASP.NET
11 (3.333 %)XML
York IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (6.667 %)SharePoint
21 (3.333 %)SharePoint Server 2007
York IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (40.00 %)MS Excel
23 (10.00 %)MS Project
32 (6.667 %)MS Visio
York IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
25 (16.67 %)WAN
York IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (10.00 %)Finance
13 (10.00 %)Insurance
13 (10.00 %)Pensions
21 (3.333 %)Publishing
York IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (30.00 %)Analyst
26 (20.00 %)Helpdesk Analyst
35 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
35 (16.67 %)Helpdesk Support
35 (16.67 %)Helpdesk Operator
43 (10.00 %)IT Support Engineer
52 (6.667 %)Programme Office Manager
52 (6.667 %)Desktop Engineer
52 (6.667 %)IT Graduate
52 (6.667 %)Graduate
52 (6.667 %)Business Analyst
52 (6.667 %)Programme Manager
52 (6.667 %)Desktop Support
52 (6.667 %)Developer
52 (6.667 %)Desktop Support Engineer
52 (6.667 %)Trainee
61 (3.333 %)Field Engineer
61 (3.333 %)Support Assistant
61 (3.333 %)Microsoft Developer
61 (3.333 %)SharePoint Developer
York IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (6.667 %)Smartcard
21 (3.333 %)NHS
York IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
120 (66.67 %)Windows
216 (53.33 %)Windows XP
39 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (23.33 %)Windows Vista
55 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
63 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
York IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (16.67 %)ITIL
23 (10.00 %)Project Management
32 (6.667 %)Document Management
41 (3.333 %)Data Protection
41 (3.333 %)Workflow
York IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (3.333 %)C#
11 (3.333 %)SQL
11 (3.333 %)VB.NET
York IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (10.00 %)MCP
13 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (6.667 %)Degree
York IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (60.00 %)Active Directory
York IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (30.00 %)Microsoft
21 (3.333 %)Citrix