The first table below looks at the demand for MS Office skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MS Office over the 3 months to 22 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office
Rank 36 44 22
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -22
Permanent jobs citing MS Office 58 68 113
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 5.794% 4.861% 9.091%
As % of the Applications category 37.91% 33.17% 41.24%
Number of salaries quoted 48 58 92
Average salary £32,500 £33,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.51% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,500 £45,000 £43,250
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -
All Applications
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
153 205 274
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 15.28% 14.65% 22.04%
Number of salaries quoted 139 151 226
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,400 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
MS Office
East of England

MS Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex MS Office Salary Trend

MS Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MS Office across the Essex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Brentwood -5 14 £30,000 +9.09%
Colchester +19 12 £32,500 -27.77%
Chelmsford +9 2 £23,250 -18.42%
Witham -9 2 £11,669 -62.35%
Basildon -16 2 £30,750 -29.71%
Dunmow - 1 £20,000 -
Epping - 1 £20,500 -
Harlow - 1 £25,000 -
MS Office
East of England

MS Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 61 (53.51%) MS Excel
2 58 (50.88%) Microsoft
3 41 (35.96%) Finance
4 31 (27.19%) Windows
5 28 (24.56%) Degree
6 27 (23.68%) Active Directory
7 25 (21.93%) ITIL
8 17 (14.91%) System Testing
8 17 (14.91%) Windows 7
9 15 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
9 15 (13.16%) VBA
9 15 (13.16%) Citrix
10 14 (12.28%) Oracle
10 14 (12.28%) SQL Server
10 14 (12.28%) SQL
11 13 (11.40%) ERP
12 12 (10.53%) Retail
12 12 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
12 12 (10.53%) Management Information System
12 12 (10.53%) SAP
13 11 (9.649%) MS Exchange
13 11 (9.649%) Project Management
14 10 (8.772%) Manufacturing
14 10 (8.772%) Oracle Reports
14 10 (8.772%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (8.772%) TestDirector
14 10 (8.772%) QuickTest Pro
15 9 (7.895%) Windows XP
15 9 (7.895%) C#
15 9 (7.895%) Advertising

MS Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 4 (3.509%) .NET
2 3 (2.632%) ASP
2 3 (2.632%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.754%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.754%) OpenCL
3 2 (1.754%) OpenGL
3 2 (1.754%) DirectX
3 2 (1.754%) XML
4 1 (0.877%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.877%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 11 (9.649%) MS Exchange
2 8 (7.018%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (3.509%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (2.632%) SAS
4 3 (2.632%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.877%) Documentum
Applications
1 61 (53.51%) MS Excel
2 12 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
3 8 (7.018%) MS Visio
4 7 (6.140%) MS Project
5 1 (0.877%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 8 (7.018%) SAP FI/CO
1 8 (7.018%) SAP CO
1 8 (7.018%) SAP FI
1 8 (7.018%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (3.509%) AWD
2 4 (3.509%) PeopleSoft Financials
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.263%) VoIP
2 5 (4.386%) WAN
2 5 (4.386%) LAN
2 5 (4.386%) Internet
3 4 (3.509%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.632%) DNS
4 3 (2.632%) DHCP
4 3 (2.632%) Firewall
5 2 (1.754%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.754%) FTP
5 2 (1.754%) ADSL
5 2 (1.754%) Broadband
6 1 (0.877%) MPLS
6 1 (0.877%) NAS
6 1 (0.877%) VPLS
6 1 (0.877%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.28%) SQL Server
2 10 (8.772%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (7.018%) PerformancePoint
4 7 (6.140%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (5.263%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (5.263%) MS Access
6 3 (2.632%) SAP BW
7 2 (1.754%) DB2
Development Applications
1 10 (8.772%) TestDirector
1 10 (8.772%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (3.509%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.754%) Subversion
General
1 41 (35.96%) Finance
2 12 (10.53%) Retail
3 10 (8.772%) Manufacturing
4 9 (7.895%) Advertising
5 3 (2.632%) Back Office
6 1 (0.877%) Law
6 1 (0.877%) Danish Language
6 1 (0.877%) French Language
6 1 (0.877%) Hebrew Language
6 1 (0.877%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (36.84%) Analyst
2 17 (14.91%) Support Analyst
3 13 (11.40%) Service Analyst
3 13 (11.40%) Service Desk Analyst
4 11 (9.649%) Developer
4 11 (9.649%) Tester
5 9 (7.895%) Support Engineer
5 9 (7.895%) UAT Tester
6 8 (7.018%) Hardware Engineer
6 8 (7.018%) Test Manager
7 7 (6.140%) Test Analyst
8 6 (5.263%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (5.263%) Project Manager
8 6 (5.263%) Senior Manager
9 4 (3.509%) Senior Test Manager
9 4 (3.509%) Data Analyst
9 4 (3.509%) Release Manager
9 4 (3.509%) C# Developer
9 4 (3.509%) UAT Manager
9 4 (3.509%) Data Centre Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.895%) Fixed Income
2 9 (7.895%) Equities
3 6 (5.263%) AS400
4 5 (4.386%) iSeries
5 4 (3.509%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.509%) Blackberry
6 3 (2.632%) PMI
6 3 (2.632%) Mobile Computing
6 3 (2.632%) Smartphone
6 3 (2.632%) Statistics
7 2 (1.754%) CMDB
7 2 (1.754%) CUDA
7 2 (1.754%) NHS
8 1 (0.877%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.877%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.877%) Data Conversion
8 1 (0.877%) Data Integration
8 1 (0.877%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.877%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 31 (27.19%) Windows
2 17 (14.91%) Windows 7
3 9 (7.895%) Windows XP
4 7 (6.140%) Windows 2000
4 7 (6.140%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (4.386%) Windows Vista
7 4 (3.509%) Android
8 3 (2.632%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.754%) Linux
10 1 (0.877%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (21.93%) ITIL
2 17 (14.91%) System Testing
3 15 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
4 13 (11.40%) ERP
5 11 (9.649%) Project Management
6 9 (7.895%) Validation
7 8 (7.018%) Statistical Analysis
7 8 (7.018%) Change Management
7 8 (7.018%) CAD
8 7 (6.140%) PRINCE2
8 7 (6.140%) Asset Management
9 6 (5.263%) Incident Management
9 6 (5.263%) Change Control
9 6 (5.263%) E-Commerce
10 5 (4.386%) Test Strategy
10 5 (4.386%) Time Management
10 5 (4.386%) Problem Management
10 5 (4.386%) Release Management
10 5 (4.386%) Information Security
10 5 (4.386%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.16%) VBA
2 14 (12.28%) SQL
3 9 (7.895%) C#
4 8 (7.018%) C++
5 4 (3.509%) T-SQL
5 4 (3.509%) VB
6 2 (1.754%) PL/1
6 2 (1.754%) Java
7 1 (0.877%) XAML
Qualifications
1 28 (24.56%) Degree
2 10 (8.772%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (6.140%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (5.263%) MCSA
5 3 (2.632%) PMP
5 3 (2.632%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.754%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.754%) ISEB
7 1 (0.877%) MCSE
7 1 (0.877%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.386%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.632%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (1.754%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.877%) NFS
5 1 (0.877%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.877%) vSphere
5 1 (0.877%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (4.386%) CiscoWorks
1 5 (4.386%) Tivoli
1 5 (4.386%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 5 (4.386%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (2.632%) ZENworks
2 3 (2.632%) Nagios
2 3 (2.632%) HP SIM
2 3 (2.632%) SCCM
3 2 (1.754%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.877%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 58 (50.88%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.16%) Citrix
3 14 (12.28%) Oracle
4 12 (10.53%) SAP
5 8 (7.018%) JD Edwards
5 8 (7.018%) Sage
5 8 (7.018%) EMC
5 8 (7.018%) HP
6 6 (5.263%) VMware
7 5 (4.386%) Cisco
7 5 (4.386%) Apple
8 4 (3.509%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (2.632%) IBM
9 3 (2.632%) Dell
9 3 (2.632%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.877%) Veritas
10 1 (0.877%) Interwoven
10 1 (0.877%) Open Text
10 1 (0.877%) Wyse
10 1 (0.877%) Sophos
Chelmsford, Essex
Microsoft Office specialist. E-mail, internet, LAN, WAN, client server, telephony... We are looking for a bright, enthusiastic service desk support engineer to join our client in busy...
YourRecruit
Salary: From £20,000 to £22,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Witham, Essex
Technical skills required: Microsoft Operating Systems (Windows XP/Vista/7/8) Microsoft Office applications. HTML5. Javascript. Knowledge and experience of the following is desirable however not essential: Microsoft...
SLS Recruitment
Salary: From £15,000 to £17,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southend-On-Sea, Essex
Technical experience is required in all areas of support especially with: - Windows XP/7/8. - Microsoft Office... - Active Directory... - Blackberry and BES. - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VPN. -...
Couno Limited
Salary: From £17,000 to £19,000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Essex
SKILLS REQUIRED: - MS Server 2008 - Exchange 2010 - Windows 7 and MS Office Applications - Symantec Backup Exec - Cisco CLI - iOS, BES, Android - Vmware - Citrix DUTIES: ?... IT Service Management experience.
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £25000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Essex
SKILLS REQUIRED: - MS Server 2008 - Exchange 2010 - Windows 7 and MS Office Applications - Symantec Backup Exec - Cisco CLI - iOS, BES, Android - Vmware - Citrix DUTIES: ?... IT Service Management experience.
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £25000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Essex, South East
Key skills: Good understanding and experience of image processing and analysis C++ development in a multithreaded environment Use of appropriate code management and issue tracking tools Good numerical...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Brentwood, South East
Support the Hardware lead on all design testing and issues Work with the Software team on software bugs and issues Travel to support engineering builds Candidate requirements Bachelor'...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Bonus & bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Essex, South East
The systems are a mix of in-house developed, vendor developed and ASP deployed and utilise a number of underlying technologies including DB2, IMS, PL/1, Java, Websphere,...
Argyll Scott International
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013