The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 38 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 2 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 1.418% 5.063% -
As % of the Applications category 11.11% 21.62% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 0
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
All Applications
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
18 37 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 12.77% 23.42% 9.589%
Number of salaries quoted 14 37 7
Average salary £32,750 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.76% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £20,000 £31,800
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+4.47% -1.47%
MS Office
Manchester

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (60.00%) DHCP
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) Office 365
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Google Apps
3 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (40.00%) WSUS
3 2 (40.00%) MS Access
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (40.00%) VB
3 2 (40.00%) VB.NET
3 2 (40.00%) VBA
3 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Backup Exec
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Google
4 1 (20.00%) MCTS
4 1 (20.00%) MCITP

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 2 (40.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (20.00%) Lync
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Office 365
2 2 (40.00%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (40.00%) MS Access
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) Network Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) VB
1 2 (40.00%) VB.NET
1 2 (40.00%) VBA
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) MCTS
1 1 (20.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Backup Exec
1 2 (40.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Google
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
Bolton, North West
Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office 2007/2010) Experience supporting Windows 2003 or 2008 Active Directory and the...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 6 June 2013