The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester 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 Colchester region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 23 30 26
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -4
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 9 11 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 4.972% 5.699% 7.752%
As % of the Applications category 47.37% 44.00% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 17
Average salary £32,500 £45,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.77% +50.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £22,250 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
All Applications
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
19 25 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 10.50% 12.95% 19.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15 22 47
Average salary £32,500 £45,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.77% +42.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,400 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+4.47% -1.47%
MS Office
Essex

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Colchester 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 Colchester region.

Colchester MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Colchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Colchester MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 (52.38%) MS Excel
2 8 (38.10%) ITIL
2 8 (38.10%) Oracle
2 8 (38.10%) SAP
2 8 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 8 (38.10%) Citrix
3 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 5 (23.81%) Oracle Financials
4 5 (23.81%) MS Exchange
4 5 (23.81%) VoIP
4 5 (23.81%) SAP FI
4 5 (23.81%) JD Edwards
4 5 (23.81%) Sage
4 5 (23.81%) Windows
4 5 (23.81%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (23.81%) ERP
4 5 (23.81%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (23.81%) SAP CO
4 5 (23.81%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (23.81%) PerformancePoint
5 4 (19.05%) Change Control
5 4 (19.05%) Incident Management
5 4 (19.05%) Degree
5 4 (19.05%) Problem Management
5 4 (19.05%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
5 4 (19.05%) C#
5 4 (19.05%) C++
6 3 (14.29%) SQL

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 (4.762%) .NET
1 1 (4.762%) XML
1 1 (4.762%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) MS Exchange
1 5 (23.81%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (14.29%) SAS
3 2 (9.524%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 11 (52.38%) MS Excel
2 4 (19.05%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Oracle Financials
1 5 (23.81%) SAP FI
1 5 (23.81%) SAP FI/CO
1 5 (23.81%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (23.81%) PerformancePoint
2 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
3 3 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (14.29%) SAP BW
3 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Analyst
2 8 (38.10%) Developer
3 7 (33.33%) Service Analyst
3 7 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
4 5 (23.81%) Support Analyst
5 4 (19.05%) C# Developer
6 3 (14.29%) Help Desk Support
6 3 (14.29%) SAP Developer
7 1 (4.762%) Systems Developer
7 1 (4.762%) VBA Developer
7 1 (4.762%) Support Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Blackberry
1 1 (4.762%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) Windows XP
2 1 (4.762%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) ITIL
2 5 (23.81%) ERP
3 4 (19.05%) Incident Management
3 4 (19.05%) Problem Management
3 4 (19.05%) Change Control
4 3 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (4.762%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) C#
1 4 (19.05%) C++
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.762%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) MCSA
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.762%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Oracle
1 8 (38.10%) SAP
1 8 (38.10%) Citrix
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 5 (23.81%) JD Edwards
3 5 (23.81%) Sage
4 1 (4.762%) Wyse
4 1 (4.762%) VMware
4 1 (4.762%) Tandberg
4 1 (4.762%) HP
4 1 (4.762%) Cisco