The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 19 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 46 45 62
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +17
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 50 51 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 4.288% 3.855% 2.305%
As % of the Applications category 28.90% 37.23% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 37 45 28
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,300 £24,800 £23,850
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £75,000 £55,750
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,875
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -1.25%
All Applications
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
173 137 199
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 14.84% 10.36% 12.40%
Number of salaries quoted 120 111 147
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,700 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,600 £52,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £33,800 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+3.55% -0.58%
MS Office
Scotland

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Edinburgh MS Office Salary Histogram

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 57 (57.00%) Microsoft
2 54 (54.00%) MS Excel
3 36 (36.00%) Degree
4 33 (33.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 33 (33.00%) Finance
5 32 (32.00%) Windows
6 25 (25.00%) SQL
7 22 (22.00%) SQL Server
8 21 (21.00%) Numerical Analysis
9 20 (20.00%) Windows XP
10 19 (19.00%) Data Entry
11 17 (17.00%) .NET
12 16 (16.00%) SharePoint
13 15 (15.00%) Active Directory
13 15 (15.00%) Windows Server 2003
14 14 (14.00%) Legal
14 14 (14.00%) C#
14 14 (14.00%) jQuery
15 13 (13.00%) Windows Server 2008
16 12 (12.00%) MS Exchange
17 11 (11.00%) Windows 7
17 11 (11.00%) VMware
17 11 (11.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 10 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
18 10 (10.00%) ASP.NET
18 10 (10.00%) MS Project
18 10 (10.00%) XSLT
19 9 (9.000%) Project Management
19 9 (9.000%) CSS
19 9 (9.000%) JavaScript

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 17 (17.00%) .NET
2 14 (14.00%) jQuery
3 10 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 10 (10.00%) XSLT
4 9 (9.000%) CSS
5 6 (6.000%) ASP
6 5 (5.000%) WCF
6 5 (5.000%) .NET Framework
6 5 (5.000%) XML
7 2 (2.000%) Flash
7 2 (2.000%) XHTML
7 2 (2.000%) HTML
7 2 (2.000%) HTML5
7 2 (2.000%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 16 (16.00%) SharePoint
2 12 (12.00%) MS Exchange
3 6 (6.000%) IBM Notes
4 4 (4.000%) CMS
4 4 (4.000%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (3.000%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (3.000%) Lync
6 2 (2.000%) Apache
6 2 (2.000%) IIS
6 2 (2.000%) WorkSite
7 1 (1.000%) SAS
Applications
1 54 (54.00%) MS Excel
2 33 (33.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 10 (10.00%) MS Project
4 4 (4.000%) MS Visio
5 2 (2.000%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (4.000%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.000%) Visualfiles
3 1 (1.000%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (1.000%) Oracle Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.000%) Internet
2 3 (3.000%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.000%) DNS
3 2 (2.000%) DHCP
3 2 (2.000%) VPN
3 2 (2.000%) Extranet
3 2 (2.000%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (22.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (11.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (6.000%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (5.000%) OLAP
5 2 (2.000%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (2.000%) MySQL
6 1 (1.000%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.000%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (1.000%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.000%) SAP BI
6 1 (1.000%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.000%) MS Access
6 1 (1.000%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (1.000%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 4 (4.000%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.000%) PowerBuilder
General
1 33 (33.00%) Finance
2 14 (14.00%) Legal
3 6 (6.000%) Banking
4 5 (5.000%) Law
5 4 (4.000%) Financial Institution
5 4 (4.000%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.000%) Retail
7 2 (2.000%) Retail Banking
7 2 (2.000%) Multimedia
8 1 (1.000%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.000%) Automotive
8 1 (1.000%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 49 (49.00%) Analyst
2 19 (19.00%) Technical Analyst
3 14 (14.00%) Developer
4 10 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 7 (7.000%) Consultant
6 6 (6.000%) Business Analyst
6 6 (6.000%) Team Leader
7 5 (5.000%) .NET Developer
7 5 (5.000%) C# Developer
7 5 (5.000%) IT Trainer
7 5 (5.000%) Microsoft Developer
7 5 (5.000%) PMO Analyst
7 5 (5.000%) C# .NET Developer
7 5 (5.000%) Trainer
7 5 (5.000%) Support Engineer
8 4 (4.000%) Systems Support
8 4 (4.000%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 4 (4.000%) Software Developer
8 4 (4.000%) Project Manager
8 4 (4.000%) Microsoft Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.000%) PMI
1 4 (4.000%) Blackberry
2 3 (3.000%) Mainframe
3 2 (2.000%) Social Media
3 2 (2.000%) Graphic Design
3 2 (2.000%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.000%) Replication
4 1 (1.000%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.000%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 32 (32.00%) Windows
2 20 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 15 (15.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (13.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 11 (11.00%) Windows 7
6 3 (3.000%) UNIX
7 2 (2.000%) Linux
7 2 (2.000%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.000%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (21.00%) Numerical Analysis
2 19 (19.00%) Data Entry
3 9 (9.000%) Project Management
4 8 (8.000%) ITIL
4 8 (8.000%) Workflow
4 8 (8.000%) Business Analysis
5 7 (7.000%) Document Management
5 7 (7.000%) Investment Management
5 7 (7.000%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (5.000%) Asset Management
6 5 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (5.000%) Scrum
6 5 (5.000%) Extreme Programming
6 5 (5.000%) Systems Analysis
6 5 (5.000%) Time Management
6 5 (5.000%) Dimensional Modelling
6 5 (5.000%) Unit Testing
6 5 (5.000%) Integration Testing
6 5 (5.000%) Waterfall
6 5 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 25 (25.00%) SQL
2 14 (14.00%) C#
3 9 (9.000%) JavaScript
4 8 (8.000%) VB.NET
5 6 (6.000%) VB
6 3 (3.000%) Java
6 3 (3.000%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.000%) Perl
7 2 (2.000%) PHP
7 2 (2.000%) VBA
7 2 (2.000%) XAML
Qualifications
1 36 (36.00%) Degree
2 4 (4.000%) PMI Certification
2 4 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.000%) MCSA
4 1 (1.000%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.000%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.000%) SLA
2 2 (2.000%) QA
System Software
1 15 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.000%) vSphere
4 2 (2.000%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.000%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (3.000%) SCCM
1 3 (3.000%) SCOM
1 3 (3.000%) DameWare
Vendors
1 57 (57.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.00%) VMware
3 7 (7.000%) Citrix
3 7 (7.000%) Oracle
4 6 (6.000%) Lotus
5 5 (5.000%) Interwoven
6 4 (4.000%) Cisco
6 4 (4.000%) SAP
6 4 (4.000%) CommVault
6 4 (4.000%) Hyperion
7 3 (3.000%) Postini
7 3 (3.000%) Apple
7 3 (3.000%) Juniper
8 2 (2.000%) HP
8 2 (2.000%) Dell
8 2 (2.000%) EPiServer
9 1 (1.000%) Altiris
9 1 (1.000%) AppSense
9 1 (1.000%) TSYS
9 1 (1.000%) SolarWinds
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