The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 20 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 45 21 55
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +34
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 23 31 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 4.056% 7.260% 2.641%
As % of the Applications category 18.85% 42.47% 34.88%
Number of salaries quoted 18 30 13
Average salary £28,250 £32,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.07% +14.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,950 £19,613 £15,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,750 £44,600 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -1.66%
All Applications
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
122 73 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 21.52% 17.10% 7.570%
Number of salaries quoted 112 69 41
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +25.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,119 £22,300 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £32,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -
MS Office
South Wales

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cardiff MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 15 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 8 (26.67%) ISEB
3 8 (26.67%) SLA
3 8 (26.67%) ITIL
3 8 (26.67%) Incident Management
4 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
4 7 (23.33%) Finance
5 6 (20.00%) Information Security
5 6 (20.00%) Information Security Management
5 6 (20.00%) Security Management
5 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 6 (20.00%) Freedom of Information
6 5 (16.67%) DHCP
6 5 (16.67%) Windows
6 5 (16.67%) HTML
6 5 (16.67%) Internet
7 4 (13.33%) Java
7 4 (13.33%) J2EE
7 4 (13.33%) Oracle
7 4 (13.33%) MCP
7 4 (13.33%) MCSE
8 3 (10.00%) Mobile Banking
8 3 (10.00%) Banking
8 3 (10.00%) Windows 7
8 3 (10.00%) Welsh Language
8 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
8 3 (10.00%) MS Exchange
8 3 (10.00%) DNS

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 5 (16.67%) HTML
2 4 (13.33%) J2EE
3 2 (6.667%) Swing
3 2 (6.667%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.333%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) DHCP
1 5 (16.67%) Internet
2 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (10.00%) DNS
3 2 (6.667%) VPN
3 2 (6.667%) LAN
3 2 (6.667%) WAN
3 2 (6.667%) MPLS
3 2 (6.667%) BGP
3 2 (6.667%) TELNET
3 2 (6.667%) Firewall
3 2 (6.667%) SSH
3 2 (6.667%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) MySQL
2 1 (3.333%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle Reports
General
1 7 (23.33%) Finance
2 3 (10.00%) Advertising
2 3 (10.00%) Banking
2 3 (10.00%) Welsh Language
3 2 (6.667%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.667%) Financial Institution
3 2 (6.667%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Information Security Officer
2 6 (20.00%) Security Officer
3 5 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Service Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Java Developer
4 4 (13.33%) Developer
4 4 (13.33%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Software Development Manager
5 2 (6.667%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Technical Writer
5 2 (6.667%) Software Manager
5 2 (6.667%) Author
5 2 (6.667%) Technical Author
5 2 (6.667%) J2EE Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Development Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Help Desk Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Freedom of Information
2 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.00%) Mobile Banking
3 2 (6.667%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (6.667%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.333%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (10.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (6.667%) VxWorks
4 1 (3.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) ITIL
1 8 (26.67%) Incident Management
2 6 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 6 (20.00%) Information Security Management
2 6 (20.00%) Security Management
2 6 (20.00%) Information Security
3 2 (6.667%) Programme Management
3 2 (6.667%) Network Design
3 2 (6.667%) Software Engineering
3 2 (6.667%) Project Management
4 1 (3.333%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (3.333%) Change Control
4 1 (3.333%) Project Planning
4 1 (3.333%) Release Management
4 1 (3.333%) Business Analysis
4 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2
4 1 (3.333%) PRINCE
4 1 (3.333%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) Java
2 2 (6.667%) SQL
2 2 (6.667%) C
2 2 (6.667%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) ISEB
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (13.33%) MCP
3 4 (13.33%) MCSE
4 2 (6.667%) CCNP
4 2 (6.667%) CCIP
4 2 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.667%) Degree
5 1 (3.333%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.333%) ISTQB
5 1 (3.333%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (26.67%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Oracle
3 2 (6.667%) Cisco
3 2 (6.667%) Wind River
3 2 (6.667%) SolarWinds
3 2 (6.667%) Juniper
4 1 (3.333%) NetApp
4 1 (3.333%) VMware
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