The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 44 23 36
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +13
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 5 16 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 1.992% 7.921% 1.220%
As % of the Applications category 9.615% 47.06% 8.696%
Number of salaries quoted 5 14 2
Average salary £40,000 £24,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+66.66% +11.62%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -
All Applications
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
52 34 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 20.72% 16.83% 14.02%
Number of salaries quoted 51 31 22
Average salary £37,500 £24,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+56.25% -26.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,350 £21,500 £21,800
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £44,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,731 £33,500 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+3.67% -0.74%
MS Office
Bedfordshire

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford MS Office Jobs Demand Trend

MS Office
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MS Office across the Bedford region.

Bedford MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedford MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MS Office.

1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (66.67%) Windows
3 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
3 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (33.33%) Firewall
4 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
4 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 4 (33.33%) Cisco
4 4 (33.33%) MCP
4 4 (33.33%) Network Security
4 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
5 3 (25.00%) Windows Azure
5 3 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (25.00%) Windows Vista
5 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
5 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 3 (25.00%) MCSE
5 3 (25.00%) MCSA
5 3 (25.00%) IIS
5 3 (25.00%) HTTP
5 3 (25.00%) CCSP
5 3 (25.00%) CCNP
5 3 (25.00%) CCIP

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MS Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) jQuery
1 1 (8.333%) HTML
1 1 (8.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Azure
2 3 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (25.00%) IIS
3 1 (8.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
1 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 4 (33.33%) Network Security
2 3 (25.00%) HTTP
2 3 (25.00%) DNS
2 3 (25.00%) HTTPS
2 3 (25.00%) SSL
3 1 (8.333%) WAN
3 1 (8.333%) DHCP
3 1 (8.333%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Support
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Data Centre Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Data Centre Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) IT Support
3 1 (8.333%) Sales Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) SAP Business Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Service Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) FMCG
1 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
1 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 3 (25.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (8.333%) Web Development
2 1 (8.333%) Business Development
2 1 (8.333%) ERP
2 1 (8.333%) ITIL
2 1 (8.333%) Migration
2 1 (8.333%) MVC
2 1 (8.333%) Workflow
2 1 (8.333%) Logistics
2 1 (8.333%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) PowerShell
1 1 (8.333%) C#
1 1 (8.333%) Java
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
1 1 (8.333%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (33.33%) MCP
3 3 (25.00%) MCSE
3 3 (25.00%) MCSA
3 3 (25.00%) CCSP
3 3 (25.00%) CCNP
3 3 (25.00%) CCIP
3 3 (25.00%) CCNA
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (8.333%) MCTS
4 1 (8.333%) Degree
4 1 (8.333%) MCITP
4 1 (8.333%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (8.333%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.333%) XenApp
2 1 (8.333%) vSphere
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (16.67%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (8.333%) FalconStor
4 1 (8.333%) SAP
4 1 (8.333%) HP
4 1 (8.333%) VMware
4 1 (8.333%) CommVault