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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 29 34 48
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +14
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 15 12 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 5.396% 3.909% 0.969%
As % of the Applications category 28.30% 35.29% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 4
Average salary £27,127 £29,625 £20,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.43% +42.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,300 £18,700 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £33,800 £37,750 £27,100
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -1.66%
All Applications
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
53 34 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 19.06% 11.07% 9.201%
Number of salaries quoted 43 32 29
Average salary £27,127 £28,000 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.11% +5.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £17,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £35,750
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -
MS Office
South West

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

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

Devon MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS Office within the Devon region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Plymouth -4 7 £27,127 +42.77%
Exeter +12 6 £27,000 -8.86%
Exmouth -3 1 £32,500 +103.12%
MS Office
South West

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 (40.54%) Microsoft
1 15 (40.54%) SQL Server
1 15 (40.54%) MS Project
2 12 (32.43%) Java
2 12 (32.43%) .NET
2 12 (32.43%) Linux
2 12 (32.43%) Apache
2 12 (32.43%) QA
3 11 (29.73%) Windows
4 10 (27.03%) ISEB
4 10 (27.03%) Regression Testing
4 10 (27.03%) JIRA
4 10 (27.03%) ISTQB
5 9 (24.32%) Marketing
5 9 (24.32%) MySQL
5 9 (24.32%) PHP
6 8 (21.62%) DNS
7 7 (18.92%) MS Exchange
8 6 (16.22%) MS Excel
8 6 (16.22%) DHCP
9 5 (13.51%) Perl
10 4 (10.81%) Fortran
10 4 (10.81%) FTP
10 4 (10.81%) NFS
10 4 (10.81%) Python
10 4 (10.81%) C
10 4 (10.81%) Solaris
10 4 (10.81%) Fedora
10 4 (10.81%) Project Management
10 4 (10.81%) Nagios

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 12 (32.43%) .NET
2 1 (2.703%) CSS
2 1 (2.703%) XML
2 1 (2.703%) LAMP
2 1 (2.703%) Apache Flex
2 1 (2.703%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 12 (32.43%) Apache
2 7 (18.92%) MS Exchange
3 2 (5.405%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 15 (40.54%) MS Project
2 6 (16.22%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.703%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.62%) DNS
2 6 (16.22%) DHCP
3 4 (10.81%) FTP
3 4 (10.81%) VLAN
4 2 (5.405%) SAN
4 2 (5.405%) LAN
4 2 (5.405%) WAN
5 1 (2.703%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (40.54%) SQL Server
2 9 (24.32%) MySQL
3 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (27.03%) JIRA
General
1 9 (24.32%) Marketing
2 4 (10.81%) Retail
3 1 (2.703%) Local Government
3 1 (2.703%) Financial Institution
3 1 (2.703%) Back Office
3 1 (2.703%) Finance
3 1 (2.703%) Law
3 1 (2.703%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (48.65%) Analyst
2 10 (27.03%) Tester
2 10 (27.03%) Test Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Chief Technology Officer
3 7 (18.92%) Chief Operating Officer
4 4 (10.81%) Linux Support
5 3 (8.108%) Junior Analyst
5 3 (8.108%) Junior
6 2 (5.405%) Test Manager
6 2 (5.405%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.405%) QA Manager
6 2 (5.405%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) Data Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) Project Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.405%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (5.405%) Senior Data Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) QA Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Blackberry
1 2 (5.405%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.703%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 12 (32.43%) Linux
2 11 (29.73%) Windows
3 4 (10.81%) Solaris
3 4 (10.81%) Fedora
3 4 (10.81%) Ubuntu
3 4 (10.81%) CentOS
3 4 (10.81%) Mac OS
4 2 (5.405%) Windows 7
4 2 (5.405%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Regression Testing
2 4 (10.81%) Project Management
3 3 (8.108%) ITIL
3 3 (8.108%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (5.405%) Test Management
4 2 (5.405%) Test Automation
4 2 (5.405%) Test Strategy
4 2 (5.405%) Data Management
4 2 (5.405%) Data Analysis
4 2 (5.405%) Automated Testing
5 1 (2.703%) Business Development
5 1 (2.703%) Direct Marketing
5 1 (2.703%) SEO
5 1 (2.703%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 12 (32.43%) Java
2 9 (24.32%) PHP
3 5 (13.51%) Perl
4 4 (10.81%) C
4 4 (10.81%) Python
4 4 (10.81%) Fortran
5 2 (5.405%) SQL
6 1 (2.703%) ActionScript
6 1 (2.703%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) ISEB
1 10 (27.03%) ISTQB
2 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.405%) Degree
3 2 (5.405%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.703%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.703%) MCP
4 1 (2.703%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (32.43%) QA
2 1 (2.703%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) NFS
2 3 (8.108%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.108%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.703%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Nagios
1 4 (10.81%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) Cisco
2 4 (10.81%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.703%) Adobe
Exeter, Devon
Performing regression testing using different environment configurations. *Reporting testing progress to the QA Manager... *ISEB/ISTQB Certification... *Experience of using MS Office and MS project... *Practical experience of...
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + ben
Posted: 16 May 2013