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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 23 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office
Location
3 months to 23 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3824
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching permanent IT job ads153211
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.080 %0.087 %
As % of the category below28.18 %31.26 %
Salaries quoted133197
Average minimum salary£23,515£25,222
Average salary£24,964£26,262
% change on same period last year-4.94 %
Average maximum salary£26,413£27,301
UK excluding London average salary£28,265£28,481
% change on same period last year-0.75 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads543675
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.286 %0.277 %
Salaries quoted496619
Average minimum salary£27,450£27,825
Average salary£29,974£29,239
% change on same period last year+2.51 %
Average maximum salary£32,498£30,652
UK excluding London average salary£33,348£33,757
% change on same period last year-1.21 %
MS Office North WestMS Office
North West

MS Office
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire MS Office Demand Trend

MS Office
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 July 2008.

Cheshire MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS Office within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarringtonUp+851£25,561+6.68 %
CreweUp+726£21,188+1.99 %
ChesterDown-1524£25,784-6.10 %
WinsfordNew entry-14£20,000-
NorthwichDown-96£32,333+24.33 %
WilmslowDown-155£18,250-29.26 %
MacclesfieldDown-232£27,500+16.66 %
NantwichUp+31£22,500+32.35 %
KnutsfordNew entry-1£48,500-
WidnesNew entry-1£25,000-
MS Office North WestMS Office
North West

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1226 (63.84 %)Microsoft
2184 (51.98 %)MS Excel
3154 (43.50 %)Windows
468 (19.21 %)Windows XP
566 (18.64 %)ITIL
566 (18.64 %)Active Directory
656 (15.82 %)Lotus
656 (15.82 %)Lotus Notes
754 (15.25 %)TCP/IP
852 (14.69 %)SQL
852 (14.69 %)SQL Server
950 (14.12 %)MS Exchange
1046 (12.99 %)Degree
1137 (10.45 %)SLA
1236 (10.17 %)Finance
1334 (9.605 %)VB
1432 (9.040 %)SQL Server 2000
1531 (8.757 %)Microsoft Certification
1531 (8.757 %)DNS
1531 (8.757 %).NET
1531 (8.757 %)Pensions
1630 (8.475 %)Windows 2000
1729 (8.192 %)C++
1828 (7.910 %)Windows Server 2003
1926 (7.345 %)C#
1926 (7.345 %)Oracle
2025 (7.062 %)OO
2124 (6.780 %)UNIX
2222 (6.215 %)MCP
2222 (6.215 %)XML

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
131 (8.757 %).NET
222 (6.215 %)XML
320 (5.650 %)OpenGL
415 (4.237 %)HTML
513 (3.672 %)DirectX
67 (1.977 %)CSS
67 (1.977 %)MFC
76 (1.695 %)ActiveX
85 (1.412 %)ASP.NET
93 (0.847 %).NET Framework
93 (0.847 %)ASP
102 (0.565 %)ADO
102 (0.565 %)J2EE
102 (0.565 %)WF
102 (0.565 %)WinForms
102 (0.565 %)ODBC
111 (0.282 %)WebServices
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
156 (15.82 %)Lotus Notes
250 (14.12 %)MS Exchange
318 (5.085 %)Exchange Server 2003
413 (3.672 %)Exchange Server 2007
510 (2.825 %)IIS
68 (2.260 %)Exchange Server 2000
72 (0.565 %)Oracle Workflow
72 (0.565 %)Oracle BPEL
81 (0.282 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (0.282 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
81 (0.282 %)SharePoint
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1184 (51.98 %)MS Excel
215 (4.237 %)MS PowerPoint
314 (3.955 %)FrameMaker
314 (3.955 %)MS Project
413 (3.672 %)MS Visio
413 (3.672 %)Acrobat
413 (3.672 %)Paint Shop Pro
53 (0.847 %)Spreadsheet
61 (0.282 %)XMetaL
61 (0.282 %)RoboHelp
61 (0.282 %)Fireworks
61 (0.282 %)SmartSuite
61 (0.282 %)SPSS
61 (0.282 %)Photoshop
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (2.825 %)Oracle Applications
110 (2.825 %)Line 500
26 (1.695 %)SAP R/3
34 (1.130 %)Remedy ITSM
42 (0.565 %)Oracle EBS
42 (0.565 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.282 %)SalesLogix
51 (0.282 %)SageCRM MME
51 (0.282 %)Line 50
51 (0.282 %)SAP Business One
51 (0.282 %)Line 100
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
154 (15.25 %)TCP/IP
231 (8.757 %)DNS
317 (4.802 %)Firewall
416 (4.520 %)Internet
515 (4.237 %)LAN
614 (3.955 %)WAN
713 (3.672 %)Broadband
811 (3.107 %)VPN
99 (2.542 %)DHCP
108 (2.260 %)FTP
116 (1.695 %)3G
125 (1.412 %)SAN
125 (1.412 %)Intranet
125 (1.412 %)Ethernet
134 (1.130 %)ADSL
134 (1.130 %)Wireless
134 (1.130 %)LLU
142 (0.565 %)Cisco PIX
142 (0.565 %)NetScreen
151 (0.282 %)BSS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
152 (14.69 %)SQL Server
232 (9.040 %)SQL Server 2000
317 (4.802 %)Crystal Reports
317 (4.802 %)SQL Server 2005
410 (2.825 %)SQL Server 7
59 (2.542 %)DTS
66 (1.695 %)Datawarehouse
72 (0.565 %)Oracle Reports
72 (0.565 %)Oracle Discoverer
72 (0.565 %)SQL Server Integration Services
72 (0.565 %)Data Cleansing
81 (0.282 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.282 %)MySQL
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (2.542 %)Dreamweaver
26 (1.695 %)VSS/SourceSafe
33 (0.847 %)Visual Studio
42 (0.565 %)Oracle Forms
42 (0.565 %)JDeveloper
42 (0.565 %)TestDirector
51 (0.282 %)Flash
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
136 (10.17 %)Finance
231 (8.757 %)Pensions
321 (5.932 %)Pharmaceutical
321 (5.932 %)Health
420 (5.650 %)3D Graphics
519 (5.367 %)Chemicals
615 (4.237 %)Marketing
713 (3.672 %)Telecoms
812 (3.390 %)Billing
812 (3.390 %)Insurance
98 (2.260 %)Legal
98 (2.260 %)Manufacturing
107 (1.977 %)Back Office
107 (1.977 %)Banking
116 (1.695 %)Education
116 (1.695 %)FMCG
124 (1.130 %)Government
124 (1.130 %)Advertising
132 (0.565 %)Construction
141 (0.282 %)Multimedia
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
194 (26.55 %)Analyst
242 (11.86 %)Developer
333 (9.322 %)Support Analyst
429 (8.192 %)Administrator
525 (7.062 %)1st Line Support
623 (6.497 %)Consultant
722 (6.215 %)C++ Developer
819 (5.367 %)Systems Administrator
819 (5.367 %)Technical Administrator
918 (5.085 %)Junior
918 (5.085 %)Author
918 (5.085 %)Technical Author
918 (5.085 %)2nd Line Support
1016 (4.520 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1115 (4.237 %)Support Consultant
1115 (4.237 %)Helpdesk Support
1214 (3.955 %)Service Analyst
1214 (3.955 %)Incident Manager
1313 (3.672 %)Support Technician
1313 (3.672 %)Data Analyst
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (1.130 %)IVR
23 (0.847 %)Blackberry
23 (0.847 %)N-Tier
32 (0.565 %)Client/Server
32 (0.565 %)Replication
32 (0.565 %)Mainframe
32 (0.565 %)IBM Mainframe
32 (0.565 %)Statistics
32 (0.565 %)Mathematics
32 (0.565 %)Chemistry
32 (0.565 %)Biology
41 (0.282 %)Fat Client
41 (0.282 %)PDA
41 (0.282 %)CCTV
41 (0.282 %)NPfIT
41 (0.282 %)AS400
41 (0.282 %)EPoS
41 (0.282 %)Thin Client
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1154 (43.50 %)Windows
268 (19.21 %)Windows XP
330 (8.475 %)Windows 2000
428 (7.910 %)Windows Server 2003
524 (6.780 %)UNIX
617 (4.802 %)Windows NT
76 (1.695 %)Linux
85 (1.412 %)OS/400
94 (1.130 %)Windows Vista
103 (0.847 %)Mac OS X
103 (0.847 %)MVS
111 (0.282 %)NetWare
111 (0.282 %)VMS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
166 (18.64 %)ITIL
225 (7.062 %)OO
321 (5.932 %)CAD
321 (5.932 %)Project Management
415 (4.237 %)CRM
513 (3.672 %)PRINCE2
513 (3.672 %)Problem Management
612 (3.390 %)E-Commerce
79 (2.542 %)UML
79 (2.542 %)Service Delivery
79 (2.542 %)Migration
79 (2.542 %)Data Migration
87 (1.977 %)Security Cleared
87 (1.977 %)Incident Management
87 (1.977 %)PRINCE
96 (1.695 %)Change Management
96 (1.695 %)Service Management
96 (1.695 %)Pay per click
96 (1.695 %)SC Cleared
105 (1.412 %)Programme Management
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
152 (14.69 %)SQL
234 (9.605 %)VB
329 (8.192 %)C++
426 (7.345 %)C#
515 (4.237 %)VC++
515 (4.237 %)VB6
611 (3.107 %)Transact-SQL
77 (1.977 %)C
86 (1.695 %)Shell Script
86 (1.695 %)VB.NET
94 (1.130 %)Java
103 (0.847 %)JavaScript
103 (0.847 %)PHP
112 (0.565 %)PL/SQL
112 (0.565 %)VBScript
112 (0.565 %)VBA
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
146 (12.99 %)Degree
231 (8.757 %)Microsoft Certification
322 (6.215 %)MCP
420 (5.650 %)MCSE
517 (4.802 %)MCSA
517 (4.802 %)ITIL Certification
67 (1.977 %)HNC
75 (1.412 %)A+ Certification
84 (1.130 %)PRINCE2 Certification
93 (0.847 %)MBCS
102 (0.565 %)Cisco Certification
102 (0.565 %)MCDST
102 (0.565 %)CCNA
111 (0.282 %)Citrix Certification
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
137 (10.45 %)SLA
27 (1.977 %)QA
35 (1.412 %)ISO27001
43 (0.847 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
52 (0.565 %)21 CFR Part 11
61 (0.282 %)ISO9000
61 (0.282 %)BS7799
61 (0.282 %)COBIT
61 (0.282 %)ISO/IEC 20000
Cheshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
166 (18.64 %)Active Directory
26 (1.695 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
35 (1.412 %)VMware Infrastructure
44 (1.130 %)ISA Server
52 (0.565 %)Backup Exec
61 (0.282 %)MetaFrame
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (1.695 %)Tivoli
23 (0.847 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (0.847 %)BMC PATROL
32 (0.565 %)OpenView
41 (0.282 %)OVSD
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1226 (63.84 %)Microsoft
256 (15.82 %)Lotus
326 (7.345 %)Oracle
422 (6.215 %)Remedy
516 (4.520 %)SAP
614 (3.955 %)Cisco
614 (3.955 %)HP
614 (3.955 %)VMware
711 (3.107 %)Sage
810 (2.825 %)Adobe
99 (2.542 %)Compaq
108 (2.260 %)Dell
116 (1.695 %)Citrix
125 (1.412 %)IBM
125 (1.412 %)Red Hat
125 (1.412 %)Novell
134 (1.130 %)BMC
134 (1.130 %)Google
134 (1.130 %)WatchGuard
143 (0.847 %)Altiris
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